Wild Garlic: Wild garlic is the ultimate spring cleansing herb, it’s antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, anti-parasitic, supports the cardiovascular system whilst cleansing the gut, helping to restore healthy gut flora. I add this to stews, soups, and use when baking. They pair beautifully with cheese in home made scones and can be found in abundance in many woodland areas. Dandelion: Another spring cleanser. The slightly bitter taste stimulates the digestive tract and liver, and it's an incredible detoxifying plant medicine after a winter spent on processed food, alcohol, and breathing in household chemicals. Dig up the roots but rather than throwing them in the compost bin, clean and chop them to make Dandelion coffee, Dandelion and Burdock, and use them as a food in casseroles and curries. Combined with burdock in a timeless drink, you have two powerful herbs in the deliciousness of a healthy soft drink that aids in the removal of toxins from inside the cells of the body, breaking them down by the liver, and out through the digestive tract and kidneys. Dandelion Root alkalises the body, reduces inflammation and removes toxins, it is a blood sugar balancer and helps rebalance hormones. The root, combined with the leaf, stem, flower, and seed, can provide all 8 amino acids essential to the human body. The leaf has a slightly bitter, nourishing yet earthy flavour and is ideal in salads. Most conventional diuretics deplete the body of potassium, whereas dandelion leaf enriches your potassium stores whilst still being a highly effective and powerful diuretic. The flowers are great to use in food and cakes, make syrups with, and they make an amazing salve for aching joints and muscles, as well as for healing psoriasis and calming the skin. Nettles: Nettle is a naturally growing super food abundant on most people's doorsteps. It is one of the most nutritionally dense foods in the world; full of vitamins A, C, some Bs, thiamine and K. Iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chromium, copper, protein, phosphorus, selenium, riboflavin, and silicon, providing the body with the nutrition it needs to heal and function correctly.

This is an interesting point from Adrian Edmondson, and one that probably resonates with a lot of people. He’s essentially questioning the modern obsession with “working hard” and constantly praising “hard-working families,” suggesting that it’s an outdated mindset. Edmondson argues that we now live in a world where technology and machines can take on much of the heavy lifting, so life shouldn’t just be about grinding away until retirement. Instead, he’s saying people should be aiming for more balanced, diverse and fulfilling lives — spending more time enjoying life, being creative, and doing things that actually make them happy, rather than defining success purely through hard work. What are your thoughts on this?

You can find the recipe in our herbal classroom as well as at the end of this video