I have been inspired to make some herbal vinegars this year after watching Susun Weed on YouTube. I have made nettle and also dandelion. It is so easy to make and once made you can use it on your salads, or add it to soup etc to help add vitamins and minerals to your diet. […]
The medicine wheel is really beginning to take shape now with the South and East quarters finished. Some seeds have been sown and plants moved there from other parts of the farm including St John’s Wort, Yarrow, Ladies Mantle, Hemp Agrimony and Mugwort. We have also started a wind break made of branches interwoven into […]
Spring has definately arrived. What a beautiful day, and the first harvest of Nettle (if you don’t count the Yarrow I used to stop my cut finger from bleeding)! I drank nettle tea while I was there, have made some infusion to drink tomorrow and have some left to make nettle soup with. Nettle is […]
Happy Spring Equinox! Most of the mulches are now up and have been reused to keep weeds down in areas that will become beds later on. The last couple of weeks I have been working on the entrance to the garden, re-edging the fruit beds, and also finally finished digging the first quarter of the medicine […]
The weather has started to warm up and the ground is defrosting nicely. All of the interior fences have been removed and we are starting to lay out the shapes of what will be here. Below is a photo of the medicine wheel that will be the centre piece. We also have some compost bins […]
Solar Ripe started leasing some land at the end of 2014, so now we can grow some of the herbs ourselves and also teach others how to grow and harvest healing plants. The land is part of a reclaimed allotment site in Fife and needs a lot of work to get it up and running, as […]
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