What has Shakespeare got to do with weeds you might ask? It turns out Shakespeare was very familiar with the wild flowers and folklore of his home town of Stratford-Upon-Avon in Warwickshire here he was born and grew up. He assumed his audience would know the plants, their common names and vulgar associations as well. […] Read more
Winter Health Giving Weeds
There are a number of weeds that provide lots of nutrition in winter. Well over my cold covered in the last Blog, in this edition I feature 5 health boosting weeds I’m enjoying in smoothies at the moment. To the left is Cleavers or Galium aparine that incredible lymph, kidney and blood purifier which is growing well […] Read more