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

~ Mallow ~ Here on the Kapiti Coast, Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) grows abundantly along the coastline, roadsides, paths and disturbed ground. ...

A carpet of golden yellow beside the sea. This is yellow oxalis, one of those plants that can be so abundant that we barely notice it. But stop...

~ Chamomile ~ I’m sowing & scattering seeds all around my garden right now, including everything from wildflowers & herbs to attract ben...

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....

~ Watercress ~ (Nasturtium officinale) Being spring, I’m currently planting Watercress seeds in my garden, where I’ve found it grows well in a damp...

~ Fuchsia ~ The Beautiful Flower You Can Eat ~ Fuchsia is usually thought of as a garden ornamental, prized for its dangling, jewel-colored f...

It’s an abundantly delicious time of year to make a wild salad. At the moment my salads are overflowing with the fresh green growth of late win...

~ Lemon Balm ~ Melissa officinalis ~ As spring fast approaches, the first fresh shoots of Lemon Balm are beginning to peek up through the garde...

~ Miner's Lettuce going to seed ~ This is one of those plants that you sow once, and will have reappear by the thousands year after year, sm...

Purple Dead Nettle isn't just a common weed... it's a plant with over a thousand years of stories to tell. Long before it was pulled from gar...

~ CLEAVERS / Galium aparine ~ Right now, there’s a wild, lush flush of Cleavers in the garden, which makes it perfect timing for an incredibly nour...

~ ROSEMARY ~ Hair Rinse ~ The humble rosemary bush growing outside my kitchen door is probably the hardest working plant in my garden. I use ...