Category: Herbs

• Favourite (herbal) friends

  

  Here’s a little coverge of my usual go to herbs. They’re all common and easy tofind in your garden or on your walks.

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  May 16, 2024

  DIY, Foraging, Gardening, Herbs, Kitchen

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• Fire Cider

  

  Fire Cider is many people’s go to preventative remedy for colds and flu. Learn here how simple it is to make.

  ligayagardener

  May 1, 2024

  Herbs, Kitchen, remedies

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• Always pretty – Bellis perennis

  

  Bellis perennis is another humble garden plant that can heal us. It’s around now in South Oz, so learn a little about it here.

  ligayagardener

  April 1, 2024

  Gardening, Herbs

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• Weight to volume tincture fully worked

  

  Here’s a fully worked example of calculating alcohol dilution for a tincture of fresh herb (in this case, Brahmi).

  ligayagardener

  March 9, 2024

  Herbs, remedies, tincturing

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• Upcoming “Intro to Herbalism” workshop

  

  We’re running a workshop on home herbalism at the Precinct on March 5th.

  ligayagardener

  February 28, 2024

  Community, Herbs, The Precinct, Workshops

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