Tag: Wild Food

The Wild Pear Tree

May 17, 2015 / pioneerbushcraft@gmail.com

By Sean Fagan

The striking flowers of the pear tree (photo: Wikimedia Commons).

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The Peerless Wild Pear

The wild pear, Pyrus pyraster, is a non-native tree of Ireland and is believed to have originated from a cultivated variety of pear, the domestic pear, Pyrus communis, which was first grown in Ireland as a fruit crop about 400 years ago.

Learn more about the fascinating wild pear and discover 5 Bushcraft uses of the pear tree.

Coastal Foraging: Molluscs

September 5, 2014 / pioneerbushcraft@gmail.com

By Sean Fagan

Limpets: a tasty, common, rocky shore mollusc (Photo: Sean Fagan)

How to Identify, Collect & Cook

4 Edible Molluscs of Rocky Shores

The rocky shoreline is a fascinating and tumultuous habitat - yet life somehow flourishes, often uniquely, in this wave-battered environment.

Wherever prehistoric humans lived near rocky shores they've had a strong affinity for this unusual habitat. A large part of that ancient relationship is connected with the rich availability of edible, protein-rich marine molluscs that thrive on rocky shores.

Learn the ancient skills of how to identify, collect and cook 4 marine molluscs of rocky shores..