Within the Winter Wood

Since I previously said I was going to be a bit brave and post a few more of my poems, … More

Practical Herbs by Henriette Kress

I recently picked up a pdf copy of Henriette Kress’s new herbal book ‘Practical Herbs’, and I have been so … More

I’ve never really understood why so many people dislike winter so much. I know some suffer from the lack of … More

I absolutely love Burdock (Arctium lappa). Odd thing, really, because like Dandelion (which I also adore) she has the tendency … More

I’ve always loved this particular pre raphaelite painting. Not only is the use of colour just delightful, but it seems … More

Last November, not long after I first moved in to my current home, I began to take a series of … More

I did a bit of an experimental recipe the other day, using the bare bones of a recipe I’d found … More

I will be the first to put up my hand and say that I have a long standing, extremely poor … More

Here in Britain we have a reasonable amount of useful tonic herbs – and at the recent Springfield herb sanctuary … More

I’ve always had rather a soft spot for the lovely and graceful rowan tree, which has had many different names … More