all courses

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date
  course
2010
 
Jan 9
keeping pigs  
Jan 21-26
people care & permaculture  
Jan 23
using & fitting a wood stove   course full    
Jan 24
butchery & sausage-making   course full  
Feb 5-7
pruning & care of old fruit trees    
Feb 6
edible forest gardening   course full  
Feb 6
make your own natural skin-care products   course full    
Feb 13
batteries for renewables
Feb 20
fruit tree pruning  
Feb 20
recycling computers & open source  
Feb 27
cheesemaking   course full
Feb 27
DIY for beginners   course full     
Feb 27
pork butchery & 5th quarter   course full
5 weekends in March & April
yurt making  
Mar 5-7
low-impact smallholding     
Mar 5-7
blacksmithing (object-based)   course full  
Mar 6
creating & maintaining a willow coppice  
Mar 6-7
hedgelaying
Mar 7
winter pruning  
Mar 12-14
living in communities   
Mar 13
DIY for beginners    
Mar 13
sustainable energy for the home 
Mar 13
solar electricity   course full  
Mar 13-14
apple grafting  
Mar 20
sausage-making   course full  
Mar 20
wild food walk, Bristol  
Mar 25
keeping cattle    
Mar 26
sausage-making   course full  
Mar 26-28
introduction to plumbing    
Mar 27
fruit tree grafting  
Mar 27
make your own natural skin-care products 
Mar 27
smallholding  
Mar 27
introduction to biogas    
Mar 27 & 28
dry stone walling   course full  
Mar 28
organic vegetable growing  
Mar 28
butchery & sausage-making   course full    
Apr 6
wild food walk, Totnes  
Apr 8
exotic bread making  
Apr 8
family bushcraft    
Apr 8
hedgerow walking sticks    
Apr 9-11
cob building    
Apr 10
building an earth oven  
Apr 10
wild food walk, Bristol  
Apr 10
keeping chickens 
Apr 10
roofing  
Apr 10-11
blacksmithing (design-based)   course full 
Apr 14
composting & green manures  
Apr 16
wild foods by canoe  
Apr 16-18
wind & solar electricity 
Apr 17
beekeeping   course full  
Apr 17
cultivating edible mushrooms 
Apr 17
keeping pigs   course full  
Apr 17
keeping pigs   course full  
Apr 17 & 18
make your own natural soaps  
Apr 17 & 18
dry stone walling  
Apr 18
pork butchery & 5th quarter   course full
Apr 21
bread making 
Apr 23-25
straw-bale building   course full    
Apr 24
beekeeping  
Apr 24
urban / small-space gardening 
Apr 24
food smoking  
Apr 24
permaculture gardening  
Apr 24
keeping pigs    
Apr 24 & 25
solar hot water 
Apr 25
creating & maintaining a hazel coppice  
Apr 28
lime rendering    
Apr 28
the basics of sewing  
Apr 30-May 2
solar hot water  
Apr 30-May 2
blacksmithing (object-based)   course full 
May 1
firecraft    
May 1
pedal-powered generators   course full    
May 1-2
green woodworking / shave horse making   course full    
May 2
organic vegetable growing  
May 7-9
veg oil vehicle conversion     
May 8
knitting & crochet for beginners
May 8
cultivating edible mushrooms 
May 8
food smoking   course full    
May 8
keeping chickens 
May 8
solar electricity 
May 8
scything    
May 8-9
foraging for food & herbs  
May 8 & 9
how to make biodiesel 
May 8 & 9
dry stone walling  
May 9
beekeeping: introduction  
May 12
incubation for poultry    
May 12
wild food walk, Exeter  
May 13
bread making for the terrified    
May 14-16
spinning & dyeing yarn from raw wool   
May 15
urban / small-space gardening 
May 15
rainwater harvesting  
May 15
basketmaking  
May 15
compost toilets
May 15
cultivating edible mushrooms  
May 15
rag rug making
May 15
keeping chickens for meat  
May 15
beekeeping: consolidating basic skills  
May 15
introduction to tracking  
May 15-16
wild foods by sea kayak   course full    
May 16
moor tracking    
May 16
keeping pigs   course full  
May 20
food smoking  
May 21
scything  
May 21
natural paints  
May 21-23
how to make biodiesel  
May 22
edible forest gardening   course full   
May 22
food smoking  
May 22
