Humanity has found a use for each and every part of the elder: leaf, bark, wood or branch, flower and, finally, berry or fruit. Some of these functions are grounded in superstition: that the elder enc
Quince and fig must be the most romantic of all European fruits, perhaps because they are among the oldest, perhaps because the luxury of their perfume and texture provokes the most enthusiastic of re
Here is a book about the Horse Chestnut and Sweet Chestnut for healing and eating. In England the horse chestnut or conker is a much-loved tree. Its edible cousin, the sweet chestnut, is valued here i
