Pickle and Brew

31/12/2025

It’s time to reflect on all this year has delivered. The highs, the lows, and everything in between.

Thank you to everyone for being there, so many treasured moments & magical collaborations ⭐️

🌿 I lived solely on wild food for three months as part of the — a huge challenge, and a big personal shift after decades of vegetarianism.

🎣 Learned to fish on Anglesey with .pickle & — loved every minute of it

🌸 Joined the stage at the Harrogate Flower Show, chatting with Sarah & Faith about foraging and wild food. My Dad came along to watch — a very proud moment.

🎤 Spoke to a full house at the Focal Centre, Huddersfield talking about foraging & wild food — looking forward to returning next year ✨

🌱 Ran woodland foraging workshops with the wonderful 💚 — spring dates already set for 2026.

🧡 August launched our first women’s retreat, “Rooted” with & .archer — something I’d carried in my heart for a long time & we roll again in April (www.rootedretreat.co.uk)

🍄 Loved collaborating with at Potteric Carr for their annual Fungi Fest

🌊 Journeyed through the seasons running forays & workshops with my old buddy Tee — and we celebrated our May birthdays in Northumberland in style, both still surviving off wild food 🦀🐚🌱

Joined forces with my buddy Sam running seasonal foraging & wild wellness workshops across Yorkshire, Shropshire, North Wales & Lancashire. Never a dull moment except the speeding fine & nearly sinking in quick sand 🫢✨🌱

Last but not least I joined the in December & had my first stall there….cant wait for the next one 🍄✨

And woven through it all, the harder moments too. Devastated to say goodbye to Charlie and Dylan — who shaped my days, my walks, and my heart. Forever part of the journey ❤️

Grateful. Grounded. Inspired.

Here’s to the next chapter - Happy 2026 when it arrives ⭐️🍾✨

28/12/2025

A slow walk to clear the head and blow the cobwebs away. Time spent sharing space with the season…the bareness of the trees,
the beautiful rusty colours of the bracken,
snowdrops and wild garlic quietly popping up, a reminder that spring is already stirring beneath our feet.

Simply taking time to notice and nourished by the magic of being present in nature 💚✨🌱

25/12/2025

Wishing you all a merry little festive time. Full of warmth, good food, deep breaths and moments of rest 🎄⭐️🍄🧡

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting Pickle and Brew this year — whether you’ve joined a foraging walk, come to a workshop, listened to me bang on about living off wild food, bought a jar, shared a post, or simply cheered me on quietly from afar. It truly means the world 💚🌱✨🍄

Hope the days ahead bring joy and your crackers are fully loaded with cheese and chutney 🧀🎄🍄🌱🧡

Much love A ###

20/12/2025

Feeling grateful ✨

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who braved the weather on Thursday and came to say hello at the festive Food Circle Producers Market 🌧️🧡

Your warmth, kindness and support at my very first Food Circle truly meant the world.

It was such a joy to chat about foraging walks, wild foods and natural remedies. Many thanks to my daughter Jess and Elizabeth too for helping and bringing@lots of festive cheer ⭐️🧡

✨ See you next time, when I’ll be bringing along more seasonal, wild creations inspired by the land and the turning year 🌿🍂

Wishing you all a beautiful, nourishing festive time ✨🌿

11/12/2025

I’m as giddy as a kipper to be joining the Food Circle Christmas Producer Market at Zapato Tap, Marsden next Thursday! 🎄✨

I’ll be bringing a selection of marmalades & handcrafted, nature-inspired goodies made from wild seasonal herbs and botanicals — perfect for gifting, nourishing, and adding a little magic to your winter pantry.

All small-batch, made and rooted in the healing power of nature.

If you’re local, come say hello, stock up on preserves & wild treats, and support an incredible community of makers, growers and producers 💚⭐️🌱✨🎄

📍 Zapato Tap, Marsden
📅 Thursday 18th December
⏰ 6–7.30pm
🎁 Free entry • Local makers • Festive vibes, craft beers on tap

03/12/2025

27/11/2025

In finding my stopping
I discover the soft and the quiet -
all but forgotten beneath the
malheur of the middleworld.

In the stopping is the ground -
temporarily lost - now, anchoring me
to the honest and authentic ground of belonging to the season of rotting leaves.

This cold, hardening earth tugging me down, drawing me in and upon which the delicate paws of a fox pick their way towards lean morsels.

The witnessing of this, in the moment of stopping, becomes my own sweet, rare morsel, savoured through the day as the sacred ground from which I feed.

Sweet, Rare Morsel - Rebecca Card

24/11/2025

Yesterday’s wander was magical ✨🌱🍄

We braved the cold wind, almost got caught in a downpour, but a reminder of how important it is to connect with nature through every season 🍁🍂

The colours were breathtaking — copper leaves underfoot, fungi peeking from mossy logs, hips, haws and sloes still clinging on as the last of the leaves returned to the earth.

We spotted jelly ears, candlesnuff, oysterlings and even a little hairy curtain crust… tiny reminders that the season still has gifts to offer if you slow the pace and look closely.

It was one of those walks that blows the cobwebs away — fresh air, good company, shared curiosity, and that feeling of being exactly where you’re meant to be 🍄🧡🌱✨