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   course full  
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
food smoking  
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 20
food smoking  
May 21
scything  
May 22
edible forest gardening   
May 22
food smoking  
May 22 & 23
make your own natural soaps  
May 31
food smoking  
Jun 4
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
food smoking  
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 11
food smoking  
Jul 17
raw/living food 
Jul 17
clay rendering  
Jul 17
food smoking  
Jul 17 & 18
dry stone walling  
Jul 18
lime rendering  
Jul 24
rag rug making  
Aug 1
food smoking  
Aug 7
vegetarian food smoking
Aug 14
keeping pigs  
Aug 20-29
full permaculture design course  
Aug 31
food smoking  
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
food smoking  
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  
Sep 26
food smoking  
Oct 2
pedal-powered generators    
Oct 2
basketmaking  
Oct 2
food smoking  
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  
Oct 23
recycled glass art & jewellery  
Oct 24
food smoking  
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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