Today, we are reflecting on what we have been learning and sharing together. We hope that you have been enjoying Slippery Elm! On pages 33 and 34, you will find some space to journal about your experiences this month. How do you feel about Slippery Elm? What would be a fact about Slippery Elm that you would share with your friends? We would love to read your thoughts!

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Good morning! We hope that you all have had a wonderful start to your week. Don’t forget to enter Monday’s giveaway for a PANACEA First Aid Kit. We will be drawing the winner on Sunday, March 17th. Today, we will be sharing Elm’s story with you. You will learn about how with just a little bit of encouragement, Elm was able to reveal his true gift. We hope that you share Elm’s lore with your friends! Turn to page 19 to start reading more about him!

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I am excited to announce this week’s giveaway! It is for a travel sized first aid kit from the lovely herbal apothecary Worts + Cunning!

The PANACEA Herbal First Aid Remedy Kit is filled with a bounty of herbal remedies for use around the home as a family herbalist. Each herbal remedy is labeled with suggested uses making this kit accessible and quick to use. Worts + Cunning has included their favorite remedies that they use both in the Apothecary and at home and have chosen them for their ease and multiplicities of uses.

YARROW Achillea millefolium – 1/2 ounce Glycerite or  Alcohol Extract
For rough warriors as well as gentle-hearted healers

SACRED BASIL Ocimum sanctum – 1/4 ounce Glycerite or Alcohol Extract
To the open the heart and steady the spirit.

SLIPPERY ELM Ulmus Rubus – Powdered Herb
To slicken what is stuck and has run amuck.

LAVENDER Lavandula officinalis – 1/8 ounce Essential Oil

WITCH HAZEL Hamamelis virginiana – 1/2 ounce Thayer’s Rose Petal Witch Hazel
To cleanse and protect.

ARNICA Arnica montana – 30c Homeopathic Pellets
When you feel like you’ve been pummeled and pulled.

GOODNESS GREEN – .15 ounce Herbal Salve
A general purpose green smear for the many things that bring us to tears.

HAWTHORN Crataegus monogyna – 1/8 ounce Glycerite or Alcohol Extract

Recommended dosages are described on each remedy’s container.

The remedies, as described above, come in glass bottles, except for the salve which comes in a plastic lip balm container. The entire remedy kit is packaged in a 5.25″ x 3.25″ x 1″ metal hinged-lid tin with a clear plastic lid.

All glycerites are best used within 2 years.
The powdered Slippery Elm is best used within 1 year.
The salve is best used within 6 months.

The winner can choose between the regular Alcohol Extract version or the Glycerite version.

If you’d like to follow Worts + Cunning Apothecary on facebook to be updated on their products and promotions you can find them here. They also have a blog you can check out right here.

If you’d like to sign up for a chance to win this lovely PANACEA First Aid kit, leave a comment, telling us your preference of Alcohol or Glycerite.

For more chances to win, you can leave a separate comment each time you advertise this giveway by:

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Sign up by Sunday, March 17, 2013 and I’ll announce the winner on Monday, March 18, 2013. Good luck!

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Congratulations to Sarah and her daughter Edie! Their name was selected by the random generator to win the Slippery Elm pendant from Mulberry Mudd!

Today, we will be sharing with you our recipe for Slippery Elm Vinegar! The vinegar can be used internally, as well as externally. Internally, Slippery Elm Vinegar can help with some digestive issues. If you or someone you care about commonly experience indigestion after meals, try taking some vinegar before sitting down to eat. Externally, Slippery Elm Vinegar can be used on unbroken skin to help with irritations of the skin. However you choose to incorporate him into your life, we hope that you and your little people like his healing ways! The recipe can be found on page 24 of the zine. Happy herbal crafting!

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Each month, our family pores over Kristine’s drawings in the zines. When we received our March copy of “Saluting Slippery Elm,” we were in awe. It was hard to turn the cover page to look at all the rest of the drawings. The detailed and colorful work of the Slippery Elm Tree, in itself, is so inspiring. We just wanted to hug it then and there. Eventually, we did turn the page. We saw pictures of leaves, animals, and healing products of recipes yet to come. They were all beautiful!  If you have been so inspired, draw some of your own pictures of Slippery Elm. Post your pictures on our flickr page. We would love to see them!

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We hope that you enjoyed your Slippery Elm pudding yesterday. Today, we will be learning about botany. If you go looking for Slippery Elm in your area, he will be about 80 feet tall and about 4 feet wide. His bark is reddish-gray to gray. The leaves alternate as you can see in the drawing above. In the spring, his flowers droop in clusters and are green in color. For more information and a picture that your young ones can label, turn to page 18.

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What if pudding was actually good for you? Today, we are sharing our recipe for a pudding made with Slippery Elm! Kristine has perfected a yummy and nutritious treat. The pudding is a great way to introduce children to this delicious and healing plant.  They will be asking for more! Slippery Elm has been used to help sore throats, coughs, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and digestive upsets. Turn to page 23 to get started! We would love to learn about your experiences! Once you try it, come back here and let us know what you think!

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I absolutely love this month’s pendant from Mulberry Mudd! This week’s giveaway is for this lovely Slippery Elm leaf shaped pendant. Measuring about 2 3/4″ x 2″ with a natural twine toggle necklace, this pendant is a beautiful reminder of Slippery Elm’s medicine.

The back of the pendant shows a branch of Slippery Elm hanging down while the front reflects the veins of Slippery Elm.

It is made from ceramic and painted with acrylic paint and hangs from natural twine. It would be a great reminder to anyone learning all about Slippery Elm’s healing properties and to show off your love for this amazing herb!

Be sure to stop by to check out her other items in her store. She makes beautiful Herbal Faeries, birdhouses, mugs and more! She also does custom orders so if you have a special ally or idea, convo her with questions! There may be a few other one-of-a-kind pendants featuring past Herbal Roots herbs as well! Rebekah uses naturally found elements in nature combined with clay to create these amazing pieces. She has recently added a lot of breathtaking drums and more fae folk such as this one which has me longing for spring: Sister Rain.

You can become a fan of Mulberry Mudd on Facebook if you would like to do so.

If you’d like a chance to win this one of a kind pendant, leave a comment below. For more chances to win, you can leave a separate comment each time you advertise this giveway by:

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Sign up by Sunday, March 10, 2013 and I’ll announce the winner on Monday, March 11, 2013. Good luck!

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Congratulations to Nancy! Her name was selected by the random generator to win the sweet little shrew from Mama Roots!

Welcome to the first day of March! This month we are going to be learning all about Slippery Elm. We hope that you have had a chance to enter the giveaway for Mamaroots’s Wooden Shrew. If not, be sure to enter by March 3. Today, we want to know how you have experienced Slippery Elm. Turn to page 8 to record your thoughts. We would love to read about your experiences in our comments section too!

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February has been a month full of Onion at Herbal Roots Zine. We hope that you enjoyed him filling your homes too! Now that you have had a chance to record your thoughts about this plant on page 7 of the zine, it is time to turn to page 8 to fill out the second part of the Herbal Spirits section. How have your answers changed? How did they stay the same? What was your favorite activity?

It is not too late to get started with this month’s zine, “Honorable Onion”. Click the button below to receive a copy for $7.99:

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