The Wild Pharma

15/01/2026

Magical Oak Gall Ink Stands The Test Of Time

After having bought a simple frame drum from a junk shop several years ago, I really got into drumming, both alone and in groups. Some of the people I drummed with had decorated drum faces, often h…

31/10/2025

Samhain blessings from the wild pharma 🖤🧡🖤

21/10/2025

The very beautiful Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida). Edible when cooked, easy to identify with its super shiny bright white cap. Another true beauty of the woods....

13/10/2025

Shaggy ink cap (Coprinus comatus) development over 2 days ! Delicious to eat cooked but super short window for picking, this will be black dripping ink later today or tomorrow !

05/10/2025

Mushroom close up 😍

20/06/2025

Summer Solstice Jam Blessings !
Its become a bit of a ritual in the last few years for me to make a batch of jam or jelly on or arond the Solstices and Equinoxes, using the best of whts growing, blooming or fruiting in my varden. So here is my latest one for this super potent Summer Solstice period....Blackcurrant & Rose Petal jam.
I used 1lb of fresh Blackcurrants, simmered in 1 pint of water, took of heat, mashed Blackcurrantz then strai ed through a muslin bag, added petals of 4 Roses (the old Apothecary ones are perfect, i used a variety of Rosa gallica), whizzed them into the hot jammy liquid with a wand thingy ( i couldnt bring myself to just infuse then remive them ), put back on heat with 1.5 cups of sugar
, boiled until setting point then bottled them up.
Its sooo delicious and i look forward to gifting a couple to loved ones.
May every single being feel the deep magic and healing of this special time, so much love to yiu all.

20/06/2025

Its become a bit of a ritual in the last few years for me to make a batch of Jam or Jelly on or around the Solstices and Equinoxes, using the best of whats growing, blooming or fruiting in my garden. So here is my latest one for this super potent Summer Solstice period...Blackcurrant and Rose petal jam. I used 1lb of fresh Blackcurrants, simmered in 1 pint of water, took of the heat, mashed the Blackcurrants then strained through a muslin bag, added the petals of 4 Roses (the old Apothecary Roses are perfect, I used a variety of Rosa gallica), whizzed them into the hot jammy liquid with a wand thingy ( I couldnt bring myself to just infuse them and remove them at any point!) , put back on the heat with a cup and a half of sugar, boiled until setting point, then bottled them up....

Its become a bit of a ritual in the last few years for me to make a batch of Jam or Jelly on or around the Solstices and Equinoxes, using the best of whats growing, blooming or fruiting in my garde…

10/06/2025

Flowers in the Footsteps of The Magdalene

Having just returned from the wild and magical land of Southern France (The Plan d’Aups area, the coastal region of the Carmargue and the Aude area at the foot of the French Pyrenees), I was …

13/05/2025

This has to be one of the most beautiful medicinal plants in the UK. Its as rare as hens teeth in the wild, mostly found in gardens nowadays but I am so lucky to have stumbled accross a large patch of it in a nearby deciduous woodland. Ambling along a deer track with my dog one Spring morning a good few years ago, it stopped me dead in my tracks as the verdant green leaves and snow white bells sang out from the darkness of the woodland floor....

This has to be one of the most beautiful medicinal plants in the UK. Its as rare as hens teeth in the wild, mostly found in gardens nowadays but I am so lucky to have stumbled accross a large patch…

16/04/2025

Harvesting Spring Burdock Roots

Now is a great time to harvest Burdock roots (Arctium lappa) from small plants that will flower and set seed this year. As Burdock is a biennial – forms a leafy baby in year 1 then sends up i…

03/02/2025