Teri's Notes on Wild Food

A short letter, sent when something is ready to pick.

Wild and perennial food, one plant at a time — what it is, when it's ready, and what to do with it.

Most of what we eat comes from a handful of crops. Meanwhile there are hundreds of edible plants growing across Britain — in hedgerows, on verges, in gardens, along the edges of fields — and most of us walk past them, because nobody ever said what they were for.

These notes are about closing that gap.

What you'll get

A note when something comes into season — not on a schedule, because plants aren't on one either
Recipes that have been cooked rather than copied
Occasional word of what we're growing, foraging or have preserved
Nothing else. No daily emails, no sequences, no pressure

Somewhere to start while you wait

Four of the plants people ask about most.

Cola herb It really does taste of cola, and it works like thyme. Rosehips Tea, syrup and vinegar — without the itchy pips. Meadowsweet Vanilla and toffee, steeped into milk and cream. Sloes What to do with them instead of eating one raw.

Who writes them

Teri Clayton started Biome Box after years of watching the countryside lose its variety — fewer plants, fewer insects, thinner soil.

Her interest is in what happens when that runs the other way: when people eat a wider range of plants, more growers can afford to grow them, and more land gets farmed in a way that puts something back.