tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37650602333897395782024-03-18T12:31:17.771-07:00Tales of a Kitchen HerbwifeSarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.comBlogger254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-50230837662993075032024-03-11T09:42:00.000-07:002024-03-11T09:42:31.051-07:00‘Tis the season<p><span style="font-family: arial;">With the arrival of the third month of the year, things are starting
to move. The quince tree is coming out in leaf. The elder leaves were possibly
the first to appear but I wasn’t there to watch them. The blackcurrant bushes
are bursting. Spring in finally springing. The snowdrops have seeded, the early
daffodils have been waving in the breeze for a month and the main show are
blooming.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sweet violets have been spreading their scented wonder since
late January in my garden. We made a <a href="https://kitchenherbwife.blogspot.com/2011/03/violet-magic.html" target="_blank">violet syrup</a> at the February workshop with
a round of “Ooohs” as the lemon juice turned the turquoise liquid pink. I
searched for the white violet last Saturday in the nooks and crannies of the
Sanctuary bank but although the leaves were present, there was no sign of the
flowers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We have been working at the Sanctuary on the few dry days in
between the constant rain. We held our first Wassail on January 6<sup>th</sup>;
serenading the trees and gifting them with bread soaked in cider after a day of
pruning and ivy clearance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">At the end of February we began the winter clear up. Wild
cherry and crampbark trees were pruned, the large haul of twigs divided between
four to debark at a later date. Half a ‘boot load’ was delivered to the
Little Bird herbal apothecary in Shipston on Stour, the rest dried or made into
tincture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are still untouched bottles of crampbark tincture in
my larder from previous years, so I processed wild cherry for over an hour
before my hands were too sore to do any more. It yielded three trays of bark
for drying and those have filled two large jars to store for later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">A week ago, when my writers group were finalising details
for our belated Christmas curry meetup, I received an email asking if I’d got
any spare cough syrup. It seemed an ideal time to try out the new cherry bark,
so the morning was spent decocting cherry bark, hyssop, mullein, sage, thyme
and marshmallow leaves, elecampane and astralagus root and rosehips. The first
five ingredients were aimed at the cough, the marshmallow to soothe any
inflamed tissue and the last two to boost the immune system and Vitamin C
levels. I tend to throw rosehips into any kind of winter syrup, ‘just because’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After straining and measuring the liquid and cleaning out
the pan, I let it evaporate for an hour or so, but didn’t have the patience to
reduce it by 7/8ths, as you should with a medicinal syrup. After adding the
same weight of sugar as the remaining volume of liquid, it made 4 jars of cough
syrup and the recipient was delighted. The rest of the group received home made
marmalade, made at the beginning of February.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After years of treading water thanks to Covid and various
bereavements, we are now making plans and moving forward. Last year’s
apprentices have settled into a community and brought a new set to join them
this year. They spent Saturday’s workshop picking nettles for <a href="https://kitchenherbwife.blogspot.com/2009/03/spring-tonics.html" target="_blank">ChristopherHedley’s nettle iron tonic</a>, all of them armed with thick gloves against the
Sanctuary’s particularly vicious variety.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">While the women used secateurs, the men took up pick axes
and crowbars to remove roots from unwanted trees to make space for levelling the
ground to receive flagstones for a new shed we’re intending to erect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The bramble hedge which hasn’t been touched for the past
three years and was threatening to engulf both the path and eventually the
summer house was also given a serious haircut. Roots were dug up from the identifying
shoots and I brought home a full basket of leftovers, which were duly washed
yesterday morning, left to air dry overnight and this morning have been left in
my kitchen hot cupboard to macerate with cider vinegar for three weeks. They
still fought back, despite the scissors and secateurs brought in to subdue them!
My previous bottle of bramble root vinegar, made around 2005, is almost empty.
I’m looking forward to another full bottle in the larder to deal with digestive
anxiety and upset tummies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have a whole article on “<a href="https://kitchenherbwife.blogspot.com/2015/04/what-to-do-with-bramble.html" target="_blank">What to do with bramble</a>”, written
in 2015. I’ve also discovered <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SJdWjSEN6g&t=15s" target="_blank">Sally Pointer </a>and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QkVtduvt1A&t=414s" target="_blank">Alex Langland’s</a> YouTube videos
on how to make bramble runner cordage. The apprentices seem keen to experiment
but I’ve suggested we wait until summer when both nettles and brambles will be
softer and more malleable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This Wednesday will see my first public talk on holy wells
and sacred water. I’m sure there will be a few herbs thrown in for good measure
along the way. </span><o:p></o:p></p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-60187537316169629322023-06-20T04:34:00.001-07:002023-06-20T04:34:41.199-07:00Cooling summer drinks<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many
years ago I was asked to submit an article on summer beverages to a magazine.
This summer, in the intense heat, I’ve been making more cordials and tweaking
some of the recipes, so I thought I would bring the article to my blog
audience.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When
I was a child, on one hot day each year, my mother would make real lemonade
from sliced lemons marinated overnight in a sugar solution and chilled. Summer
was the busiest time of the farming year, so we rarely went on holiday. Instead
we were left to our own devices while our parents brought in the harvest and
looked after livestock.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
lemonade tasted so different from our normal commercial blackcurrant cordial.
We were never allowed fizzy drinks because my grandmother once worked for a grocer
as a governess. The business made their own carbonated cordials and having seen
the process, she disapproved of paying for carbon dioxide piped into flavoured
sugar water.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now
we ae subjected to flavoured water with many, questionable additives, sometimes
forgetting we have the knowledge and resources to make our own. Yes, they include
sugar, but sugar is a natural preservative and you only ingest a very small
amount with lots of water.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Last
weekend, we helped with a fundraising weekend for a primary school in Mali. I
provided a table full of herb and vegetable plants and a box of elderflower and
ginger cordial. The cordial was offered as a taster and all the bottles sold.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Elderflower
and ginger cordial</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">10-20
heads of fresh, creamy elderflowers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">4
lemons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
oranges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
large chunk of ginger root (approx. 1-1.5 inches/3.8cm)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2pints/1.2
litres water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2lbs/0.9kgs
granulated sugar (or use 1kgsugar:1litre water)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Place the sugar in the
water in a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring until all the sugar is
dissolved. While the water is heating, place the elderflowers in a large bowl
and cut the zest off the oranges and lemons and add to elderflowers. Cut the ends
off the citrus fruit and discard, then slice and add to contents of bowl. Peel
the ginger root and dice into small pieces before adding to the bowl.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pour the boiling sugar
syrup over the elderflowers and citrus fruits. Cover the bowl and place in a
cool place for 24 hours. I put a plate on the top of the bowl to keep the
citrus fruit submerged in the syrup. After 24 hours strain (eat the orange
slices – they are amazing!). Strain twice more using either muslin or kitchen
paper. Makes 4 pints of cordial. Pour into sterilized glass jars or plastic
jars and freeze. Keep in the fridge and dilute to taste. It tastes good with
fizzy water. Serve diluted in glass jugs with slices of lemon and a sprig of
mint.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">To extract the maximum
from your flowers and fruit, pour boiling water over the discarded solids in a
bowl to cover and place in the fridge until cold. Strain the contents and drink
the now diluted cordial.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Below,
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have used my childhood memory of
lemonade but perfected it by adding some of the sun-drenched herbs in my garden
and hedgerows.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Rose
and lemon balm cordial</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">5-6
strongly scented roses (I used a mixture of Apothecary’s Rose, William
Shakespeare and Gertrude Jekyll)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">20
lemon balm stems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">4
flowering stems of self-heal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">4
lemons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
lbs of sugar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
UK pints (20fl oz) of water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Remove
the leaves from the lemon balm stems and the leaves and flower stalks from the self-heal
and place in a large bowl. Chop into small pieces with scissors. Add all the
rose petals and mix. Remove the ends of the lemon and cut into slices. Add
these slices to the herbs. Measure the sugar and cold water and place in a
saucepan on the heat. Bring to the boil stirring all the time with a long
wooden spoon. Pour the sugar syrup carefully into the bowl. Cover with a
suitably sized dinner plate so all the plant material is submerged under the
syrup. Place the bowl in a cool larder or fridge overnight. You will see that
the syrup has turned pink by the following morning. Remove the dinner plate and
strain the syrup into a jug. Squeeze the plant material well to remove as much
syrup as possible. If you want to maximise your syrup, return the squeezed
plant matter to the bowl and cover with cold water. Mix well then strain again
and drink. (This should provide your first taste of the cordial at a strength
ready for imbibing.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pour
your rose syrup either into sterilized glass bottles or clean plastic bottles
and immediately freeze. The glass bottles should be sealed, labelled and dated
and kept in the fridge once open. Dilute to taste with still or sparkling
water.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">One
of my garden beds is overrun with Swiss mint. The flavour is too strong and
metallic for mint sauce but it makes a wonderful mint vinegar and mint and
lemon honey which can be combined for an oxymel. I thought I would experiment
to see what a Swiss mint cordial would taste like. It was a great success!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Mint
and lemon balm cordial</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">20-30
long stems of mint picked before flowering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">10
stems of lemon balm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">4
lemons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2lbs
sugar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
UK pints (20fl oz) of water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Remove
leaves from mint and lemon balm, place in a large bowl and chop into small pieces
with scissors. Remove the ends of the lemon and cut into slices. Add these
slices to the herbs. Measure the sugar and cold water and place in a saucepan
on the heat. Bring to the boil stirring all the time with a long wooden spoon.
Pour the sugar syrup carefully into the bowl. Cover with a suitably sized
dinner plate so all the plant material is submerged under the syrup. Place the
bowl in a cool larder or fridge overnight. Remove the dinner plate and strain
the syrup into a jug. Squeeze the plant material well to remove as much syrup
as possible. If you want to maximise your syrup, return the squeezed plant
matter to the bowl and cover with cold water. Mix well then strain again and
drink. (This should provide your first taste of the cordial at a strength ready
for imbibing.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pour
your mint syrup either into sterilized glass bottles or clean plastic bottles
and immediately freeze. The glass bottles should be sealed, labelled and dated
and kept in the fridge once open. Dilute to taste with still or sparkling
water.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p>Don't forget that mint oxymel (2tsps infused mint cider vinegar with 2tsps infused mint honey diluted with cold water in a glass or mug) has been a summer cooling drink since before the first Crusaders brought the recipe back to Europe. </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">One
of the strangest summer recipes I came across was for a 1947 cough/throat
remedy made from roses and nettles served with milk. I was dubious fresh
nettles could be found at the same time roses were blooming but if you keep
your nettle patch well harvested, there will be young growth available when you
pick your roses. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
syrup can also be made from dried nettles and rose petals if you need a fix in
the dead of winter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If
you want to maximise the mineral content of your syrup, macerate the nettles in
cold water overnight maybe adding red clover and/or sweet violet leaves or
heartsease aerial parts. If you’re looking for a soothing cough remedy, then
try adding marshmallow leaves to the maceration. If you want to enhance the
nervine/spirit lifting effect of the roses, add Ashwaganda roots to the
maceration. (Basically, the possibilities are endless!)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nettle
rose milkshake syrup</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
large bowlful of young nettles/nettle tops<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Other
medicinal herbs suitable for cold maceration (see above)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cold
water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">7
deeply scented red roses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2lbs
sugar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Place
the nettles in a bowl (and other herbs) and cover with cold water. Cover and
leave overnight in a cool place. The next morning tip the entire contents of
the bowl into a large saucepan. Cover and bring to the boil. Simmer for twenty
minutes then strain the liquid into a jug, discard the herbal matter and wash
the saucepan thoroughly. Measure the liquid, return it to the saucepan, bring
to the boil and simmer uncovered on a low heat until the liquid measures 2 UK
pints (20 fl.ozs). Add the sugar and all the rose petals. Bring back to the
boil simmering and stirring for approximately 15 minutes until the sugar has
dissolved and the rose petals have given up their colour to the syrup. Strain
off the rose petals and pour the hot syrup into hot, sterilized bottles. Seal,
label and date. Allow to cool. Add to a glass of cold milk an amount to give
your desired level of sweetness. (The original recipe says 1 tsp per glass but
I like 1 tblsp!) Store opened bottles of syrup in the fridge. Unopened bottles
should be ok in the larder or a cool cupboard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When
you have a garden or open space full of herbs, there is nothing better than
wandering around with your gathering basket and a pair of scissors in the cool
of the evening collecting flowers from different plants to create a unique
elixir.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Uplifting
elixir</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rose
petals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">St
Johns wort flowers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Borage
flowers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Evening
primrose flowers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ox-eye
daisy flowers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
lavender flower heads<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Self-heal
flower stalks and leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lemon
balm leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Alpine
strawberry leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Runny
honey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brandy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strip
all leaves from stems and place inside a jam jar. Chop leaves into small pieces
with scissors. Add flowers to the jam jar. The amount of uncut leaves and
flowers should loosely fill the jar. Carefully pour in runny honey until the
jar is half full. Stop pouring several times and stir mixture with a chopstick
to remove any air bubbles. Fill jar to the top with brandy, mixing everything
together with a chopstick. Seal the jar, label and date. Leave in a cool, dark
place for 4-6 weeks. Strain and use as required. </span>Dosage<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> is 1 dropperful at a
time up to 4 times a day. (Not suitable for children under 12 but you could make a soothing cordial using the same plants maybe increasing the lemon balm, adding chamomile and </span>omitting<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> the roses and SJW)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So
many herbs offer us a myriad of wonderful combinations to enhance our lives not
only in summer but all year round.</span></p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-54246995321000835562023-01-16T10:42:00.000-08:002023-01-16T10:42:43.952-08:00A New Year and New Apprentices<p> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At the last festival in September, my arm was twisted to
re-start the Springfield Sanctuary Apprenticeship. Eight people applied and we
had our first workshop in my kitchen last Saturday. As always, it was great fun
and the participants learned about five different barks, then went out into the
garden, tasted chickweed and bittercress and dug up two mullein florets to make
their own tinctures for straightening spines.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The wonderful thing about herbwifery is its intense
practicality. There are books to read and issues to discuss, but it is all
about getting out, digging and making herbal preparations from whatever it is
you have harvested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mullein florets are a perfect example. Their leaves are so
soft and beautifully coloured. It’s no wonder they were used as toilet paper in
ancient times. They also absorb a lot of moisture, so several tea towels were
used to dry them off. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The roots were scrubbed and chopped before being divided
into five parts so everyone could make a mixed root and leaf tincture. It will
be interesting to see what happens because, ordinarily, the leaves precipitate
too much mucilage when alcohol is added, but I suspect these will be fine
because of the amount of water they held which will dilute the vodka to a
suitable level.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I thought I would share one of the tasks I set new apprentices
each month. In January, they are asked to walk around their local area looking
for certain trees/bushes to map – hawthorn, elder, wild cherry and dog rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The aim of the exercise is to become aware of your
surroundings. Even in the middle of a city, there will still be plants and
trees growing on the roadside or in the pavement cracks. When I had to walk
through central Sheffield on a regular basis, I found an elder tree growing out
of a derelict building and would monitor its growth cycles for six years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you look hard enough there will be fragments of field
hedges and the odd ditch where hazel catkins are starting to wave in the breeze.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maybe some of you reading this blog might like to map your
locality along with the apprentices. Take pictures of what you find and make
sure you know where the useful plants and trees can be found.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have put the dates for all the monthly workshops on the relevant page and if anyone would like to join us, you'd be most welcome.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-44847550106561897802022-10-27T09:38:00.000-07:002022-10-27T09:38:12.523-07:00What helps bruises?<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Many
years ago, I was talking to a family member about herbs which help with
bruising when my husband’s nephew interjected, “Why do you bother, the body
deals with bruising all by itself.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our
nephew is a doctor and not interested in herbs. I’d forgotten he was nearby
when I began the conversation but his question made me stop and think. Why
would we intervene in a situation which will resolve itself given enough time?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bruises
happen. When we knock against something, fall over, damage to our skin or
underlying tissue results in two major actions within the body. The damaged
cells are removed and new cells are created to take their place. We can see
this as the damaged area changes colour, becomes inflamed, maybe hot to the
touch and/or swollen and we feel pain if we try to touch the damaged area.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sometimes
the trauma causes damage to underlying structures, not just soft tissue.
Cartilage may be torn, ligaments damaged, bones broken or fractured or blood
vessels severed. In such cases, trips to A&E are always advised to diagnose
through x-ray, CT scan or MRI exactly what has occurred. Similarly, if there is
any hint of abuse, professional help must be sought so accurate records and
evidence can be acquired and the victim offered safety.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Head,
neck and back injuries, especially those where spinal damage is suspected are
other areas where expert advice must be sought since the first hour post event
is the most crucial in preventing life-changing effects. The patient must not
be moved except by experts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Having
said all this, bruises remain and there are several plants which can provide
help and support to the body to assist in the healing process.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There
are two herbs which stay at the top of my first aid provisions. Yarrow (</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">achillea
millefolium</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">), because of its anti-inflammatory properties and, as Jim
Macdonald said, “yarrow knows what to do with blood.” My other go-to is
plantain, both narrow leaf and greater (</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">plantago lanceolata and p. major</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">).
