What the research says about cold cabbage leaves for breast engorgement Photo by Anna Evans on Unsplash Here’s a bit of plant knowledge I learned in a very unexpected way: cabbage leaves for breast engorgement have been used for years as a simple traditional remedy during breastfeeding. I discovered this because a farm cat recently […]
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Edinburgh Wildlife Mystery: What’s Hiding Inside This Hollow Tree?
Edinburgh Wildlife Identification, Cave Spiders & the Strange Things We Find Outdoors Mystery of the Month — potentially solved! Last month I asked the Nature School for Grownups community to help solve an Edinburgh wildlife mystery: what was this strange white object tucked inside a hollow tree? You all showed up with 2 possibilities: slime […]
Autumn Foraging in Edinburgh: Meet the Elderberry
Photo by Alla Kemelmakher on Unsplash Autumn Foraging, Wild Food & Seasonal Wellbeing in Edinburgh Autumn foraging in Edinburgh brings all sorts of seasonal treasures into view — including elderberries. One of my favourite authors, Robin Wall Kimmerer, writes beautifully about gift, abundance and reciprocity in the natural world. Her work got me thinking about […]
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Through herbal support and lifestyle shifts, this client transformed her PMDD experience—finding steadier moods, fewer symptoms, and a renewed sense of balance.