Tag: Herbs

• Food Underfoot 2026 is on! Does your verge look like this?

  

  Food Underfoot is on again! Our fun feral foraging foray in Gawler is happening in the 27th of this month. Here’s all of the details…

  ligayagardener

  September 8, 2026

  Activism, Community, food underfoot, Foraging, Gardening, Herbs, verge gardening, weeds

  colonialism, Community, ecology, edible weeds, Food Underfoot, Foraging, Gardening, gawler, gawler community house, health, henry chenoweth park, Herbs, medicinal weeds, Nature, Sustainability, weed walk, weeds, wild edibles, wild medicinals

• Nutmeg glycerite…yummy!

  

  Nutmeg has a wonderful flavour and some great medicinal properties but needs fats to extract. That’s no good for my water-based chai tea! So, heres my compromise -glycerine!

  ligayagardener

  August 27, 2026

  Chai, Gardening, glycerites, Herbs, Kitchen, remedies

  chai, glycerine, glycerite, herbal remedies, herbalism, Herbs, myristica fragrans, nutmeg, solubility, spices

• 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

• Measuring your dosages

  

  How much to use, how much to take? two common questions that I hope I answer here as we explore measurements.

  ligayagardener

  July 17, 2026

  Herbs, Kitchen, remedies, teas and infusions, tincturing

  healing, herbal medicines, herbal remedies, Herbs, kitchen herbalism, make your own remedies, making remedies, medicine making, nutrition, remedy making