It’s drawing properties help to ensure the damaged area doesn’t have any
foreign objects, it helps with cell production and has the ability to retain
moisture in dry tissues.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">These
two herbs are usually given as a poultice or salve and also internally as part
of a tincture or tea, depending on whether the patient can tolerate alcohol.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
third herb I use externally is comfrey. It’s speedy cell-rejuvenation means
this is not one to be applied within the first 24-36 hours, as it can regrow
skin cells over dirt or fuse bone before it has been correctly set. After that
time, it is really useful.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">These
three herbs form my “old wound” salve because they will also deal with bruises
which refuse to heal or leave unwelcomed scars. Their power has also been
proved on the energetic level as one of my apprentices uses them as a tea and a
smudge to help resolve/come to terms with emotional scars left from childhood
abuse, especially when the abuser is no longer alive. She has also used them as
a tea with hawthorn and linden when setting up or strengthening boundaries.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If
the bruise is involved with connective tissue, Solomon seal (</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">polygonatum
multiflorum</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">) is another herb to add to the mix. American herbalists David
Winston, Matthew Wood and Jim MacDonald have written at length how helpful
Solomon Seal can be with rejuvenating joints, cartilage, connective tissue and
tendons in conjunction with agrimony. Agrimony (</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">agrimonia eupatorium</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">) is
there not only because it has styptic qualities like yarrow, but also helps
with pain due to constriction.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dylan
Warren-Davies, writing as “A Welsh Herbal” on Facebook says “</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background: white;">Solomons Seal is
traditionally ruled by Saturn, which like comfrey, makes the herb valuable in
treating musculoskeletal injuries. In combination with other Saturnine herbs
like horsetail and mullein root as an infusion it can speed recovery of
sprains, strains and broken bones. It also has been used to apply topically to
remove bruising</span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I thought this use of
Solomon seal was relatively recent, so it came as quite a shock to read J
Arthur Gibbs describing a visit to an old gentleman in his “A Cotswold Village”
who reeled off a list of herbs for different ailments including “Solomon seal
for bruising”. The book was published in 1898, it’s thirty year old author
dying the next year following an unsuccessful hernia operation complicated by
an undiagnosed heart condition.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Given that Solomon seal
is a North American native, it made me wonder whether its properties were
introduced to the UK along with other Thomsonian doctrines, but the UK usage
was well-known to both Culpepper and Parkinson so would have been embedded in
village herbal lore. Bruton-Seal also notes Gerard’s misogynistic comment that
it was useful for bruising “</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">from fals or women’s wilfulness in stumbling on
their hastie husband’s fists</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">”!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The other herb
well-known for bruises is elder leaves (</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sambucus niger</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">) but I have been
using the infused bark oil for the same purpose with very good results. This
came about because I needed something for bruising in the middle of winter when
no leaves of any plant were visible. It worked for me, so I added it to the apprentice
tasks and they all reported how quickly the bark oil reduced bruising.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">One
of the forgotten herbs which I have been adding to my bruise and joint
tinctures is bugle (Ajuga reptens). In Culpepper’s day it was well known for falls
and inward bruises for dissolving congealed blood. Parkinson recommended it for
broken bones and dislocated joints but by the late 19</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> century it
had fallen out of favour.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My
knowledge and use came from Julie Bruton Seal and Mathew Seal in their book,
“Wayside Herbs”. I happened to be walking into the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
for a Herbal History Society seminar some years ago and met Julie in the car
park. She was telling me enthusiastically about bugle when we met up with one
of the speakers, Christina Stapley.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Christina
was in such pain from her shoulder that she didn’t think she would be able to
deliver her presentation. Julie had a bottle of bugle tincture in her handbag
and persuaded Christina to let her rub it on the affected area. Twenty minutes later,
the pain was gone and Christina’s session was by far the best one of the whole
day!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
made my first tincture that year from bugle harvested from Buckland churchyard,
next to the manor house where my great-grandmother was brought up. The plant
then emerged at the Sanctuary and has grown there energetically ever since.
Julie notes its use for realigning joints, especially the spine and releasing
trapped nerves. I’ve been adding it to all my joint tinctures and have noticed
it has very positive effects in reducing “bile dumps”, which is an added
digestive bonus.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When
bruising is extensive and long-lasting, it is time to consider other plants to
throw into the mix. Chilli, cayenne (</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">capsicum sp.)</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> gets blood moving at
all levels. It can be very effective where bruising is deep down and can act to
transport the active ingredients of other bruise herbs to help resolve the
issue.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A
chilli tincture is easy to make, but care must be taken to have the room well
ventilated and wear gloves if possible. I made my tincture from Scotch Bonnets,
chopping them in the processor before adding the vodka. When the top of the
processor was removed, the airborne particle affected my eyes so badly, I had
to open the kitchen window and then lie down for half an hour before I could
carry on!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When
I was treating my husband for extensive bruising and a swollen knee after an
altercation with a ball during Walking Football, I only had chili in tincture
form, so that went into his thrice daily medicine and ginger oil was added to
his bruise salve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A
very effective herb for use with children and vulnerable elders is daisy. The
flowers and leaves combine to make a double infused oil which can be made into
a salve on its own or mixed with self-heal (</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">prunella vulgaris) </i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">or
mugwort (</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">artemisia vulgaris</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many
people rely on homeopathic arnica for bruising. It is very effective and easily
available from all chemists. You can make your own tincture if you have access
to the arnica plant but remember it is poisonous and should only be applied
externally in drop doses rubbed into the skin.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In
conclusion, the body will heal any bruises it sustains but there are a number
of plants which can help support and speed up the process.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u>References</u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bruton-Seal,
J and Seal, M <b>The Herbalist’s Bible </b>Merlin Unwin Books 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bruton-Seal,
J and Seal, M <b>Wayside Medicine </b>Merlin Unwin Books 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gibbs,
J. A <b> A Cotswold Village </b>Nonsuch
Publishing 2005<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Warren-Davis,
D ‘Reflections on Solomon Seal’ from </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/awelshherbal">A Welsh Herbal | Facebook</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-988679193628122662022-10-21T04:34:00.001-07:002022-10-21T04:34:57.877-07:00Planning for the future<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My
blog has been quiet for a long time. With everything going on in my life it was
hard to find the energy and enthusiasm to create new articles of interest to
both me and my readership. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
pandemic affected everyone. Lockdown should have meant less responsibilities,
less travelling around the country but it didn’t. We survived 2020 with all our
families intact and new friendships forged through building our local
community. 2021 was a different matter. We lost seven people dear to us,
including my oldest friend, who spent her life fighting for the rights of asylum
seekers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">My father-in-law</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> also left us at the age of 94 after a short illness in January
2021. His death meant we had to clear his home in Surrey after a lifetime of
living and travelling around the world. We sold the house in October but still
have a number of items filling our house and a lock-up waiting for attention.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My
father was slowly deteriorating over the two years and needed more care, mostly
provided by my sister and myself plus three local carers. Staying at the farm
for three days out of every fortnight plus extra visits during hospital
appointments or emergencies ate into our time and energies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My </span>88-year-old<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> uncle left us in February this year and my father, now 93, followed
him in July as the hay was being harvested in the fields around him. The world
has changed forever and currently we are stuck in limbo until probate has been
completed.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As
if that weren’t enough, we also suffered a serious burglary at our house whilst
we were away on holiday in Cornwall, four days after my father’s funeral. The
added stress has not helped anything.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">However,
on the bright side, we envisage the Sanctuary staying with us for the
foreseeable future. This year’s festival was small but enjoyable and my arm was
twisted to begin the apprenticeship again next January. More details can be found on the apprenticeship page of this blog</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Herbs
have continued to be my lifeline. Without their support and calming </span>effects,<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> I
doubt I could manage to achieve everything I do. We take a daily tonic, tweaked
to address any current difficulties. Chris has hawthorn, dandelion, nettle root
and willowherb/saw palmetto, while mine is vervain, lemon balm, SJW,
motherwort, Solomon seal, agrimony, plantain and I’ve just added black cohosh
to try and deal with solid hip muscles. Skullcap is my saviour when times are
very hard.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chris
managed to fall onto the ball during walking football at the beginning of July
resulting in a seriously swollen knee with bruising which reached first the top
of his leg and then went down to his ankle. Luckily, nothing was torn or broken.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
swelling dissipated along with the bruising thanks to an arsenal of bruise and
anti-inflammatory herbs (initially plantain, yarrow, comfrey, Solomon seal and
agrimony, followed by chilli to address the deep internal bruising) delivered in tincture form three times a day and a salve rubbed on when needed. He lost
no mobility, for which we were very grateful.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks
to help from friends over the summer, we were able to bring the Sanctuary back
to life, planting calendula and ashwagandha beds and bringing in new respiratory
herbs and nervines.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
autumn has been filled with harvesting and processing. All our apple, pear and
quince trees produced bumper crops this year, resulting in many hours spent making
jams, jellies, cordials, stewed fruits, puddings and liquors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u>Pear
cordial</u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">An
amount of pears, peeled and sliced<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Spices
(cinnamon, ginger, 3-6 cloves, star anise)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Zested
lemon peel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Place
the pears, spices and zest of the lemon in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring
to the boil with the lid on and simmer until soft. Put all the contents of the
pan through a sieve and measure the result. Clean the saucepan and return the
seievd remains. For every pint(litre) of “stewed pear”, add 1lb(1kg) of sugar.
Add heat and stir gently until the sugar is fully dissolved and the cordial has
just come to the boil. Pour into sterilised bottles. Seal, label and date. Keep
in the fridge once opened. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This
cordial can be used as a hot drink with boiling water. I find all cordials too
sweet so like to add the juice of half a lemon to the mixture. It can also be
poured over ice cream or other desserts or used as a sweetener for porridge.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
hedgerows have also been offering abundant haws, sloes, conkers and enormous rosehips.
The haws are steeping in brandy, sloes I left for the birds this year as my
shelves are still full of sloe gin! I still have to make a double infused horse
chestnut oil and the rosehips are sitting in the dehydrator waiting to be
tested for moisture after several days drying.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u>Horse
chestnut double infused oil</u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">An
amount of conkers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sunflower
oil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Double
boiler.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Place
the conkers inside a robust bag and bash them with a large hammer on a suitable
surface until smashed into small pieces. Divide your pieces into two piles.
Place the first pile in the top of a double boiler and cover with sunflower oil.
Fill the bottom saucepan with hot water and heat on your lowest heat for two hours
after bringing the water to a boil. Make sure the saucepan doesn’t boil dry at
any time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">After
two hours, strain the oil and retain it. Compost the spent conkers. Place the
second pile of conker pieces in the top of the double boiler and pour over the
single infused oil. Heat for another two hours. Strain the oil into a container
and leave it to sit for a while or overnight. Compost the spent conkers. Pour
the double infused horse chestnut oil into a sterilised, wide mouthed jam jar, seal, label
and date. Keep in a cool, dark place. It should keep for at least two years, if
not longer. If you pour it into a bottle it will go off sooner.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Next
week will see the root harvest. Solomon seal needs weeding and probably a few
roots harvested for tincture and oil. Dandelions are definitely on my agenda as
my stock of dried roots has diminished and some tincture is due. I’ll search
for burdock but have already made some leaf tincture which should be sufficient
this year. The weather has continued mild, so the ashwagandha may be left for
another month and the first frost.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Life
goes on. I’m still teaching piano to my ten pupils. The oldest have been passed
to my daughter for the higher grades and new “tinys” have appeared to fill the
gaps, with all the enthusiasm and exuberance five year olds bring to a new adventure!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Novel writing also continues. I’m now working on the third story about children
in Roelswick set in 2007.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We
continue to travel hopefully and look forward to meeting new herb lovers along
the way.</span> </p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-49770022260821267442022-10-11T12:52:00.000-07:002022-10-11T12:52:52.558-07:00More quince recipes<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Back
in 2008, I wrote about my new quince tree and its first harvest of five large
quinces. The tree is now established and after several lean years, it has gone
back to its former munificence, providing us with two large pickings of fruit which
weigh at least 1lb each. A mature tree can produce nearly one hundred fruit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s
hard to know what to make with such quantities, so I have been scouring the
modern and ancient recipe books to discover new ways of preserving the
delicious flavour.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(I’m
not American, so I don’t finish any of my jams or jellies in a water bath.
There’s no need. The sugar acts as a preservative. If you reduce the amount of
sugar, then you may need to use a different method to ensure the jelly will
keep safely.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quince
Chips </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(from
the receipt book of Lady Anne Blencowe interpreted by Christina Stapley)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quinces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Golden
castor sugar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Large
ovenproof dish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pan
of boiling water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Place
whole quinces into a saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil.
Boil for one minute then remove. Peel, core and slice the quinces thinly.
Scatter them with golden castor sugar one at a time so they don’t become
discoloured as they are exposed to the air. Lay the quince slices onto a large,
ovenproof dish, turn them and scatter with sugar again. Place the dish over a
pan of boiling water until the sugar has melted. Spoon all the melted sugar and
the quince slices into the centre of the dish and heat until the sugar forms
thick, white foam. Having made sure the quince slices are covered with syrup,
set them one at a time at the edge of the dish to dry a little, before dipping
them again. When the slices have taken up all the syrup, remove the dish from
the heat and set the quince chips in a warm place to dry before packing in
boxes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quince
jelly<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quinces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sugar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Spices
(Ginger, 3-6 cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon) optional<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Muslin
and either somewhere to hang it from or a large frame<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Small,
sterilised jam jars and lids<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Remove
any brown sections from the quinces and chop into small pieces. If you are just
making jelly, you don’t need to peel and core the fruit. If you want the flesh
to make membrillo, then do this first. Place the chopped fruit in a large stainless
steel pan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cover
the fruit with cold water, bring to the boil and simmer on the lowest heat for
up to five hours. Place the muslin over a separate basin or large saucepan,
making sure you can retrieve the four corners of the muslin. Lift up the muslin
and either attach to a frame or suspend from a hook (I use the handle of the
extractor fan above the hob). Tie the ends of the muslin securely and leave to
drip overnight.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
next morning, either compost the spent quince flesh or set it aside to make the
membrillo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Measure
the amount of liquid and return it to a suitably large saucepan. Add either one
pound of sugar per pint of liquid or 1kg of sugar per litre of liquid. Bring to
a rolling boil stirring continuously for at least ten minutes then test for a
setting point every five minutes. Quince jelly can be cantankerous. Don’t be
surprised if it takes at least half an hour to reach a set. Don’t walk away in
despair and leave it on a high heat. It will boil over. (Ask me how I know
this!) Once a set is reached, pour the jelly into small, sterilised jam jars
and seal the lids.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quince
cheese</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
from ‘The Complete Book of Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit’ by Biggs, McVicar and
Flowerdew</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2lbs
quince<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
lbs sugar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1
small unwaxed orange<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1
or 2 drops orange flower or rose petal water (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Roughly
chop the quinces into pieces. Finely chop the orange and simmer both together
with just enough water to cover them until they are a pulp. Strain the pulp and
add its own weight in sugar. Bring to the boil and </span>cook<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> gently for
approximately 1 ½ hrs. Add the orange or rose water if desired. Then pot into
warm, oiled pots, seal and store for three months or more before using. Turn
the cheese out of the bowl and slice for serving with cooked meats or savoury
dishes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Two
recipes from the New Edition of Mrs Beeton’s Every Day Cookery </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">given to my great-aunt
for Christmas in 1931</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quince
Blancmange</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1lb
ripe quinces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">6
ozs castor sugar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">¾
oz gelatine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">¼
pt double cream<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1pt
water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Peel
and core the quinces, simmer them in the water until quite soft and broken but
not reduced to a pulp. Strain through a jelly bag. Replace the liquor in the
pan, add the sugar and the gelatine previously soaked in a little cold water.
Stir and boil gently until the gelatine is dissolved. When cool, add the cream,
mix well and turn into a mould, rinsed with cold water. Serves 4-5.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quince
Marmalade</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To
each lb of quince pulp allow ¾ lb loaf sugar or preserving sugar. If making
apple and quince marmalade, use equal parts of quince and apple puree.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pare
the fruit then place in a preserving pan with as much water as will just cover
the bottom of the pan and stew gently until reduced to a pulp. Pass through a sieve.
Weigh the pulp, put it back into the cleaned pan, add the sugar and cook very
gently until the marmalade sets quickly when tested on a cold plate. Place in
sterilised jam jars, seal and date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When
I made this, I failed to read the instructions correctly (always a good start!).
