Are you interested in learning basic carpentry skills for putting to use in your home or garden? Have you been uncertain about using hammers, saws, drills, or power tools? Do you have little to no experience with these things but want to learn? … More SOLD OUT Upcoming Workshop — Making Bees Wax Food Wrappers, Jan. 27, 2–5 p.m., $10/5 SOLD OUT
We’re excited to host our first Sustainability Skill Share this-coming June 1–2 here in Cooksville. This weekend will bring together people to learn hands-on, DIY skills that help us house, clothe, and feed ourselves in a future without fossil fuels. We’re gathering class proposals until the end of the year, but we already have a … More Courses So Far for the 2019 Skill Share — Still Time to Propose Your Own
It is fall and that means it is time for the Wisconsin Permaculture Convergence, a weekend of classes and socializing with folks from across the Midwest. We’ll be there to teach a class on vermicompost and also to attend as many other courses as possible. Last year we had a great time meeting people and … More Wisconsin Permaculture Convergence this Weekend
We’re busy laying the groundwork for the 2019 Sustainability Skill Share, coming up on June 1–2. The overall goal of this event is to spread skills that help us house, clothe, and feed ourselves with less reliance on fossil fuels. We need your help. Have you attended a class that would be a good fit? … More Propose a Course or Nominate an Instructor for the 2019 Sustainability Skill Share
Last weekend we had Kelly Larson, an artist from St. Louis, in to teach a workshop on shibori, a Japanese indigo-dying technique. The word means resist dying because patterns are made by pressure on the fabric keeping the dye out, that is, resisting dye intrusion. Kelly gave us a brief background on indigo dying. In … More Shibori Workshop
Are you interested in learning basic carpentry skills for putting to use in your home or garden? Have you been uncertain about using hammers, saws, drills, or power tools? Do you have little to no experience with these things but want to learn? … More Upcoming Workshop — Shibori Fabric Dying, Jul. 28, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., $60-65
Are you interested in learning basic carpentry skills for putting to use in your home or garden? Have you been uncertain about using hammers, saws, drills, or power tools? Do you have little to no experience with these things but want to learn? … More Upcoming Workshop — Basic Carpentry, Aldo Leopold Benches, Jun. 23, 1–5 p.m., $45-50
Grapes are one of the oldest cultivars, with roots going back over 8,000 years. They have been grown around the globe and can survive in Wisconsin with a little TLC. Grapes can be a long-lasting investment and require thoughtful siting and annual care and pruning. In return they provide a flexible fruit suitable for the … More Upcoming Workshop — Beginning Grape Vines, May 26, 1–5 p.m., $40–45
Are you interested in learning basic carpentry skills for putting to use in your home or garden? Have you been uncertain about using hammers, saws, drills, or power tools? Do you have little to no experience with these things but want to learn? … More Upcoming Workshop — Basic Carpentry, DATE T.B.D., 1–5 p.m., $45-50
UPDATE: UNFORTUNATELY, WE WILL BE CANCELING THIS EVENT DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENT. WE HOPE TO OFFER IT AGAIN AT A FUTURE DATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water; after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. People often think of Zen meditation as something done sitting on a cushion in a … More Working Zen Retreat, May 18–20
