Mar 11Making Magic with TrashIn my bid to be more eco friendly I have turned to items that have less plastic or recyclable packing, but we still throw away quite a...
Jan 28The Magic of Tea and CoffeeWe all know that blissful moment of putting our feet up at the end of a hard day and sipping a hot cup of soothing tea. Relaxing,...
Jan 12Magical Food - BeetrootBeetroot (Beta vulgaris) Part of the Amaranthaceae family with many varieties the most well known is the beetroot but chard and sugar...
Nov 26, 2021Spice up your life: Working magic with spicesDecember for me is all about the spices, not just in my mince pies and mulled wine, they are excellent to work magic with. Cinnamon...
Jun 1, 2021Welcome to my herbal stashA replay of my recent talk, just a casual stroll through some of the items in my herbal stash... The books referred to in the talk:
May 20, 2021Magical Food - TomatoTomato (Solanum lycopersicum) There are so many varieties of the tomato from tiny cherry ones to huge beefsteak and all sorts of...
May 15, 2021Magical Food - TurmericTurmeric (Cucurma longa) Turmeric is a perennial plant with long tuberous roots; it is this part that is used to make the spice we are...
May 6, 2021Magical Food - VanillaVanilla (Vanilla planifolia) Vanilla seeds come from an orchid in the Vanilla family. The seeds are scraped from the vanilla pod to use...
Apr 19, 2021From the garden snacksEven if you don’t go in for the fruit and veg plot in your garden you can still grow a few herbs or even eat some of the edible flowers...
Dec 21, 2020Magical Food - GingerGinger (Zingiber officinale) Ginger is the rhizome from the Zingiber officinale plant, the root can be used fresh (peel it first) or...