Daily Biorhythm - Check your Biorhythms (free biochart/biorythm) On Not Resisting Temptation: Oscar Wilde | The Chapel of the Abyss. As to other essential texts "for understanding Oscar Wilde as a dandy and a decadent" (these things are incidentals - like green carnations. I'll offer some suggestions that might augment an understanding of how he originated himself): Oscar Wilde's poems (e.g.: "The Sphinx", "The Harlot's House" and "Pan"). The writings of James McNeill Whistler. Wilde listened to and absorbed Whistler's style, tastes and opinions (there's a famous quote of Whistler's that says as much, better, in fewer words).
As to Wilde as dandy, Whistler wrote, in some public forum, that Wilde had as much of an eye for art as he did for the cut of a coat (Most sources note that Wilde had a more convivial sense of wit than did Whistler). Here are the poems mentioned: The Harlot's House We caught the tread of dancing feet,We loitered down the moonlit street,And stopped beneath the harlot's house. Inside, above the din and fray,We heard the loud musicians playThe 'Treues Liebes Herz' of Strauss. The Sphinx Away to Egypt! Wild About Plants. Wild About Plants » Events and Training Opportunities. Wild About Plants » Parish Pioneer. Take ‘action for plants’ through photography, poetry, food, walking and sharing memories and record these on our action meter.
Throughout the lifetime of this project we are hoping to record 2000 actions for plants. To find out more about these actions follow the green links: Take a pic, Way with words, Feed your senses, Out and about, Plant some memories. When you click on each of the coloured boxes below your actions will be added to the action meter and the number shown in the box will increase! Wild About Plants » Resources. Accessing, enjoying and understanding the natural environment on our doorstep gives all of us, young or old, a greater sense of belonging.
The Wild About Plants team will be adding new resources to the ones listed below over the next few years. All Bee Scene survey resources can be found on our Bee Scene page.Our school newsletter comes out four times a year. It promotes enquiry based learning and scientific investigation both in the field and in the classroom. It is suitable for primary school teachers and others involved in working with this primary school aged children. You can sign up to receive our newsletter for free on our schools page. Where have you been? Our Where have you been map allows you to not only access a range of walks that we have developed in Important Plant Areas but allows you to see where other people are finding wildflowers and share your favourite places for wildflowers too. Low Cost Living - Save Money, Save the Planet, Live Better, Spend Less. Free Wild Food from Low Cost Living.
It's surprising what nature can provide for free, even in our overcrowded island. Take a walk down any country lane in summer or early autumn and some delicious free food is there to be had. Blackberry picking is great fun for all the family and you can remember your day out when you eat your blackberry jam or blackberry and apple pie. You might spot an elder and enjoy elderberry wine or even a wild horseradish to make into horseradish sauce. A few rules of the road for foraging that you need to know. The best is found by walking. The blackberry you can spot as you race by in a car has probably been stripped already. Get out and stroll and you'll find the best. Not everything that is edible is appetising. Long Keeping Horseradish Sauce Make up a syrup of equal volumes of white vinegar and granulated white sugar – about 300ml of each is fine - with a teaspoon of salt.
Wash well and peel the root underwater. It should keep for a year like this in a cool dark place. Herb Profiles. Index of Herb Profiles by Common Name (If you prefer to use the Botanical Names of the plants, Click here.) "Nature never did betray the heart that loved her" William Wordsworth Click on the name of the herb you are interested in and you will be directed to the relevant Profile. If you see this little guy in a herb profile, it means that you should not use this herb without professional advice! Agrimony Agnus-castus Alder Buckthorn Aloe vera American Cranesbill American Ginseng - coming soon Angelica - coming soon Aniseed Arnica Avens Balmony Balsam of Peru Barberry Bayberry Bearberry Belladonna - coming soon Benzoin Beth Root Betony Bistort Black Catechu Black Cohosh Black Haw Black Horehound - coming soon Black Root Black Willow - coming soon Bladderwrack Blessed Thistle - coming soon Blood Root Blue Cohosh Blue Flag Bogbean - coming soon Boneset Borage Broom -coming soon Buchu Buckwheat Bugleweed Burdock Butternut Californian Poppy - coming soon Caraway - coming soon Cardamom - coming soon Cascara Catmint Cayenne Celery Centaury Cereus.
