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  For the heart which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, received blessing from God.  Hebrews 6:7

GENERAL CLASS/PAYMENT INFORMATION

As a general rule I suspend classes a few times a year to accommodate my other life: Spring (busy planting) December (busy preparing for the celebration of our Lord) and January/February (short days and too cold).   Otherwise we always have something going on in the classroom (inside or out).

CLASS LOCATION: Rocky Creek Valley Farm   37009 W. 156th St    Rayville, MO 64084

 

CLASS TIME:   MOST classes are 10:30 am to noon--  approx.  (There are exceptions) Most classes are 1 ½ hours long  --longer if there’s a “Make and Take. 

CHECK EACH INDIVIDUAL CLASS FOR EXACT DATES/TIMES. 

 FEES:  MOST classes are $20 each.  Sometimes there is optional “Make and Takes” which vary in cost according to the class—usually between $5 and $10.    Some classes like the RESPIRATORY REMEDY are two classes for $35.   PayPal buttons located on right side of webpage.

PRE-REGISTRATION AND HANDOUTS:   This helps me in preparing your handouts and assures you a place in the class!!  If you are not registered before day of class, you will NOT receive hard copies of class material; it will be emailed to you. 

CLASS CANCELLATION POLICY:  NO REFUNDS for inclement weather for outside classes like weed walks as the class will be held indoors.  If you prefer not to participate, you will be given a RAIN CHECK (haha).   No show: no refund.  Cancel 5 days prior or emergency: full refund.    Cancel within 4 days: Class credit to use on any other class or toward a more expensive class.

REPEAT STUDENTS:  As always, if you have taken a class before, you can take it again for free but you will not get another handout.  And if you take 3 classes in one calendar year, the 4th class is half off.  DOES NOT APPLY TO THE RESPIRATORY REMEDY CLASSES.  Series classes such as Maiden/Mother/Menopause (3 classes), Emergency Remedy (7 classes) have a discount only if you preregister AND prepay before the first class in the series.  Respiratory Remedy is two classes with one fee and no discount is available.

REGISTRATION/PAYMENT:  Pay Pal buttons on the right side of the page at www.rcv.blogspot.com  OR  by mail,  email or phone.

TEXT or leave message: 816-853-0440   EMAIL: lizzy@rcvfarm.com 

WEB: www.rcvfarm.blogspot.com  (class registrations/pay buttons in right side bar PAY PAL).

HANDOUTS:  ONLY THOSE WHO REGISTER BEFORE THE DAY OF CLASS WILL RECEIVE HARD COPIES OF THE HANDOUTS.  If you come to class and have not previously registered you will be EMAILED the class handouts.  In other words—I make as many handouts as I have people registered.

Also, ONLY THOSE WHO REGISTER BEFORE THE DAY OF CLASS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE” MAKE AND TAKE”.  I prepare as many Make and Takes” as I have people signed up for them.

 STUDENT PERK:  Remember, if you attend a class you can stay for an hour after class and dig plants, brainstorm with other students, browse through our awesome school library and take notes, harvest herbs (that are ready) from our gardens or forage in the wild and, my goodness, you can even bring a sack lunch and lounge for a while in the BQ barn patio--all for free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021 HERB CLASS DATES AND CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Sat May 8  10:30 am  Farmers Formulary - Dandelions    $20 Ahhhh, Spring!!! Dandelion bonanza!!

There is not enough room here to describe the wonderful things we can do with DANDELION. But, you will learn them in this class. And, we will forage and formulate!! We'll harvest the dandelion and make dandelion oil and dandelion tincture. (Then, next month we'll turn that oil into salve!)

SUPPLIES: Please bring

* 8 oz virgin Olive Oil

* 8 oz of 80 or 100 proof vodka

* a pint jar (if you bring a quart jar, bring more olive oil and vodka)

This is a 90 minute class. You will receive class notebook, dandelion materia medica, class instructional material and, of course, the organic dandelions.

