What is a Herb? A herb is a plant that is valued for its culinary, medicinal or health-giving properties. Herbs can be used in cooking, made into medicines, into products to clean the house, to keep the garden healthy or for skin care.

None of us has escaped the influence and colonising ideas of the Empire, capitalism and patriarchy and the journey to authenticity can sometimes feel arduous but then there is the fun and joy of rediscovering all sorts of forgotten treasures and meeting wonderful allies in the work...

Careful planning of the variety of plants you include can make your garden attractive to wildlife and actually increase the biodiversity in your locality.

Traditional mead is a natural ferment similar to a wine made with honey water and yeast. It is usually made using wild yeasts although it is possible to get cultured yeast from home brewing suppliers.

The vagus nerve was for a while thought of as ‘just one of the cranial nerves’. ‘ Its very name implies it is a wandering vagabond of a nerve, meandering around the body to nearly everywhere (not the adrenals, though) and doing this in a vague manner.