I simmered the quince for one and a half hours until it was well stewed but
didn’t pass it through a sieve. I added a heaped pint measure of quince to the
same amount of apple, then brought it to a rolling boil for ten minutes and
didn’t turn the heat off during the five minutes it took to cool and set like
concrete on a cold saucer. It was beginning to catch on the bottom of the pan
but didn’t ruin the marmalade. It tastes great!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quince
Vodka</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quinces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sugar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Spices
(optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Vodka<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Large
clean glass jam jars with lids<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Peel
and core the quinces and chop or slice into small pieces suitable to fill the
jam jar. Pour in some sugar depending how sweet you like your liqueur. Add
spices. (I usually just add ginger and a few cloves so the flavour of the
quince isn’t hidden.) Add vodka, removing any air bubbles and dissolving the
sugar by podging with a chopstick. Seal, label and date. Keep in a cool dark
place for three months or longer. This recipe can be made with layers of quince
and pear or quince and apple.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Several
family members and friends much prefer gin to vodka and several have diabetes so
this year I have put up some Quince Gin without any sweetening.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quince
Gin</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Peel,
core and chop enough quinces to fill a large jam jar. Add chopped root ginger
and a star anise plus 3-5 cloves. Fill the jar with gin, stirring well to
remove air bubbles. Seal, label and date and leave in a cool, dark place until
Christmas. Decant and serve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Quince
Ratafia (</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">recipe
provided by Jane Birkett)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1
large quince<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1
large jam jar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brown
sugar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1/4tsp
each cinnamon, ginger and mace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Vodka
or brandy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wash
quince to remove fur. Grate quince without peeling or coring into a jar. Fill
one third of the way up the jar with brown sugar. Add spices and spirit. Stir
to remove air bubbles and dissolve sugar. Seal, label and date. Leave in a dark
place for at least a month. 2-3 months is best. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-85944059035071709592021-11-27T04:52:00.005-08:002021-11-27T04:52:45.563-08:00A week in the life of a Herbwife<p>Winter stores are hard to quantify. I know in my head what lies
on each larder shelf. There are two for oils, one for infused honeys, four for
dried herbs, two for vinegars, half a shelf for flower essences, and the rest
are tinctures, elixirs and liqueurs. Once upon a time, everything was in
alphabetical order but that disappeared when space was at a premium or others
helpfully returned jars to gaps rather than their homes. Most bottles and jars
are labelled with a date of production but there are still a couple I have yet
to either identify or throw out.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some herbalists were talking recently about using the quiet
time of winter to catch up on their herbal inventories. This has been one of my
goals for many years but I doubt if it will be crossed off the list any time
soon. My larder is full. The only way a new jar finds a place on a shelf is if
another is removed. Any new preparation takes twice as long because something
else must either be emptied, amalgamated or thrown away.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saturday and Sunday were spent digging more roots. My
long-suffering husband volunteered to do battle with nettle roots, which seemed
only right as the prostate support medicine is for him. I attacked the first
year angelica plants, removing six and leaving others to grow for another
season. Then I tackled Solomon seal, quite a feat when the whole neglected bed
is covered with nettles, hogweed and other unmentionables. I unearthed six
roots, leaving the rest for another year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One thing you notice when harvesting roots is the condition
of the soil. The angelica was covered in a sticky, wet, dark brown, not
surprising when the bed is below the spring line where clay meets limestone.
The horseradish was in a completely different medium, the dry, light brown particles
falling away from the stones as I dug down beside the wall.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Two hours spent removing four kinds of roots followed by
another two on Monday scrubbing horseradish, Solomon seal and angelica before
leaving it to air dry overnight.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The plan was to make tinctures with angelica, Solomon seal
and nettle and a new batch of fire cider vinegar with the horseradish. I’d
forgotten angelica needs overproof rum for its menstruum but luckily two
bottles arrived back with the Monday shopping alongside more vodka. Anyone who
didn’t know me would think I had a problem…!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday morning began with decanting two jars of hawthorn
berry brandy and last year’s angelica root harvest. One of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hawthorn jars contained quite a lot of
gelatinous precipitate which I wasn’t expecting as the haws had been harvested
before any whiff of frost. After discussion, it appears that hawthorn contains
more pectin than either apples or lemons. So much so, the scientists are preparing
to use it in developing new food preparations and drugs. (Take a look at the
article <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8253901/?fbclid=IwAR0_zvMP25HYdAauMj8bKpMSrTIfXsujXIVI8eBrue0X7Ia3TvZXkTCMqZk">here.</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To alleviate the problem, I washed the haws with extra
brandy and added it to the tincture, which seems to have settled into liquid
form. Hawthorn jelly is now on my list to make.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Every decanted tincture needs to be tasted. When you first
start making medicines, this really helps to identify new tastes but it’s also
helpful in deciding whether the season is a good one for that plant. This was
my first ever batch of angelica root. It was possibly the worst tincture I’d
ever tasted, probably not helped by leaving the roots in alcohol for a year.
(We weren’t ill last year so I didn’t need it.) It was bitter, incredibly strong
and tasted “black” with no discernible sweetness from the rum and not a great
deal of the expected angelica scent. Interestingly, half an hour after
swallowing the disgusting liquid, I realised my mouth was no longer burning and
I really felt quite well!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A spare half-hour between piano lessons found me desperately
scrubbing nettle roots in failing light wishing I could see better!
Nevertheless, the amount I laid out to air dry on the kitchen table overnight
was just enough to fill two large jars the following morning.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The final preparation from the weekend haul on Wednesday was
a nasturtium leaf tincture, from a chance visit to my aunt and uncle the previous Friday. Nasturtiums
have been very late growing this year and I only had one plant self-seed, which
wasn’t enough to do anything with. Nasturtiums not only provide colour in a
garden, peppery leaves for salads and seeds for false capers, they are a
powerful anti-viral and have a special affinity for respiratory issues. My aunt
had two plants curling their way along her beech hedge. She had no
objections to my harvesting the hand-sized leaves which yielded enough to make
a small jar of tincture.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Next on the list were ashwagandha roots from the garden. The
forecast for the end of the week was very cold with the possibility of snow as
well as frosts. Thursday sunshine dried the washing and threats of overnight
rain decided me to grab a thick coat and wellingtons as light faded. The
ashwagandha plants were happy to be removed. Those planted late into the middle
raised bed were already leafless with small roots. They never grow as well in
this cooler environment but even an inch of root provides a useful yield from
thirty plants.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Most leaves of the plants in the large pots on the patio were
still vibrantly green with secondary leaves already growing. Their roots were at
least two inches long with a frenzy of rootlets. The cherry shells were nowhere
near ripe, so those stems were cut to live in the kitchen window sill until
they transform. Friends came to play with the model trains in the loft on
Friday and they were more than happy to take part of the root harvest home with
them. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A busy week beginning with roots and ending with spices when
I prepared two curries from scratch for our Friday night meal. They all provide
harvests to sustain us through the winter and hope to see us through the long,
cold months ahead.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-45817712915013264122021-11-08T09:32:00.000-08:002021-11-08T09:32:19.676-08:00Digging for winter health<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“What can I forage now?” someone asked recently.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My response was all about roots. This time of year,
dandelions tubers swell from seasonal photosynthesis, summer sweetness locked
within their fibres. First year burdock, mullein and angelica can be harvested for
drying or tincturing. It’s too late if you gather the remains of plants which
have already flowered, the roots have sent up all their “goodness/virtue” into
flowers and seeds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Seeds can be gathered as long as they are black and ripe.
Mullein seeds are tiny. It’s best to put the whole flowering stalk inside a
paper bag and shake vigorously if you want to keep them or maybe spread them on
the ground to encourage another harvest in two years’ time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Burdock seeds are an investment. The seed pods are guarded
by sharp thorns. They are best approached with heavy gloves and when you’ve
gathered enough, find a sheltered place out of the wind, a sharp stick or
chopstick to poke inside the large pod and a bowl to pour the seeds into. The
seeds are both nutritional and medicinal. They are best ground daily if you’re
intending to eat them or used whole in a
decoction which can be divided in three parts and drunk during the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Burdock, like nettles, is a blood cleanser. It can be used
for eczema, psoriasis, gout, liver and kidney support etc. The root is the only
part not bitter, but it is diuretic. If you chew a piece of root, be prepared
to find a toilet within twenty minutes. The root is also helpful in exciting a
lethargic appetite, especially one dulled by a long-lasting virus. Chop the clean
root into small pieces, possibly inside a muslin bag and cook it as part of a stock,
soup or stew. Remove before serving.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My next planned harvest will be nettle roots. I don’t
gather the golden goodness very often, but searching the larder shelves this
week for another bottle of tincture to add to my husband’s daily tonic proved
fruitless, so this month I shall be attacking several clumps with a garden
fork. The roots are stunning. I would never have guessed their colour. It glows
in autumn sunlight, providing another aspect to nettle’s cornucopia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I learned from a former apprentice about nettle root as a
powder providing extra nutritional oomph to a diet. I’ve always used it to
support the prostate gland. There have been studies undertaken which show that
nettle root can keep the prostate stable for many years. It seems a useful ally
for all men, especially those in middle age. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Prostate cancer is as widespread as lung and breast, so
every man and women who care for them need to be alert for any danger signals
and seek medical advice as soon as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My other root harvests are from my garden rather than the
field or hedgerow. Elecampane flowers are long gone, their long stalks brown
and brittle, the huge green leaves mere husks of their former green profusion.
I removed all the aerial parts yesterday to fill my green bin but their roots
are safe for the moment. I still have large amounts of infused honey and
tincture from last year and I suspect, if I search, there will be another full
jar of dried root slices to add to cough elixirs or syrups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The honey can be given to children over two years as a
prophylactic to prevent constant winter coughing. The root smells and tastes of
commercial scent but it is one of the most effective cough remedy. Like mullein
leaf, it drags up debris from the depths, resolving deep rooted lung infections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Although the frost whispered on the fringes of the lawn
last week, there has been nothing to prompt me to dig up the ashwagandha roots.
I’m still holding on to a vain hope there may be ripe cherries in the future
but I’m not holding my breath.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Roots mean hard work scrubbing with lots of water changes.
I never powder them until the time that powder is needed. Powders go off
quicker than anything else but properly dried and sliced roots will last for
more than two years if stored in a dark place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Although I grow marshmallow, I don’t harvest the root. The
leaves are sufficient for my needs and I value my plants. The downy stems are
almost bare now so I may cut them down before the solstice, rather than
afterwards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is one root I buy. Astralagus (astralagus membranaceous)
has been on my list of immune-enhancing herbs for a very long time but I’ve
only been working with it for the past five or so years. It’s a native of
Mongolia and China and has been used in Chinese Traditional Medicine for
centuries. I’ve never seen a plant growing so I guess it may be on my list to
try one of these years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The commercial packs are full of tiny discs with an earthy
smell which is not endearing but the taste doesn’t adversely affect anything to
which it is added. The roots are well known immune enhancers, antiviral and
antibacterial. They can be used prophylactically against colds and upper
respiratory infections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For the past few winters, I have been adding a tablespoon
of it to all my stocks, soups and stews along with homemade green powder to
bring our immune systems to the maximum efficiency. Along with other herbal
roots, astralagus roots need to be removed before serving as they don’t break
down and can’t be chewed as part of the meal. I usually place them inside a
large muslin teabag which is easy take out of the liquid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My friend, Lynne Tynan Cashmore gave me a recipe for
immune-enhancing tea which is very pleasant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1tsp
dried haws<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1tsp
dried hips<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1-2tsps
dried astralagus root<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Infuse
for 15-20 minutes then drink.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lynne
recommends drinking a mugful of tea every day during the winter to ward off the
lurgies. If you were using fresh hips and haws then you would need 1
tablespoons of each, so it is probably more efficient to dry them before use as
tea, depending on how much you have been able to forage and store.</span> </p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-71383496249469482072021-10-25T09:42:00.000-07:002021-10-25T09:42:30.045-07:00Combing the hedgerows<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My favourite place to forage in autumn is amongst the
hedgerows. Whilst horse chestnuts and some of the elders are already losing
leaves, other trees are turning beautiful shades of red, yellow, and purple.
Garlands of crimson woody nightshade berries adorn their branches but must
never be picked or tasted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rowan/Mountain Ash and crampbark/Guelder Rose are still
holding on to their glorious red berries alongside the pink and orange clusters
of the spindle tree. The first two can be made into jellies with crab-apples.
Both berries are nontoxic if cooked before eating. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rowan jelly is sometimes offered as an accompaniment to
game. I have only tried the jelly once. It was too bitter for me. One of my
apprentices experimented with a crampbark and crabapple jelly which was
declared delicious by everyone who tasted it. It is on my list of future
experiments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Never pick spindle berries. They are poisonous. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rowan is known for its protective properties. Crosses made
from the wood are fixed with red ribbons and hung on cradles to stop the
fairies from stealing or exchanging babies. The berries can also be threaded
into necklaces or onto pieces of wire to strengthen the cross. They need to be
dried once threaded for preservation. Strings of dried berries can also be hung
on cradles, out of reach of tiny, enquiring fingers and mouths!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have been wanting to make a rowan berry string for the
past ten years, ever since Charlie Farrow first showed us how to make the rowan
cross during a festival workshop. There were no berries available that year, so
we made do with haws. When I finally foraged some late hanging rowan berries
this weekend, I was delighted to find how easy it was to push a sharp needle
through the berry and draw the thread through. My string is now hanging against
a hot water tank to dry over the next few weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Each autumn, I harvest rosehips, haws and purple sloes. The
rosehips are full of vitamin C, their bright, scarlet clusters shine in a tantalizing
glow amidst the briars. Like blackberry brambles, you forage carefully. If you
don’t pay great attention, the backward thorns will extract their drop of blood
or threads of fabric when you least expect it. Once caught, you cannot wrench
yourself free, but must work backwards to remove the thorns before they claim a
larger price.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Some of the rosehip harvest will be dried for use
throughout the year. I’m not making rosehip honey this year as I haven’t
started the honey I made two years ago. I am going to make some rosehip syrup
and maybe add sloes to the mixture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is a good year for sloes. Some people like to harvest
after the first frost, but you can easily mimic the cold by placing your
harvest in the freezer before processing, ensuring the skins are split. Like
rosehips, sloes are full of vitamin C. Their astringent nature can also help
with loose stools.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Haws have become increasingly important to me over the
years. Dried, they make a pleasant tea, boosting the immune system if a handful
of astralagus root and rosehips are added. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hawthorn vinegar is one of the easiest products to make,
stuffing a jam jar full of haws, covering it with cider vinegar and watching
the berries turn white while the vinegar takes on the soft, rose-tinged hue. It’s
one of the tastier vinegars, ideal for salad dressings or as an unusual starter
with crusty bread. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One of my most well-used preparations is haw brandy. I use
it daily with motherwort tincture to strengthen my heart and prevent
palpitations. It can also be added to tinctures made from hawthorn leaves and
flowers to produce a full-spectrum medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hawthorn is all about the heart, managing fluid levels,
helping the raise or lower the heart rate depending on what is needed. It can
be given by a qualified herbalist to those who already take allopathic medicine
for their heart condition. Offering hawthorn to lean, tall, elderly men with
low blood pressure may not be a good idea. (Don’t ask them to do breathing
exercises as part of relaxation techniques either – ask me how I know!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hawthorn has been part of our landscape for centuries. Its
name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning “hedge thorn.” The thorns are not
as long and dangerous as the blackthorn, but trees have the ability to grow
close to one another to provide both a barrier and shelter from strong winds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On an energetic level, hawthorn opens the heart to the
possibility of spiritual development. Its most powerful gift is the opportunity
for forgiveness, both of self and others. This is especially useful during a
time of grieving, where the bereaved is completely immersed in a cycle of “if
only…” Spending time with a hawthorn tree can be useful but if something
material is needed, then regular doses of hawthorn flower essence (4 drops
under the tongue or in water three times a day or when needed) or drop doses of
hawthorn flower tincture can be helpful. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">An alternative point of comfort might be to offer a piece
of hawthorn twig, sanded smooth and finished with a smear of salve or sunflower
oil for the grieving person to use as a “meditation aid” or “worry stick.” The
precise term is immaterial, whatever enables the individual to accept the gift
or maybe make one for themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Berries are not the only harvest from the hedgerows. On my
way out of a nearby stand of trees, I noticed dogwood and crampbark leaves colouring
the grass alongside two rowan trees. The leaves found their way into my basket,
together with several bunches of rowan berries. These have been used to create
two colourful plates for Samhain. It feels good to be inspired after such a
long absence!<o:p></o:p></span></p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-66857833217447840782021-10-18T09:12:00.000-07:002021-10-18T09:12:19.794-07:00October and nettle seeds<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The south facing branch of the sycamore tree across the
road from my suburban home has turned from green to yellow, showing autumn is
finally here. The warm days of the past few weeks have brought both respite and
a lengthening to the late growing season, but it is good to be reminded the
wheel of the year is turning and change will follow soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">September always fills me with panic. Have I grown enough?
Has the harvest been enough? Have I foraged everything I need. Enough is such a
strange concept. How many people do I need to treat? How many people will I
need to feed over winter? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In previous years I could plan and estimate but these
strange times make things more uncertain. Winter is coming and all I want to do
is find my sheltered place, line my nest and hibernate for the duration. I know
it won’t be possible but I can hope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">October is the time of roots and seeds, preferably gathered
after the first frost, whenever that is. My ashwagandha plants are still
vibrantly green. They were so late germinating and then growing back in July
that they have hardly put out their flowers and the seed pods are still green.