Class Instruction:

* Making herbal oils

* Making tinctures

* Dandelion Properties

Sat May 15  10:30 am  Weed Walk - Spring  10 wild herbs   $20   Come join us as we learn herbal wisdom from the wild!! Learn what they do, why we should love them and how to turn their wonderful wildness into health and wellness!! We will forage the farm and glean the ancient knowledge of healing from ten untamed herbs.  You will traipse the farm, so dress accordingly:  warm clothing and boots highly recommended.  If it’s misting or lightly raining we’ll still forage; if it’s storming we’ll stay inside the classroom.

Sat May 22  10:30 am Girls N Herbs I - ages 12-18  - Plantain   1 hr/ $10  Gives the basics for using and making simple effective herbal remedies.  Fun, interactive learning activities and crafts.  Class booklet and notebooks provided.   

Sat June 5  10:30 am  The Medicinal Herb Garden    $20      Discover the plants in their own world.  What if someone in my circle of family and friends became ill and all I had to rely on was what grew on my farm? This is the guiding principle by which I garden. I have several herb classes that star WEEDS...those herbs that grow wild. But, THIS HERB CLASS...The Medicinal Herb Garden...focuses on cultivated herbs that have magic powers. HEALING!!

A tour through my personal herbal sanctuary that has endangered darlings like Goldenseal, obscure Prickly Pear, standard stalwarts like Echinacea and Elderberry, golden gems like Yarrow and Yellow dock, surprises like Onions, Garlic, Peppers and Horseradish, incomparable Comfrey and comforting Lavender. Yes, some of them are typically wild, but I encouraged them to settle down for a while with their tamer sisters.

As always, you will receive monographs (organized information about a specific plant compiled into a report) on all the herbs, a class notebook and the opportunity to take home seedlings/cuttings at no extra charge!!!

This is an OUTDOOR class so come prepared to relax, learn and enjoy.

Please register: Text or leave message - 816-853-0440. Register/PAY - www.rcvfarm.blogspot.com Email: lizzy@rcvfarm.com

AS ALWAYS - only those students registered PRIOR to class get hard-copy class materials. Otherwise it is emailed to you.

Sat June 12    10:30 am Farmers Formulary – Making Remedies.  $20   ($10 if you took the Dandelion Class in May)       Create your own Farmacy--Discover the many ways of transforming the ancient constituents in herbs into healing, soothing, potent therapies:  Salves, Herbal Oils, Teas, Decoctions, Poultices.    If you attended the Dandelion class in May, please bring your dandelion oil.  Or, bring your own herbal oil and watch its transformation into a miracle salve that upon use will alter the way you think about first aid.  If you don’t have an oil to bring, no worries.  You can participate in our Make N Take: for $5 you’ll get materials for a poultice wrap.

Sat June 19   10:30 am  Emergency Remedies-FIRE CIDER  $20   This is the first of seven Emergency Remedies classes.  1/$20  2/$35  3/$55  4/$75  5/$90  6/$110  7/$125   These classes deal with items you need on hand to use in emergency and first aid situations.   Fire Cider is a tried and true remedy created by Rosemary Gladstar, and should have a place in everyone’s home!   There have been many copycats and varied recipes, but Rosemary’s is the best!!   To Make n Take fire cider home - $5 extra.

 Sat June 26 10:30 am  Maiden, Mother, Menopause I 10:30 am  $20 or all 3 MMM/$50 Preregistration/payment required to receive discount.    Insights into the three phases of being a woman and the herbal allies that support them.  This course will help you with the care and feeding of your bones, blood and breasts while encouraging you to live, love and laugh in each season of your life.

Wise Women have gathered, harvested, tended, eaten and loved herbs for a million years.  They understood the relationship our bodies have with plants and how they nourish, replenish and support good health.  Re-establish your connection with the herbal queendom by learning which herbs support pregnancy and motherhood and how to use them.

