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Growing Herbs and Vegetables as Nature Intended

Rocket Growing Wild   Recently, I purchased a book which I’ve only had a chance to glance at but have learned so much from it already. This book, The One Straw Revolution, written by Masanobu Fukuoka...

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Update from Whipbird Cottage

Tansy, Aloe vera, and Yarrow With so much happening at Whipbird Cottage this is the first chance I’ve had to write a new post for a few weeks. So far it’s been another great year with a large number of...

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Musk Thistle – Wild Food and Medicine

This is musk thistle (Carduus nutans) also known as nodding thistle. It is a common weed in my area and a curse to farmers who find it hard to eradicate. We have quite a few plants growing on our...

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Drying Wildcrafted Stinging Nettle

Wildcrafting herbs is one of my favourite things to do although I do find it hard to get the time. We have an abundance of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) growing wild on our property but lately it...

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Fresh Plant Herb Tinctures

As a professional herbalist I love when I get time to make my own herbal remedies. Recently I wrote about how I dried stinging nettle and now I have made a fresh plant tincture from other wild...

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Chickweed – A Wild Herb Growing in My Garden

 Chickweed (Stellaria media) is a small, soft, sprawling herb that can be used as food and for its medicinal properties. Also known as starweed, the herb is native to Europe and naturalised throughout...

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Sweet Violet (Viola odorata) – A Sweet Herb Indeed

  Sweet violet originated in Europe, North West Africa and Asia Minor and is cultivated in New Zealand and Australia as well as other countries. Historically this delightful herb has been used to to...

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Herbal Plans for 2014

What are your herbal plans for 2014? Mine have been put on hold until the weather improves. I’m sure it’s similar for the northern hemisphere too as I doubt very much can be grown in winter. In...

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Ginkgo biloba Medicinal Uses

Ginkgo biloba is a deciduous tree that grows to forty metres with a spread of seven metres. This attractive tree is a native of South East China and is  grown as an ornamental tree along streets, in...

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Green Amaranth (A. viridus) – a Nutritious Wild Food

At the beginning of 2010 I wrote an article about the Amaranthus Species that included one of my favourite wild vegetables – green amaranth, which is a delicious plant that I use in quite a lot of...

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