Here we are again in October, a time to dig our medicinal roots and to begin to make Medicines to see us through Winter. We are lucky enough to have a massive amount of Horseradish or Armoracia rusticana to be able to harvest. I remember as a child being sent off up the lane to […]
Herbs are amazing… this seems to be my mantra, but really they ARE! I am constantly surprised on every level and especially enjoy an opportunity for a little wild-harvesting. This morning Theo and I decided on the downs for our morning walk with Odie our Labrador, on the way I had pondered about picking a […]
With the sun on our backs as we cleared our herb garden of weeds this weekend, Spring felt like it was no longer a promise but a reality. The young leaves of Nettle and small shoots of Galium ( goosegrass) made a refreshing and cleansing drink as we discussed which plants we would like to […]
Last week a lovely family came to see me, their child has severe eczema. As part of the Consultation we spoke about different herbs which can help this condition and I mentioned Chickweed for its ability to soothe the maddening itch. As it happens the child’s parents are fruit growers and have a ‘problem’ with […]
Roots are quite amazing medicine on every level and there is something quite satisfying about unearthing this hidden medicine. Today at our Herb Group Meeting we dug Soapwort root, Valerian and Burdock. The Burdock root is sweet to taste and is a very usable vegetable. I chopped the root and covered it with Apple Cider […]
Amazing how dark it was this evening, gone are our light evenings of weeding our garden but we are now enjoying the fruits of our labour at last! The atmosphere was great in the potting shed, Martin had the woodburner going which made us all feel really snug and we were all really very productive […]
I know it may seem too early, what with us barely into Autumn but we ought to take note of the squirrels and begin to prepare for the change of season…. I invite you to: YOUR HEALTHY WINTER! HERBAL MEDICINE WORKSHOP Be your own Herbalist this winter and prepare your winter medicine chest with safe, […]
What a wonderful day this Herbalist has enjoyed, collecting elderberries and rosehips with dear friends from rainbow medicine circle ( www.rainbowmedicinecircle.com) I really can’t believe how time has flown this year, seems only a few weeks ago that we were collecting elderflowers and here we are in late summer collecting elderberries! I should think we […]
We had great fun making all sorts of lovely things as well as drinking lots of herb tea from the garden! enjoy the pictures of the making of Rose Cream! WordPress decided to change the order of the photo’s the final two pictures should have been the first!
