Tales of a Kitchen Herbwife

St John ’ Wort is my ultimate summer herb. The date when my first yellow starflower opens tells me how the season fares. This year is was 2...

Violet was my first herbal ally. Prompted by the wealth of violet flowers in my own garden this year, I was drawn to making a violet fl...

This month's UK Herbarium blog party features flower essences. What are they? How do you make them? What do they mean to you? The aim of...

Many people know dandelion ( Taraxacum officinale ) but few go hunting for it across fields in January. Standing in the middle of an empty f...

In three days time I shall be journeying skywards to the hopefully sunnier climes of West Coast USA. It is nearly seven years since I last v...

When Ananda suggested the topic of plant divas and energetic connections with plants for the April Herbwifery Forum blog party, I knew I wan...