![A cluster of ripe wild strawberries.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/41/a-cluster-of-wild-strawberries.jpg)
John Hayes (41)
![A cluster of ripe wild strawberries.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/41/a-cluster-of-wild-strawberries.jpg)
![Which seasons and times of year give the best results when foraging for food.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/31/when-is-the-best-season-to-forage.jpg)
When is foraging season?
![The real advantage to foraging is you find large amounts of foods you can't buy in the shop.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/35/you-can-forage-for-foods-you-can-not-buy.jpg)
What foods can you forage for?
![A young courgette growing in my polytunnel](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/5/Growing-vegetables-2.jpg)
Vegetables
![A selection of gardening tools](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/14/The-basic-tools-of-the-gardening-trade.jpg)
Tools
![The rules of foraging and how to behave while you are collecting food](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/29/the-rules-of-foraging-and-how-to-behave.jpg)
The rules of foraging.
![My poly-tunnel in the height of summer.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/40/The-height-of-summer-in-the-polytunnel.jpg)
The Secret Garden.
![Fruit blossom from hard fruit trees](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/24/soft-and-hard-fruit-differences.jpg)
Soft fruit Vs hard fruit. What are the differences and which is easier to grow.
![An aubergine flower](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/23/sign-up-for-emails.jpg)
Sign up for emails.
![Some of this year seed supply](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/18/seeds-header-image-2.jpg)
Seeds
![Foiraging on the sea shore at low tide with my dog for company.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/37/Foraging-on-the-seashore-with-my-dog.jpg)
Seashore Foraging: A Beginner's Guide to Finding and Harvesting Edibles from the Coastline
![My redcurrant bushed covered in ripe fruit.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/38/My-redcurrant-bushes-in-full-fruit.jpg)
Redcurrants: A guide to the planting, care, harvesting and pruning of this easy to grow fruit
Privacy Policy
![Making my own jam at home](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/10/homemade-jam-2.jpg)
Preserve
![My pear crop is very good most years](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/21/my-gardening-sucess.jpg)
My gardening successes
![The perfect looking courgette, until you turn it over.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/20/my-gardening-disasters-and-failures.jpg)
My gardening failures.
![Making charcoal to profit from the land](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/15/charcoal-is-one-way-of-making-money-from-land.jpg)
Money
![Livestock like chickens are important for small producers](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/11/Livestock-on-the-homestead.jpg)
Livestock
![Some "herb" growing indoors](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/16/some-herb-growing-indoors.jpg)
Legal stuff and a quick word about cannabis
![Is it a good thing or a bad thing to forage in the wild for food.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/33/is-it-good-or-bad-to-forage-for-food.jpg)
Is foraging good or bad? the pros and cons of gathering your own food.
![Sea of green baby leaf lettuce growing indoors](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/12/grow-indoors-background.jpg)
Indoor
![An aubergine growing hydroponically under growlights indoors](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/6/Aubergines-grown-indoors-in-winter.jpg)
Hydroponics
![A close up of apple blossom.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/39/Apple-blossom-in-detail.jpg)
How to tell fruit trees and bushes from their flowers with way more pictures of blossom than is necessary.
![Woodland is a good place to start foraging.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/25/a-good-place-to-start-foraging.jpg)
How to stay safe when foraging.
![Starting foraging and what you need while you are out in the wild.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/26/starting-foraging.jpg)
How to start foraging and what equipment you will need when out and about.
![a pear grown in my backyard garden](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/8/growing-fruit-at-home.jpg)
Fruit
![The words, phrases and sayings associated with foraging.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/27/foraging-terms-and-FAQs.jpeg)
Foraging terminology.
![Oyster mushrooms can be foraged for.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/32/oyster-mushrooms.jpg)
Foraging for mushrooms.
![Answers to the questions new foragers often ask.](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/36/Foraging-FAQ.jpg)
Foraging FAQ.
![Wild growing plums in a hedgerow near me](https://the-secret-garden.net/media/posts/13/plums-found-in-a-hedgerow-near-me-2.jpg)