This year we are making more of an effort to utilise all that the garden can provide. With the UK lockdown currently in place meaning more time at home and the beautiful weather we are experiencing it has been a great opportunity to collect some spring edibles.

A few metres from the front of the house we are lucky enough to have a beautiful flowering currant bush. It is one of the first thing to flower in the garden and the scent is incredible as you walk past. The bees also love it and the whole bush seems to buzz. A real sign of springs arrival.

Over the last few months we've been reading up more on foraging in general, and trying to use more of what we have around us. The obvious next thing to pick and use was stinging nettles.

This is the first of what we hope will become a series of ongoing posts about wild food. We are really interested in learning more about foraging and using all the local resources that nature offers us.