Welcome to the July/August newsletter. We seem to have lost the summer here in Essex. It hasn’t rained that much but the days are mostly cloudy and cool. A lot of herbs tend come to flower...

300g Puy lentils For the mint pesto: 50g pine nuts, 1 clove garlic, 3 tbsps olive oil, 1 lemon finely zested and juiced, 2 large handfuls mint ( common or moroccan). Cover lentils in a pan with...

2-3 tablespoons olive oil, 2 red onions finely chopped, garlic and spices, 4 cloves garlic, 2tsp cumin and coriander seeds toasted and ground, 4oog can chopped tomatoes, 2tsp sugar, 2 large handfuls...

Welcome to the Herbal Haven June newsletter. It has finally rained here in the Southeast. Yesterday Sunday, it poured over most of the country and though it was particularly miserable standing behind...

Hi and welcome to the May 2011 newsletter. It has been a fantastic spring so far with lots of long hot sunny days. The bank holidays have kept us very busy over the last couple of weeks as there have...

New herbs for the 2011 season. We always try to grow a couple of new varieties each year and this year it is summer savory, (which we often get asked for) and calamint.     Summer savory...

Mozzarella Balls   One ball of mozzarella per person (the kind you buy in a bag of water) Pesto Parma ham or similar   Simply cut the ball in half and sandwich back together with the...

Recipe for Baba Ganoush (Middle-Eastern aubergine dip) Ingredients 2 aubergines 2 garlic cloves ½ tsp salt 2 tbsp lemon juice 2 tbsp tahini Large pinch ground cumin Pinch ground...

Notes From Beyond the Veil   Every month Herbal Haven asks the shade of a well-known herbalist to, briefly, drift back from those Elysian fields, to discuss herbs of particular interest at this...

Notes From Beyond the Veil   Every month Herbal Haven asks the shade of a well-known herbalist to briefly drift back from those Elysian fields to discuss herbs of particular interest at this...

Notes From Beyond the Veil     Every month Herbal Haven asks the shade of a well-known herbalist to briefly drift back from those Elysian fields to discuss herbs of particular interest at...