The Apothecary, Cardiff

30/10/2026

With Remembrance just around the corner, we have everything you need to mark this poignant occasion – with all profits going to support members of the military community.
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30/10/2026

❤️ Meet the "mum" of the Dusty Forge kitchen. Wendy Thomas, who has spent three years turning surplus food into free three-course dinners at Dusty Forge Cardiff, has been named Wales winner of FoodCycle's Volunteer of the Year Awards 2026.

Every Monday at 6.30pm, Wendy and her husband Mark help cook for anyone who turns up at the Dusty Forge on Cowbridge Road West, from soups and pasta bakes to curries, with around 10 children joining most weeks. FoodCycle volunteers have served 3,290 meals across south Wales so far this year and kept almost three tonnes of food out of the bin.

"I didn't sign up to do FoodCycle to win awards," Wendy said. "Team Ely, that's what we call ourselves because we work together."

FoodCycle also runs free meals in Riverside on Wednesdays and Newport on Tuesdays, and anyone over 18 can volunteer. Full story:
https://loom.ly/ho8un6o

30/10/2026

30/10/2026

Wormwood (the Artemisia genus) is represented by at least 250 species worldwide. Their chemistry is diverse, but one thing they tend to hold in common is potent medicinality. African Wormwood (Artemisia afra) is one of the prettiest and most generally applicable in home medicine. All across its native region it is functionally used in treating fever, dysentery, parasites, respiratory issues and infections. A pretty plant, surprisingly adaptable to temperate gardens. I've posted a video on our youtube channel and will leave a link to the plants in the comments. Meanwhile here's a bit more info:

Wormwood, African (Artemisia afra)

Family: Aster (Asteraceae)

Hardy to Zones 7 to 11

Woody perennial from 3 to 6 feet tall, flowering yellow. Native to Ethiopia and all of southern Africa, occupying the seasonally dry tropical biome. The lacy foliage is showy. The plant exudes a pleasant aroma, especially when stroked. Native uses (TAM): Respiratory, gastrointestinal, and feverish complaints. Poulticed against ringworm, aches and pains. Leaves rolled and inserted in nose as a decongestant. Vermifuge. Insect repellant. Aromatic. Source of artemisia ketone and camphene. Plant prefers full sun and dryish soils. Standard garden soil is fine. Cut back in fall to improve overwintering and lush growth in spring. Space plants 3 feet apart.

29/10/2026

LAYERS OF GOLDEN, CRISPY, SWEET INDULGENCE! 💚
Freshly Made Traditional Baklava
Baked Right Here In-Store!

There's something truly irresistible about freshly made baklava! With its delicate, golden layers of beautifully crisp pastry, delicious nutty filling and wonderfully sweet syrup, every bite is a little taste of indulgence! And here at Canton Food Centre, we're proud to bring you this much-loved delicacy, lovingly prepared and baked in-house by our very own artisan baker.

Made the traditional way, our baklava brings together layers of delicate filo pastry, rich nuts and sweet syrup to create that unmistakable combination of crispy, flaky textures and deliciously sweet, nutty flavours that makes baklava so hard to resist.

Perfect for enjoying alongside a freshly brewed cup of tea or strong Turkish coffee, sharing with family and friends, serving to guests or treating yourself to something special after dinner, our freshly baked baklava is a wonderful addition to any occasion.

And did you know? Baklava has been treasured for centuries across Turkey, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and beyond! Traditionally prepared by carefully layering thin sheets of filo pastry with nuts and baking until beautifully golden, it's finished with a sweet syrup that soaks into the layers, creating its signature rich flavour and irresistible texture.

🛒 Pop in-store and treat yourself to our freshly made artisan baklava today!

Freshly made in-house. Priced by weight. Please see in-store for current prices and availability.*

29/10/2026

*Rescheduled volunteer session*

Join us this Saturday morning, for our rescheduled session.

We will meet at 10.30am at the orchard. Bring water and good footware.

It’s looking like it will be a beautiful morning. ☀️☀️

There’s a lot to do, so we’d love some helping hands. 🙏🫶

29/10/2026

"Look at the flower. It's an umbel. It spreads out and makes a broader surface, and the flower helps open the pores of the skin."

Alberto Carbo, RH, in our Seasonal Herbalist Q&A, on why traditional herbalists matched elderflower with letting heat out through the skin. Look at the photo again with that in mind.

Now the berry. Deep purple fruit on stems that turn red as it ripens. Alberto read the color the traditional way, as a sign for the blood: a nourishing fruit. Leigh Arnoldy added one more picture: those clusters on branching red stems look like the alveoli, the tiny air sacs at the far end of the lungs. That look is why so many people have elderberry in mind for coughs and winter bugs.

One plant, two pictures, two traditional jobs. That's the Doctrine of Signatures: what an herb looks like, and what that told the people who used it long before anyone had a lab.

Elderberry is one of the plants we'll discuss on Kids Immune Health with the MWIH Team is this Thursday, October 29, 12:00 noon Central, one hour, included with Herbs A-Z.

Comment KIDS and we'll send you the link.

29/10/2026

29/10/2026

4.30am. Making up emergency Swan Lake sweet peas! ...meanwhile watching Howard Jones (not that one.) presenting a watercolour tutorial. Very close to making my third coffee...Guatemalan....strong stuff....living on the edge. ;)