Tag: ginger

• Warning: Chemistry! Turmeric use and curcumin absorption deep dive.

  

  Turmeric is a true wonder herb but takes a little work to use it effectively. Join us here in our deep dive in our first ‘Warning: Chemistry! post.

  ligayagardener

  August 25, 2026

  Chai, chemistry, Deep Dives, Gardening, remedies

  biochemistry, black pepper, chemistry, constituents, cooking, curcumin, decoction, extraction, formulations, ginger, health, herbalism, Herbs, kitchen herbalism, make your own remedies, recipes, synergy, warning: Chemistry!

• Spring Garden Festival & Food Underfoot 2026

  

  The Spring Garden Festival is coming up and I’ll be rabbiting on about growing Ginger in our own little bioregion. Come along and have some fun.

  ligayagardener

  August 14, 2026

  food underfoot, Gardening, Herbs, Spring Garden Festival, Workshops

  elderly centre, Farmer’s Market, Food Underfoot, Foraging, galangal, gawler, gawler community house, ginger, grow your own medicine, growing, Herbs, Kadlitipari, Mt. Pleasant, presentations, propagation, Spring Garden Festival, wild edibles, wild medicinals

• Pain  killing comparisons

  

  Herbs are often fast acting painkillers, somewhat better than commercial options. Heres a comparison of two painful situations I experienced recently and herbal solutions.

  ligayagardener

  March 19, 2025

  Herbs, remedies, thoughts

  ginger, health, herbal remedies, Herbs, joint ache, lavender, pain killer, pain relief, prickly lettuce, st. john’s wort, toothache

• Crowded Ginger and Galangal.

  

  Our Ginger and Galangal plants have been going crazy – even bending the steel sides of their wicking bed!

  ligayagardener

  October 17, 2024

  Gardening, Herbs

  galangal, Gardening, ginger, harvest, health, Herbs, wellness

• Grow your own Ginger Bug

  

  Ginger Bug is the fermented precursor to Ginger Beer. Here’s how to grow your own.

  ligayagardener

  November 10, 2023

  fermentation, Kitchen

  fermentation, ginger, ginger beer, ginger bug