Wild Pickle

27/08/2026

How do you capture in seconds a weekend put together to encompass so many special elements?!

Wild camping space, away from everything, spring fed lake for swimming, sauna with foraging walk, fermentation hands on skills session, eating lots of home made cooking interwoven with foraged and fermented elements, eating together and generally having a lovely weekend!

There’s only a few spaces left! 11th to 13th September 💚 Join us! Campervans and tents welcome 🌸
Link in bio for more info 💚🌸

15/08/2026

We are back at Bare Health, Congleton, celebrating the Autumn season in style. Foraging is in full swing and plums, damsons, blackberries, figs and more are ripening as we speak!

Come and see how we can make delicious, live unpasteurised fermented chutneys and sauerkrauts with the seasons harvest both cultivated and seasonal so we can enjoy the season a little longer.

Fermenting foods make the vitamins and minerals more bio available, it creates more complex flavours and adds punch and life to your plate!

Fancy joining us for lots of tasters and suggestions and create your ferments to take home and enjoy. We provide everything for you! I’ve been fermenting for 15 years and this is a gorgeous part of the year for capturing flavours in a jar and learning the art of fermentation.

September 9th
7pm to 10pm
£65 - book via website, linktr’ee or Facebook events and come and join us for a lovely evening!
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30/07/2026

Very excited to share this weekend with you! 💛

It’s a wild swimming, sauna, camping, real food, foraging, fermentation, good company and rest built into one weekend… 💛
Secret location Cheshire 💛
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28/07/2026

Let’s get walkin’!
Let’s get talkin’

Nature, fresh air, free wild food is where it’s at!! 🍃

Sunday 9th August
1pm to 4pm (we get a lie in too!) 🤸

What can we make with what we can find?! 🍰 🍪 ☕️

What’s not to like?! 👍
Keele, Staffordshire

22/07/2026

I’ve had streaming eyes, no smell or taste and a cold mid summer.. which is not acceptable 😂 I don’t usually get these colds so it’s a bit early for this but I was up at 5am the other morning making a batch of this elderberry elixir like my life depended on it!

I heard on the grape vine that the elderberries may be ripening early already in areas due to the hot dry summer. So this may actually get posted in time! Woohoo! 🥳 early for a change! 😜

Elderberries (Sambucus Nigra) are little powerhouses of black berries and can help to shorten colds. This elixir has rosehips, nettles and all sorts thrown in for good measure!
So please go to the link in my bio (www.wildpickle.co.uk recipes)
for the recipe for my elderberry elixir on my website if you fancy it and here’s to good health to all!

Oh and please make sure you cook your elderberries!

And rest up you get this cold!

12/07/2026

Stop buying flat one dimensional, sugary fizzy drinks when you fancy an alternative to alcohol!

With the simple ingredients above you can create an amazing little bubbling jar of a combination of ginger, sugar and water… The Ginger Bug 🫚

This is a living, wild ferment packed with beneficial bacteria, and is the secret engine behind the most complex fizzy drinks you’ll ever taste..

This is step one, once you have your ginger bug you can create the amazing refreshing traditional old school fizzy ginger drinks.

But that is just one way to craft alive, fizzy drinks. This weekend, we are diving into the art of traditional fermentation. We aren’t just building a resilient ginger bug from scratch, we are also exploring the distinct worlds of wild Mexican Tepache and tart Green Tea Kombucha.

You will learn how to maintain these traditional cultures without modern shortcuts, and most importantly, how to elevate them. We will be mixing these three distinct ferments into tasty mocktails using botanical bitters, fresh citrus, and herbs & more..

I keep these sessions small and intimate so everyone gets hands-on practice and tastes every single brew. There are a couple of spots left for this weekend.
Comment MOCKTAIL below, and I will DM you the direct ticket link and location details right now.

07/07/2026

What if your kombucha is strong and tangy due to the warmth?

Make quick pickles for a bbq!

Camomile kombucha pickled carrots with chilli 🥕🌶️

375ml Camomile kombucha or tea kombucha or vinegar
100g sugar
1 tbsp of salt
1 red chilli
5 or 6 carrots julienned

Mix the kombucha with 250ml of water, add the sugar, salt and chilli in a pan, and heat until the sugar dissolves. Let the chilli infuse with the mix and cool while you julienne the carrots. Fill the jar with your carrots and fill with the brine. Seal the jar.Leave out for 24 hrs and then pop in the fridge. Scoff them within a month.

You could use all sorts of flavours for this! Camomile works well paired with carrots.

Inspired by in his book “Ferment” I highly recommend it! 🌶️

02/07/2026

A couple of spaces are left for this Kombucha master class if you fancy it!
Weds 8th July, 7pm to 10pm

It’s perfect timing with this warm weather to get brewing some!

Hosted by Mel at Bare Health, Congleton. We realised that we have been running workshops at Bare Health for 10 years! We love it!

So come and join us with a kombucha mocktail and settle in for an evening of learning something new!

This is a hands on fun kombucha brewing workshop, where you will take away a kombucha scoby with you and a ready to brew kombucha and brew kit.

We will delve into the fascinating world of fermentation, learn about the journey of kombucha, how to brew the kombucha, different methods, teas and tips to make the best brew. Then how to flavour and fizz your brews and create it just the way you like it. As we will be into Summer this is the perfect time to start your journey with this wonderful living drink. Emma is a keen forager and will share edibles and the wonderful flavours that we can create with these drinks!

There will be time to ask questions, tasters to help inspire you further and some surprises of other ways to use your kombucha than you may expect!

We provide all the equipment & materials you may need. Tickets inc your welcome drink, tasters, kombucha scoby and kit to take home and instructions to make more 🌸💚

24/06/2026

24/06/2026

It’s getting hot!!🔥

Heat accelerates fermentation. Reminder to check your bottles daily! They can build carbonation quickly in these temperatures..

Tips:

You could chill your bottles down before opening them.

If you are using swing top, clip top bottles, use round not square ones. The square ones are more likely to explode. 💥

Burp with care! Gently release the pressure with the clip top under a towel and over the sink. When it’s released pop your drink in the fridge.

Cheers! Here’s to great fermented drinks and good health! 🥂

What are you brewing right now?! What flavours?!