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Three Recipes: Dandelion Bread (one sweet & one savoury) & Dandelion Honey

Thursday, April 08, 2021

I am so excited it is finally Dandelion season! I have been quite impatiently waiting for them to start to be in bloom and to be in abundance! There are so many things we are planning to make with them this year and for now here's three recipes for you to try…

Edible Flower Lollipops!

Friday, April 09, 2021

We have become obsessed with making things with edible flowers and in this post I'll share how we made peppermint (the prettiest ones) and some chocolate ones. I think these peppermint lollipops are one of our new favourite ways to use them. They are so easy to make, taste delicious and look so pretty! …

Yarrow, Plantain & Calendula Healing Salve, The Perfect Salve For Your DIY First-Aid Kit

Tuesday, March 09, 2021

I'm excited to have this salve on hand because it feels like a super salve with three incredibly healing plants and it is a great one to make for your own first aid kit…

Chocolate Bark with Edible Spring Flowers

Sunday, March 28, 2021

Everyone in our house is a huge chocolate lover so this was a really fun way to celebrate Spring and to just make our chocolate extra special. It all started because Nixie had gone into our garden and picked all of our Primroses so I wanted to think of something that we could make with them really quick so that they wouldn't go to waste and so after a search online I came up with the idea of chocolate Bark…

Gorse Cordial

Thursday, January 07, 2021

This is our first cordial of the year and Gorse cordial is by far our favourite! We are very lucky to have this growing all around us in the New Forest and we love that it is something we are able to forage and make in the midst of winter…

Welcome to forage|create|love

Welcome! I’m Ann, a home-educating mama who lives in the New Forest with my husband Kevin, our 5 year old daughter Phoenix, our two year old son Forrest and our cat Muad'Dib.

We are all about living a creative life closely connected to nature, following our hearts and minds in the moment and discovering all the beauty & joy that surrounds us... Read More

Super Simple DIY Birdfeeder

Friday, January 01, 2021

We love to make our own birdfeeders! We wanted to try something new and this 2 ingredient bird feeder worked really well and was also super simple. We did this as part of our Winter Solstice celebration which is just one of our family traditions.

Welcome to forage|create|love

Welcome! I’m Ann, a home-educating mama who lives in the New Forest with my husband Kevin, our 5 year old daughter Phoenix, our two year old son Forrest and our cat Muad'Dib.

We are all about living a creative life closely connected to nature, following our hearts and minds in the moment and discovering all the beauty & joy that surrounds us... Read More