Land Craft

All resources come from the land including the wisdom to use them. Learning from the land and creating a life that honors the place we live, is the foundation of culture, it is the path to an honorable life that is lived in a relationship. Accepting feedback and giving gratitude is the core of this land-based life, join me as we explore what it means to belong to the land.

Classes are now taught by request, as I am taking a sabbatical from full-time teaching. That being said, tell me what you are hungry for and chances are you are not alone. Let’s create a workshop that suits you and your friends let’s put out the call and gather the tribe.

Workshop possibilities…

  • Small Farm Production and Management
    • Lean Management
    • Farming Skills
    • Land Stewardship
    • Farming using Simple Technology
    • Sustainable Urban Farming Techniques
    • Harvest & Market Preparation
    • Homestead Butchering (seasonal and optional)
    • Greenhousing
    • Winter gardening
    • Tool care
  • Food Preservation
    • Fermenting
    • Pressing
    • Pickling
    • Canning
    • Drying/Dehydrating
    • Root Cellar Storage
  • Animal Wifery
    • Basic Animal Care
    • Animal Social Dynamics & Structures
    • Listening & Identifying Calls & Communication
    • Communicating through Calls & Behaviors
    • Observation & Improvement of Foraging Choices
  • Benefits of Animals
    • Icelandic Sheep: working with primitive breeds from birth to yarn
    • Chickens: cleaning the barn & converting pests into eggs
    • American Buff Geese: how to use birds for weeding & mowing
    • Muscovy Ducks: meat production from your lawn
    • Khaki Ducks: making eggs from slugs & snails
    • Turkeys: meat production & pest management
    • Bees: pollination & honey from a Perone hive
    • Bella & Miss Mew: keeping the mice down & watching for the UPS man, very important farm jobs.
  • Fiber Production & Processing
    • Hand Harvesting Wool by using a traditional method called Rooing
    • Sorting & Washing
    • Felted Pelts
    • Felting
    • Picking & Carding
    • Drop Spindling
    • Wheel Spinning
    • Knitting
    • Crochet
    • Weaving
  • Perennial & Annual Food Production
    • Growing a garden for personal food production
    • Orchard management and guild planting
    • Cultivating herbs for medicinal and culinary purposes
    • Hot and cold composting
    • Soil building/fertility farming
    • Propagation
    • Seed saving
    • Perennializing annual crops
    • Extending the season
    • Water sequestration
    • Greenhouse production
    • Sustainable harvesting
    • Polyculture planting
  • Working with Local Plants
    • The value of weeds: “chop & drop” composting in place and living fertilizer
    • Partnering with local weed systems to benefit your garden and diet
    • Living mulch
    • The 80/20 rule of weeding
    • How to create a “Hit List”
    • Uses of native plants & plant identification
    • Working with the forest
    • Water and wetlands
  • Traditional Skills
    • Proper use and care of tools
    • Building with sticks
    • Harvesting the woods
    • Working with hand tools
    • Natural building
    • A-frame level/micro swales
    • And other tricks of the trade
  • Living in Reciprocity
    • Skill Share
    • Community meals
    • Gift economy
    • Fire gatherings
    • Music and singing
    • Story telling
    • Holistic communication
    • Leaving it better than you found it
    • Growing space for others
    • Living in reciprocity with the land and each other

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