Frances Watkins May 19, 20224 minHedge Maids Spring TonicThere is still time to harvest the purple blue flowers and make yourself a spring ale! Ground ivy, Glechoma hederacea L. often called alehoo
Frances Watkins Dec 7, 20213 minMistletoe and Wine...When the leaves have fallen it is easier to see mistletoe, Viscum album L. growing in trees near you! This hemiparasitic evergreen is a nati
Frances Watkins Aug 31, 20215 minDelicious Bramble Delights!Bramble or wild blackberry is a member of the rose family and native to northern, central and eastern Europe. It is also known by its Latin
Julie Bruton-SealJun 22, 20213 minNutritional Worts as Summer Foods!Nipplewort, Lapsana communis L., is a common biennial wild plant and garden weed, yet people often overlook it. It has small lettuce-type fl
Frances Watkins May 10, 20214 minDaisy, Daisy, give me your answer doDo you remember as a child, sitting on the lawn or in the meadow picking the little flowers, using your nail to make a daisy chain...
Frances Watkins Feb 15, 20214 minCleavers in SpringtimeCleavers or Galium aparine L. belongs to the bedstraw genus in the madder family (Rubiaceae). Also known as sticky willie, goosegrass and a
Frances Watkins Oct 31, 20203 minRosehip syrup: A flavoursome source of nutrientsThis year there is definitely an abundance of rose hips (Rosa canina L.) in the hedgerows around Hertfordshire and are now ready for picking
Anne Stobart Aug 29, 20203 minAmazing Medicinal Trees!If you go down to the woods, you are likely to find you can use quite a few trees for healing purposes and make your own woodland tonic!
Kim WalkerJul 30, 20202 minElderberry Elixir: Stave off winter illsElderberries! There are few more satisfying plants to know than the generous elderflower tree (Sambucus nigra).