My garden apothecary

Sustainable farmer Becky Cole celebrates wild plants, and shares how she uses them in wonderful recipes and remedies

-  TARA KING

My country passion

I 've always had a deep connection to plants. But in my early years as a novice gardener, I would wrestle with garden weeds, waging what seemed like an impossible war against nature itself. However, my enthusiasm soon waned and I began to look around my garden as if for the first time. Maybe that patch of nettles, for example, could be beneficial, not only to the soil and local wildlife, but also to my health? And so began the first of many years of herbal study.