courses in the north of England

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date
  course
2010
 
Jan 9
keeping pigs  
Feb 6
edible forest gardening   course full  
Feb 20
fruit tree pruning  
5 weekends in March & April
yurt making  
Mar 6
creating & maintaining a willow coppice  
Mar 13
sustainable energy for the home 
Mar 13-14
apple grafting  
Mar 20
sausage-making   course full  
Mar 26
sausage-making   course full  
Mar 27
make your own natural skin-care products 
Mar 27 & 28
dry stone walling  
Apr 10
building an earth oven  
Apr 10
herbal medicine  
Apr 14
composting & green manures  
Apr 17
keeping chickens 
Apr 17
keeping pigs  
Apr 21
bread making 
Apr 24
beekeeping  
Apr 24
make your own natural skin-care products
Apr 24 & 25
solar hot water 
Apr 25
creating & maintaining a hazel coppice  
Apr 28
the basics of sewing  
May 1-2
green woodworking / shave horse making    
May 8
solar electricity 
May 8-9
foraging for food & herbs  
May 8 & 9
how to make biodiesel 
May 8 & 9
dry stone walling  
May 15
cultivating edible mushrooms  
May 15
rag rug making
May 15
basketmaking  
May 21
scything  
May 22
edible forest gardening   
May 22 & 23
make your own natural soaps  
May 31
food smoking  
Jun 5
how to make a woodburner from a gas bottle    
Jun 12
keeping chickens 
Jun 19
permaculture gardening  
Jun 19
herbal medicine  
Jun 19 & 20
dry stone walling  
Jun 26
papermaking  
Jul 3
urban / small-space gardening 
Jul 10
urban / small-space gardening 
Jul 10
permaculture gardening  
Jul 10-11 &
17-18
bow making  
Jul 17
raw/living food 
Jul 17
clay rendering  
Jul 17 & 18
dry stone walling  
Jul 18
lime rendering  
Jul 24
rag rug making  
Aug 7
vegetarian food smoking
Aug 14
keeping pigs  
Aug 20-29
full permaculture design course  
Sep 3-5
downshifting / stepping off
Sep 4
edible forest gardening    
Sep 4
cultivating edible mushrooms 
Sep 4 & 5
cheesemaking  
Sep 4
green woodworking  
Sep 11
brewing beer  
Sep 11
candlemaking  
Sep 11
downshifting/change your life  
Sep 11 & 12
dry stone walling  
Sep 17
scything 
Sep 18
basketmaking  
Sep 18
felt making  
Sep 18
brewing beer  
Sep 18-19
autumn wild harvest  
Sep 19
cider making  
Sep 25
rainwater harvesting  
Sep 25
food smoking  
Sep 25-26
rustic furniture / chair making  
Oct 2
pedal-powered generators    
Oct 2
basketmaking  
Oct 8
orchard management  
Oct 9
cider making  
Oct 9
natural dyes  
Oct 9
solar electricity  
Oct 10
planting & maintaining nut trees  
Oct 16
introduction to spinning  
Oct 20
preserving the autumn harvest 
Oct 22
make a willow compost bin & besom broom  
Oct 23
how to make a woodburner from a gas bottle  
Nov 6
home heating with wood
Nov 17
bread making 
Nov 20
living willow structures 
Nov 20
batteries for renewables
Dec 4
living willow structures  
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