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Herb Histories

History has many tales of herbs being deployed to stimulate connection between lovers. While the warmth of sharing a pot...

Herb Histories

words by the Seed SistAs In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the eerie chant of the three “weird sisters”—eye of newt, toe of...

Herb Histories

Words by Rox Madeira from Wise Herbal Ways There is a new view of prehistory, emerging from the growing...

Herb Histories

Words by Neil Allies Whatever the season, I find that there’s always something new in the plant world to surprise...

Herb Histories

Words by Neil Allies What’s the difference between a home herbalist and a professional medical herbalist? There are probably lots...

Cooking with Herbs

Words By Kayleigh Sinclair According to Grieve’s Herbal in 1931, that “the English summer begins with Elderflowers and ends with...

Herb Histories

Written by Ruth Riley There seems to be no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to losing weight. There are those...

Cooking with Herbs

At Grass Roots Remedies, we work to rekindle people’s passion for our traditions of community herbal health care in an...

Herb Histories

Deep-rooted and deeply-rooted within the European landscape, the Birch tree has been a part of the natural landscape since before...

Herb Histories

"Weeds were the first flowers I knew, they are probably the first flowers anyone knows - the little daisy and...

Herb Histories

The humble daisy is rarely paid much attention until the late spring and summer, when the white and yellow blooms...

Herb Histories

We hurriedly rush in from the cold, slamming the front door shut, sighing in relief as the feeling returns to...

Herb Histories

Ginger is a herb so characteristic of this time of year. Bringing warmth, fieriness and good health to our homes,...

Herb Histories

Cutting through the bitter winds and drenching rain the last few days, have been the wonderful autumn colours and aromas....

Herb Histories

Herb Histories are back! In her second blog, Helen takes us through the humble onion - an easy to cook,...