As the summer days get steadily hotter and hotter (and let’s not forget that here on the lovely Channel Island of Jersey we get even more days of sunshine than the rest of mainland UK!) it’s great to have a few tricks up your sleeve to keep cool. Obviously, cool drinks, loose cotton clothing and… Read more »
Mental health issues, including stress, anxiety and depression, are the reason for one-in-five visits to UK GP’s. But what exactly is stress, what causes it and what can we do to beat it? Put simply, stress is the feeling of being put under too much pressure, whether it is emotional or metal. When the pressure… Read more »
There are oodles of reasons to incorporate the use of essential oils into your lives; they smell amazing, they have an absolute myriad of uses and they are completely 100% natural. Here on our wonderful Jersey Lavender Farm we produce absolutely fantastic lavender essential oil, rosemary essential oil and eucalyptus essential oil and also blend… Read more »
If you really start to look around your home, you may find that there are actually lots of different ways that you can save money. Cut your energy bills by switching off lights and only heating the rooms that you use. Rent out that spare room on Air BnB. Buy fresh, unpackaged and unprocessed ingredients… Read more »
Unfortunately, as with so many things in life these days, you don’t always get what you pay for. The trade-in counterfeit goods are growing at an alarming rate and in 2012 in Europe alone, almost 40 million products were detained by EU customs with an estimated value of c. €1bn – and these were only… Read more »
Long before the advent of modern medicine, people were using the amazing properties of different plants to maintain health and cure disease. However, with the rise of big pharmaceutical companies this reliance on nature has waned and now many people’s first point of call for keeping them healthy is the chemist. However, just because the… Read more »
Almost all of us will have had trouble dropping off to sleep sometimes, and whereas this is certainly not as severe as the debilitating condition of insomnia, it is definitely annoying and can impact how we function and feel the next day. So what can you do to ensure that you get the great night’s… Read more »
A recent study by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has dubbed Britain the ‘fat man of Europe’, with nearly 25% of adults in the UK being obese, this being the highest level in Western Europe. Worryingly this figure has more than trebled in the last 30 years; in 1980 only 6% of men and… Read more »
Sometimes it seems like there is no end to the number of things that you can do with just lavender essential oil. Everything from sending you off into a great night’s sleep to treating insect bites, minimising the appearance of scars and even just making your home smell amazing. However, we have recently been reading… Read more »
Rosemary essential oil has long been associated with memory and remembrance. For example in Shakespeare’s Hamlet Ophelia says to her brother Laertes, ‘There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray/ Love, remember’ (Act IV, Scene 5). Although let’s not forget that this is declaimed shortly before she kills herself after going insane following the death of her… Read more »
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