Winter course in Self-Sufficiency

 Hi Everyone. We are offering training for this winter for off-grid self-sufficiency, prepping and survival in the wilderness of Tasmania. We have 200acres of regrowth pine forest overlooking the Tarkine rainforest. Looking for people who want to learn about cool-climate self-sufficiency. It will be cold and can snow but what we teach you won’t find anywhere else. Please see the photo below. If you are interested please contact Lisa or Gavin on ghfarmtas@gmail.com or txt 0459 263 525.

 

Spring 2015 Classes

Intro 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 by doing                              Sept - May

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 workshop you will attend.

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