Date: 04/07/2012
Time: 10:30am
Cost: $35
This class will cover cold and hot process soap making with an in-class demonstration of hot process soap-making. Topics will include general chemistry of saponification, how to make liquid vs. bar soaps, when to use which process and how to do it all safely. Time permitting, additional topics may include coloring, marbling and scenting soaps, how to develop recipes and more. All materials are included.
Date: 04/11/2012
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Cost: $15
Crop Rotation and Irrigation.
Learn the importance of keeping the plants moving through your garden plots. Understanding the whys and hows of crop rotation is essential for the organic gardener. We will also be discussing different types and techniques for watering your garden space.
Date: 04/14/2012
Time: 10:30am
Cost: $25
Crop Rotation and Irrigation.
Using your garden plan, we’ll build a 3-4 year crop rotation chart. Learn the importance of keeping those plants moving through your garden beds. Understanding crop rotation is essential to the organic gardener! We will also be discussing different types and techniques for keeping your garden watered. All material are provided.
Date: 04/21/2012
Time: 2:00pm
Cost: $35
This class will cover creating natural lotions, creams and balms with an in-class demonstration of making hand lotion. Topics will include the general chemistry of emulsion, how to preserve your creations in a non-toxic way, and more. All materials are provided.
Date: 04/21/2012
Time: 4:00pm
Cost: FREE
Join Peg Schafer, author of The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm: A Cultivator’s Guide to Small Scale Organic Herb Production, as she discusses how wild quality efficacious botanicals are grown, what this means for conservation as well as trade from the world’s village communities to the global market.
Date: 04/24/2012
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Cost: $25
Learn how to roast your own coffee!
Using appliances that you may already have, and techniques that are easy to learn, we will show you just how easy it really is to roast your own coffee.
Class fees include a pound of raw coffee to take home and roast yourself.
Date: 04/26/2012
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Cost: $10
Have you been toying with the idea of keeping a few chickens in the backyard? Love delicious, fresh, free-range eggs but don’t want to pay a premium? Join Michelle Koeppe, owner of Phasian Farms and local poultry maven, as she explains the hows and whys of raising city chickens. Michelle has years of experience raising and breeding chickens and can answer all your questions and help you pick the right chickens for your family.
Date: 04/28/2012
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Cost: $25
Fun and easy, bath bombs are a luxury that everyone deserves! Learn to make these wonderful, fizzy, fragrant bombs to throw into a bath or give as gifts. This class will teach you all you need to know to create your own bath bombs. All materials are provided.
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