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...
View ArticleUpdate 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...
View ArticleMusk 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...
View ArticleDrying 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...
View ArticleFresh 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...
View ArticleChickweed – 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...
View ArticleSweet 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...
View ArticleHerbal 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...
View ArticleGinkgo 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...
View ArticleGreen 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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