My garden's full of herbs. I love to crush them between my fingers to smell the gorgeous fragrances, revel in the wafts of thyme and rosemary in the air whenever the temperature exceeds 25 C (OK - not often here!), and one of my favourite places to go is the herb farm nearby - it calms me simply to wander round, even if I'm not buying anything. Sometimes...

HERBS FOR FLAVOURINGS In Pt 1 I explained the Natural Hygiene view of herbal medicine and why I wouldn't use herbal medicine now, any more than I'd use conventional medicine. However, NH doesn't just see herbal medicine as toxic. It sees herbs as toxic per se. NH says herbs shouldn't be ingested at all. Not for healing. Not for teas. And...not in...

Although I haven't eaten meat for most of my adult life, I did go offtrack once, and have certainly had a lot of fish, so certainly can't claim a 'clean' history on flesh-eating (the 'About Me' on the http://www.rawforlife.co.uk/ site will give an indication). But, a couple of months before going raw, it was as if the scales finally fell from my eyes....

This article is hard-hitting. It's not written for the majority of you, but for those eating meat, whether cooked or raw. When we eat meat, we eat death. Eating meat is eating death and suffering. We pick fruit - the tree continues to grow. And the seeds inside the picked fruit can grow, and, if we were living naturally, we would expel these seeds...

I've managed to escape from the UK summer ('variable'...) by making a last-minute booking for a fortnight on Koh Phangan, Thailand, to stay with some friends from the 30BaD forum. So, only time for one article this month. It's a 'reprint' of an article I wrote for Fresh Network a while back. Many of you won't have seen it, and hope those who have will...

I've just got back from staying in Thailand at the generous invitation of Darrick from 30Bananas forum. Had a totally brilliant time, getting to meet not only Darrick, but also Harley (aka 'durianrider'), Freelea, Georgia, Bhala, Malakai, Nick, Chris, Rich and Choi, not to mention sampling (well, gorging!) the most delicious fruit! The easiest way...