I will wait to see if any of them turn to orange in the next few weeks. Otherwise
everything will be dug and dried or tinctured. There is no rush.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What I did find whilst I was pulling up the dead broad and
climbing beans was a hidden last harvest of nettle seed. I remember finding
some last seeds this time of year in local parks in the first year I gathered.
I’d forgotten the time of gathering was quite so long. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Reading through foraging posts on social media, it seems
everyone has finally discovered nettles make more than leaves for soup and
fibre for fishing lines. The seeds carry a rich nutritive density. As with any
medicinal plant, you do need to harvest and consume with caution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The fresh seeds when eaten can send some people “high”. The
American herbalist, Kiva Rose Hardin first pointed out that if you have a “dry”
constitution then nettle seed will dry you out further. She lives in New
Mexico, so she is very conscious of moisture and the lack of it. Another issue
we have discovered is that if you have misused “recreational drugs” somewhere
in your past, nettle seed will cause you difficulties.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We tincture fresh nettle seed to support kidney failure, as first
highlighted by David Winston. It is especially helpful in dealing with kidney
pain when you haven’t drunk enough fluid. The dry seeds support exhausted
adrenal glands. The usual dose is one teaspoonful taken in yoghurt or porridge
or as a seed topping to salads. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We usually recommend they are consumed for at least three
months or until the “patient” can’t stand the taste of them anymore. I have one
friend with an incredibly stressful job who is still happily consuming her
nettle seed two years after they were first given to her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dried nettle seeds can also be an aid to reducing dietary
salt. They can be ground with salt crystals in a ratio of two: one to produce a
useful condiment. If you want something a little hotter, add chilli flakes to
the mix.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It worried me when nettle seeds at the farm were turning
black and dropping off back in July, thinking I had not found enough for fresh
seed tincture. The following month I found another stand of vibrant green,
enough to put up nearly 5 litres of tincture. After our herb festival in
September, huge nettle plants now covering all the Sanctuary like rampant
triffids, dangled their seeds so seductively I was forced to pick them, even
though I was there to harvest my damson tree and time, as always, was very
short.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I did manage to pick my usual five pounds of damsons and
these are now sitting on my jam shelves ready to eat. The quince harvest is
very sparse but luckily my friend has a tree and shares her largesse with me. Two
bottles of spiced quince gin and three of vodka are now infusing in the larder until
Christmas and twenty small jars of quince jelly were made over two days this
week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Now, there are more nettle seeds from the garden drying in
a paper bag over the kitchen radiator. I should have added another batch from
underneath our hawthorn tree but I was too tired and now it is raining.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What I did pick was an orange flourish of calendula, waving
from underneath the runner beans. I’ve lamented the lack of a dedicated
calendula bed for the past two years, but collecting a few flowers here and
there, self-seeded in the vegetable beds have given me a few to dry for anti-viral
tea and enough to turn into oil for skin salves when next needed. There was
even a rogue chamomile plant this year, providing enough to fill a tiny jar for
emergency use in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This gentle week at home has given me the time to decant
this summer’s St John’s wort oil. Only two jars this years, but still plenty in
the larder from previous summers. The dried vervain, yarrow and sage have also
been poured into glass jars, labelled and put away. The vervain will be mixed
with chamomile and lemon balm for IDGAS tea, yarrow for colds and conditions
which require an anti-inflammatory and sage for mouth/tooth infections. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There are still bags of St Johns wort flowers, plantain
leaves, red clover blossoms and other mysteries to emerge from the “hot
cupboard” and put away but not today. I still have tomorrow.</span> </p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-29891469595856462612021-10-07T05:36:00.000-07:002021-10-07T05:36:25.658-07:00Plantain and Stings<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Anyone would think from the paucity of posts on this blog
in the past couple of years that I have given up on herbs. Nothing could be
further from the truth. Admittedly, most of my energy now goes into creating
new fiction since the pandemic restrictions made it impossible to continue holding
workshops and taking on new apprentices. Herbs are still part of my life and
help me cope with the myriad of challenges we have faced this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Plantain continues to sustain me. Both the greater and narrow-leaved
varieties have set themselves up in my garden. I was very surprised to see them
edging the flower beds and snuggling up to the lovage in the middle of the
largest raised bed underneath the laurel hedge, but I have been so grateful
they are there. Every time my husband bruises himself or strains a muscle, the
plantain is there, either to chew up for a spit poultice or to gather for
another batch of double infused oil for salves. It never disappoints.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This past month has brought several wasp and bee stings. It
was interesting to see how my sister’s leg swelled and produced a crimson patch
bigger than a hand when she was bitten by two wasps at the same time. I’d made
sure she knew what plantain was but the pain was too much for her to move and
her husband had recently strimmed the whole garden, thus removing all the
easily accessible plants. She finally succumbed to anti-histamines three days
after the stings but the angry, crimson swelling took at least two weeks to
disappear. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My first bee sting happened at our festival, over a month
ago. The poor bee must have mistaken my green sleeve for a plant and didn’t
appreciate being squashed when I moved my arm. I managed to poultice it
straight away but didn’t renew it until the following day, so there was a red,
angry patch for about a week, but no swelling or heat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You would think I might learn from experience but no. My
father’s house has been plagued by wasps these past few weeks. One decided to
crawl up inside my trouser leg whilst I was interviewed a lady to become part
of my father’s care team as he is now very frail and has difficulty eating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Of course, the wasp stung me when I touched it to see what
was tickling my leg. I’ve done a lot of interviewing in my lifetime, but this
was the first times I’d ever had to say, <span style="background: white;">"Excuse me for a moment while I go outside into the pouring rain
and find some plantain to chew for a spit poultice." </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The poultice was duly fixed, but I was too busy to change
it until the following day, which wasn’t enough so again I had a nasty red
patch. This time I treated it on the evening of Day 2 with a salve made from
fresh plantain and yarrow. I’d made it for my father, gathering the plantain from
the field and the yarrow from an overlooked patch behind a stone wall. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Those double infused oils took up one day, then the
following morning I melted some gifted raw beeswax, poured it through one of my
late mother’s stockings and then left it to set. It produced 12oz of wax, admittedly
still attached to some honey, but it will all get used. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The salve was made especially for my father’s itchy legs but
after one application he complained it made them worse so I took it home. I was
very grateful it was there to address my wasp sting. Five days later of
applying it night and morning there is just one tiny, raised spot when the venom
was injected. The red area which must have measure 2-3 inches has disappeared.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I love herbs!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Many years ago when I was trying out some stories about
herbs for children, I adapted an English translation of Plantain’s portion of
the Anglo-Saxon Nine Herb Charm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Plantain growing on the floor,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Rib-shot leaves you grow so small<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">See how we dance over you<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">See how bulls prance over you<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Carts rumble over you<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Ladies ride horses over you<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Small you may be<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">But strong your leaves<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">You draw out poisons<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">And stings from bees<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Special plantain, mother of herbs<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">You help us heal, all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-44401532857080660792021-01-08T05:48:00.000-08:002021-01-08T05:48:11.592-08:00January reflections<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">January
is a time of reflection, as signified in this month’s header picture. Sunlight
is low and when seen casts a golden glow across the land. The shortest day has
passed along with the celebrations of light to ward off the darkness. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now
we face the beginning of a new year, the challenges of snow, frost and
continuing cold. The need to stay indoors, to isolate ourselves from those we
love and care for whilst worrying about our own health and wellbeing in the
increasing web of concern for our wider communities.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How
do we cope when the world is plagued by uncertainty and change? By
concentrating on the shortest time, the simplest thing, each one building a
jigsaw to take us forward into a more positive future.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What
are we doing to help ourselves stay safe and well?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Every
morning we take a shot glass of herbal tonic. We use tinctures/elixirs because
it’s easy to administer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mine
contains: Solomon seal, agrimony (joint pain) bugle (joint & digestive), St
John’s wort and lemon balm (nervine plus SAD), hawthorn and motherwort (heart),
dandelion bitter (liver) plus elderberry elixir. This may sound a lot, but when
mixed together, it’s only a couple of tsps. topped up with water.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chris
has: dandelion (liver), hawthorn (heart) saw palmetto (prostate) plus elderberry
elixir.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chris
spends most winters lurching from one cold to another. This year the elderberry
has reduced most infections to one or two days of incessant sneezing and nose
blowing with only the odd day feeling under the weather. Once he starts
sneezing he takes fire cider vinegar and honey. If you have never made any, this
is my version of the recipe.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fire Cider
Vinegar</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Equal portions
of horseradish and ginger root – grate or whizz in a coffee grinder. (It is
your choice whether you peel the roots or not.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1 head of
garlic, peeled and coarsely chopped<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1 good handful
of rosehips (fresh or dried)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">6 cloves<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">2 tsps paprika<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">2 tsps turmeric<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">2 tsps cayenne
pepper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">(If you have
access to fresh chilli peppers, you can add these as well, leaving the seeds in
to give extra “fire”!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Mix all dry
ingredients together in a large glass jar so it is filled about half full, then
add cider vinegar stirring well to remove air bubbles until the jar is full.
Place cling film over the top of the jar before sealing with screw top lid.
Label and date. Place jar in warm, dark place for 3 weeks. Strain and use. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The drink we
make with fire cider is 2tsps infused vinegar with 2tsps runny honey in a
mugful of boiling water, stir and sip. Usual dose is 3 mugs a day. If you want
to add potency, then you can use an infused honey, such as sage, elecampane or
horseradish but the drink is less pleasant using the latter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">When I don’t
drink enough, my kidney complains and I end up with back pain. This is dealt
with using fresh nettle seed and cramp bark tinctures (1tsp each 3x day) and
extra fluids. Yesterday I resorted to a nettle chai which is an easy warm,
comforting drink.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Nettle
Chai</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
handfuls of dried nettle leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1
inch of chopped root ginger <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Spices
(cinnamon/nutmeg/1 clove)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Orange
or lemon peel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Place
all the ingredients in a 2mug/4cup cafatiere (French coffee press) and cover
with just boiled water. Infuse for ten minutes, strain and drink.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Another
warming drink which helps the immune system is made from astralagus root.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Immune
support tea</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1tblsp
chopped dried astralagus root<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1inch
root ginger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Small
handful of dried rosehips and haws<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Warming
spices (cinnamon/nutmeg/clove/cardamom)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Citrus
juice and peel (orange/lemon/lime/grapefruit)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You
could make this as a decoction in a covered saucepan (Cover with 1pint water,
bring to the boil and simmer for 15 mins, then strain and drink) but it works
just as well as a tea made in a cafetière.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We’re
also spending a lot of time in front of computer screens which often means my eyes
become either sore or puffy. Putting a square of material or kitchen towel
soaked in an infusion of eyebright and goldenrod tea (1tsp of each of the dried
herbs) over my eyes for ten minutes during my afternoon nap (yes I am that
old!) works wonders.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There
is no escaping the fact that life is currently very stressful for most people.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here
are some soothing teas to help</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">IDGAS
tea</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1tsp
each of dried chamomile, lemon balm and vervain in a single mug cafetière. Add
just boiled water and steep for ten minutes strain and drink.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ashwagandha
evening soother</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
tsps dried ashwagandha roots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1tsp
dried rose petals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1/2
pint milk (dairy or nut)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Heat
the roots and petals in the milk in a covered saucepan. Simmer for 15 minutes.
Strain and drink. Add honey if required. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Keep
a dropper bottle of rose elixir and skullcap tincture within easy reach
throughout the day and night. Rose will lift your spirits when everything seems
too much or when you’ve had bad news about something. Skullcap stops the mice
running around in your head when you can’t sleep.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skullcap
is safe for older children and very young children can be sent to bed after a
bath to which a strong tea of lavender, lemon balm and catnip has been added.
(Bath, bed, story, sleep in strict order, no play fights or running around in
between!).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We
know these are difficult times. To experience difficult times in winter when
energy levels are naturally low is even more challenging but the wheel of the
year is always turning and things will change.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-9909290978907047282020-10-31T10:06:00.001-07:002020-10-31T10:06:47.477-07:00Exciting times in November!<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> In an uncertain world, I am holding on to a spark of light, the publication of my first novel. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As you can imagine, there are herbs and holy wells and drama and uncertainty but also positive steps and hope for the future.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following tells you a little about the story and some very kind words from some who have read it prior to publication.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My debut novel, A Necessary Blessing, releases on 19 November this year and my publisher, Heretic Publications, has just put out a call for book bloggers who may be interested. It is available on request on NetGalley at the moment.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the blurb and some recent reviews.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;">“A novel of family secrets, ancient magic and healing, perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine and Christina Courtenay.”</span><br style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ruth Turner has a unique ability. She can walk through time, seeing the village, religious community and inhabitants as they used to be. Abandoned by her philandering husband, she makes new friends amongst village leaders, Greg Iles, the village blacksmith, Granny Compson, a retired farmer’s wife and Lord Peter Brazington, the prickly Earl of Haverliegh, owner of Roelswick Estate. <br style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As Ruth learns more about village history, she uncovers many secrets, which change her life and affect her closest friends, putting her at the centre of ghostly retribution. Can she use her new knowledge to unravel the cause of all the trouble before her community is torn apart again? <br style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;"><em style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">A Necessary Blessing</em></span> is the first book in the <span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;"><em style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">Roeslwick Chronicles</em></span> by <span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;">Sarah Head</span>. Set deep in the heart of the Cotswolds, it charts the story of a rural village where modern and ancient practice work side by side.<br style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Where past beliefs inform present customs, promoting future action, we understand how water is a necessary blessing to us all.<br style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;" /></span></p><h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"><u style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Praise for <em style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;">A Necessary Blessing</em></span></span></u></h4><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;">“A Necessary Blessing is a lovely, gentle story, unusual and intriguing, and steeped in folklore, druidic practices and supernatural abilities. The village setting is engaging and almost timeless. Although the heroine is downtrodden and abused at first, her fellow villagers unexpectedly come to her rescue and she begins to turn her life around. I very much enjoyed watching her find her place in the world and grow in confidence, and I willed her on to defeat evil in all its guises.” Christina Courtenay</span><br style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"A gem of a book"<br style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Well rounded, memorable characters make this book come to life, put together with a fast changing plot, the past and the present meet with an outcome well worth the read.”</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is an amazing and exciting process from holding a place and its characters in your imagination to seeing them appear in words and pictures, then to be cast out into the real world for others to experience. The beautiful cover and other illustrations have been provided by the wonderful, Charlie Farrow. There are plans to produce an audiobook to complement the Kindle and paperback editions currently available to pre-order.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you are wondering what I'm working on next, a sequel has been started but that has been put on hold while I discover the stories of more villagers whose lives enrich the Chronicles of Roelswick.</span></span></p>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-83048324500970060052020-04-18T05:58:00.000-07:002020-04-18T05:58:48.108-07:00Making your own: Green Powder<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Several years ago, we were sitting in the summerhouse at
the Sanctuary eating our lunch and one of my apprentices started talking about
green powder. I’d never heard the term before but apparently it was something
sold in health food shops for large sums of money. The shop variety contained
spirulina and other green “superfoods” and the idea was to add it to your daily
smoothie along with other nutritious fruits or vegetables.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Later the same year, my friend and herbalist, Lynne
Tynan-Cashmore presented me with a jar of homemade green powder which she added
to soups, stocks and stews during the winter to boost the immune system and
keep everyone as well as possible. I began to do the same. Every time I made spaghetti
bolognaise sauce, fish stew, sausage stew or impossible quiche, I sprinkled in
a scoop of green powder. I also added it to bones when making stock.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The powder disappeared into the food but definitely added a
richness and flavour. I was completely sold on the idea that green powder
enhances whatever you are cooking and helps stave off winter lurgies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There was no way I was going to spend money in a shop when
this was something I could easily make at home. What plants would be suitable?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The first thing to do when making something for the first
time is to wander around your harvesting area and decide what is there. Whether
this is your garden or a local park, canal side or woodland, you need to be
certain you can identify the plant correctly to ensure it is edible before you
pick it. If you’re in a public space you also need to have permission of the
landowner (if you’re on farmland) and make sure the plants aren’t contaminated
by dogs, cats, foxes, rats or pesticides.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My basic ingredients for green powder are ground elder and
nettles. Ground elder is a major invasive weed introduced to the UK by the Romans
to provide a green vegetable during the hunger gap in springtime. You must only
pick the young shoots as older plant parts will give you the “runs”. It is
chock full of vitamin C and minerals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nettles also have to be picked early before they produce
their strings of flowers in late May (earlier if the weather is hot). I tend to
pick the top four leaves to eat in spring, then do a major harvest of vibrant
green leaves to dry in early May. These get stored in jars for nettle chai and
other drinks or for adding to soups and stews.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The more you pick nettles, the more new growth you will
produce and the longer you will be able to harvest. Nettles are also packed
full of minerals and vitamins and are invaluable both as food and medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Other useful green leaves which grow in my garden are sweet
violets (plants introduced from the farm) and sea holly (a plant bought
specially because the young leaves can be eaten in salad in the spring). You
could add fresh hawthorn leaves as those have been eaten as they emerge
throughout history. Later in the year, I will dry nasturtium leaves as these,
too are packed with minerals and have anti-viral properties. You could add herb
Robert leaves, since those also boost the immune system, but not too many as
the scent could be overpowering and they are quite difficult to dry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My favourite herbs to add to the mix are marjoram (because
I have loads growing in the garden and it spreads like a weed!) and lovage
because I love the flavour. If I had enough parsley, that would go in the mix
and small amounts of rosemary. Sage would be good too, but I tend to use all my
purple sage in cough elixir and I don’t like it in cooking. Similarly, I prefer
to use mint and lemon balm fresh in egg mayonnaise rather than stews. You could
add it to tagines, but I find my homemade harissa mix enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you like aniseed flavours or wanted to make an aniseed dominated
green powder to use for fish or chicken, then adding fennel, tarragon, sweet Cecily
and dill to the background of other green leaves would work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you have plants like chard, kale, sorrel, spinach, they
can be dried too, but be mindful of only using small amounts if you or someone
you feed is prone to producing bladder or kidney stones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<h4>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How to make green powder</span></h4>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gather a basketful of green leaves and herbs. Make sure
they are clean and wash in cold water if necessary, drying on a tea towel or
air drying outside if the weather is warm, covering with a muslin cloth to stop
them blowing away. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Place in a dehydrator at 40 degrees C for one or two days
until completely dry. If you don’t have a dehydrator, place in a paper bag and
dry in a warm place for several weeks until brittle to touch. Remove any obvious stalks from nettle leaves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Pound the dried plant material into a powder using a coffee
or spice grinder or a pestle and mortar. Pour the powder into a glass jar with
a lid. Label and date. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Store in a cool dark place. Should keep for at least one
year. If the powder loses colour and scent, you know it will no longer be any
good and should be consigned to the compost heap. Add one heaped tablespoon to
any meal during cooking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-54983144196776532812020-03-19T06:37:00.000-07:002020-03-19T06:37:09.118-07:00Surviving This Virus : Some Herbal Approaches.<br />
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">We are living in very strange times; very scary times.
