16 - The Herb Society UK - Getting started & nettles

The Sage’s Cabin - Herbs, healing, wisdom. · Mar 4, 2021 · 53m

Part 1 of the series - Growing and Harvesting Herbs - recorded with The Herb Society UK

In this podcast I am talking to Barbara Wilkinson, Medical Herbalists, herb grower, medicine maker and trustee of The Herb Society

We talk about:

The Herb Society - how it started,

what it does,

getting involved

The pandemic

Leaving the villages - city living -

blinkered society

Relationships with nature

Disconnection

The need to connect to nature

Allotments

Observation and the enquiring mind

How to start your new garden

Compost

Compost teas and fluid extracts

The tradition of using blood and bones

Seeds…