So, been busy [daughter married and all], but some things have been done. First, we have a greenhouse – presently in bits in my garden – but still… Secondly, we have a shed – presently in bits on the allotment – but still… We have dug over a vast expanse of […]
Category Archives: Herbal Medicine
It’s was about time. I had bought the alcohol. I had read the books. And to be fair, I had been taught how to do it at Uni. But out in the community, on my own, I never quite mustered the courage to go out and pick herbs and tranform them into my own tinctures. […]
So, I added pics of making tincture with Dandelion leaves in May. I have also been busy making Cleavers, Elderflower and Lemon Balm tincture. The first photo is of the freshly picked cleavers twisted round in a bowl. Cleavers are long and sticky, and it’s sometimes hard to just break off the top half […]
Apart from simple compresses where clean cloths are soaked in medicinal herbal infusions and applied to the skin, it is sometimes beneficial to have a mass of herbal product laid against the skin for 10-30 mins to help heal bruises, reduce inflammations or ease painful joints. I am making poultices at the moment to help […]
By the side of the Taunton-Bridgwater Canal path you can find an abundance of medicinal herbs. Near West Street you can get down to the Canal path, and up until recently there was a beautiful Elder bush which always was loaded with fragrant flowers in the spring time, then later carried bushels of […]
After breaking my wrist in the summer of 2012 which impacted on allotment life through to the Autumn, and after the wettest Summer and Autumn that I can remember, followed by an extremely busy Christmas with a house full of lovely people, it is about time I got back to the allotment. I visited today, […]
Sometimes, when a rash of itchy spots springs up your first concern is not to get a correct diagnosis but to STOP THE ITCHING. You can find out what the cause is later, but if you just want to stop being driven crazy by constant itching, and if you have a patch of chickweed […]
If you compare this photo with one of the early ones on my blog, you can see I have come a long way… The white greenhouse in the centre background is mine, and marks the bottom limits of my allotment. The photo was taken from the shed where I store my tools, seeds, dry herbs, […]
This is Jacqui Apostolides after a very successful Open Day at Broad Oak Farm in Essex. As they say from their website: Broad Oak Herbs is a totally unique company. We currently farm just over an acre that forms part of a 6 acre organic smallholding in the beautiful Essex countryside, our herb farm […]