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date		course
2012
Jan 14		sausage-making     course full
Jan 14		green wood craft working
Jan 15		basketmaking
Jan 21		curing & smoking food     course full
Jan 21-22		welsh frame basketmaking
Jan 25		basket weaving
Jan 28		bent willow and rustic chair making
Jan 28		pole lathe turning
Feb 11		bent willow and rustic chair making
Feb 11		making willow structures
Feb 22		scone-making day
Feb 25		keeping pigs
Feb 25		basket weaving
Feb 25-26		log basketmaking
Feb 29		gluten-free breads & pastry
Mar 10		bent willow and rustic chair making
Mar 11		make a living willow seat
Mar 14		bread-making by hand
Mar 15		living willow structures      course full
Mar 17		beekeeping taster
Mar 17		pole lathe turning
Mar 18		beekeeping taster
Mar 22		basic bread making - hands on
Mar 22		basket weaving
Mar 23		learn to knit
Mar 24		beekeeping taster
Mar 24-25		dry stone walling
Mar 24-25		dry stone walling: improvers
Mar 24		willow hurdle making
Mar 25		beekeeping taster
Mar 31		beekeeping taster
Mar 31-Apr 1		beginners beekeeping weekend
Apr 1		food smoking
Apr 4		organic cut-flower growing
Apr 4		bike strip & build day
Apr 4		bicycle maintenance evening
Apr 5		willow rib-frame basket
Apr 6		natural beekeeping
Apr 7-8		green woodworking / shave horse making
Apr 8		green woodworking: pole-lathe turning
Apr 13		hurdle making
Apr 14		beekeeping taster
Apr 14-15		beginners beekeeping weekend
Apr 14-15		food smoking
Apr 15		beekeeping taster
April 15		basketmaking
Tuesday evenings from Apr 17		beekeeping 10-week course
Apr 17		introduction to keeping chickens
Wednesday evenings from Apr 18		beekeeping 10-week course
Thursday evenings from Apr 19		beekeeping 10-week course
Apr 21		blacksmithing: beginners    course full
Apr 21		basket weaving
Apr 21-22		bent willow chairs
Apr 26		bread making: sourdough
Apr 28		food smoking
Apr 28		preserving the harvest - rhubarb
April 28-29		make a shave horse
May 5-6		food smoking
May 9		willow wigwams for the vegetable garden
May 12		build your own beehive     course full
May 12		forest gardening
May 12-13		welsh stick chairs
May 12-13		dry stone walling
May 12-13		beekeeping weekend
May 13		build your own beehive
May 18		weaving a willow frame basket
May 18-20		blacksmithing: intermediate - design and make
May 19		hedgerow foods and medicines
May 19		food smoking
May 19-20		trug making
May 26		sausage-making
May 26		walking-stick making
May 26-27		beekeeping weekend
May 30		basket weaving
Jun 1		beginners' silversmith jewellery making
Jun 2		curing & smoking food
Jun 2-3		introduction to forest gardening
Jun 2-3		silversmith jewellery making weekend
Jun 8		food smoking
Jul 10		willow random-weave basket
Jun 10		blacksmithing: beginners
Jun 16		bike strip & build day     course full
Jun 16		bicycle maintenance evening
Jun 16-17		food smoking
Jun 16-17		beekeeping weekend
Jun 29		weaving scarves on a loom
Jun 30- Jul 1 & Jul 14-15		bow making
Jul 7		food smoking
Jul 7		keeping pigs
Jul 7-8		dry stone walling
Jul 7-8		dry stone walling: improvers
Jul 10		dry stone walling
Jul 11		dry stone walling
Jul 14		keeping chickens for meat
Jul 14-15		food smoking
Jul 20		green woodworking: spoon carving
Jul 21		introduction to beekeeping
Jul 21		forest gardening
Jul 21-22		introduction to permaculture
Jul 28		preserving the harvest - berries
Jul 28		food smoking
Aug 4-5		food smoking
Aug 10		blacksmithing: beginners
Aug 13-14		special beekeeping weekend (Carlisle)
Aug 18		preserving the harvest - vegetables
Aug 18		food smoking
Aug 25-26		rustic furniture / chair making
Aug 25-26		food smoking
Sep 7		food smoking
Sep 8-9		dry stone walling
Sep 8-9		dry stone walling: improvers
Sep 15-16		food smoking
Sep 19		organic cut-flower growing
Sep 27		basic bread making - hands on
Sep 29		preserving the harvest - apples
Oct 6-7		rustic furniture / chair making
Oct 13		the healing garden: women's natural health
Oct 26		preserving the harvest
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