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March 2022
Real Skills for Growing Food
TWO DAYS OF HANDS-ON LEARNING, EQUIPPING YOU WITH THE SKILLS TO GROW FOOD IN YOUR OWN HOME. We’re partnering with Fat Pig Farm to bring you two days of hands-on Real Skills for Growing Food. Join us to learn the foundations as we take you from soil to seeds, poop (manure!) to propagation and get you growing your own food at home – skills that you’ll have for the rest of your life. YOU’LL GET TO LEARN ALL ABOUT… Soil: If you want to grow good food, you’re going to need to know about soil – this is the key to nutritious food production. We’ll…
Find out more »May 2022
Small Farm Design
Join Nick Ritar at Fat Pig Farm for one day of focused learning in how to design a productive small farm – so when you set your own up, you get it right first time round! WHO SHOULD COME ALONG? We’ve designed this workshop for hobby farmers and folks looking to embark on a small-hold commercial venture and are looking to get the foundation design right before they start digging dams and holes for fence posts. THIS WORKSHOP WILL COVER Design framework – based on permaculture design. Reading the landscape so you put the right thing in the right place. Water systems,…
Find out more »Super Soil Skills for Happy Veggies
LEARN HOW TO BUILD PHENOMENAL SOIL, AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND YIELD OF YOUR HOME-GROWN FOOD You might have heard that “good soil” is essential to a thriving, resilient garden, but what is “good soil” and how do we make it? We’re partnering with Fat Pig Farm to bring you a jam-packed day where we introduce you to Soil Skills for Happy Veggies – Join us to learn how to improve your food-growing, with skills that you’ll have for the rest of your life. YOU’LL GET TO LEARN ALL ABOUT… Soil: If you want to grow good food, you’re going to need to know about…
Find out more »October 2022
Permaculture Design Course – Expressions of Interest
Interested in coming along to one of our annual Permaculture Design Courses? Pop your name down here and we'll be in touch once we have a date set for our next one. We're currently monitoring covid and are waiting for a time when we're confident we can deliver a top notch without any covid disruptions. What's a Permaculture Design Course? It's a 72 hours course, usually run across two weeks that gets you well on your way to living the good life. Topics we cover include: Permaculture ethics & principles Design theory and practical application Systems thinking Patterns understanding Water…
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