Medicinal

This article first appeared in Organic NZ Gardening magazine winter issue 2020  Cold winter weather makes us seek comfort in…

Vinegar is a great medium to use to extract vitamins and minerals from herbs. A long, cold infusion, known as…

“Vick’s Vaporub” is a well known cough, cold and congestion remedy that was introduced as far back as 1905 and…

Crazy? Maybe! I’m your local crazy herb lady. But truthfully, as a herby friend of mine told me just this…

This weekend I have started making my new batches of herbal remedies for winter wellness, concentrating on warming, immune building…

Baby, it’s cold outside! Winter definitely has come a-knocking…  And with it, I’m already seeing an upsurge of colds and…

Their white and yellow daisy heads nod on their stems above the fresh apple-scented ferny leaves as bumblebees and bees…

I’m a true believer in kawakawa now! I’ve enjoyed the heart-shaped leaves and peppery fragrance of this native NZ plant…

If you’ve been interested in healing herbs, or alternative medicine, you probably have heard that Echinacea is good for supporting…

Homemade natural (herbal) toothpaste We brush twice a day (if we are good), and often swiggle and gargle too. But…