Birch Polypore:
Around 5000 years ago, a man, who we call Otzi the Iceman, was high up in the Alps between the border of Austria and Italy, when he was killed by an arrow. This may have…
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Smart Truffles
I thought that you might like a recipe from my last workshop as these truffles are very healthy, rather delicious and make a great Christmas present. All the ingredients have nootropic properties. Nootropics are a…
Coronation Oil: a secret recipe
Queen Elizabeth II was a person that most of us have never met, and yet we were aware of her life for most of our lives. She exemplified stability, dignity, duty, quiet grandeur, and certainly…
Chestnuts for male fertility
Sometimes the plants tell me things, which I have to research to double check, and this is such a story. Please brace yourself because it has quite a sexy content.
Hyssop Herb
Hyssop is looking so gorgeous that I thought I would share with you, one of the hero herbs which I used over the past two years. Hyssop is a brilliant herb for Covid, with significant…
Another super plant
When I grew up, this was known as elephant’s food. Now it is helping to save our Earth. Portulacaria afra is a carbon sponge, which can absorb between 4 to 10 tonnes of carbon per…
The Mighty Oak and Mitochondria
All my years of being a medical herbalist, I have looked for an English adaptogenic. This is a class of herbs which helps us to adapt to the stresses of life, and usually they provide…
The mighty Baobab tree
In Tanzania, I was held in rapturous awe at these magnificent trees. Not only do they look splendid against the sunrise, but bees seem to love making wild nests on their branches. Elephants eat the…
My new book:
I am delighted to tell you that my new book, Secrets from a Herbalist’s Garden (Watkins Publishing) will be out on the 10th of May, and although you can pre-order online, if you wait a…
Why we kiss under the Mistletoe
Also known as All Heal, Mistletoe is one of the sacred herbs of the druids, perhaps because it lives in that liminal space between the sky and the earth. Even the (Viking) gods of Asgard…
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