Sat July 10 10:30 am   Maiden, Mother, Menopause II   $20 or all 3 MMM/$50 Preregistration/payment required to receive discount.    See MMM I June 26 for further description of this series.  This class will focus on Mother: MAKING BABIES! 😊

Sat July 24 10:30 am  Maiden, Mother, Menopause III  $20 or all 3 MMM/$50 Preregistration/payment required to receive discount.    See MMM I June 26 for further description of this series.  This class will focus on Menopause and it’s many “blessings”.  To Make N Take an Old Sour Puss calcium supplement - $5 extra.

Sat Aug 7 And Sat Sep 11   10:30 am    Farmers Formulary - Respiratory Remedy Class I and II.    (formerly called the Plague* Remedy Class). If you only have one herbal remedy in your herbal arsenal, THIS IS IT.

Respiratory illnesses attack almost everyone, every age, every color, every sex, everywhere at some point in the year.  We cannot seem to escape them.  ACHOOOOOO.

This is a complex tincture remedy with a labor-intensive recipe.  In this class I will teach you how to compound it, let you have a hands-on experience of making medicine, share the recipe and explain the WHY and HOW each herb works.  The recipe makes a two tincture set: formula 1 and formula 2.

These two tinctures--formula 1 and formula 2, are a "set" and must be used together.

One set will treat one person for 10 days.

There are NINE herbs in this awesome recipe so they pack quite a punch. Their herbal actions include anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-pyretic, anti-viral, anti-oxidant, anti-septic, anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic, alterative, vulnerary, antispasmodic, hypotensive, febrifuge, carminative, astringent, hemostat, diuretic, expectorant, anodyne, mucilaginous and cholagogue.  

The herbs are beneficial for the respiratory, immune, lymphatic, endocrine, circulatory, nervous, digestive and cardio-vascular systems. They support the liver, kidney, bladder and entire alimentary canal.  They are high in mineral and nutrient content. I can’t say enough about the healing properties of these combined herbs.  This is not only a wonderful hands-on formulating class it’s a chance to learn about the powerful healing constituents of these NINE herbs. 

Respiratory Remedy may quite possibly be the BEST CLASS OF THE YEAR.  It has traditionally been the most expensive because of the cost of the material to make it.  But, this year I have revamped the procedure.  Now, instead of ten sets of tinctures being in the cost of the class I HAVE LEFT IT UP TO THE STUDENT WHETHER OR NOT TO BUY THE TINCTURES. 

So, this drastically lowered the price of the class from over a hundred dollars to $35 for both classes (8-7 and 9-11).  And, the tinctures will be available to purchase OR NOT....your choice.

The tinctures will be for sale during the two class dates (Aug 7 and Sep 11) at $15 for a set of two tinctures (4 bottles).  THIS IS A PHENOMENALLY LOW PRICE.   After Sep 11 the price will be $39 for a set of two tinctures.

Aug 7 and Sept 11  10:30 am   Rocky Creek Valley Farm   37009 W. 156th St  Rayville, MO 64084  

 text or leave message: 816-853-0440    email: lizzy@rcvfarm.com

ONE PRICE: TWO CLASSES         $35 for Aug 7 AND Sept 11   Tinctures sold separately.

*Of course, we have no way of knowing how well the remedy will work for the plague as none of us has actually experienced it.  But, the herbs used are very potent healers and will work for respiratory issues.

Sat Aug 14 10:30 am   Emergency Remedies -Elderberry Solutions   $20 This is the second of seven Emergency Remedies classes.  1/$20  2/$35  3/$55  4/$75  5/$90  6/$110. These classes deal with items you need on hand to use in emergency and first aid situations.     Elderberry is a staple in herbal circles because of it’s proven efficacy. Learn the many ways of preparing   Elderberry for health and wellness.  Make N Take elderberry cough syrup - $5 extra. 

