CLEVER CLEAVERS
Our grandparents knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and wellbeing and it’s time to get back to basics when it comes to looking after our […]
Category Archives: health
SHORT MEMORIES
What’s your memory like? I bet it’s nothing like the young lad from India who, more than four decades ago rattled off the series of numbers which reflected the value […]
Pills for Plants
Here’s an intriguing question. Is it possible to apply plant-based medicine to benefit plants themselves? We know that companion planting is a gardening strategy that involves cultivating different types of […]
SNIFFLE BUSTERS
It’s that time of the year when we all start yearning to be free of winter. We’re so desperate for spring, we might just start hugging random flowers and asking […]
HEALTHY SEEDS
Why not become a naughty gardener? Littering has taken on a new twist with the trend of guerrilla gardening. Scattering seeds in neglected spaces brings beauty and greenery to these […]
BUG PROTEIN
The recent mockumentary, “The British Meat Miracle”, a made for television, satirical show, exploring the potential of human meat to provide a cheap source of protein in our ‘crisis of […]
Tomatoes Are Red
Tomatoes can be a bit controversial. Do you love them or hate them? Are they a fruit or a vegetable? To clear up some facts. Tomatoes are a fruit. A […]
It’s Thyme.
More than 50,000 research papers have been published on Helicobacter pylori with an astonishing 1.300 papers published this year alone. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacteria which lives in […]
TUMMY WOBBLES
Hurrah, it’s Christmas! After the feast, the Boxing Day Feast, the feast after feast, your stomach may seem to house strange creatures who purr, meow, roar and squeak at the […]
THE ENCHANTED GROVE
An “enchanted grove” typically refers to a magical and mystical area of land or garden. It is often associated with enchantment, beauty, and a sense of otherworldliness. Within folklore and […]
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