If you could have one herb in your cupboard look no further than slippery elm. Slippery elm, also known as Red Elm or Sweet elm, is a species of elm native to North America.

Sometimes when I’m out gardening I feel like I am on an archeological dig site. I’ll be turning over the soil and suddenly an old rotting beef bone will appear from the ground that Jack, my dog, had buried weeks before and to which he had plans to dig back up and gnaw again. Just what is it about chewing buried bones that is so appetising to a dog?