Words and Photos: Helen Frances

Cathy Dickison is quick to confess she’s never been a foodie. But when her body started grumbling about hard physical effort a few years ago, she knew she needed to change direction.

These days there are creative food ideas popping out of her head all the time, thanks to her thriving herb garden and her business, called Erb.

It’s a big change from her old working life tending plants in other people’s gardens, pruning roses, and raising Friesian bulls and three children…read more