Today at the farm Robbie lead the Fruit Team to harvest a big tray of rosehips-with more to come-. They were harvested from our foraging hedges around the Pond Orchard.
Robbie has lectured us on all the fantastic properties and things you can do with rosehips, and forwarded us a few recipes that we have linked here. In her own words “Rosehips are bursting with vitamin C, vitamin A & E. Superb antioxidant… Uses ..rosehip syrup, rose hip tea, rose hip jelly (great with cold meats) as well as rosehip oil. Rosehip oil is excellent for helping to heal all skin conditions, also reduces & improves scar tissue, stretch marks & wrinkles ! Recipes to follow… Happy Foraging folks !”
At 20p a punnet, why not try one and spend an afternoon preparing your own skin cream, or some special jelly? If you need further tips on how to do any of the following recipes, you can ask Robbie Beer, fruit tree team, often at the farm and especially a wednesday and a saturday morning.
Rosehip Syrup: https://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/rosehip-syrup
Wild Rosehip tea: https://www.earthfoodandfire.com/wild-rose-hip-tea
Rosehip Jelly: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/rose_hip_jelly/
Rosehip skin oil: https://simplybeyondherbs.com/how-to-make-rosehip-oil-to-heal-your-skin/
