by Julia | Mar 11, 2016 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, Raw Food, Recipes
I recently came across some interesting research revealing how dandelion, that plant with golden yellow flowers, many try to get rid of in their lawns, is a potent cancer fighting medicine. Dandelions have long held a top spot in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as...
by Julia | Jan 20, 2016 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, General, Healing Plants, Natural Health, Raw Food, Recipes
The mallow family contains over twenty edible species of herbaceous plants that can be annual, biennial or perennial. A number are considered weeds while others like hollyhocks and hibiscus are treasured garden plants and marsh mallow is a well known healing plant. ...
by Julia | Sep 24, 2015 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, General, Growing Food, Healing Plants, Natural Health, Raw Food, Recipes
Borage – Borago officinalis Loved by bees this plant is both a weed and one we want. If you don’t have it, direct sowing of the seeds in spring and summer is best in its final position, as it doesn’t like having its long tap root disturbed. Or sow...
by Julia | Jan 25, 2015 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, General, Healing Plants, Natural Health, Raw Food, Recipes
Self Heal – Prunella vulgaris This is a gorgeous little plant flowering profusely now in January, in full sun or shade. I love it and want to share more about it along with a delicious pesto recipe I whipped up. Prunella comes from either the Latin meaning...
by Julia | Dec 19, 2014 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, General, Natural Health, Raw Food, Recipes
Amaranthus viridis – Green Amaranth or Amaranthus lividus -Purple Amaranth cultivated in Mexico since 4000BC – making it the oldest known food crop summer growing annuals found in disturbed, impoverished places the flowers are densely clustered small and...
by Julia | Sep 3, 2014 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, Healing Plants, Natural Health, Raw Food
Description other names three-cornered leek light green, grass like leaves and flower stalks are triangular in a cross section (photo below) it is a perennial that grows from small bulbs 1cm in diameter a garden escape being brought here by settlers from Europe even I...
