I was sitting on Snow Hill station two weeks ago trying to tell Chris my train was on time when a text came into my mobile phone. “My friend has a broken bone which won’t heal,” I read. “Can you recommend any herbs for her?” The train was...

As Imbolc comes upon us we all feel the pull of lengthening days and we long for Spring. I had to share my mother's picture of the lambs. It takes me back to my childhood when we kept sheep upon the Cotswold hills and watched lambs running races along...

The next UK Herbarium Blog Party will be held on the 20th February 2010 and is hosted by Elizabeth over at Apotheblogary. The subject is “Emerging From Winter With Herbs” looking at herbal recipes to help us shake off the winter blues and put the...

This is another guest posting by Jacqueline Davies, one of my Sanctuary Apprentices. Jackie has chosen to look into white horehound as part of the UK blogparty on bitters, discovering facts about the plant which I wasn't aware of. Thanks for all your...

This is a guest blog post by Danny Proudfoot, a UK member of the Herbwifery Forum. He wrote this story for the UK blog party on bitters. Please make sure you read the comments as well as the posting. There is some disagreement over the order of kidney...