Category: Herbs

• Herbal update

  

  I’ve been busy photographing herbs and adding some new ones to our pages. Cleavers, Watercress and Brahmi are now covered!

  ligayagardener

  November 2, 2020

  Foraging, Gardening, Herbs

  brahmi, cleavers, Foraging, garden herbs, herbal medicine, herbal remedies, Herbs, watercress, wild herbs

• DIY rooting hormone

  

  There’s a safe, easy way to get your cuttings to strike. It’s Willow Water and it works a treat.

  ligayagardener

  October 15, 2020

  DIY, Gardening, Herbs

  cuttings, DIY, Gardening, propagation, Rooting hormone, willow bark, willow water

• Gardening for diabetes

  

  Jelina has been having horrendous problems with diabetes lately. Here’s one of the ways we’re trying to cope.

  ligayagardener

  July 26, 2020

  Herbs

  diabetes, health, Herbs, natural medicine, plant medicine

• Cooking the Saffies with warming herbs

  

  Cooking us some wild forages Saffron Milk Caps.

  ligayagardener

  June 2, 2020

  Foraging, Herbs, Kitchen

  cooking, Herbs, Kitchen, mushrooms, Saffron Milk Caps, spices

• My new favourite plant

  

  This beauty is Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa). It’s a pretty showy edible with medicinal properties. Globe Amaranth is a relative of those other showy edibles, the common weed, Green Amaranth (Amaranthus viridus) and the garden favourite ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ (Amaranthus caudatus). It’s a plant that could have some use in alleviating some of the symptoms…

  ligayagardener

  February 5, 2020

  Gardening, Herbs

  Amaranth, edible gardens, Herbs