Four part course for learning to live with the land.
Do you want to live more fully with your land? Starting a small farm or homestead? Our class series is offered on our diverse, working, animal-powered farmstead. Teaching from our experience and with our living farm as the learning space: come see, feel, and experience what you need to get started in this four part series
Getting started with:
- Soils – the foundation, and the next primary layer: land-shaping - keylines, swales, berms, terraces, stonewalls, earthworks and heat sinks. July 5th, 2015.
- Perennial plantings, and biochar: edible tree crops, berries, orchards and savannas. Making and using biochar from small scale units – how to increase your fertility exponentially. July 12th, 2015.
- Poultry and grazers: chicks, meat birds, layers, ducks, turkeys, sheep goats, cows and pigs. Natural health care, fencing, housing, grazing, feeding. July 19th, 2015.
- Human scale farm power and draft animals: oxen and horses. Setting up infrastructure, tools, equipment, building design, roads, fencing and whole work systems. July 26th, 2015.il)
All 4 Classes run from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM - Sundays in July -5th, 12th, 19th, 26th 2015
Farm grown lunch included
Pre- registration required. Register online, over the phone: 802-274-7826 or email: michael@vermontbiochar.com