Sat Aug 21 10:30 am    Emergency Remedies – Panacea $20  The third of seven Emergency Remedies classes.  1/$20  2/$35  3/$55  4/$75  5/$90. These classes deal with items you need on hand to use in emergency and first aid situations.      Yarrow and Slippery elm have so many herbal uses I consider them panaceas!  These “all healing” plants are a MUST for your first aid kits.  Make N Take slippery elm sample & yarrow cuttings $5 extra.

Sat Sept 11 10:30 am    Farmers Formulary – Respiratory Remedy II     (Respiratory I is a PREREQUSITE TO THIS CLASS)     This is a DECANTING CLASS.       The cost covers both Aug 7 & Sep 11 classes.   9 herbs, jars and Everclear and class material.  See Respiratory Remedies I on Aug 7 for full class description.

Sat Sept 18   10:30 am Emergency Remedies  $20  The fourth of seven Emergency Remedies classes.  1/$20  2/$35  3/$55  4/$75. These classes deal with items you need on hand to use in emergency and first aid situations.  The whys and how-to’s of Castor Oil, Diatomaceous Earth, Baking Soda, and Charcoal.     

Sat Sept 25  10:30 am   Emergency Remedies  $20  The fifth of seven Emergency Remedies classes.  1/$20  2/$35  3/$55  These classes deal with items you need on hand to use in emergency and first aid situations.  Lomatium, Iodine, Melissa Oil, Magnesium, Silver.  Make N Take magnesium oil home for $5 extra.

Sat Oct 9  10:30 am  Emergency Remedies  $20  The sixth of seven Emergency Remedies classes.  1/$20  2/$35    These classes deal with items you need on hand to use in emergency and first aid situations.  Oregon Grape, Lavender, Hydrogen Peroxide, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Bentonite Clay.

Sat Oct 16  10:30 am Emergency Remedies  $20  The seventh and last  Emergency Remedies class.    These classes deal with items you need on hand to use in emergency and first aid situations.  Goldenseal, Garlic, Astragulas, Cloves, Asea water.

Sat Oct 23   TBD

Oct 28    MISSOURI FIRST FROST DATE

Sat Nov 6 Weed Walk – Autumn 10:30 am $20     Get to the bottom of things during our autumn herb root class.  We will study dandelion, burdock and horseradish and learn how they can improve the quality of life.  Weather permitting, we will go on an outdoor digging expedition!  Optional make and take $5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer

 

I am a holistic herbalist.   I am interested in holographic health—three-dimensional, whole body health—not disease.  I am not able and do not diagnose, treat, prescribe for, palliate or prevent human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity either physical or mental.  My concern is what constitutes health, what supports health and what undermines health.  The holistic herbalist suggests using historical and traditional herbal remedies and provides

education to help determine the best course of treatment.  I do not practice medicine, diagnose, prevent or treat any disease.

 

Rocky Creek blog/web site is that of a holistic herbalist who uses the traditional “wise woman way” to strive for optimal health by teaching traditional and historical herbal remedies and lifestyle changes that promote health, not to treat or cure any disease.

 

If you have any medical problem, health condition or disease you are being advised to seek a health care provider of choice.

 

Any exercises for muscle tone or body energy are exercises intended to produce wellness and enhance physical fitness.  These demonstrations and/or exercises are not treatment for any health condition or disease.

 

The holistic herbalist recommendations on this site are intended for the maintenance of the best possible state of health and do not involve diagnosing or prognosticating a health condition.  Rather, these educational recommendations are a holographic approach to optimal well-being.

 

According to some scientific opinions, herbalism is considered an inexact science with many variables and that the results obtained from herbs are not always constant or predictable.

FDA   The information and statements presented here have not been evaluated or approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The use of herbs for the prevention, treatment or cure of disease has not been approved by the FDA or USDA. We therefore make no claims to this effect. The information and products offered here are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.