Chamomile. Chamomilla recutita (L) Synonyms and Common names: Matricariae flos, Matricaria chamomilla (L.), Matricaria recutita (L.), Single chamomile, Hungarian chamomile, pinheads, scented mayweed, sweet false chamomile German = Hundskamille, French = Camomille, Italian = Camomilla, Spanish = Camomile Order: Compositae Description: Chamomilla is an erect annual, up to 60cm in height, with wispy 2-3 pinnate leaves and terminal peduncles supporting single flowerheads. Yellow tubular florets without membranous bracts are implanted on a raised and hollow receptacle. This is surrounded by a single row of white ligulate florets which are often bent backwards. Chamomilla grows in fields and many other places throughout England, Europe, Russia and Asia, and is naturalised in Australia and the US.
Parts used: flowers head, essential oil Collection: the flower heads are collected when they are mature and expanded, from June to August. Therapeutics and Pharmacology: Chamomilla has a wide range of actions. Top 50 Useful Plant Sites - Rankings - All Sites. CardioXine Efficacy and Safety. Cordyceps, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Rosa roxburghii. CordycepsPrime™ (Cordyceps mushroom) 1. Overview The cordyceps mushroom is actually a fungi, which has been used as a health tonic in China for over 3000 years. Herbal Classification, the 17th century classical Chinese masterpiece still used today by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, describes Cordyceps as one of the most effective herbs for promoting vibrant health. However, due to its scarcity, wild Cordyceps mushroom has traditionally been available to only the very wealthy, and even today wild Cordyceps mushroom is sold at several thousand dollars a kilogram in Chinese herbal stores around the world.
Even at this price, the supply is barely enough to meet the demand. 2. NuLiv's cordyceps mushroom, branded as CordycepsPrime™ contains many essential amino acids; nucleosides; mannitol; plant sterols; minerals; Vitamin: thiamin, Riboflavin, E; and more. 3. References Y.C. Hawthorne Berry Jiaogulan Ex™ (Gynostemma pentaphyllum) 1. 2. Reference X.L. 1. X.H. R. 3. The effects of R. 4. Mushrooms. We use the Peterson field guide to Mushrooms of North America & the National Audubon Society field guide! Please e-mail us for availability of dryed gourmet mushrooms in ¼-pound bags we may have for sale. There is a convenient e-mail link at the top and bottom of this page!
King Bolete (Boletus edulis) This is a King Bolete button weighing in at approximately two pounds. We were impressed with the size of this 3 pound "hoss". Below: Yellow Chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius) These are Yellow Chanterelles, they are the sweetest mushrooms we pick. This flowered chanterelle amazed us, we used the dollar to try and show its enormity, it is set in moss with red coral around it, just the way we found it growing in the forest. Below: Sulphur Shelf aka "Chicken" (Laetiporus sulphureus) This pile of orange and yellow stacks up on old logs and tree stumps. Below: Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) We found this Oyster mushroom while we were on our way to a forest parking area to take a long walk.
Edible Wild Mushrooms in Britain - Information and Advice. Wild Mushroom Hunting Little will entice me out of bed at 7.00am on a misty autumn, morning except the promise a few hours of mushroom hunting. I first stumbled on this great adventure while living in France. I accompanied the Societe Mycologique de Perigord on many Sunday forays - considered a great honor given that I was English and female.
There is an unbelievable whole other world to be discovered scrambling around on the forest floor. Mushrooms and other fungi are unique. In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in the UK in mushroom hunting and we are blessed with a wealth of species Shaggy Inkcaps, Penny Bun, Puffballs, Chanterelle are among some of the many. Identifying Wild Mushrooms In most European countries, it is possible to take your find to a local pharmacy for identification if in any doubt about its edibility.
Mushroom hunting can be loads of fun but some responsibility is necessary. My First and Most Important Lesson with Wild Mushroom Foraging. Association of British Fungus Groups. BBC Wales - Nature - Wildlife - Fungal forays. BBC Wales - Nature - Wildlife. Truffle trouble | Environment. Soon it will be time to go mushing again. Mushroom hunting is the quintessential autumn sport, whether it consists of sniffing out the elusive truffle from the leaf mould beneath a fine beech or parting the nettles in the hope of landing that grandest of fungi, the football-sized giant puffball.
