Juice Fasting Guide

Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea)

Family: Asteraceae

Common names: Goldenrod, European Goldenrod, True Goldenrod, Woundwort

Goldenrod is a beautiful hardy perennial with graceful spikes of brilliant golden-yellow flowers that bloom from late summer into autumn. A favourite in cottage gardens, wildflower meadows, herb gardens, and pollinator plantings, it attracts bees, butterflies, and many other beneficial insects while adding a splash of colour late in the growing season.

Traditionally valued in European herbal medicine, goldenrod has long been used as a medicinal herb and was once applied to support wound healing. The vibrant flowers have also been used to produce a natural yellow dye.

Your plant is shipped during its winter dormancy as a bare-root crown with healthy growing buds already formed but little or no top growth (see example image below). Simply plant it into your garden over winter and it will emerge vigorously in spring, returning year after year with minimal care.

Growing instructions can be found below.

Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
Also known as Sunchoke or Sunroot

Jerusalem Artichoke is a hardy, highly productive perennial sunflower grown for its crisp, sweet, and nutritious underground tubers. Easy to grow and remarkably resilient, it produces abundant harvests year after year with very little maintenance, making it an excellent addition to kitchen gardens, food forests, and permaculture systems.

The tubers can be enjoyed raw, roasted, sautéed, mashed, or added to soups and stews. Their flavour is often described as a cross between water chestnuts, potato, and artichoke, with a pleasant nutty sweetness.

Each order contains three healthy planting tubers. Choose either three small or three large tubers using the options below.

Growing instructions, harvesting advice, and culinary uses can be found below.

A great tool to measure rennet for cheese making.

3ml capacity in 0.5ml increments. Easy to use.

Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum)
Also known as Añu, Isaño or Cubio

Mashua (pronounced Mah-shwuh) is a colourful Andean tuber closely related to the garden nasturtium. Exceptionally easy to grow, highly productive, and one of the most cold-hardy Andean root crops, it produces generous harvests of delicious tubers with very little care.

The tubers range from the size of small potatoes to large yams and develop a pleasantly sweet, slightly peppery flavour that becomes milder and sweeter when cooked. Even the young leaves and flowers are edible, making Mashua a truly versatile perennial vegetable.

A valuable companion plant, Mashua is traditionally grown alongside other crops because its aromatic foliage helps deter many insect pests, nematodes, and soil-borne diseases.

Each order includes either one large tuber or two medium-sized tubers, ready to plant. Simply place them in the garden when you receive them and watch them emerge in spring.

Growing instructions, harvesting advice, and culinary uses can be found below.

Spare linen liner for our popular bannetons. Ideal as a replacement or extra liner for easier sourdough baking and proofing days. Available to fit our most popular round and oval banneton sizes.

Make your gift extra special with our complimentary gift wrapping service.

Simply select this option at checkout, and we will carefully wrap your items with care and attention, ready to be sent directly to the recipient. It’s an easy way to turn your order into a beautifully presented, ready-to-give gift.

You can also include one of our illustrated gift cards, available separately, and add a personalised message to be included inside. If your gift is being sent directly to someone else, you’re welcome to email your message to [email protected] and we will handwrite it for you.

Thoughtful, simple, and completely free—making gifting effortless.

Cards are available here and can be sent with a personalised message.

Perennial Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Family: Urticaceae

Stinging Nettle is one of the world's most valued medicinal and edible perennial herbs. Highly nutritious, vigorous, and remarkably versatile, it has been used for centuries as a nourishing food, traditional herbal medicine, natural fertiliser, compost activator, and livestock tonic. Once established, it forms productive patches that provide abundant harvests of tender spring shoots year after year.

Your order includes 3 dormant rhizomes (approximately 20 cm long each), ready to establish quickly and send up vigorous new growth in spring. Planting instructions, harvesting advice, medicinal uses, and processing information are provided below.

Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius)
Family: Asteraceae

Order includes 1 crown (see sample images below).

Yacon, meaning “water root” in the Inca language, has been treasured for centuries in the Andes as a refreshing, thirst-quenching food for travellers. This vigorous perennial, related to the daisy family, produces crisp, juicy tubers with a uniquely sweet flavour—often described as a blend of fresh apple, watermelon, and pear.

Traditionally grown from Colombia to northern Argentina, Yacon is prized for its delicious edible roots, which can be eaten fresh or processed into the increasingly popular Yacon syrup. Its sweet juice can be concentrated into syrup, while the crunchy tubers make a refreshing and nutritious addition to the kitchen garden.

This is for a gluten-free sourdough starter like our KoruKai gluten-free sourdough starter!

This thorough eGuide with 38 pages covers all the basics that you need to know to create great artisan gluten-free sourdough bread at home. Please see the table of contents below. This is NOT the same eGuide that comes with the gluten-free sourdough starter it contains much more!