How do we manage something we can’t control? I have put together a few ideas
you may wish to consider.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Preparation</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Sleep well</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">:
When you are worried, a good night’s sleep is often elusive. Think about the
activities which help you sleep. Don’t eat at least two hours before bedtime. Prepare
for sleep by turning off electronic devices an hour before bed. Practice “pottering”
before bedtime. Don’t stay in bed if you can’t sleep but get up and do
something boring, then return. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Herbs which can help sleep are chamomile (tea), lemon
balm (tea), lemon balm and lime flower (tea) , skullcap (tincture) for “stopping
the mice running around inside your head”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Eat well</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">: Try
to consume a nutritionally balanced diet full of good protein, fruit and vegetables</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Make soup</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">: Whenever
I’m worried, I make soup. There are lots of recipes on this blog.</span><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Discover what makes you laugh</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">:
Whether it is Fawlty Towers or a thirty second video on Facebook, cherish the
incidents which make you smile and preferably laugh out loud. Laughter lifts
your mood and helps you feel better. Playing board games or computer games with
others online will help you feel connected and less isolated and take your mind
off anything worrying. </span><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Embrace fresh air and movement </span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Getting
outside and moving about stops your body feeling stiff and also helps your
mood.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Discover what you have available already
in your home</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. E.g. Sanitisers, spices, fruits, herbs, homemade
medicines. You may be surprised what is hiding in your cupboards which may be
helpful now.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Plan what you are going to do when someone
is ill</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> Make a list of all your medicines and fruit and
vegetables. Which ones will you use when?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Information</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What is a virus? How does it spread. How does
it replicate and infect/overwhelm? <a href="https://www.elsevier.com/connect/coronavirus-information-center?fbclid=IwAR2idfc-8vNVnWuvN49Cs5Id7qS382fzdFEVonNNA1nWT5m7ehzNhCpwQtk">This</a> is a useful website. </span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>What
is special about Covid-19? It likes cold and damp. It is destroyed by heat. It
is stopped by barriers.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Why use herbs?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Lots of them have anti-viral properties. They can
help support your body do what your body knows how to do to fight the invader.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">How does your body fight?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">It raises your internal temperature to kill off the
virus. The raised temperature will often give you headaches, make you feel
either hot or very cold, make your body ache (this may be from the shed, dead
virus tissue which has to be removed) and other, difficult symptoms.</span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">It makes you cough to get rid of invader or by
products – either a dry, unproductive cough or a cough with mucous/phlegm (be
aware of the colour – clear = ok, yellow= infection present, green = nasty
infection) The greater the amount of mucous, the deeper it is probably being
drawn from in the lungs. You need to aim to enable the mucous to
move easily.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">What can you do to help?</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Use hand washing protocols and diluted bleach to wipe
down appropriate surfaces (but not anywhere there is food)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Keep warm and rest.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Rest, rest and more rest.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Starve during the fever stage (don’t ask the body to
waste energy trying to digest food)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Drink lots of hot/warm drinks to coat the throat and
keep hydrating (every 15 minutes, new drink every hour)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Gargle with cider vinegar or sage tea with salt or
just salt and water to move the virus out of the throat. Preferably have the
water as hot as you can tolerate but don’t burn yourself!</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If the fever is too high, use sponge baths to reduce
body temperature using tepid, not cold, water.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Easily digestible food (broth/soups) once the fever
stage is past.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Rest, fresh air, sunshine.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Support your major organs</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Lungs – hawthorn (tincture, tea, leaf/blossom/haws,
eat the new leaves emerging now) Deep breaths moving from chest to stomach and
back again, mindful breathing, relaxation breathing.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Heart – hawthorn (unless you are a thin, elderly male
with low blood pressure, when hawthorn tincture is not recommended). If you
suffer with palpitations from anxiety or menopausal symptoms, mix equal parts
of hawthorn berry and motherwort tinctures and take 1tsp during an event or 1
dropperful (half a teaspoon/30 drops) three times a day whilst feeling anxious.
Hawthorn berries infused in cider vinegar (1 or 2 tsps in water with honey once
a day) can be a gentle alternative to the tincture.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Liver – dandelion, burdock and milk thistle seeds(1tblsp
a day ground fresh over cereal or salads).</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Kidneys – dandelion, nettle seed tincture, fresh
nettles</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Herbs for supporting the various stages
of viral infection</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">NB Do not use echinacea if you have any
auto-immune conditions.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Immune system</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Elderberry
(tea -1 cup, tincture, elixir – 1tsp a day prophylactically) and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Astralagus
root<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Burdock
root<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Shitake
and reishi mushrooms<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bone
or mushroom broth, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Drink
these several times a day and other immune enhancers beforehand <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Vitamins C and D</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Fear/Anxiety</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Turn
off the news and social media<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Talk
to people, play games<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Find
something that makes you laugh and makes you feel happy <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Do
something outside (preferably in sunshine!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Engage
in “escape” activities e.g. read a book, play an instrument, craftwork
(knitting, spinning, crotchet, sewing, colouring, woodworking, etc.) watch non-stressful
TV, play online games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Use
lemon balm, chamomile or IDGAS tea (equal parts of chamomile, lemon balm and
vervain)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Flower
essences e.g. agrimony and vervain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">During the illness </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Stop taking the immune enhancers</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Don’t take ibuprofen or neurophen for
pain </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">(try to do without aspirin and paracetamol as well if
you can) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/anti-inflammatory-drugs-may-aggravate-coronavirus-infection?fbclid=IwAR2mfqZ-k250rHZ8u-FBsDUENuvcpeZlo2Vd9Am5UDvPEI9rooJO_XM5MNY">This</a> is now WHO guidance. </span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Day 1 Elderberry every 2-3hrs. Gargle with cider
vinegar or sage tea with salt or hot water and salt to remove virus from your
throat. Have the gargle mixture warm. Take 2tsp of fire cider vinegar with
honey to taste as a drink at least three times a day. Increase Vitamin C intake</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Day 2 onwards <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use
the heating febrifuges and anti-inflammatories - elderflower, ginger, turmeric,
yarrow plus demulcents for the throat - marshmallow, plantain plus the usual
sage and thyme. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make elderflower tea and serve hot. Elderflower is a
diaphoretic which will make you sweat and kill the virus. This is especially
useful for children. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have a fever which won’t break, give vervain
tincture – half a tsp or 30 drops.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elderflower and Yarrow is a good combination for fever and
anti-inflammatory<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fever pain remedies<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boneset tea or 1 tsp boneset tincture is also useful remedy
for bone-aching fevers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crampbark tincture – 1tsp 3x a day or every 2-3 hours if
very bad. Works with kidney pain and any cramping pain<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chamomile tea – relaxes all smooth muscles. Drink half an
hour before bed or when sleep is required.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wood betony for headaches, especially headaches caused by
inflammation of brain tissue e.g acquired brain injury or meningitis. 1tsp
tincture in a shot glass of water. Sip.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coughs<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before
deciding what herb to use, you must be sure what kind of cough you are dealing
with. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dry,
irritable coughs</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">:
cherry bark, ginger<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cold,
hacking coughs</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">:
angelica, fennel seed, fenugreek seed, New England Aster<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Wet,
green, mucous laden coughs:</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> elecampane root (especially good for children and people
who suffer with asthma) This can be made into a tea, added to syrup or use a
tincture. Very good for bringing up mucous<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Deep
seated infected chest infections</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: mullein (make sure to strain tea or decoction
thoroughly so tiny hairs from leaf don’t irritate throat tissue)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ordinary
coughs:</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
sage & thyme, white horehound/hyssop/marshmallow leaf or root.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Unproductive
coughs: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">put
yourself<i> </i>inside a steam “tent”. Put boiling water in a bowl with aromatic
herbs (sage, thyme, white cedar or juniper twigs) or a tsp of Vicks vapour rub
(don’t use this if you are asthmatic!). Place a towel over your head to keep
the steam in and inhale the steam for at least ten minutes. Do this four times
a day if possible. Take great care if doing this with children.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">To
sooth lung tissue</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
irritated by coughing add plantain leaves and/or marshmallow leaves or roots to
a tea. Flax seeds or chia seeds, soaked in water and simmered with cinnamon and
orange juice can be used as an alternative.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Onions
can be really helpful in warming and expelling mucous. See <a href="https://enchantersgreen.com/onion?fbclid=IwAR1vr2o0AHaI_BmO4djhDObNAwgQ_vdNk-6_UsAymjS81ByMC0dDRY3i-0M">this article</a> by Kiva
Rosethorn Hardin.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starve during the fever phase but make sure there are
lots of hot drinks since this helps get rid of the virus. Don’t allow dehydration
as this can bring on kidney issues.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Once the fever has broken</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Drink warm, nourishing broths and soups. Continue
with the cough herbs and spices e.g. sage, thyme, hyssop, white horehound,
golden rod plus soothing herbs and seeds adding in elecampane in whatever form
you prefer for any deep seated mucus plus mullein if things are really
bad. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If at any time you can't breathe, then
dial 111 and let others take over</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">During recovery phase</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Don’t try to resume normal activities too soon or you
may relapse. Rest, rest and more rest. Continue with the herbal teas and soups
you have found helpful.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">There is lots of other information available online.
My thanks to Coventry Earth Spirit and Lucinda Warner of Whispering Earth blog
for prompting this blog post. Other herbalists you may wish to consult include
Jim Macdonald, Henriette Kress, Matthew Wood, Margi Flint, Stephen Buhner, Paul
Bergner, Nikki Darrell and Pip Waller.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-54119834026713084252018-11-05T09:08:00.000-08:002018-11-05T09:08:05.411-08:00November already!The year is flying by.<br />
<br />
The heavy frosts from last week have taken my runner beans and the ashwagandha I have grown in the raised garden beds for the first time. We harvested the second sowing of ashwagandha at the October workshop and all the roots were divided up amongst the attending apprentices to either dry or tincture. These garden roots will be tinctured in vodka, when I find a moment to thoroughly clean them and chop them up into sizable pieces.<br />
<br />
I am still harvesting the fruits of the large plants grown on my patio. They have loved the hot weather and even complained about the lack of water at some points in the year. Usually the adult plants prefer their world to be fairly dry, unlike their immature seedling selves. These roots will be washed and dried ready for decoctions in milk and rose petals or overnight cold water macerations.<br />
<br />
Last month I gave a talk to Headless Cross Mothers Union in Redditch. There was a huge horse chestnut tree in their car park so it was easy to talk about the uses of conkers and bark. I talked about the bag of herbal remedies I'd taken on my writing retreat "just in case" although the only remedies which had been used were the grapefruit and Seville orange bitters and the nerve pain salve which ended up being slathered on a culinary burn to very good effect. The ladies smelled the fire cider vinegar with wrinkled noses but were quite impressed with the elderberry and rose petal elixirs, even asking if they could make some from their own garden roses.<br />
<br />
Next week I'll be giving a herb talk to Shirley Tangent, the female part of the Round Table family. I'm looking forward to sharing ideas about herbal remedies for winter ailments.<br />
<br />
It's the time of year for applications for the <b>2019 Springfield Sanctuary Herbal Apprenticeship.</b> It is open to anyone in the UK who can make the commitments and wants to learn about herbs. We have a wonderful community of like minded individuals who enjoy coming together and sharing their enthusiasm. It's a joy to see them develop and go on to create their future dreams.<br />
<br />
If anyone is interested in the apprenticeship, please contact sarah at headology dot co uk for further details. The closing date is <b>December 9th 2018.</b>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-40096506632220189682018-08-21T05:40:00.001-07:002018-08-21T05:40:25.903-07:00Been busy!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Less than three weeks to go until the "2018 Celebrating Herbs Festival" You can find the link to the programme for the weekend<a href="http://springfieldsanctuary.co.uk/mainfiles/festival_programme.htm"> here</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the reasons for a lack of blog posts here this year is that I have been busy writing. Last year I published<b> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Playing-herbs-beginners-herbcraft-Herbwife/dp/1974113078/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1534854426&sr=1-1">Playing with Herbs: A beginner's guide to Herbcraft </a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year I've been working on two poetry books and my second herb book.<b> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sanctuary-Healing-Energetic-Kitchen-Herbwife/dp/1724632949/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1534854579&sr=1-3">Sanctuary Healing: Energetic Uses of Plants and Trees</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The two poetry books have also been inspired by Springfield Sanctuary. The first is <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poems-Difficult-Times-Sarah-Head/dp/1987526716/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1534854694&sr=1-2">Poems for Difficult Times</a> which were written when I was providing training on coping with bereavement and loss. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second book, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Springfield-Sanctuary-Poems-Songs-Sarah/dp/1987736656/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1534854893&sr=1-4">Springfield Sanctuary Poems and Songs</a> takes you on a journey through the seasons at the Sanctuary. There are also songs with music which I've written and perform during our festivals.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the books are fully illustrated with photographs of plants, places and people who love the Sanctuary.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The books are available through Amazon and other online book sellers world wide. If you are able to provide me with a review for any of my work, it would be much appreciated.</span>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-72666468865800940142017-11-02T04:35:00.000-07:002017-11-02T04:35:51.373-07:00The Forgotten Few: Herb Robert<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><br />
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-GB</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="false"
DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="375">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footer"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of figures"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope return"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="line number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="page number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of authorities"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="macro"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="toa heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Closing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Message Header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Salutation"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Date"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Note Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Block Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="FollowedHyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Document Map"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Plain Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="E-mail Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Top of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal (Web)"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Acronym"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Cite"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Code"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Definition"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Keyboard"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Preformatted"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Sample"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Typewriter"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Variable"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Table"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation subject"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="No List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Contemporary"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Elegant"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Professional"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Balloon Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Theme"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" QFormat="true"
Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="41" Name="Plain Table 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="42" Name="Plain Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="43" Name="Plain Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="44" Name="Plain Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="45" Name="Plain Table 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="40" Name="Grid Table Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="Grid Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="List Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="List Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="List Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Mention"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Smart Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hashtag"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Unresolved Mention"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
line-height:107%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Plants are subtle. Sometimes they shout at you.
Sometimes they brush against you until you take notice. Sometimes they sit and
laugh at you for ignoring them. They know you will come to them eventually. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was Australians who first alerted me to Herb
Robert. “Where can I get hold of some herb Robert plants?” asked one woman.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Why do you want to grow it?” I asked. “Over
here, it grows everywhere; a ubiquitous weed. We try to ignore it.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was told it was the latest wonder drug, being
used for cancer. She wanted to eat it every day to boost her immune system. She
told me the name of the Australian herbalist who was waxing lyrical about the
herbal properties and posted a link to Isobell Shipard’s articles. I read them
and promptly dismissed them. I’m never comfortable when unknown authors gush
about something. When they mention a particular product will cure all known
cancers, it’s usually time to go and do the washing up. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I forgot about the articles. I did go out into
the garden and noticed herb Robert was growing all over my garden; a geranium
with a tiny pink flower. Its stems were mostly green but some of them were red.