There is nothing like picking mushrooms to get in touch with the natural world. Unlike most foods, there is no commercial alternative to hand picking mushrooms from the wild. You cannot grow ceps or chanterelles or hedgehog fungi in your garden. And that, some say, is the trouble. Several companies now specialise in that ultimate organic produce - herbs, berries and fungi gathered from the wild. But just how acceptable is all this foraging? The nearest thing to a national policy is the code of conduct published by English Nature, the wildlife watchdog.
But frowning is one thing, prosecuting someone is another. Commoner Defra disagreed. But what about the legislation on conserving wildlife? Wild Mushroom gathering in the New Forest. Edible and Poisonous Fungi. Many people are interested in fungi because they are edible. But everyone also knows that wild fungi can be both delicious and deadly poisonous.
Unfortunately, there is no simple way of saying what is edible and what is poisonous. The best way of sensibly eating wild fungi is to follow the guidelines below and to stick to a small number of easily recognisable, but tasty, species. Many poisonings occur when people are experimenting with odd species. Topics on this page are: How to avoid mushroom poisoning, The Best Edible Species, Poisonous Species andBooks on Edible and Poisonous Fungi The Northern Ireland Fungus Group cannot accept responsibility or liability for a poisoning incident based on the contents of this page. How to avoid mushroom poisoning (adapted from Shelley Evans' guidelines in "Guides for the Amateur Mycologist - No.4 Guide for the Kitchen Collector: Preservation and Cooking of Fungi. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
The Best Edible Species Lactarius deliciosus. Welcome to the Northern Ireland Fungus Group. Northern Ireland Fungus Group herbarium. Mushroom hunting holidays, mushroom forays, mushroom weekends, mushroom knife, mushroom collecting knife, mushroom holidays, mushroom weekends. Mushroom Growing. Open Access land. Under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW), the public can walk freely on mapped areas of mountain, moor, heath, downland and registered common land without having to stick to paths.
People across England now have approximately 865,000 hectares of land across which they can walk, ramble, run, explore, climb and watch wildlife as they are given the freedom to access land, without having to stay on paths. The new rights, for which people have been campaigning for over 100 years, came into effect across all of England on 31 October 2005. CROW Access Maps Latest news Please note these restrictions apply to all open access land: At all times of the year dogs must be kept on a short lead (no more than two metres) in the vicinity of livestock.
The CRoW Act allows a landowner or farm tenant to exclude or restrict access at their discretion in certain circumstances. New sign for protecting ground nesting birds Download the template: (32kb) Further information. Home Page. Foraging for Sweet Chestnuts | The Woodlands.co.uk Blog. Now is the time to be collecting your sweet chestnuts.As the October winds get going, there will plenty more of them to collect from under the trees.
Don’t confuse them with horse chestnuts (conkers), which are inedible. You can see pictures of the sweet chestnut tree in the Woodlands.co.uk Tree Identification Guide.The hedgehog-like cases are covered in long, pliable, green spikes.Split open, they contain 2-3 shiny, roughly triangular nuts with a distinctive tuft on the end. Although the European sweet chestnut originated in Greece, and is therefore not strictly speaking native to this country, references to the nuts as a foodstuff are found from ancient times.The Romans planted trees across the empire, explaining why “castan” (the Latin word) appears in various versions throughout Europe, for instance “castanwydden” in Welsh, “kistin” in Breton, “châtaigne” in French and “chestnut” in English.
Chestnut Soup Soften the chopped onion in a knob of butter or a tablespoon of oil. Mmunity woodland use | The Woodlands.co.uk Blog. What a Difference a Wood Makes! Until late in 2009 West View Project was an outdoor activity provider & youth centre that worked mainly with children who struggled in school or with schools, who wanted fun outdoor activity provision – such as canoeing & rock climbing. Since then a lot has changed and the main driver of this change has been due to the impact of having unrestricted access to woodland.
It was a very steep learning curve as we had no firm plans what to do with a wood or indeed how to manage one. Over a very cold winter we read blogs and websites, found tools and basic equipment and also began thinking about what groups could do in a wood. Read more… An enchanted Christmas Many of us who are regular visitors to the National Arboretum at Westonbirt in Gloucestershire are familiar with some of their most popular events such as ‘Treefest’ over the August Bank Holiday weekend and the spectacular autumn displays of colour in the acer groves. Feast in the woods Next Page » - FSC. Plant Identification Courses - FSC. Downstream Dribbles.