PDF · 48 pages
Hollow Plant Journal
A printable journal with a page for each plant: sketch, date, place and notes.
Foraging writer
Wild food from the hills and hollers
I’m Dot. I write about foraging wild food in the hills and hollers where I live, and I sell plant journals, season guides and two short courses.
Blog
Latest posts
One walk, one plant and one supper, every Sunday.
What the Woods Look Like in November
Bare branches, a brown creek and the first morning I needed a scarf on the hill.
Pressing Leaves Before the Rain Gets Them
A heavy book, a few sheets of paper and an hour on the porch before the weather turned.
Ramp Salt, Six Months on the Shelf
The jar I made in the spring, how it has kept and what I put it on.
Why I Dig So Little
Taking one plant from a big patch, and leaving the rest for next year.
A Journal Page for Every Plant
How I sketch, label and date a plant so I can find it again.
Newsletter
Notes from the Holler
A short letter every Sunday: where I walked, what I wrote in the journal and what I made for supper.
“The one email I open the day it lands.”
Downloads and merch
Shop
Downloads arrive by email. Merch is printed to order and shipped by Printful.
Four Seasons Foraging Calendar
A year of walks on one page per month, with space for your own finds.
Wild Pantry Recipe Cards
Thirty simple cards for what I cook with what I bring home.
Foraging Walk Checklist
What I pack, what I write down and what I leave behind.
Online course
My course
Video course · 6 lessons
Start Foraging Where You Live
Six short lessons on walking, noticing and writing things down, wherever you live.
- Walk slowly and look
- What to pack
- Learning one plant at a time
- Digging and taking little
- Bringing it home
- A first small supper
About
Hello, I’m Dot
I live in a hollow in the hills, in the house my grandmother kept, with a porch that looks down the creek. She walked the woods with a basket every spring, and I walk the same paths now with a notebook.
Every Sunday I write one post about a walk, a plant or a supper from what I brought home. I take little, I write everything down and I am always learning. I am a neighbour with a basket, not an expert.
The journals, calendars and courses are the things I made for myself first: simple pages for looking closely, and a way to remember what I saw.
Questions
How do the downloads arrive?
Right after you pay you get an email with a link, and the files stay in your account. They are PDFs, made to print at home on ordinary paper.
Can I use this to identify plants?
No. I write about what I know near me, and I am still learning. Never eat anything you are not completely sure of, and learn from someone who knows your area.
Do you sell anything printed?
A few things, like tees and camp mugs. They are printed to order and shipped by Printful, and the cost and delivery time show at checkout.
Are the courses mine to keep?
Yes. Once you buy a course it stays in your account, and you can watch the lessons as often as you like.
How much is the newsletter?
It is free. Notes from the Holler comes every Sunday, and there is an unsubscribe link at the bottom of each one.