Archive for November, 2007
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Herbal Footprints…
Good morning herb lovers,
The term “carbon footprint” is becoming more and more embedded into our language. We are concerned about what effect our energy consumption will have on the planet and our future.
What does this have to do with herbs?
Well I was making an ointment for a friend the other day. [...]
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Rosemary goes Scientific
Good morning herb lovers,
There is something I find a tad irritating. Scientists!
I realise that that is probably a bit of a strange statement, especially since the light of my life just happens to be a scientist.
You see, my beef isnt with the profession as such but their tendency to boohoo the [...]
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
Mistletoe
The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe goes back to the same Roman festival as holly, Saturnalia.In those days it was said that kissing under a sprig of mistletoe aided fertility.
A lot of northern European cultures considered mistletoe to have magical properties and the collection of mistletoe by long bearded Druids is still a [...]
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Holly decks the halls….
This popular Christmas decoration originated in Rome, where it was customary to send holly to friends during the festival of Saturnalia. Early Christians liked the custom so they kept it going. There is also some evidence that Druids used holly as a winter decoration.
According to Pliny the Elder, if holly is planted near the house [...]
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Rosemary at Christmas….
I came across a lovely Christmas related herb legend.
According to this legend, the flowers of rosemary were originally white. It wasn’t until the Virgin Mary laid her blue cloak upon the fragrant branches one day that the flowers took on the soft, blue colour. Up until the 20th century, rosemary was amongst popular Christmas evergreens [...]
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Herbal tales…
Why am I drinking this fertility tea?
My darling partner informs me that in order to fall pregnant someone just has to give me a parsley plant. Apparently there is this saying that giving females parsley causes them to fall pregnant. To prevent this from happening, said female should always pay the person presenting this herb [...]
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Fertility Herbs
Today is the day where I start a herbal fertility treatment.
We want to try for another bub but things havent been going the way we would like. Me, being me, I turn to Mother Nature to lend a hand.
I make enough of the Fertility Tea to last me about 3 days. It’s [...]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Herbal lament…
Sometimes I wish I lived in the UK or Europe.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Australia, the lifestyle is brilliant and I am rarely cold (or wet in these days of drought). However, speaking strictly from a herbal perspective - sigh - that’s where they grow wild.
I was watching Jamie Oliver at Home the [...]
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Herbology at the dentist
Ok, tell the truth, who of you enjoy a visit to the dentist?
I certainly don’t. I do however seem to spend a lot of time there.
This last visit was a herbal eye opener.
I had to have a tooth out, well there was much more to it but I wont go into gory details. [...]
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Herb lovers of Australia!
I best tell you about this blog. You may already have had a look at the Herbology site so I wont bore you with who I am and what Herbology is about. If you dont know have a squizz around Herbology.com.au
This blog (my first, so be gentle with me) is about anything herb related [...]
