Foraging for Health

Foraging and growing food inside the Arctic Circle

by Anthony Picken


Join me foraging under the midnight sun and enjoying the harvest trough the year.

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  • Gather ye Nettles while ye may!

    Gather ye Nettles while ye may!

    Gathering Nettles for drying, a very good way to store this spring product. I use gauntlet gloves to handle the plant material, always harvest Nettles as young developing shoots early in the season. I rip off handfuls of tips from well established nettle patches, of which we have many. I gather them in a large…

  • Welcome to Foraging for Health!

    Welcome to Foraging for Health!

    June 7th 2026 Welcome to Foraging for Health, in writing this I am sharing my passion for life and the environment I live in. The very act of moving through your environment and foraging is beneficial to health, well that is what I was told when I first moved to Finland 22 years ago and…