fruit growing: top fruit/orchards  
May 22
keeping chickens 
May 22
how to build a bike trailer 
May 22
building an earth oven  
May 22
scything  
May 22-23
bird voices  
May 22 & 23
make your own natural soaps  
May 26
keeping sheep  
May 27
wild food walk, Totnes  
May 28
night paddle on the river Dart   course full    
May 29
wild food walk, Bristol  
May 29
wormeries & composting (half-day course)  
May 29
tasting the wild    
May 29-30
blacksmithing (design-based)   course full  
May 30
seashore edibles    
May 31
food smoking  
May 31
wild day out    
May 31
nocturnal nature awareness  
Jun 4
food smoking  
Jun 4-6
managing small woodlands 
Jun 5
how to make a woodburner from a gas bottle    
Jun 5
cultivating edible mushrooms  
Jun 5
rag rug making  
Jun 5
make your own natural skin-care products 
Jun 5-6
turf roofs
Jun 6
fruit growing: orchards/soft fruit/exotics  
Jun 10
exotic bread making    
Jun 10
natural paints  
Jun 11-13
permaculture gardening     
Jun 12
urban / small-space gardening 
Jun 12
wild food walk, Bristol  
Jun 12
keeping pigs    
Jun 12
meadow creation & management  
Jun 12
organic vegetable growing  
Jun 12
pedal-powered generators 
Jun 12
keeping chickens 
Jun 13
beekeeping: introduction  
Jun 18
dry stone walling  
Jun 18-20
dangerous weekend for boys    
Jun 19
herbal medicine  
Jun 19
herbal medicine 
Jun 19
keeping chickens 
Jun 19 & 20
dry stone walling  
Jun 20
forest gardening  
Jun 23
beekeeping    
Jun 24
gluten-free baking  
Jun 25-27
Dart river safari    
Jun 26
papermaking  
Jun 26
food smoking  
Jun 26
wild food walk, Totnes  
Jun 26
keeping chickens 
Jun 26
pedal-powered generators 
Jun 26
permaculture gardening  
Jun 26
beekeeping   course full  
Jun 26
how to build a bike trailer 
Jun 26 & 27
solar hot water 
Jun 26 & 27
beekeeping safari  
Jul 2-4
blacksmithing (object-based)  
Jul 2-4
scything    
Jul 2-4
rammed earth building     
Jul 3
urban / small-space gardening 
Jul 3
compost toilets
Jul 3
keeping chickens for meat  
Jul 3
make your own natural skin-care products 
Jul 3-4
flintknapping
Jul 4
forage, cook & dinner party    
Jul 9-11
straw-bale building  
Jul 9-11
dangerous weekend for families    
Jul 10
running a mixed smallholding  
Jul 10
urban / small-space gardening 
Jul 10
how to build a bike trailer 
Jul 10
permaculture gardening  
Jul 10
building an earth oven  
Jul 10-11
stargazing    
Jul 10 & 11
solar hot water 
Jul 10-11 &
17-18
bow making  
Jul 11
food smoking  
Jul 14
hedgerow walking sticks    
Jul 15
bread making for the terrified    
Jul 15
thatching  
Jul 16-18
canoe building  
Jul 17
make your own natural skin-care products      
Jul 17
cultivating edible mushrooms  
Jul 17
food smoking  
Jul 17
raw/living food 
Jul 17
make your own natural skin-care products      
Jul 17
clay rendering 
Jul 18
lime rendering 
Jul 17 & 18
cycle maintenance 
Jul 17 & 18
dry stone walling  
Jul 22
felt making  
Jul 22-Aug 5
full permaculture design course  
Jul 23-25
preserving food  
Jul 24
building a pond / puddling clay 
Jul 24
rag rug making  
Jul 24
herbal medicine  
Jul 27-30
the wild ones (8-12 yrs)    
Jul 31
edible forest gardening    
Jul 31
wild food walk, Bristol  
Jul 31-Aug 1
green woodworking / pole lathe making
Aug 1
lime rendering 
Aug 2-5
the wild ones (8-12 yrs) 
Aug 7
herbal medicine  
Aug 7
vegetarian food smoking
Aug 7 & 8
dry stone walling  
Aug 7-12
family camp   course full    
Aug 12
exotic bread making    
Aug 13-15
cob building    
Aug 14
keeping pigs   course full  
Aug 14
seed saving  
Aug 14-15
basketmaking
Aug 20
natural paints  
Aug 20-22
dangerous weekend for boys    
Aug 20-29
full permaculture design course  
Aug 21
organic food production  
Aug 21 & 22
make your own natural soaps  
Aug 22
forage, cook & dinner party    
Aug 28
building an earth oven    
Aug 28
