Organic and natural bath, body and skincare. Medicinal herbs.

What's best for your aches and pains? Hot or Cold?

What's best for your aches and pains? Hot or Cold?

Whilst many painful conditions can be eased with medication, exercise and natural therapies, we still may need additional relief such as thermograp...

Leave the couch to the potatoes...

As the months roll by and we’re still all stuck at home, I've noticed my clinic is seeing more clients with back pain, neck pain and headaches. Man...

Elaine's Tips for beating the Winter Blues

Like many of you, we’re feeling a bit jaded at the moment. Whilst I know we are luckier than many I think we all can’t help feeling a little fed up...

Forager's Hay fever tea and 'No Go' Balm - ideas to make at home

Make a simple fresh or dry herb tea using local flowers and leaves that medical herbalists regularly prescribe to alleviate hay fever. You can make...

Customise your skincare to boost the Botanicals

Customise your skincare and add even more of what’s good for you! We know that many of you are already using this serum as a face cream – and why n...

Daisy & Nettle: The easiest Vegan Herbal Balm to make during lockdown.

Daisies on lawns and nettles in hedgerows are readily available during lockdown to pick and utilise in this balm making recipe. You can use it to r...

What's been happening on Pippettes Farm in July

The calendula and chamomile suddenly came into its own and we are overwhelmed with beautiful vibrant luminous flowers. Our fingers have been sticky...

Hawthorn Berry and Leaf tincture - Pippettes Farm.

High in antioxidant flavonoids including OCPs - a strong polyphenol- it can help improve blood flow, regulate the heart beat, reduce blood pressure...

Oat Seed Tincture - Pippettes Farm

Avena sativa is a gentle and nurturing herb; giving strength to those feeling overworked and over stressed and nourishing to those who are run down.

Comfrey at Pippettes Farm - Symphitum officinalis

Comfrey has many active constituents with Allantoin and Rosmarinic acid being the ones mostly responsible for its incredible healing actions on wou...

Daisy colony at Pippettes Farm - Bellis perennis

Daisy has gone out of fashion over the years, but is a wonderful little flower with so much to offer.

Breast Cancer: Help your skin heal post surgery and therapy.

One use that discovered us rather than the other way round was was the use of our natural organic herbal infused oils to help support patients arou...

What's happening on Pippettes Farm in June 2019

For the early part of June we’ve been busy nurturing Calendula seedlings and planting Lavender (Grosso and Angustifolia) in our new herbal meadow b...