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How to get thicker, shinier hair and longer lashes

We've been busy using Castor oil over the past few weeks for a variety of reasons but especially for hair loss. Hair loss can be due to natural ...

Suggestions for nurturing New Zealand herbs in the UK

It’s been hot, it’s been cold and our plants have been up and down and in and out... It’s not been easy keeping to a schedule on the farm. I still ...

Reducing plastic waste for the sake of our planet

Plastic waste and its environmental damage has been in the news for months now. Following dramatic scenes on programmes like Blue Planet II, the c...

Sun at last on Pippettes Farm

A few sunny days has brought the soil to life and we are now frantically planting our seedlings and preparing the beds and trying to keep everythin...

Ayurvedic massage with oil being poured onto the back

Open Sesame Oil and a little bit of Ayurveda

At Pippettes we are keen advocates of our infused massage oils and the Ayurvedic art of Abhyanga (oil masssage) is something we are exploring. Our ...

Digging beds ready for biodynamic and organic herbs and veg

So what happened on our little farm this month?

We have stalled our delivery of amazing biodynamic and organic shrubs, herbs and trees from Poynzfield and Walcots due to the snow. They all arrive...

Our first Biodynamic Organic inspection

Pippettes farm is a perfect pint sized model for biodynamic farming. Surrounded by high hedges of Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Dogwood and Elders with Bir...

Pippettes Organic Rosehip Oil and Sacred Cleansing Balm

Fall in love with rejuvenating Rosehip this Valentine's Day

Traditionally, Rose-hips were used as a medicinal herb and a nutritious food for a wide variety of conditions ranging from rheumatoid and osteoarth...

A Wintertime Welcome to Ginger

By Elaine Everitt BSc (Hons) DO LicAc - Medical Herbalist, Osteopath, and Acupuncturist. Ginger has a few key actions that make it such an amazing...

Pippettes Farm: Plans for the forthcoming year

I trained in organic and biodynamic farming at Taruna College in New Zealand where, in 2010, we converted a 12-acre farm to a herb-growing facili...