Classes

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Our Introduction to Good Heart Livingcertificate 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             
Sat 26 Sept
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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