Ok, this is cheating a bit – in the sense that these herbs are not from round my way – but rest assured that they can all be found within the city limits. I have just returned from my first guided forage led by the fantastic Dermot Hughes from Forage Ireland. The forage took place…
Tag: herbalism
Wisdom of the Elder
The Sambucus nigra, or elder, has got everything a novice city herbalist might require; delicious, nutritious, healing, and as common as arseholes. Its easy identification was key to drawing me into herbalism and sparking an enduring fascination with this versatile plant. It grows absolutely everywhere on my part of the planet – gardens, parks, motorway…
Herbal Urban 