Foraging, Folk Herbalism, Edible Weeds + Inspiration for a Slow Life

Medicinal vinegars are one of the simplest and most powerful ways to extract the healing properties of plants and bring them into your daily life....

Feijoa wine recipe (simple home method) Here's a very simple and easy to follow recipe for making feijoa wine. Ingredients (makes ~4–5 lit...

Worried about petrol prices? Forget about your car, what about food prices when imports are impacted and the trucks can't get food to your superma...

~ Feijoa Season = Fermented Feijoa Fizz (soda) ~ The Feijoa trees are absolutely pumping right now and I’m making the most of them! These del...

Nettle & Cacao Truffles / Blissballs / Amazeballs A match made in heaven really. Think plant based super food: yummy, nutritious, good for ...

~ Elderflower Cordial Recipe ~ This is a great alternative to the Elderflower Champagne, given that it's non alcoholic (so the whole family can...

~ Hairy Bittercress ~ (Cardamine hirsuta) It feels like spring has already arrived in my garden: fresh shoots, sudden bursts of life, and a scatte...

~ Using Gorse Flowers (Not Planting Them) ~ Let’s talk about the golden flowered prickly shrub that’s taken over much of New Zealand’s landscape:...

Sweet Violet (Viola odorata / Viola sororia)aka English violet or Common violet These dainty, purple blooms have been captivating hearts (and heal...

~ Foraging Tuatua & Pipi ~ On my recent trip to the Coromandel I was blown away when a wave receded on the sandy beach to reveal a whole ...

~ Kawakawa Flower season ~ Tis the season for ripe Kawakawa flowers! At this time of year the female flowers (upright catkin-like spikes which oo...

~ Poor Man's Capers / Nasturtium seedpod pickle recipe ~ It's that time of year, the Nasturtium's are sprawling all over the driveway & gar...