Blog: Fire Cider Recipe

Fire Cider is a traditional herbal remedy used to help with immune support, digestion and warming you from the inside out!  It is generally taken by the tablespoon (diluted if necessary) to help ward off cold and flu symptoms through the dark and cold season.  It can...

Sacred Plants of Winter Solstice and Yuletide

As we celebrate the ushering in of the light, the death and rebirth of the Sun and the promise of longer, warmer days, there are many ways in which we can honour the season with plants. Evergreens are traditionally used for building wreaths – Pine, Cedar, Juniper and...
In Praise of Perennial Veg (and herbs)

In Praise of Perennial Veg (and herbs)

As we plummet swiftly into the ‘Hungry Gap’- the period of time usually between April and June when the last of the winter crops are dwindling and the summer crops are yet to bear fruit- I wonder why we don’t grow more perennial vegetables....
Beneficial Insects – Ladybirds

Beneficial Insects – Ladybirds

Ladybirds are one of the most recognisable of our garden insects, but also one of the most beneficial. Both adults and larvae are voracious eaters of aphids – and, in reasonable numbers, are able to clear up infestations in a matter of days! After emerging from...