wild food walk, Totnes  
Aug 29
beekeeping: varroa control & feeding  
Aug 31
food smoking  
Sep 3-5
downshifting / stepping off
Sep 3-5
blacksmithing (object-based)   course full  
Sep 4
wild food forage and feast  
Sep 4
edible forest gardening    
Sep 4
night paddle on the river Dart    
Sep 4
how to build a rocket stove   
Sep 4
brewing beer  
Sep 4
cultivating edible mushrooms 
Sep 4
green woodworking  
Sep 4
make your own woodburner from a gas bottle     
Sep 4-5
felt making
Sep 4-5
making rustic furniture 
Sep 4 & 5
cheesemaking  
Sep 5
beekeeping: introduction  
Sep 10-12
a more dangerous weekend for boys    
Sep 11
building with hemp  
Sep 11
wildlife gardening  
Sep 11
herbal medicine  
Sep 11
brewing beer  
Sep 11
firecraft  
Sep 11
summer pruning  
Sep 11-12
round wood timber framing  
Sep 11-12
hurdle making
Sep 11 & 12
dry stone walling  
Sep 12
family bushcraft    
Sep 16
hedgerow walking sticks    
Sep 17
scything 
Sep 18
basketmaking  
Sep 18
food smoking  
Sep 18
rag rug making  
Sep 18
preserving food  
Sep 18
felt making  
Sep 18-19
prehistoric pottery making & firing
Sep 18-19
autumn wild harvest  
Sep 18-19
blacksmithing (design-based)   course full  
Sep 18 & 19
cheesemaking  
Sep 19
cider making  
Sep 23
gluten-free baking  
Sep 24-26
bushcraft    
Sep 25
rainwater harvesting  
Sep 25
wild food walk, Totnes  
Sep 25
solar electricity  
Sep 25
naturally clean 
Sep 25-26
rustic furniture / chair making   course full    
Sep 25-30
people care & permaculture  
Sep 26
seashore edibles  
Sep 26
food smoking  
Sep 29
'wet' stone walling  
Sep 30
bread making for the terrified    
Oct 2
pedal-powered generators    
Oct 2
rainwater harvesting  
Oct 2
cider making  
Oct 2
introduction to plumbing    
Oct 2
basketmaking  
Oct 2
food smoking  
Oct 2-3
blacksmithing (design-based)  
Oct 2-3
rustic furniture / chair making    
Oct 3
wild food by canoe    
Oct 8
orchard management  
Oct 8-10
low-impact smallholding     
Oct 8-10
blacksmithing craft camp    
Oct 9
how to make a woodburner from a gas bottle  
Oct 9
sustainable energy for the home 
Oct 9
cider making  
Oct 9
forage, cook & dinner party    
Oct 9
natural dyes  
Oct 9
peg loom weaving 
Oct 9
solar electricity  
Oct 9
cheesemaking
Oct 9 & 10
make a ladderback chair  
Oct 12
planting & maintaining nut trees  
Oct 15
dry stone walling  
Oct 15-17
woodfuel, stoves & home heating  
Oct 16
introduction to spinning  
Oct 16
basketmaking  
Oct 16
downshifting/change your life  
Oct 16
cider making  
Oct 20
keeping sheep  
Oct 20
preserving the autumn harvest 
Oct 21
exotic bread making    
Oct 22
make a willow compost bin & besom broom  
Oct 22-24
DIY for beginners  
Oct 23
solar electricity 
Oct 23
recycled glass art & jewellery  
Oct 23
how to make a woodburner from a gas bottle  
Oct 23
rag rug making  
Oct 24
food smoking  
Oct 30
wild food walk, Totnes  
Oct 30
make your own essential oils  
Nov 3
keeping cattle    
Nov 5-7
building with timber  
Nov 5-7
blacksmithing (object-based)  
Nov 6
home heating with wood
Nov 6
make your own natural skin-care products  
Nov 7
firecraft    
Nov 11
felt making  
Nov 12-14
living in communities   
Nov 13
recycling clothes & textiles  
Nov 13-14
planting a hazel coppice
Nov 17
bread making 
Nov 18
bread making for the terrified    
Nov 19-21
sustainable home refurbishment   
Nov 20
living willow structures 
Nov 20
batteries for renewables
Nov 25
candlemaking  
Nov 25
gluten-free baking  
Nov 26
natural paints  
Nov 27
wild food walk, Totnes  
Nov 27
living willow structures 
Dec 4
winter pruning  
Dec 4
living willow structures  
Dec 4
hedgelaying  
Dec 4
living willow structures 
Dec 9
christmas bread making  
Dec 11
solar electricity    
Dec 14
starting an orchard  
2011
 
Jan 25
maintaining an orchard  
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