by Julia | Aug 29, 2015 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, General, Healing Plants, Recipes, Sustainable Living
Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta I love this little compact, rosette shaped annual with lobed leaves, small white flowers and upright seed pods that explode, flinging the seeds far and wide when ripe and you touch them, hence one of its names ‘shot weed or ‘flick weed’....
by Julia | Jun 13, 2015 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, General, Growing Food, Healing Plants, Natural Health, Recipes, Sustainable Living
Young plants of Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) are flourishing all over our garden and bush edge as I write in May. A few mature plants are still flowering. This is an old medicinal plant common in Europe. The name Geranium is Greek for ‘cranesbill’ which...
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 | Jul 15, 2014 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, Healing Plants, Raw Food, Recipes
Chickweed – stellaria media is a delightful plant and my favourite edible weed, growing lushly in the colder months. It is one of the most common weeds, growing all over the world in gardens, cultivated land and waste places. It is an annual preferring cooler,...
by Julia | Jun 11, 2014 | Edible Weeds & Flowers, Healing Plants, Recipes
Violet – Viola odorata The delicate, sweet scent of violet flowers wafts in the air as I go near the heart shaped leaves of this plant. The meaning of Violet is modesty, she calms tempers and has a cooling effect. This is because the leaves are mucilaginous (or...
