2026
Our
Introduction
to Good
Heart Living™
certificate
is
up for this summer.
Want
to learn how to live out in the wilderness? You
don’t need a lot of money to live this way. Learn
how to live on a little but have a big life.
Learn
how to Grow your food organically, Forage and Wildcraft, Identify the
Tasmanian plants, trees and animals, hammer a nail, make useful items
and preserve your food. Learn about Country Herb Lore (including
Herbs for First Aid) and Backwoods Herbalism, Nursery skills for
propagating plants, Technology for self-sufficiency (Low-cost Solar
power, Solar oven and Rocket stove) and all about our forests and
what each type of tree is useful for.
The
best thing about this short course is that
the time in nature will rest and
re-wild your
heart.
One
weekend that is sure to be an eye-opener.
Learn
how to really live.
Friday
afternoon is check-in after 4pm.
Start
dates for
December
are Dec 12,19 and 26th
January 2,9,16,23,
and 30th
February 6,13,20
and 27th
March 6,13,20
and 27th
April 3,10,17
and 24th
May 1,8,15
and 22nd
Best
watch out for zombies! (Two
Friday the 13th’s.)
2017/2018 Growing Season
Good Heart School of Self-Sufficiency™
Spring 2015 Classes
An Introduction to Self-Sufficiency (Spring)
Sat 5 Sept
Want
to get back to basics and start learning self-sufficiency? Don't know
where to start? This workshop is for you. Learn about what you can
achieve doing self-sufficiency on a budget and what is best done in
spring. Cost $50 Time: 10am-3pm.
Beginners Organic Vegetable Gardening
Always wanted to grow veggies but not sure how.? Join Gavin in the veggie patch on our farm where he will share with you his 45 years of gardening know-how on growing great veggies Cost $35 , Time 1-4pm (ongoing Saturday classes once a month).
Wild Herb Walk and Medicine Making
Sat 10 Oct
Walk around the farm with Community Herbalist Lisa McAndrew, where she will show you how to identify wild herbs and how they can help you heal. Make and take home a bottle of wild medicine from these plants. Cost $25 Time: 1-3pm (ongoing Saturday classes once per month).
Saving Our Food Plant Biodiversity
Sat 7 Nov
Join Master Seed Saver Gavin Edwards as he explains the threats to our heritage and heirloom food plants, Find out about the work of our Food Plant Sanctuary™ and learn about how and why biodiversity is essential to sustainable food growing. Cost: $25, Time: 1-3pm.
Self-Sufficiency: Learn as you go opportunities
Sept/Oct/Nov 2015
Ongoing instruction in self-sufficiency and organic growing are offered for people who would like to learn by doing as we run our smallholding. (Cost per day is $25 for 3 hours learning plus 2 hours labour. Please notify us of the dates that you would like to attend. We will teach you what we are doing on our farm at the time.
To RSVP please email ghfarmtas@gmail.com and state which workshops you would like to attend or call Lisa or Gavin on (03) 6445 4469
Copyright Lisa McAndrew, 2015. All rights reserved
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