I smiled at it and let it slide from my memory.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It niggled at me for a couple more years that I
knew nothing about this plant. Eventually, I asked the fount of all knowledge -
Facebook – if anyone was working with herb Robert and had they heard about the
claims being made for it in Australia. The responses were eye-opening. Several
practicing herbalists in the UK and Ireland were using herb Robert in their
practice with fascinating results. I needed to know more.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="TitleChar"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 107%;">Who is Herb Robert?</span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">(Geraneum
Robertianum</span></i><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"></span></b>)</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Herb Robert is a member of the cranesbill
family, so named because the seedpods have bulbous bases and pointy tips which
resemble a crane’s bill. The plant can either be annual or biennial. It grows
up to 20”/50cm tall, although I’m sure the once which colonised my stream bank
this summer were taller! It has deep-cut delicate leaves with three or five
leaflets. The plant is hairy and smells musky, often turning deep red as it
ages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The flower has pink petals which are
round-edged with white veins. The stems form nodes at the base which turn red
and the roots are shallow. They are really easy to weed!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Herb Robert has many different names. Julie
Bruton-Seal says its name was originally Rupert (named after a 7<sup>th</sup>
century saint) and there are many different saintly Roberts including a pope
associated with it. Dylan Warren- Davies, the Welsh herbalist ascribes the
Robert as St Robert of Molesme, the founder of the Cistercian monastic order
who was a noted herbalist and healer. The name is also connected with Robin
(the bird) and Robin Goodfellow (a mischievous household sprite) but several
commentators have pointed to the Latin term, rubra meaning redness as a
possible source.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wherever you are in the UK, herb Robert will
have its own local name. Geoffrey Grigson, in 1958, collected 110 different
regional names. Julie Bruton-Seal notes nearly a quarter were variants of robin
or Robert, six were related to the plant’s smell (Stinky’ Bob!) and four to
kissing. The connection between Herb Robert and Robin and Puck gives it a
darker side. Don’t kill cock robin, don’t uproot herb Robert, don’t cross Robin
Goodfellow – all will bring ill-luck. Only one of herb Robert’s local names
mentions death. This is “Death comes quickly” and is only found in Cumbria.</span></div>
<div class="MsoTitle">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoTitle">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB">What does Herb Robert do?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Look at the plant. Its redness signifies life
and blood. A friend’s grandmother used to make herb Robert tea when she was
feeling ill. She didn’t know she suffered with sticky blood but her grandmother
recognised herb Robert would do what was needed.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Culpepper and other ancestral herbalists used
herb Robert for both internal and external bleeding and other discharges. All
parts of herb Robert can be utilised. Don’t try and dry it, it doesn’t work.
You might be lucky if you take all the leaves off or try drying the roots. If
you look hard enough it should be available all year round or infuse it in
something for the times you can’t gather.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Julie Bruton-Seal says that Herb Robert can
also be used for eruptions of the skin, including skin ulcers, tumours and
eczema. She quotes Pechey in 1707 who noted it was helpful in treating
erysipelas. Aerial parts can be useful as a mouthwash for gum disease and sore
throats. The Irish traditionally use herb Robert for kidney issues as the plant
is mildly diuretic and cooling. The tea can be used as a compress when there is
backache.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Both Culpepper and Maud Grieve talk about herb
Robert being used by farmers for all kinds of diseases in cattle and for
increasing fertility when cows can’t be got into calf. It may be that the
agricultural use of the plant continued when the practice of using it for
humans had been forgotten. Apparently, it is still a common remedy in Ireland
for red-water fever in farm cattle.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Let’s think about the smell. It stinks. Only
John Pechey thought it smelt like parsnips. It’s possibly the only plant that
slugs, caterpillars and other munchers studiously ignore. There must be
something in the plant which repels insects. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Earlier this year, a herbalist posted about an
insect repellent she’d made with elder leaf. I’d just had to prune an elder
branch, so decided to make a double infused oil and add herb Robert oil to the
salve along with some traditional repelling essential oils (citronella,
sandalwood). </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I took it the Radical Herb Gathering in June. Every evening we were eaten by
midges. The first evening I daubed myself with the insect salve – no midges.
The second evening I forgot the salve and was attacked on all fronts. I put
salve on the parts of my skin where I’d been attacked and it was instantly soothed.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Irish herbalist, Bridget Meagher, is using a
tincture of herb Robert for head lice. It’s wonderful to have another plant in
our arsenal to deal with infestations.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There are many more uses for herb Robert
besides internal and external bleeding. One Irish herbalist, is using it for
high and low blood pressure, excessive menstrual bleeding, balancing blood
sugar levels and as a nerve restorative. Another uses it for varicose veins and
haemorrhoids mixed with yarrow and horse chestnut. A third for ear drops when
treating otitis externa. She infused herb Robert with plantain, calendula and
mullein in sweet almond oil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoTitle">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoTitle">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB">Why does it do all these things?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Herb Robert contains vitamins A, B and C. It has a vast
array of minerals- calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus and
germanium.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Its actions are astringent, antibiotic,
adaptogen, antiviral, styptic, tonic, diuretic, sedative, antioxidant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Herb Robert contains a natural source of
germanium which David Farrell described in 2015 as “a valuable element and powerful
antioxidant which has the ability to make oxygen readily available to the cells
of the body.” He explains that more oxygen at cellular level gives the body
more opportunity to fight disease by its own powers and healing can take place
quickly. If cells can’t get oxygen, they can’t get nutrients to regenerate.
Those cells then become anaerobic, a state leading to pain, disease, wayward
cells and possibly cancer. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Farrell quotes the Nobel physicist, Otto
Warburg, who said “the prime cause of cancer is lack of oxygenation of cells”.
In 1966, he discovered that cancer cells could not exist in the presence of
abundant oxygen but only in an anaerobic state. It’s thought that germanium
stimulates electrical impulses at a cellular level to create a beneficial
ripple effect throughout the whole body.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Finally, I went back to Isobell Shipard’s
articles. She came across the claims for herb Robert from a 1976 article
written by a Spanish doctor, who had been inspired by a Portuguese letter
written to Natura magazine in 1953. The stories concerning cures talked about
taking powdered herb Robert leaves mixed in fresh raw egg yolk – a form of
administration I have never heard of before. It makes me wonder why the herb is
maximised in a fat solution or whether it is a cultural way of taking
medication in southern Europe e.g. French people prefer suppositories to
tablets; Italian men drink raw eggs to increase their virility (if the fictional Scilician detective, Montalbano, is anything to go by!)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Isobell Shipard was a leading herbalist in Queensland,
Australia. She died at the end of 2014 and was instrumental in bringing herbs
to the attention of ordinary Australians. She advocated the use of herb Robert
for over twenty-five years and without that Australian prompt I would never
have considered using this powerful little ally.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I hope to inspire others to treat
herb Robert with more respect and admiration for its wide range of uses. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-GB</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="false"
DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="375">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footer"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of figures"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope return"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="line number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="page number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of authorities"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="macro"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="toa heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Closing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Body Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Message Header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Salutation"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Date"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Note Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Block Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="FollowedHyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Document Map"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Plain Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="E-mail Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Top of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal (Web)"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Acronym"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Cite"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Code"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Definition"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Keyboard"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Preformatted"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Sample"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Typewriter"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Variable"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Table"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation subject"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="No List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Contemporary"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Elegant"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Professional"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Balloon Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Theme"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" QFormat="true"
Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="41" Name="Plain Table 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="42" Name="Plain Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="43" Name="Plain Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="44" Name="Plain Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="45" Name="Plain Table 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="40" Name="Grid Table Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="Grid Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="List Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="List Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="List Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Mention"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Smart Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hashtag"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Unresolved Mention"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" />
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
line-height:107%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">References </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoBodyText">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bruton-Seal,
J & Seal, M <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wayside Medicine</b>
Merlin Unwin Books 2017 <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ISBN-13:</span>
978-1910723-37-7</span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Culpeper,
N <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Complete Herbal</b>
1653 Wordsworth Reference 1995 ISBN 1 85326 345 1</span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Facebook Forgotten Herbs Group</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> discussion contributions
from Julie Bruton-Seal, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Joanna Byron, Natasha Clarke,</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></span>Nikki Darrell,
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/althaea.hawthorn?fref=ufi"><span style="color: windowtext;">Althaea
Hawthorn</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext;">,</span>
</span>Mari Jerstad, Saskia Marjoram, Brigitte Meagher, Claire Mullen, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Margaret Palmer, Mina Said-Alsopp, </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jane.wallworkgush?fref=ufi"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jane
Wallwork-Gush</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">, Monica Wilde</span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Farrell, D <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Medicine
in your garden, the miracles of Herb Robert</i> <a href="http://plantconsciousness.com/1/post/2015/08/medicine-in-your-garden-the-miracles-of-herb-robert.html%20Davyd%20Farrell%208/3/15">http://plantconsciousness.com/1/post/2015/08/medicine-in-your-garden-the-miracles-of-herb-robert.html
Davyd Farrell 8/3/15</a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Grigson, G.
(1996) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The Englishman’s Flora</span></b>. Helicon Publishing Ltd, Oxford</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Warren-Davis, D
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reflections on Herb Robert</i> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/awelshherbal/posts/1102448653111098%20posted%2015/5/16">https://www.facebook.com/awelshherbal/posts/1102448653111098<span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> posted 15/5/16</span></a></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Plants
for a Future <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Herb Robert</i> (January
2004): <a href="http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Geranium+robertianum" target="_blank">http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Geranium+robertianum</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Shipard,
I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">HERB ROBERT</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.herbsarespecial.com.au/free-herb-information/herb-robert.html">http://www.herbsarespecial.com.au/free-herb-information/herb-robert.html</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Shipard, I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Herb
Robert – Natural Alterative</i> (3/2/08) <a href="http://www.herbsarespecial.com.au/isabells_blog/herb-robert-natural-alterative.html">http://www.herbsarespecial.com.au/isabells_blog/herb-robert-natural-alterative.html</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Wood,
M <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide
to Old World Medicinal Plants</b> 2008 North Atlantic Books ISBN 9 781556
436925</span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Wood,
M <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide
to New World Medicinal Plants</b> 2009 North Atlantic Books ISBN 9 781556
437793</span></div>
<h5>
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></h5>
<br />
<br /><br />
Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-70278754529798663062017-10-05T03:17:00.000-07:002017-10-05T03:17:22.324-07:00Are you interested in herbwifery?<h4>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The 2018 Springfield Sanctuary Herbwifery Apprenticeship begins again in January 2018. Applications will be open until December 8th 2017</span></span></h4>
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The twelve-month apprenticeship , offering the opportunity to learn
more about growing, harvesting and working with herbs to improve personal and
family health and wellbeing.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
<b>Expectations</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Each apprentice is expected to:</span>
</span></div>
<br />
<ul>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">choose up to twenty herbs to study during the year<span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">choose one herbal ally to study in depth during the
year</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">attend <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">at
least</b> six of the eleven workshops throughout the year (four of which must
be at the Sanctuary), </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">attend two out of the three work days designated
during the year </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">attend the Herb Festival</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> held on the second weekend in September,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">helping with organisational</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tasks including setting up in the week
beforehand and taking down on the Sunday afternoon/evening</b> and contributing
to content</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">complete the tasks set by the mentor within given
timescales</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">work within the Sanctuary herb beds – digging,
weeding, planting, harvesting etc., possibly taking responsibility for a designated
area.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">keep a herbal diary and/or online blog detailing
activities and learning</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">participate in online activities to feed back personal
progress and contribute to discussions</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">evaluate personal progress at the end of twelve
months</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Outcomes:
Year 1</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">By the
end of twelve months, the apprentice will have:</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">improved knowledge and understanding of up to
twenty personally chosen herbs.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">grown herbs from seeds, cuttings or divisions and
taken note of their development using drawings or photography.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">shared in practical tasks to manage the Sanctuary
herb beds.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">harvested flowers, aerial parts, berries and roots</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">made teas, decoctions, macerations, syrups, infused
oils, salves, tinctures, vinegars, flower essences and elixirs</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">familiarised themselves with a variety of body
processes such as respiration, digestion, circulation etc. and looked at
several herbs which can help to balance these processes.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">participated in online action learning</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">written, digital/online and/or pictorial evidence
of their activities and learning</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">completed tasks set by the mentor and fed back the
results to the other apprentices</span></li>
<li>b<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">egun to share knowledge, enthusiasm and herbal
extractions with family and friends</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Costs:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> There is no overall charge for
the apprenticeship. All apprentices are asked to contribute £50 in January 2018
to support the running of the Herb Festival. If they attend the festival in
September, they will not be expected to make a further donation in this area.
Apprentices are expected to make a reasonable financial donation to support the
running of the Sanctuary between £10 and £40 when attending workshops and to
offer practical physical help at the Sanctuary. Anyone considering an
apprenticeship should factor in personal costs such as time, transport, access
to growing space, childcare arrangements and internet plus commitment to their
studies and to the Sanctuary.</span>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Practical issues:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> This apprenticeship is about
learning through physical as well as mental work. Apprentices are expected to
attend workshops in sensible outdoor clothing with footwear appropriate for the
physical conditions of working in a garden/field. Wet and cold weather gear is
essential. Tasks will be set according to physical ability. Anyone not proficient
in digging will be taught to use a garden fork and expected to learn and utilise
those lessons. Anyone with serious physical or mobility issues will not be
expected to carry out physically demanding tasks. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sanctions</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: Anyone who does not attend
workshops or the Festival and does not communicate regularly, providing
evidence of their activities and progress, will be removed from the
apprenticeship or asked to repeat the year. Anyone who is removed from the
apprenticeship on two occasions will not be accepted again.<br />
<br />
<b>Note:</b> This apprenticeship is for personal development only. Apprentices
study at their own pace. The amount and depth of work is self-directed.
Guidance will be given on sources of information but handouts covering all
topics may not be available. There is no accreditation from an academic body,
certificate of attendance or examination process. The apprenticeship will NOT
enable anyone to set up in private practice as a medical herbalist but may
provide evidence which lead to certain exemptions from other herbal training. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>Contact:</b> Anyone who is interested in applying for the apprenticeship should email sarah at headology dot co dot uk.<b> </b></span></div>
<b>
</b><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-GB</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="false"
DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="375">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footer"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of figures"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope return"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="line number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="page number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of authorities"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="macro"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="toa heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Closing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Message Header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Salutation"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Date"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Note Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Block Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="FollowedHyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Document Map"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Plain Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="E-mail Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Top of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal (Web)"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Acronym"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Cite"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Code"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Definition"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Keyboard"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Preformatted"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Sample"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Typewriter"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Variable"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Table"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation subject"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="No List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Contemporary"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Elegant"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Professional"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Balloon Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Theme"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" QFormat="true"
Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="41" Name="Plain Table 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="42" Name="Plain Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="43" Name="Plain Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="44" Name="Plain Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="45" Name="Plain Table 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="40" Name="Grid Table Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="Grid Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="List Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="List Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="List Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Mention"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Smart Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hashtag"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Unresolved Mention"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
line-height:115%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
</span>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-72586420981902730692017-08-30T04:44:00.001-07:002017-08-30T04:44:41.185-07:00Haste to the Festival 8-10th September<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All our energies are currently focused on the eighth Celebrating Herbs Festival to be held at Wynyards Farm, GL54 2JR from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th September. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Following their recent exposure on BBC's Countryfile Summer Diaries on Wednesday 30 August, Bourton on the Water Men in Sheds will be joining the festival on Friday morning to help with any last minute preparations before we kick off with the Intensive, "Forgotten Herbs" with medical herbalist, Ali English from Lincolnshire at 2pm.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Members of Sky Symphony Kite Display Team will be on hand throughout the festival to help children create their own kites and display their amazing talents in the Cotswold skies. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The festival will comprise a variety of talks, workshops and herb walks. Internationally aclaimed herbalist, Anne McIntyre, will be joining us on Saturday afternoon to discover the herbs of the Sanctuary.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Saturday evening will be a lively occasion with an hour of Open Mic followed by the West Midlands band, Goodall.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This year we are introducing a new children's programme and we're delighted Bruce Lowe can join us for two drum workshops at 12.30pm each day.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sunday's events will highlight more of our forgotten herbs and a history of magical herbs from the Greeks until present day with David Sutch. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To see the full programme go to http://www.springfieldsanctuary.co.uk/</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">During the festival I shall also be signing copies of my new herb book, Playing with Herbs . This is a culmination of the last fifteen years working with others who want to learn more about our wonderful plant allies.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">More details about Playing with Herbs can be found <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Playing-herbs-beginners-herbcraft-Herbwife/dp/1974113078/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504093365&sr=1-1&keywords=Playing+with+herbs+Sarah+Head" target="_blank">here </a></span></span><br />
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]-->Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-12031501007495071292017-05-08T05:19:00.001-07:002017-05-08T05:22:19.752-07:00What are you harvesting now?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><br />
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="false"
DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="374">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footer"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of figures"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope return"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="line number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="page number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of authorities"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="macro"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="toa heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Closing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Message Header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Salutation"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Date"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Note Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Block Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="FollowedHyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Document Map"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Plain Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="E-mail Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Top of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal (Web)"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Acronym"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Cite"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Code"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Definition"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Keyboard"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Preformatted"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Sample"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Typewriter"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Variable"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Table"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation subject"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="No List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Contemporary"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Elegant"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Professional"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Balloon Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Theme"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" QFormat="true"
Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="41" Name="Plain Table 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="42" Name="Plain Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="43" Name="Plain Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="44" Name="Plain Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="45" Name="Plain Table 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="40" Name="Grid Table Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="Grid Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="List Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="List Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="List Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Mention"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Smart Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hashtag"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
line-height:107%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Once again, a year is
racing by and the fifth month already begun. If we turn away and blink, another
plant has bloomed and disappeared while others stay with us for a longer
duration.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I always think of May
as the green month as there are so many different tones of a single colour.
