Once prized as a valuable source of food, medicine and material to make cloth and cord, the nettle (Urtica dioica) is now largely seen as a troublesome weed to be vigorously cut, strimmed and sprayed to control or kill it. We asked Caroline Hearn of Hedgerow Hounds to tell us about its uses and healing properties in Healing Stinging Nettles.
We asked aromatherapist and master herbalist Nayana Morag of Essential Animals to explain the significance of animals mirroring our actions or moods and how our emotional or physical state can affect them
Holistic vet Dr Iris Ege examines whether anti-parasitic flea treatments for our pets are a problem for them, us, wildlife and the environment. She goes on to discuss a possible protocol to follow.
Animals are increasingly being dumped, left to fend for themselves or cruelly treated. If they are lucky, they may be found or taken to rescue centres and rehomed. They don’t understand why any of this has happened and may find themselves facing all sorts of challenges. This webinar will give you the tools to help them.