Author: ligayagardener

• Goo!

  Leave Chia seeds in water for a long while and you’ll get a wonderful, gooey mucilage that can help your digestion, reduce inflammation and boost your immuntiy. Chia (Salvia hispanica) is in the Mint (Lamiaceae) family and shares this feature with other members of the family such as Basil. Basil seeds are used in the…

  ligayagardener

  October 12, 2025

  Herbs, Kitchen

  chia, chia seeds, herbalism, kitchen herbalism, mucilage

• Closing the covers

  An era ends as the covers close on Grass Roots magazine.

  ligayagardener

  October 7, 2025

  Gardening, grass roots magazine, Herbs

  Gardening, Nature, Writing

• Garden update

  

  A beautiful Spring day and a festival coming up are reasons to celebrate with a few pics!

  ligayagardener

  September 18, 2025

  Gardening

• Food Underfoot 2025 is now on Sunday, Sept 14th, at 11 am.

  

  September 7th 2025 is the date for this year’s Food Underfoot feral foraging foray. Read all about it in this post and book your tickets to come along.

  ligayagardener

  August 4, 2025

  Gardening

  Food Underfoot, Foraging, health, herbalism, Nature, outdoors, wild edibles, wild medicinals, Workshops

• Fungal ecology at Barossa Bushgardens

  

  Prepare yourself better for next fungi season with fungal foraging tips by coming along to our presentation at the Barossa Bushgardens on Aug 12th at the comfortable time of 3.30 – 5pm.

  ligayagardener

  July 22, 2025

  Barossa Bush Garden, Events, fungi, Workshops

  Barossa Bush Garden, Community, edible fungi, Foraging, Fungi, wild fungi, Workshops