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May 2021
Goat Workshop
A workshop for people wanting to keep goats holistically, productively and consciously. Sold out! You're welcome to pop your name on the wait list and we'll be in touch if a place becomes available. Join Jilly Middleton at Fat Pig Farm to learn about keeping goats naturally. Based on their lived experience, this workshop will provide tips, tricks and depth of information you simply can’t find in the books, or on goat forums (trust me, we’ve tried). THIS WORKSHOP WILL COVER Keeping goats to manage farm weeds, i.e. blackberries and gorse, Raising goats to be hardy and low maintenance, Domestic…
Find out more »Free Home Composting Workshop: Hobart May
Learn how to compost your food waste at home for free! In collaboration with the City of Hobart, we’re very happy to announce more free composting workshops for YOU to support you to compost your food waste at home and keep it out of landfill where it becomes a stinky, nasty pollutant. BECAUSE….. Did you know that food waste comprises nearly half of the rubbish in an average household rubbish bin and that up to (and over) 40% of landfills across Australia consist of pure food waste. Yuck! Once in landfill, food waste undergoes anaerobic decomposition (because of the lack of oxygen) and…
Find out more »Super Soil Skills for Happy Veggies: Okines # 2
HANDS-ON LEARNING, EQUIPPING YOU WITH THE SKILLS TO GROW FOOD IN YOUR OWN HOME. We’re partnering with Okines Community Garden in Dodges Ferry to bring you a special 6-part series of hands-on permaculture skills. This is workshop #2, Super Soil Skills for Happy Veggies and it goes hand-in-hand with #3 Grow Your Own 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? Join us to learn the foundations and get you growing your own food at home – skills that you’ll have for…
Find out more »June 2021
Grow Your Own Food: Okines #3
HANDS-ON LEARNING, EQUIPPING YOU WITH THE SKILLS TO GROW FOOD IN YOUR OWN HOME. We’re partnering with Okines Community Garden in Dodges Ferry to bring you a special 6-part series of hands-on permaculture skills. This is workshop #3, Grow Your Own Food and it goes hand-in-hand with #2 Super Soil Skills. 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. If you live in the South East coastal region, you might be…
Find out more »Beekeeping for Beginners: Okines #4
HANDS-ON LEARNING, EQUIPPING YOU WITH THE SKILLS TO KEEP BEES AT YOUR PLACE. We’re partnering with Okines Community Garden in Dodges Ferry to bring you a special 6-part series of hands-on permaculture skills. This is workshop #4, Introduction to Smallscale Beekeeping. A one-day introduction to small-scale beekeeping course designed for the beginner and novice beekeeper keen to have one (or a few) hives in their homes. We’ll guide you through the key foundations of bee theory and action so that by the end of the day you’ll be either ready to start on your bee journey, add to it or…
Find out more »July 2021
Homemade Herbal Remedies: Okines #5
HANDS-ON LEARNING, EQUIPPING YOU WITH THE SKILLS TO HARNESS HERBAL HEALING & WHIP UP YOUR OWN PRODUCTS FOR PERSONAL CARE. We’re partnering with Okines Community Garden in Dodges Ferry to bring you a special 6-part series of hands-on permaculture skills. This is workshop #5, Home Herbal Remedies. A one-day, hands-on introduction to harnessing the healing, remedial qualities of herbs, and turn them into your own, home-made personal care products. If you live in the South East coastal region, you might be eligible for a phenomenal subsidy* to access these courses. To access this discount please type your postcode into the…
Find out more »The Fabulous World of Ferments: Okines #6
WELCOME TO THE FABULOUS WORLD OF HOME-FERMENTING. We’re partnering with Okines Community Garden in Dodges Ferry to bring you a special 6-part series of hands-on permaculture skills. This is workshop #6, The Fabulous World of Ferments. A one-day introduction to some excellent fermenting techniques that you can use at home to make kraut to kimchi, sourdough to sparkling kombucha. If you live in the South East coastal region, you might be eligible for a phenomenal subsidy* to access these courses. To access this discount please type your postcode into the "coupon" field at checkout. If your postcode fall subsidised area,…
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