Tag: kitchen herbalism

• New recipe healing salve

  

  I’ve written about my favourite healing salves before but this new post updates you with some of the things that I’ve learned about over the last 12 months.

  ligayagardener

  October 16, 2026

  Herbs, remedies, salves

  calendula, DIY, english daisy, garden herbs, Gardening, herbal medicines, Herbs, kitchen herbalism, make your own remedies, nettles, plantain, st. john’s wort, wild herbs, yarrow

• 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!

• 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

• We’ve more herbs than your average herb book!

  

  135 entries for:   38 garden herbs, 38 wild herbs, 5 so far unsorted, and 40 Bushfoods! 17 Wild Fungi  and 6 Seaweeds! All local, all easily grown or foragable and all written about from personal experience! Can you ask for better than that?

  ligayagardener

  May 27, 2026

  Activism, Athena, Bach Flower Remedies, bushfoods, Community, DIY, Foraging, Gardening, Herbs, Nature, Proactive, Social media

  Activism, apocalypse, bushfoods, bushmedicines, climate change, community building, garden herbs, Gardening, herbalism, kitchen herbalism, Nature, plants, prepping, Proactive, updates, wild herbs

• New workshop – Foundations of Fermentation

  

  Our ACV and Ginger Bug workshop at HEC is on this Saturday! Come along, bookings are via the link in this post!

  ligayagardener

  March 4, 2026

  Activism, Community, ferment, fermentation, food, Hills Environment Centre, Kitchen

  ACV, ACV mother, apple cider vinegar, DIY, fermentation, food, ginger beer, ginger bug, growyourfood, kitchen herbalism, Nature