Urban Herbology

So this was nice.... Welsh sparkling raspberry wine, from over cucumber liqueur, frozen raspberries, homemade cucumber pickle and a teeny drop of lemon juice.

Was so lovely to spend time with today's Green city witch walkers. Different plants again today - Just look at those Poppies. And butterflies, pigeons, pellitory and much more.
There are spaces left on the June 30th walk so maybe see you then!
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Thanks everyone who took part in the fermentation workshop today at Stadstuinderij Noord Oogst. Or was lots of fun and we were very productive!

I'll plan another one soon (same format as today) and another of different types of fermentation. If you'd like to hear when they're listed let me know.

It's a great year for Elderflower here in Amsterdam. How's it looking in your area?

I've got a paperback full of flowers, drying on my dining table at the moment. Just half open. Been there for a day or two. I'll add them to honey probably, and perhaps make some Elderflower delight after the weekend (very busy one coming up). Our cat Last passed away several years ago but this morning at the table, I picked up that unmistakable whiff of a sawdust cat litter tray. My thoughts shot straight to gorgeous Larry, then I realised that we no longer have a cat, or a litter tray, so where was the smell coming from... a neighbours cat locked on overnight perhaps? But no, of course it was the bag of a Elderflower.

The Elderflower's staying so the window's been open all day. Perhaps I should say up the honey infusion sooner than later.

This herbal iced tea wants to go into my next book but is it good enough and does it work in your kitchen? If you would like to try the recipe and give me some feedback on how it worked for you, send me a DM and I'll share the recipe with you.
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This afternoon, maybe you'd like to call into W139 on Warmoesstraat (Krasnapolsky end) to find out about my month of eating only local wild food (4.30 - 8.00pm for the program - it's free entrance - I'm on at about 5.40).

My wild food month, part of Wildbiome 2, was April 2025, and quite an adventure. Preparing the slides to go with today's talk got me very hungry! I'll discuss what went well, less well, and how we can apply some learning from it to help us meld into the city's microbial greenscape to perhaps be happier, healthier urbanites.

This photo is from the last day of that adventure, where friends dropped in to celebrate at my volkstuin. We ended with wild cocktails and a buffet of gorgeous local wild and wonderful foods.

I'm going to do it again in September this year (all being well). Maybe you'd like to join me for a day, a week, or a month. The 2025 Dutch crew ( and ) from last time also plan to join again this year, so expect plenty more fun and ways to get involved.