A FREE FEED IN THE UK
There’s food everywhere.
Learn how to catch it, forage it, hunt it, brew it and cook it.
From hedgerows and woodlands to Britain’s rivers and coastline, The UK Larder is about finding the food already around us – and learning how to turn it into something worth eating.
FORAGING • FISHING • HUNTING • HOME BREW • RECIPES • PRESERVATION
Whats in the larder now?
What can you find, catch and gather right now? Explore some of the best wild food available around the UK this season.
Sweet Chestnuts
WOODLAND • SEP–NOV
One of autumn’s easiest wild foods to find. Learn how to identify, gather and prepare them safely.
Sloes
HEDGEROWS • SEP–NOV
Tart autumn berries that become something special in preserves, syrups and home brew.
Rosehips
HEDGEROWS • SEP–NOV
Bright autumn fruit that’s brilliant for syrups, preserves, brewing and more. easily found
Mussels
COAST • MUCH OF THE YEAR
Fantastic wild shellfish if you know where, when and how to gather them safely.
Fill The Larder
Forage it. Fish it. Hunt it. Grow it. Learn the skills, equipment and techniques to put more food on the table yourself.
Forage
Wild food is everywhere.
Hedgerows, woodland, fields and coast. Learn what to find, when to find it and how to identify it safely.
Fish
Turn a cast into dinner.
From your first cheap rod to bringing home your catch, learn the tackle, bait and techniques that put fish on the table.
Hunt
Wild game for the table.
Learn about quarry, seasons, equipment, UK rules and how wild game goes from field to food.
Grow
Make your patch productive.
From windowsills and containers to gardens and allotments, learn how to grow useful amounts of food in the space you have.
Use The Larder
Getting it is only half the job. Learn how to turn what you’ve caught, gathered, hunted or grown into food and drink worth putting on the table.