by Julia | Apr 18, 2013 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, Growing Food, Healing Plants
Greetings everyone, Exciting news that I’ve had a little movie made about my work and my love of weeds and eating them. Aaron Smart a professional film maker has created this lovely little film which was entered in the Byron Bay Film Festival and which made the...
by Julia | Feb 5, 2013 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, Healing Plants, Raw Food, Recipes
Purslane – Portulaca oleracea Description This has to be one of the least appreciated edible weeds with huge hidden benefits. It has 4mg per gram of Omega-3 fatty acid, compared to .89mg in spinach, so I had to include this gem. Purslane is a bit like a...
by Julia | Sep 9, 2012 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, Healing Plants
What has Shakespeare got to do with weeds you might ask? It turns out Shakespeare was very familiar with the wild flowers and folklore of his home town of Stratford-Upon-Avon in Warwickshire here he was born and grew up. He assumed his audience would know the plants,...
by Julia | Aug 2, 2012 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, Healing Plants, Raw Food
There are a number of weeds that provide lots of nutrition in winter. Well over my cold covered in the last Blog, in this edition I feature 5 health boosting weeds I’m enjoying in smoothies at the moment. To the left is Cleavers or Galium aparine that...