Each tree has its own particular shade building up a living palette amongst the
landscape. In hedgerows, crabapple has thrown a white garment over her branches
and the hawthorn blossom is glistening brightly against the vibrant leaves. We’re
still waiting for elder and crampbark flowers but they will soon be here along
with the blushing pink of dog rose.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For me, May heralds the
urge to harvest. Plantain, cowslip and ground ivy from the fields, hawthorn
blossom and leaf from the hedges, daisies from the garden lawn, fresh marjoram,
lovage and mint for my cooking and ground ivy to dry for green powder. Errant
nettles have been thrown on the compost to add nitrogen to next year’s soil but
there may still be time for another harvest from the Sanctuary’s strongest
gift.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Before I gather, it is
always a good idea to review my larder and decide what I actually need rather
than succumbing to the overall urge to forage. I know plantain will be in my
future but I’ve also made use of elder leaves from Sanctuary prunings. A tree
had grown over the path, making it impossible for my father to pass safely on
his mower, so we cut back branches and I have made two batches of infused oils.
These could either be used in a general bruise salve but I saw a recipe
recently for an insect repellent so there is an opportunity to try making
something new.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Broad-leaf thyme has
begun to flower and the purple sage is finally looking alive, so I shall be
gathering both for a new elixir to replace the amount we’ve used recently
whilst suffering from a nasty cold and cough. I am so grateful for my store of
elderberry elixir, fire cider vinegar and various cough syrups. When you’re
feeling ill, you need the remedy immediately rather than making fresh and
having to wait for several weeks.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am waiting for my St
George’s mushroom tincture to finish the six-week alcohol extraction phase.
This is the first year I have gathered this variety of mushroom which grows all
over my five-acre meadow. One of my apprentices picked the first basket after
April’s workshop and I gathered the second for drying just over a week ago.
These will be added at the decoction stage so the water and alcohol can be
combined for a full-spectrum extraction. St George’s mushrooms can be used
against thrush, so I’m looking forward to adding this medicine to my
anti-fungal collection.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Another remedy which is
about to be made is a chamomile vinegar. This helps to guard against fungal
infections in difficult to reach body crevices. The plants emerged as tiny,
self-sown seedlings which I transplanted into a single large pot. Now they
resemble a green triffid swaying in the breeze already over a foot high. I’m
waiting for them to flower in the next week or so before I gather most of the
aerial parts to infuse in cider vinegar.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Although most
herbalists talk about using chamomile flowers, I have always used the entire
aerial parts to good effect. Last year, I experimented in collecting only the
flowers and whilst they are lovely in tea, I feel the rest of the plant is just
as efficacious and shouldn’t be wasted.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">May is also the last
month for sowing this year’s herb seeds. A second batch of ashwagandha have
been scattered from a single cherry in case the germination of those planted at
the beginning of April is not sufficient. It took me a while to find where I’d
hidden the holy basil seeds, still on their dry stalks but hopefully they will
be showing themselves in a couple of weeks. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With the very cold
weather, germination this year has been horrendous. Only two of my motherwort
seeds grew and none of the pleurisy root. Someone in Manchester offered to
share her woad seeds and those are now good sized seedlings which will be
planted out at the Sanctuary in a few days, along with Californian poppy and self-sown
chamomile. I have still to decide what to do with milk thistle and the plague
of borage seedlings. Both are too large to remain in the vegetable beds for
much longer.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As each year
progresses, time available to describe what is happening diminishes as necessary
practical tasks increase. Even though we may not be able to capture each action
in words, memories continue to store treasures against more difficult times.</span></div>
Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-85939023382025192542017-02-20T04:18:00.000-08:002017-02-20T04:19:22.640-08:00Looking after the Sanctuary<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><br />
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-GB</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="false"
DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="374">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footer"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of figures"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope return"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="line number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="page number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of authorities"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="macro"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="toa heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Closing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Message Header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Salutation"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Date"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Note Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Block Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="FollowedHyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Document Map"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Plain Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="E-mail Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Top of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal (Web)"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Acronym"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Cite"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Code"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Definition"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Keyboard"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Preformatted"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Sample"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Typewriter"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Variable"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Table"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation subject"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="No List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Contemporary"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Elegant"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Professional"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Balloon Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Theme"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" QFormat="true"
Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="41" Name="Plain Table 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="42" Name="Plain Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="43" Name="Plain Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="44" Name="Plain Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="45" Name="Plain Table 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="40" Name="Grid Table Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="Grid Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="List Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="List Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="List Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Mention"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Smart Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hashtag"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
line-height:115%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Having land brings its own responsibilities. It
is not just about digging, planting, weeding and harvesting. Every season of
the year brings new tasks. Winter’s end is the time to clear away dead growth
from the previous year and make any repairs which are needed.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A decade ago we planted thirty-five new trees;
red and green alder, wild cherry, silver birch, rowan, cherry plum and eating
apple. Very few of them survived, succumbing to rabbits, deer and being choked
by brambles and nettles. The wild cherry is doing well, producing its first blossom
in the spring of 2016 and we have had two apple harvests.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2012, we noticed how dark the pond was,
surrounding trees were shading everything. They needed to be cut back. Other
saplings had planted themselves next to larger trees and needed to be removed. We
held a “Tree Working Day” in the February when most of the unwanted field maple
and three self-seeded ash trees were cleared and cut up with the help of
apprentices, friends and family.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The tree removal went very well, making the
areas around the pool much lighter. We were able to build a designated firepit which
has hosted various workshops and other events. The seats are part of the ash
trunks.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the intervening time, the rate of new growth
from the trees which were supposedly removed has been educational. The trunk
stubs are now producing straight young poles which will be useful in the next
few years for fencing or other purposes.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many of the trees in the Sanctuary and around
the spring field are pollards. Their ages range from two to four hundred years
old. Even though their trunks may be hollow, the tops still grow new branches.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pollarding is an ancient practice of woodland
management. In woods, trees would be maintained according to their finished
height. Oak, Elm and Ash were the three trees commonly found amongst woodland
upper storey. They would be allowed to grow to an acceptable height and then
any branch which grew above that would be harvested every ten years.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hazel, short leafed lime and holly were the
most commonly coppiced trees in the under storey; hazel being particularly favoured
as a multi-purpose wood. The central trunk is cut down to encourage the tree to
send out straight branches from the bottom of the trunk. These are harvested
every decade and can be used for a variety of purposes such as hurdle making or
charcoal. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2007 we planted two short-leaf lime and two
spindle trees in the area across the stream where elder, walnut and willow also
grow. The lime won’t be coppiced or pollarded as we hope, one day, there will
be lime flowers to harvest.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you want to harvest wood but still use the
majority of your land for pasture or growing crops, the easiest method was to
grow trees around the edges of fields and pollard them by cutting off the
branches just above the height where cattle, horses or deer could browse new
growth. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pollarded trees need to be harvested every ten
years, otherwise the poles grow too large and their weight can bring an ancient
tree crashing down during a storm. We lost one of our ancient willows this way
in 2016 even though it had been pollarded regularly.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you look at the ash and willow trees around
the Sanctuary, all the willows are pollarded. The corner ash trees, which
delineate field boundaries, have been left to grow normally, while the ones
along the fence line have all been pollarded. The ash tree growing by the
spring head was self-sown in the last hundred years when the farm was being
rented and pollarding was not considered.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The ash trees were last pollarded in 2012. That
year’s group of apprentices included someone with woodlands management skills
and he, very kindly, agreed to take on the task of pollarding the ash trees
during March before the sap rose. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The amount of wood removed was more than we
anticipated, requiring our 1950s Fordson tractor to be started up for the first
time in a decade to clear up all the small branches into a huge pile of brash
to be burned at a later date. The ash poles were stored in the cattle shelter
at the top of the field and the withy poles split to make rails for a new fence
around the top of the pond.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The ash harvest is now almost gone, providing
fire wood for festivals and wood burning stoves and we have new ideas for the
iron shed, which started life as a munitions shelter during the second world
war.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This year our main concern has been the removal
of dead trees, a medlar planted in 2006 and a hawthorn which was part of the
original rectangle of hedges planted around the two oak trees centuries ago.
(Why this area was enclosed will probably never be known.)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The other constant management issue is
brambles. Last year we removed the briar patch growing over the wire fence into
the field. It had encroached nearly ten feet into the field and although it
provided shelter against prevailing westerly winds, it needed to come out. We
have lots of other brambles to harvest for root vinegar, flower essence and
blackberries. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This year it was the brambles growing around
the sides of the ponds. They had completely encased the two springs outlets
with their moss-covered lime towers and needed to be tamed. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Sanctuary has three main springs running
through it. The first provides water for the farm, flowing away down a small
stream which eventually joins the River Dikkler in the valley. The other two
are fed into the pond via two pipes. There is also a pipe from the stream which
can bring water into the pond when it is being filled up. This pipe has been
blocked for several years and water has leaked into the soil causing the ground
around the wash house and one of the oak trees to become very muddy.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We’ve been trying to find the source of the
leak for a couple of years to no avail. This workday, Chris, with the help of
one of my apprentices’ husband, Graham, managed to rod through the pipe with
various tools (eventually resorting to a plastic hosepipe!) until water began
to flow again. We hope this will help to dry up the mud. If not, there may be a
new spring to discover and reroute before the oak tree is permanently disabled.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are always grateful for the help provided by
apprentices, family members and friends which enable us to keep the Sanctuary a
safe and vibrant place for everyone to enjoy.</span></div>
Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-47768645417912572982016-11-07T04:03:00.000-08:002016-11-07T04:03:38.492-08:00Preparing for winter SADness<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><br />
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="false"
DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="374">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footer"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of figures"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope return"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="line number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="page number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of authorities"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="macro"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="toa heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Closing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Message Header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Salutation"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Date"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Note Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Block Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="FollowedHyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Document Map"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Plain Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="E-mail Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Top of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal (Web)"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Acronym"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Cite"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Code"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Definition"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Keyboard"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Preformatted"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Sample"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Typewriter"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Variable"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Table"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation subject"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="No List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Contemporary"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Elegant"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Professional"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Balloon Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Theme"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" QFormat="true"
Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="41" Name="Plain Table 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="42" Name="Plain Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="43" Name="Plain Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="44" Name="Plain Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="45" Name="Plain Table 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="40" Name="Grid Table Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="Grid Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="List Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="List Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="List Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Mention"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Smart Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hashtag"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" />
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
line-height:107%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">People of all ages find the transition into winter and the
months until spring arrives difficult. The urge to hibernate is strong but in
busy, modern society it becomes more and more difficult to achieve.<br />
<br />
There are several simple and practical strategies which can be put into place
to help allay the different forms of darkness. Much of these are around
behavior, which many people find challenging. If you rant and wail against
doing something different or changing your comfortable habits think about this:
If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve
always got. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If there are issues which you find unhelpful in your life,
then this time of approaching and preparing for winter can be your opportunity
to ask yourself, “Is what I am doing helpful or might there be a different way
of achieving what I want that I could explore?” Changes don’t have to be major,
small steps can lead to amazing outcomes.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you know you suffer with Seasonal Affective Disorder
(SAD), consider investing in a SAD lamp or SAD bulbs which can be fixed into
ordinary lamps. Those who have them say they make the world a brighter place in
the winter. <br />
<br />
Make sure you go outside every day, preferably between 12pm and 1pm, to expose
yourself to the maximum light possible during winter months. Children and
adults benefit from outdoor exercise so they are physically tired when bedtime
approaches. Even if you work in the centre of a city, try to discover your
local parks or canals which can be reached during a lunch break. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At weekends, go for a walk which includes lots of trees.
There is something very comforting about woodland which will hopefully have a
positive effect on your mental health. Notice the colours of leaves, barks and
buds. There can be an amazing variety, even in the depths of winter.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Think about what you are eating. It is tempting to increase
your intake of calories in the form of warm, comfort food with lots of
carbohydrates. We may have needed to increase our bulk to see us through the
lean days of early spring a hundred years ago, but it really isn’t necessary
now. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Instead, increase your protein intake. Make lots of
nourishing soups and stews. They may take time but if you invest in a slow
cooker, they can be prepared the night before or in the morning and then
enjoyed later. If you have a freezer, always make double or triple quantities
so you can freeze the excess and have something to eat when you don’t feel like
cooking.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Homemade broth produced either from bones or vegetables can
help keep your immune system buoyant. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bone
Broth</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chicken carcass or large beef/lamb
or pork bones</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2 tblsps cider vinegar</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3 bay leaves</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bouquet garni of anti-viral herbs
(rosemary, thyme, sage)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10 peppercorns</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3 or more cloves of garlic crushed</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 onion peeled and sliced and or
leeks</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3 celery sticks</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover the bones in a large saucepan
with water. Add 1-2 tablespoons of cider vinegar to help release the minerals
from the bones. Add anti-viral herbs e.g. rosemary, thyme, sage, bay. (1 pinch
of each herb plus 1 or 2 bay leaves) peppercorns for flavour, onions and leeks
for pro-biotic stimulation of good gut bacteria, celery sticks (at least 3) for
prevention of gout and help with arthritic or inflammatory conditions. DON'T
ADD SALT. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bring to the boil and simmer for at
least one hour. If you are using large mutton or beef bones put aside 3-4 or
more hours making sure the liquid level doesn't drop too much. If making stock
in a cookpot/slow cooker, simmer all day on low. Strain the stock and use to
add a mixture of vegetables or vegetables and meat. If the bones have meat left
on them, use it in the soup. Alternatively the stock can be frozen in small
quantities and used as a nourishing drink or sauce base later.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nourishing
Vegetable Stock</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you are vegetarian or vegan, you
can still make a nourishing stock by cooking vegetables, herbs, roots and
mushrooms together for long periods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Start by dicing at least half an onion per person and sweat in olive oil
with at least two cloves of garlic. Add half a pint of water or vegetable broth
per person together with a large handful of peeled and chopped seasonal
vegetables such as carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, cabbage, celery, corn,
turnips, potatoes and fresh or tinned tomatoes. Add one small handful of seaweed
per person to provide seasoning and to strengthen the immune system. Finally
add one ounce fresh, or one-half ounce dried mushrooms per person (any kind)
together with dried or fresh herbs (rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil, marjoram,
and sage) and tonic roots (Siberian ginseng, astragalus, burdock, dandelion,
chicory, yellow dock, American ginseng).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bring to the boil and simmer for an hour. You may wish to remove the
roots before serving.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Try to eat your evening meal
at least two hours before you plan to go to bed so your body isn't trying to
digest the food instead of preparing to sleep. If you do eat late, it is
possibly better to delay bedtime until your stomach is less full. Try to avoid
eating foods containing tyramine, such as bacon, cheese, ham, aubergines,
pepperoni, raspberries, avocado, nuts, soy sauce, red wine, late at night as
they might keep you awake. Tyramine produces a brain stimulant. If you do feel
hungry near to bedtime, choose something like bread or cereal which releases
serotonin; this will help you relax. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Caffeine is another stimulant,
which stays in the blood stream for several hours. If you have trouble getting
to sleep after drinking tea, coffee or strong chocolate, you might like to try
some caffeine free drinks or herbal teas. Too much alcohol also makes you
restless, so a nightcap might not be a good idea. Alcohol and coffee are also diuretics, disturbing
your sleep during the night because you need to go to the toilet.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To sleep effectively, the body must prepare for sleep, so establishing
a good bedtime routine is really helpful. The hour before bed should be spent “pottering”,
not concentrating and try not to include any stimulating activity. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On days when things are particularly difficult, take a bath
before you go to bed. To that bath add a concentrated tea brewed from lavender,
catnip, lemon balm and chamomile. Try drinking a small cup of chamomile tea
half an hour before bed. Soak for a while in the bath but once out, you must go
straight to bed, maybe read for ten minutes then lights out. No TVs, phones,
electronic games or anything else in the bedroom and the bedroom must be dark.<br />
<br />
On those nights when your brain insists on talking to itself in ever decreasing
circles, keep a dropper bottle of passionflower tincture by your bedside. The
dose is one dropperful and it will shut your brain up and let you sleep. You
can use this with children, especially during times of stress such as exams or
after a bereavement. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You may have to make the tincture yourself by either growing
the Passionflower (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Passiflora incarnate</i>)
in a heated greenhouse or buying the dried herb and infusing it in vodka for
three weeks. I doubt you will be able to buy the tincture anywhere in the UK
unless you obtain it from a qualified herbalist or import it from abroad. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The herbal combination noted to address SAD issues
developed by the American herbalist, David Winston, is equal parts of St John’s
wort with lemon balm. This can be taken as a tea, a combined tincture or
glycerite, or as a syrup. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">SAD Syrup</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 l water </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">20 g dried lemon balm or 50g fresh
chopped herb</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">20 g dried St John’s wort or 50g
fresh, chopped herb</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grated rind and juice of one lemon<br />
450 g sugar<br />
Put herb in water with grated lemon rind, bring to a boil, let simmer 20-30
minutes, strain. Clean out pan, pour liquid back into it, let sit on minimum
heat until you only have 20ml left Add sugar, simmer until sugar has dissolved,
add lemon juice, pour into sterilized jars or bottles, seal and label.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I usually make my syrup from fresh
herbs which I bruise or chop, I use aerial parts of both plants. Normally I
only use the flowers of SJW to make oil and tincture, but I often make the
syrup when the plants have gone to seed, so I use seed heads, flowers and some
of the stalk.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Remember lemon balm only has a shelf
life of 6 months when dry, so if you buy some from a supplier, ask when it was
picked. You should also pick the leaves before they flower, but if most of my
plants have flowered when I make syrup, I try to pick as many secondary shoots
as I can (shoots which grow up from stems cut earlier in the year).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dosage for SAD syrup would be
around 1tsp three times a day. Don't use this syrup if you are already taking
SSRI drugs for depression or if you've had a bad reaction to SJW in the past.
