August is our bridge between summer and autumn. A chance to celebrate the fruits of summer, while still basking in the sunshine. Traditionally the time of the Lammas harvest, associated with hay baling, wheat and first fruits. It is a time of abundance, and a time to prepare for leaner months ahead: ‘make hay while…
5 TO FORAGE IN JULY Summer is rolling along now and most of us in the UK have at last had a sight of sun. A wet and cold June paid havoc with the early summer blooms but everything seems to be on catch up now so there’s plenty to get out and forage for…
Chamomile, apple of the earth and sun on the ground Chamomile: Matricaria recutita, also known as German chamomile or simply scented mayweed. Do you know any other names for it? A sacred herb Chamomile is one of the nine sacred herbs from Anglo-Saxon times. It was also revered above all other herbs by the Egyptians who dedicated…
