This week, I am honored to give away a bottle of Dreamseeds’ Beautiful Serenity Herbal Compound.

Dreamseeds is the work of practicing community herbalist/aromatherapist, and artisan, Kristena Haslam. Her passion is plants and their help with our health. Kristena is a mother of 7 children and Grandmother to 5!  When she is not busy raising her 3 youngest children, she is making herbal medicine, hanging with the plants and learning all she can about our greatest teachers.

Kristena and her granddaughter.

This plant compound is made with organic herbs that help to relieve nerve and muscular pain, tooth pain, high fever, coughing with spasms,  insomnia, nervous tension and also bed wetting in children.

We have had a lot of fun sharing Slippery Elm with you this month! On page 8 of this month’s zine, we recorded our thoughts and feelings about him. Now, it is time to complete the second part of the Herb Spirits section on page 9. How are some of your answers different? How are they the same? What was your favorite activity this month?

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Poetry. Poetry is a large part of life. Whether one is sitting at a table with a pen in hand, typing on a computer, walking in the woods, or just sitting still, poetry is all around. Breathe in. Breathe out. Look up. Look down. What do you see? Close your eyes. What do you feel? What do you hear? It is in taking a moment to sense the present that one can clearly realize just exactly the beat or rhythm of that time and space. If you would like, take those sensations and write down a few. There are different styles to use for a more structured approach. For less structure, just free write. Now, look at the picture above. Imagine Slippery Elm. What would you say about him? Where is he in this moment?

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Let’s head out to the orchard and gather up some Peach! Sound crazy? We’re not looking for the fruits, we’re looking for the blossoms, twigs and leaves.

This month we’ll make delectable medicine from a tree that is not given nearly enough credit for her medicinal power. This medicine got my family through Whooping Cough, multiple bee stings and much more as you’ll learn in this month’s issue of Herbal Roots zine.

Learn to make Peach Shrub (a refreshing soda alternative), Peach Twig Elixir and more medicinal remedies from the twigs, leaves and blossoms of Peach. In addition to the recipes, this issue is jam packed with puzzles, games, crafts and other fun activities to make your learning about Peach a blast!

Peach Table of Contents:

Note to Parents
Supply List
Calendar
Herb Spirit
All About Peach
Scramble, Search and More: Word Search, Cryptograms, Energetics Find, Missing Vowels, Word Scramble
Herbal Botany
Herbal Lore: Peach Provides
Songs and Poems: Peach
Herbal Recipes: Peach Shrub, Peach Twig Elixir, Peach Leaf Tea, Peach Leaf Poultices, Peach Infused Oil
Coloring Page
Herbal Crafts: Herb Pressing/Drawing, Make Some Peach Blossoms, Carving Peach Pits
Maze: Help The Warbler Find Her Nest
Journal: Write your thoughts, medicine making notes and other information about your month with Peach
Crossword Puzzle
Resources

40 pages from Cover to Cover page. $7.99

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Feeling under the weather? Try Slippery Elm Gruel! It is easy to digest on those days when it is hard to keep anything down. It will help give you the energy that you need to heal and strengthen your body and mind. Teething babies love Slippery Elm gruel, too! It is sweet and easy to eat. Head on over to page 25 for the ingredient list and directions. After making the gruel, come back here and let us know what you think!

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This week’s giveaway is for an adorable wooden chipmunk from Chris of MamaRoots!

My first memories of chipmunks go back to when I was 6 years old on vacation in Colorado. Chipmunks were all over the place in the park we were visiting and were very friendly. My mom has pictures of me on the ground, handing them food. These fascinating creatures have been scrambling in and out of my life ever since. They reside in our woods and every now and then we get a visit from one.

This little fella will have a grand time scrambling over your nature table!

Chris hand makes all her wooden toys, sands them down, hand stamps or wood burns them, paints them with all natural watercolors and seals them with a all natural homemade sealer to give them a softly buffed shine that delights both children and adults alike. Her collections often feature characters from story books, Waldorf and Montessori inspired learning tools and small journals that are perfect for younger kids learning to write and draw nature journal style. All these items and more can be found in her fun etsy shop. You’ll find all sorts of inspiration for storytelling, birthday celebrations, play time, nature tables and more. The root children is one of my all time favorite children’s book and I adore her Season of the Root Children collection!

If you’d like to become a fan of Chris’ Facebook page, you can find it here.

If you’d like a chance to win this wooden chipmunk, leave a comment. For more chances, leave a separate comment each time you do one of the following:

-Kids, you get 1 extra point for being a kid! Leave a comment telling me how old you are and what you like best about Herbal Roots zine.

-blog about this contest

-tell me what item you like best in her shop

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-Post some pictures of your March activities using Herbal Roots on the Flickr Group Page

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Sign up by midnight on Sunday, March 31, 2013 and I’ll announce a winner on Monday, April 1, 2013. Thanks and good luck!

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Congratulations to Hallie! Her number was selected by the random generator to win the 2013 Wall Calendar!

We hope that you enjoyed the word search over the weekend. Today, we are continuing to review what we have learned this month about Slippery Elm. Turn to page 35 for the crossword puzzle. Let us know, if you get stumped.

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It is time to look for all the words in the word search. How many words can you find without glancing at the word box? Turn to page 14 to find out!

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Slippery Elm Lozenges! With just a few ingredients and a few hours or less, these wonderfully soothing lozenges would be ready to melt in your mouth! Slippery Elm Lozenges are healing and taste great! Slippery Elm is naturally sweet. Children love cough drops. What better way to teach our children to care for themselves than through making their own herbal healing remedies that they enjoy?! Herbal Roots Zine works to do that each and every month! If you are ready, turn to page 27. Have fun!

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Throughout the month of March, we have been exploring Slippery Elm. We have made pudding, vinegar, a soothing salve, and a book mark. We have learned about the many parts of Slippery Elm in the botany section. We have read his story. We have sung his song. Thanks for joining us on this journey! We look forward to making lonzenges and gruel with you in the days to come!

If you would like to share your photos of your explorations, feel free to post at http://www.flickr.com/groups/herbalrootszine! We can not wait to see them!

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