Some people who take medication for migraine conditions find it can bring on a
migraine.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Making remedies from herbs you have grown, harvested and
stored will always be more effective than store bought because they have
experienced the same environment as you and you know what you're getting. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Take care with anything which contains valerian. Although
it is a common sleep aid, 10% of people who take it find it stimulating rather
than soporific. You really need a whole weekend to see which way it affects you
personally. (I have a blog post on this <a href="http://kitchenherbwife.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/valerian-herb-with-more-questions-than.html" target="_blank">here</a>). </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I always think of valerian as top of the herbal sleep tree.
I suggest people start with chamomile, lemon balm and catmint first (singly). Lemon
verbena can be used interchangeably with lemon balm. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here are some very pleasant combinations you could try.</span></div>
<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lemon balm and lime flower</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lemon balm, chamomile and spearmint.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lemon verbena and marshmallow leaves</span></li>
</ul>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">These herbs can all be used with young children over the
age of two </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you are looking for soporifics, then field poppy,
californian poppy and wild lettuce can all be tinctured and given in drop doses
with a maximum dose of 10 drops. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To make a californian poppy tincture, use the whole plant,
roots and all - remove all soil, chop of and cover with vodka in a jam jar for
3 weeks. You can make your own tincture by purchasing dried herbs from a
reputable supplier (Try Neal's Yard or Just Botanics if you are in the UK.)<br />
<br />
Californian poppy tincture and scullcap tincture can be used for anxiety during
the day, again in drop doses. The poppy is also suitable for pain relief in two
hourly doses. If you don't want to use alcohol you can use a glycerite instead
but their shelf life isn't as long. Be aware that Californian poppy may show up
in random drugs test so if your job or driving depends on clean drug tests, you
may want to avoid the preparation.<br />
<br />
I hope you will find something helpful from what I've suggested and have a
"good" winter.</span></div>
Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-38825361053607713452016-11-03T07:21:00.000-07:002016-11-03T07:21:11.093-07:00October: A month in the life of a herbwife<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><br />
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="false"
DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="374">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footer"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="index heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of figures"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="envelope return"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="footnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="line number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="page number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="endnote text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="table of authorities"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="macro"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="toa heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Bullet 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Number 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Closing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Body Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="List Continue 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Message Header"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Salutation"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Date"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Note Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Body Text Indent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Block Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="FollowedHyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Document Map"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Plain Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="E-mail Signature"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Top of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal (Web)"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Acronym"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Address"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Cite"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Code"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Definition"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Keyboard"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Preformatted"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Sample"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Typewriter"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="HTML Variable"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Normal Table"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="annotation subject"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="No List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Outline List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Simple 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Classic 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Colorful 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Columns 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Grid 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table List 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table 3D effects 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Contemporary"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Elegant"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Professional"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Subtle 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Web 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Balloon Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Table Theme"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" QFormat="true"
Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" QFormat="true"
Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" QFormat="true"
Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" SemiHidden="true"
UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="41" Name="Plain Table 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="42" Name="Plain Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="43" Name="Plain Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="44" Name="Plain Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="45" Name="Plain Table 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="40" Name="Grid Table Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="Grid Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="Grid Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="Grid Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="Grid Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="Grid Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="Grid Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="Grid Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46" Name="List Table 1 Light"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="List Table 6 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52" Name="List Table 7 Colorful"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="46"
Name="List Table 1 Light Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="47" Name="List Table 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="48" Name="List Table 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="49" Name="List Table 4 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="50" Name="List Table 5 Dark Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
Name="List Table 6 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="52"
Name="List Table 7 Colorful Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Mention"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Smart Hyperlink"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
Name="Hashtag"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
line-height:107%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When a whole month
rushes by in the flicker of turning leaves, you know you’ve been busy. Usually,
it is September which promotes the panic of harvesting and foraging. This
year, October’s warmth and beauty kept us outside to gather what we could.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Most months, I offer two
workshops. In October, we met for the last time at the Sanctuary and I was
intending to hold the other in my garden and kitchen at home. I was also asked
to put on a herb walk and workshop for the Kushinga Gardening Group which helps
support homeless refugees from all over the world in Birmingham.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I am dreadful with
dates. I think I know when something is and tell others, but when I
check, I’m often incorrect. I thought I’d advertise my second workshop locally
and three women duly booked before I realised the date was wrong, so I ended up
delivering two workshops, two days apart. It wouldn’t have been so bad but two
of the three cancelled on the morning of the workshop, leaving me with one
person to guide and entertain for over four hours.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Each workshop was
extremely productive. At the Sanctuary, we gathered haws, New England Aster,
calendula flowers and seeds, marshmallow leaves and seeds, elecampane root,
blackberries, nettle seed, milk thistle seed and Solomon seal roots. We also
processed dried nettle seed, mugwort, goldenrod and hops. Helen, one of my
apprentices plied us with a new tea of dandelion, dock roots and nettle leaves
which was surprisingly tasty. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There was also time to
think about the energetic side of trees growing in the Sanctuary. We found the earth/water
vortex at the back of the pond where two self-sown hazel saplings are growing. People
gathered twigs and branches of their chosen tree to make various crafted items
including two willow dreamcatchers.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Either side of the
workshop, I gathered crab apples and rosehips and Chris dug a basketful of
horseradish roots. Once home, I made crabapple jelly (the first of two batches)
and eight pints of hedgerow cordial. The first four quinces went into two liqueurs,
one simple and one spiced and the liqueurs from last year were decanted and put
away for Christmas.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Hedgerow
cordial</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">250g elderberries</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">500g haws</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">500g rosehips</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1 nutmeg grated</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1 tsp cinnamon or 1 stick</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">6-10 cloves</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1inch ginger root grated</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Place everything in a
large saucepan or stockpot. Cover ingredients with water (about 1 or 2 litres).
Bring to the boil and simmer for thirty minutes with the lid on. Mash all the
contents with a potato masher to release as much as the juice as possible.
Strain, retaining the liquid. Wash the pan. Measure the liquid and return to
pan adding 1kg of sugar to 1 litre of liquid. Bring to the boil, then pour into
sterilised bottles and seal, label and date. Serve in a goblet or mug with
boiling water to taste adding lemon or orange juice if the cordial is too
sweet.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Crabapple Jelly</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2.5Kg
crab-apples</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1.7l
water</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wash crabapple, cut into quarters, without peeling or
coring. Put into a pan and add the water. Bring to the boil and simmer for
about 1.5 hours until the fruit is mashed, adding a little more water if
necessary. A few cloves or some ginger root can be added while the apples are
cooking to give added flavour. Strain through a jelly cloth and measure
remaining liquid before returning it to the cleaned pan. Add 450g sugar for
each 500ml liquid. Stir until the sugar has dissolved then boil rapidly for ten
minutes. Tip 1tblsp of jelly onto a saucer and check for setting point (when it
cools a skin should form when you gently push against the edge of the jelly).
Skim any scum from the top of the jelly then pour into small jam jars
sterilised in the oven for ten minutes. Sterilise tops by boiling in a saucepan
for ten minutes. This jelly can also be made with any cooking apple. Herbal
jellies can be made by cooking the apples with a bunch of a herb (mint is a
good one to try first), reserving some of the herb to chop finely and add once
the setting point has been reached.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Spiced
Quince Liqueur</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">2 large quinces chopped and grated
in a food processor</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1-2 cups of sugar</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Vodka</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">3 cloves,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1 nutmeg grated</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1 cinnamon stick broken into halves</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(other spices such as star anise,
ginger can be added if wished)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Place the grated quince and spices
in a large jam jar. Add the sugar. Cover with vodka, stirring to remove air
bubbles then fill to the top of the jar. Leave somewhere dark and warm for 8
weeks then decant. The pulp can be infused again with more vodka and fresh
spices if wished.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Some of the haws were
put to infuse in vinegar, as was the New England Aster, and the mugwort vinegar
which had been prepared the previous month was strained and put away. The
flavour of the mugwort was so delightful, I determined to make more!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">During the second
workshop, we dug more elecampane and processed the Solomon’s seal roots. We
also discovered how good the dried New England Aster stalks tasted in tea. Holy
basil and chamomile seeds were harvested and the stalks used to make vinegars
at a future date. Some stray vervain and agrimony stems were also found and
tinctured the following day.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To make the most of the
Solomon seal harvest, I always tincture the sliced tuber and make a double
infused oil from the peripheral roots. Recent discussion infers that the
tincture taken internally in drop doses is the most effective when it comes to
restoring ligaments and joints but I’ve found the oil helpful when added to a
mixed salve for frozen shoulder and other joint ailments.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The following day I determined
to clear most of the herbs which had been drying in paper bags in my hot
cupboard over the summer. To make room, I made some calendula oil from last
year’s harvest and was pleasantly surprised to see how deep the oil turned
during the second infusion. It was satisfying how much chamomile, sage and
calendula petals I’d been able to gather by picking just a few flowers whenever
I could. There will also be lots of seed for next year’s planting.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">During the third
workshop, I took my newcomer on a comprehensive tour of my garden, identifying
and talking about the herbs still growing. I’d dug up and washed more
elecampane root and this was split between an infused honey and sliced for
drying. We made a double infused chickweed oil and I turned it into an eczema
salve with St Johns wort and calendula oil for the attendee to take home.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Another trip to the
farm yielded a harvest of purple New England aster, ashwagandha roots, roses,
calendula flowers, purple sage, lemon verbena, milk thistle seeds and a huge
harvest of quinces. My father kindly picked a load of crabapples and
horsechestnuts so I was able to make a second batch of jelly and the conkers
are waiting to be turned into oil if necessary.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The following day, the
calendula, sage, lemon verbena and half the New England aster were put to dry.
The ashwagandha roots were tinctured and half the quinces were made into jelly.
The horseradish root was washed and chopped in the processor, ready for the
next day’s workshop but I used the opportunity to put up a large jar of fire
cider vinegar, just in case we get a winter of colds and other nasties.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was good to return
to my student haunts in Selly Oak. The Kushinga garden is owned by the
Bournville village trust and sits behind Hope House run by Selly Oak Methodist
Church. It grows an array of fruit and vegetables including native and exotic
herbs. Only four people joined us for the herb walk but others were waiting
when we returned to the church hall to make fire cider and rosemary digestive
vinegar followed by hedgerow and nettle and rose syrups.</span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fire Cider
Vinegar</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Equal
portions of horseradish and ginger root – grate or whizz in a coffee grinder.
(It is your choice whether you peel the roots or not.)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1
head of garlic, peeled and coarsely chopped</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1
good handful of rosehips (fresh or dried)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">6
cloves</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
tsps paprika</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
tsps tumeric</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2
tsps cayenne pepper</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">(If
you have access to fresh chilli peppers, you can add these as well, leaving the
seeds in to give extra “fire”!)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mix all dry ingredients together in a large glass jar so it
is filled about half full, then add cider vinegar stirring well to remove air
bubbles until the jar is full. Place cling film over the top of the jar before
sealing with screw top lid. Label and date. Place jar in warm, dark place for 3
weeks. Strain and use.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rosemary digestive vinegar</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2” root ginger grated</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1 small head of garlic peeled and crushed/chopped</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1 large handful of fresh rosemary chopped coarsely</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1 large handful fresh or dried rosehips</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1 small handful fresh or dried haws</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Holy basil stems</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Dandelion roots or leaves (optional)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2 tblsps freshly grated orange peel</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2 tsps ground coriander </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1 whole red chilli </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1 tsp powdered turmeric</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Cider vinegar</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Layer your ingredients in a large glass jar until
it is halfway full then cover with cider vinegar, podging with a chopstick to
remove air bubbles then refill with more cider vinegar. Put clingfilm over the
mouth of the jar before putting on a metal lid. Strained the infused vinegar
after a month and re-use the ingredients after blitzing with more cider vinegar
to make another infusion.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Nettle and rose syrup</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gather a large amount of fresh nettle tops and wash well.
Either place in a saucepan, cover with cold water, bring to the boil, cover and
simmer for twenty minutes then turn the heat off and leave overnight or place
the nettles in a bowl, cover with cold water and leave overnight in a cool
place. The next morning, strain the nettles and add the petals of seven red
roses to the liquid in a saucepan. Bring to the boil and simmer for five
minutes. Strain and measure the volume of remaining liquid. For each pint of
liquid add 1lb of sugar. Stir with a wooden spoon, bring back to the boil and
simmer until the syrup is reduced to the desired consistency. Pour into heated,
sterilised bottles. Seal, label and date. Store in a cool place. Keep refrigerated
once opened. Use to make a milkshake with cold milk. This can be made with
dried nettles and rose petals, but reduce the amounts.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Two of my apprentices,
Kathy and Lorraine, travelled over fifty miles from Gloucestershire to help
with the workshop. I was so grateful for their help in preparing the herbs and
syrups and working with the refugees and other locals who came to make some
medicines for winter. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and we were treated
to a wonderful vegetarian lunch prepared by one of the refugees who used to run
her own restaurant back in Malawi.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It has been a busy
month with all my herbs. In between, both my sons have moved house and asked
for practical support with electrics and loft boarding. A close friend of the
family, (my unofficial third son!) was married last Saturday which provided the
opportunity to visit Warwick Castle with my grandsons the previous day. We
hoped things would calm down a little once the festival was over but it was not
to be. Maybe November will bring the quiet time we crave.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-41205969495994314332016-10-24T04:32:00.000-07:002016-10-24T04:41:12.477-07:00Do you want to be a herbwife?<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A herbwife loves herbs. She grows them, talks to them, harvests and processes them to make medicines to keep herself and her family as well as they can be. She watches the seasons, noting when everything sleeps and what is still available should the need arise. She keeps a full store cupboard, offering her remedies to those who come to her for help. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She is not a qualified medical herbalist and she knows her own skills' boundaries. She shares her knowledge freely, not seeking personal gain but wanting to show others what she has learned, to pass on the wisdom of the ancestors to the next generation.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A herbwife is continually learning and growing through working with others either as an apprentice or by offering her own apprenticeship.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you would like to be a herbwifery apprentice, you can apply now </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">to become a 201<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7</span> Springfield Sanctuary Apprentice</span></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
opportunity will close
on Friday, <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9</span> December 201<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6</span> and applications will not be considered after that date.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
<br />
<b>Expectations:</b><br />
Each apprentice is expected to:</span></span></span></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
choose up to twenty herbs to study during the year</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">choose
one herbal ally to study in depth during the year</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">attend <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">at least</b> <b>six </b>of the fifteen workshops
throughout the year (four of which must be at the Sanctuary), </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">attend
<b>two</b> out of the three work days designated during the year </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">attend the Herb Festival</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> held on the second weekend in September,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">helping with organisational</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tasks including setting up in the week
beforehand and taking down on the Sunday afternoon/evening</b> and contributing
to content</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">co</span>mplete the tasks set by the mentor within given timescales</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
work within the Sanctuary herb beds – digging, weeding, planting, harvesting
etc., taking responsibility for a designated area.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
keep a herbal diary and/or online blog detailing activities and learning</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">participate
in online activities to feed back personal progress and contribute to
discussions</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
evaluate personal progress at the end of twelve months</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
<b>Outcomes: Year 1</b><br />
By the end of twelve months, the apprentice will have:</span></span></span></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
improved knowledge and understanding of up to twenty personally chosen herbs.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
grown herbs from seeds, cuttings or divisions and taken note of their
development using drawings or photography.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
shared in practical tasks to manage the Sanctuary herb beds.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
harvested flowers, aerial parts, berries and roots</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
made teas, decoctions, macerations, syrups, infused oils, salves, tinctures,
vinegars, flower essences and elixirs</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
familiarised themselves with a variety of body processes such as respiration,
digestion, circulation etc. and looked at several herbs which can help to
balance these processes.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
participated in online action learning</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
completed tasks set by the mentor and fed back the results to the other
apprentices</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
begun to share knowledge, enthusiasm and herbal extractions with family and
friends</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you feel this apprenticeship is what you have been looking for, contact sarah at headology dot co dot uk . </span></span></span>Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.com0