How your garden can heal you
EVERYONE knows that gardening is good for the body as well as the soul, but few of us consider that the plants and, in particular, the weeds that run rampant in our borders, lawns and hedgerows might have an abundance of unexpected health benefits.
The knowledge and use of common native plants is something of a lost art, traditionally passed down through generations, that has gradually died out, together with other old rural customs. Apart from the odd survivor—such as using crushed dock leaves as an emergency treatment for nettle-stung skin—the wealth of traditional herbal lore has long faded from our