It includes instructions how to look after a gluten-free sourdough starter, but not how to make one from scratch. It includes recipes to get you started on this amazing journey.

You will get the guide as downloadable pdf so make sure you enter the correct email address when placing your order.

Last update of the file: 13th September 2023

Myoga (Zingiber mioga)
Family: Zingiberaceae

Common names: Myoga, Japanese Ginger, Mioga

Myoga is a beautiful, hardy perennial ginger grown for its edible flower buds rather than its roots. It produces lush tropical-looking foliage throughout summer, followed by striking pink and cream flower buds that emerge at ground level in late summer and autumn. Harvested just before they open, these tender buds have a delicate, aromatic flavour with hints of ginger and citrus. They are delicious eaten raw, pickled, or lightly sautéed, adding a fresh, zesty flavour to salads, stir-fries, soups, and traditional Japanese dishes.

Your order includes 1–2 dormant rhizomes (depending on size), each with healthy, well-developed growth buds ready to produce vigorous new shoots in spring (see sample image below). You will receive either one large rhizome or two to three smaller rhizomes of equivalent size.

Yomogi (Artemisia princeps)
Family: Asteraceae

Yomogi, also known as Japanese Mugwort, is one of Japan's most treasured perennial herbs, valued for centuries as both a nourishing spring vegetable and an important medicinal plant. The tender young shoots have a pleasant, aromatic flavour and are traditionally used in herbal teas, soups, tempura, and the famous green yomogi mochi (rice cakes).

Easy to grow, hardy, and highly productive, Yomogi spreads by underground rhizomes to form lush clumps that return year after year. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and is well suited to gardens throughout New Zealand.

Yomogi dies down in winter. Your order includes one healthy bare-rooted plant with growing shoots, ready to establish quickly in your garden once temperatures warm up.

Growing instructions, harvesting advice, culinary uses, and traditional medicinal information are provided below.

A gentle, multi-purpose postnatal healing cream designed to comfort and support the body after childbirth. It helps soothe irritation, soften and protect sensitive skin, and support natural healing, including relief for areas affected by haemorrhoids.

Available in 15g and 25g glass jars.

Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
Family: Lamiaceae
Common names: Lemon Balm, Balm Gentle

Lemon Balm is a vigorous, easy-to-grow perennial herb from the mint family, loved for its fresh citrus fragrance, soothing medicinal properties, and delicious flavour. Adaptable and generous, it thrives in a wide range of soil conditions and produces abundant growth throughout the season. With regular harvesting, we typically enjoy 3–4 cuts each year.

Lemon Balm dies down in winter. You will receive a dormant plant. 

Below you’ll find growing instructions, medicinal uses, and herbal preparation ideas.

Currently unavailable for 2026. Due to an unusually cool and marginal growing season, our turmeric crop produced very little rhizome division this year. As a result, we will not have plants available for sale in 2026.

Expected availability: July 2027. Please sign up below to join the waiting list and be notified when plants become available again.

Turmeric (Curcuma longa)
Family: Zingiberaceae

Turmeric is one of the world's most celebrated medicinal and culinary plants, prized for its vibrant golden rhizomes and long history of use in traditional herbal medicine. A close relative of ginger, it thrives in warm conditions and produces lush tropical foliage as well as highly valued underground rhizomes rich in curcuminoids—the compounds responsible for turmeric's distinctive colour and many of its researched health benefits.*

Widely used in curries, teas, tonics, and herbal preparations, turmeric has become a cornerstone of both traditional and modern wellness practices. Research continues to investigate its role in supporting healthy inflammatory responses, antioxidant activity, and overall wellbeing.

When available, each order includes one healthy turmeric crown, ready to establish and produce a new clump of rhizomes. Growing instructions, harvesting information, and culinary uses are provided below.

Many traditional French cheeses are "moulé à la louche", which means they have been ladled by hand. It stands for tradition, quality and hand-made products. 

A carefully ladled cheese is more flavourful, retains more fat and has a great texture.

Ladle is one piece and has been modified to work well for making a range of traditional French cheeses.


The scoop size is 59ml and length is 32cm.

Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)

Family: Lamiaceae

Skullcap is a hardy perennial herb renowned for its calming and restorative properties. Native to North America, it produces masses of delicate blue-violet flowers in summer that are highly attractive to bees and other beneficial insects. It is one of the most valued herbs for supporting the nervous system and makes an excellent addition to any medicinal herb garden.*

Easy to grow and long-lived, Skullcap thrives in moist, fertile soil in full sun to partial shade. Once established, it returns year after year and provides abundant leafy growth for harvesting.

Your order includes three dormant rhizomes with growing buds, ready to plant. Growing instructions, harvesting advice, drying methods, and traditional medicinal uses can be found below.