2025 - Foraged Mirabelle plums

17.09.2020 - This is what the 'Communal vegetable plot' was like before I started to transform it.

2021 - Jam made from locally foraged Mirabelle plums

2021 - What's a guy to do if you are in need, have no money for electricity, but still need to make a brew, wash and cook food? I made this outdoor cook space in the community garden, but got asked by the Housing Association, to dismantle it.

2021 - Drying Marshmallow root (Althaea Officianalis) on the balcony, on a suspended bedsheet in the sun and gentle summer breeze.

2021 - Vermillion Waxcap [Edible if so] (Uncertain)
This comes up in the community garden, but I didn't adequately identify them, so left them alone. Besides, they look so nice nestled in the grass.

Blackcurrants - July 2025

Mirabelle plums 1st batch - July 2025

Mirabelle plums 2nd batch Bagged - July 2025

Mirabelle plums 2nd batch - July 2025

Mirabelle plums 2nd batch bowl - July 2025

Victoria Plums - July 2025

Rocket - July 2025

Biodiversity in process.
'Build it and they will come'

Whitecurrant cutting - 2025

Hoverflies on Strawberries - July 2025

French Parsley and Tomatoes - July 2025

Perusing the goods, waiting to pounce.

I know the places that are aces, to get currants to stuff yer faces. With.

Jammin'

One day we were inundated with ladybirds!
They seemed to come from nowhere, flying in through the windows. 2025 was a bumper year for ladybirds.

Foraged Bramley and Russet apples - 2025

Locally foraged damsons - 2025

Locally foraged field mushrooms evolved into fried mushrooms on toasted sourdough with homegrown parsley.

Foraged wild gooseberries 2025

Mature Cheddar and Garlic Mustard sandwiches - 2026

I had gathered wild, locally growing garlic mustard ('Jack-by-the-hedge' / Alliaria petiolata) seeds and naturalised them into our local community garden growing beds.

The leaves taste earthy and garlicky and a bit like sausages I think! I'm trying to add more wild greens into my diet and this is a good addition.

'Garlic mustard is known for its impressive vitamin A levels, and it has been shown to contain 3-4 times as much vitamin C as oranges.'
https://hawthornherbals.com/2020/04/garlic-mustard-plant-ally-of-the-moment-part-1-of-2

Mature Cheddar Cheese and foraged Wild Garlic sandwiches.