I had a lovely afternoon with a friend Chiara on her allotment. I helped her I.D. a plant for her ( a beetroot we thought might be a chard) and met her allotment neighbours.
Her neighbours were interested to learn the weeds they keep pulling up are in fact medicinal herbs. I explained plantain is for skin problems, calendula for wounds, chickweed for itches and horsetail for skin and nails. Horsetail was the most prolific.
They say what you need grows around you. I have heard reports from word of mouth that the hard water in London thins the hair so perhaps this is why it grows so much in that allotment.
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