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81. Herbs for Everyday Use: Learn the art of growing,
harvesting, and preserving your own herbs.
Recipes and techniques for making tea blends,
oils, tinctures, salts, lotions, and healing salves.
(Beginner) Marguerite Ramlow, Artha Sustainable
Living Center. Friday 5:00 p.m. in Green Tent.
82. Intro to Beekeeping: An introduction to beekeeping
as hobby, including information on equipment
and everything else a beginning beekeeper needs
to know. (Beginner) Charlie Konen, Beepods.com.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. in Green Tent; Sunday 2:00
p.m. in Blue Tent.
83. Let the Land Teach You: Sustainable farming,
everything we need is at hand. Shifting the
paradigm to work with the Earth. (Beginner) Dena
Eakles, Echo Valley Farm. Friday 10:00 a.m. in
Green Tent; Sunday 10:00 a.m. in Green Tent.
84. Organic Eating on a Dime: Practical tips and
strategies for enjoying more sustainable, healthy,
and nutritious foods while both saving money
and stewarding the environment. (Beginner)
Lisa Kivrist, Inn Serendipity. Friday 10:00 a.m.
in Sustainable Tables; Sunday 12:00 p.m. in
Sustainable Tables.
85. Permaculture Approach to Renewable Energy:
Unconventional but inspiring energy harvests from
simple biomass sources as part of a permaculture
designed landscape, homestead or community.
(Beginner) Bill Wilson, Midwest Permaculture.
Friday 2:00 p.m. in Green Tent.
86. Permaculture in the Built Environment: This
workshop will look at some of the basic principles
and methodologies of permaculture and how
planning, design, and site planning for the built
environment integrate with the permaculture
system. (Beginner, Intermediate) Wayne Wiseman,
The Permaculture Project. Friday 10:00 a.m. in
Maroon Tent.
87. Seed Saving 1: Why and how to save seeds from
your own garden vegetables. Basic principles and
methodologies of permaculture and how planning,
design, and site planning for the built environment
integrate with the permaculture system. (Beginner)
Kathleen Plunkett-Black, Plum Creek Seeds. Friday
12:00 p.m. in Sustainable Tables; Saturday 4:00
p.m. in Sustainable Tables.
88. Seed Saving 2: For folks familiar with the basic
principles of seed saving. Discussion of crosspollinated
crops, biennials, and other challenges.
(Intermediate, Advanced) Kathleen Plunkett-
Black,Plum Creek Seeds. Saturday 5:00 p.m. in
Sustainable Tables.
89. Small-Scale Permaculture Farming: Small-scale
permaculture farming can be done on five acres,
one acre, or on suburban or urban lot. Learn some
easy techniques to get started growing food,
caring for the land and feed yourself and others.
(Beginner) Bill Wilson, Midwest Permaculture.
Friday 11:00 a.m in Maroon Tent; Sunday 2:00 p.m.
in Sustainable Tables.
90. Solar Greenhouses and Sustainable Living: Solar
design for greenhouses, local, natural materials
for durable “living rooms.” (Intermediate) Roald
Gundersen, Whole Trees Architecture. Saturday
2:00 p.m. in Green Tent.
91. Suburban/Urban Permaculture: People in the cities
and suburbs are learning how to produce their own
fruit, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, chicken,
wines, and more. Incorporating permaculture
design reduces work and increases success. Join
Bill Wilson, Co-Founder of Midwest Permaculture,
to learn how you can too! (Beginner) Bill Wilson,
Midwest Permaculture. Saturday 10:00 a.m. in
Sustainable Tables.
92. The Secrets are in the Soil: Learn about the
biological bridge between soils and plants. No
matter what you are growing, the basics are
the same for making healthy soil that produces
nutritious food in a sustainable way. (Beginner,
Intermediate) Douglas Piltingsrud, BioLive Soils
LLC. Friday 11:00 a.m. in Black Tent; Sunday 12:00
p.m. in Green Tent.
93. Urban Fruit Gleaning: All the basics you’ll need
to know about how to identify, harvest, and use
urban fruits. (Beginner) Mary Eberle, Permaculture
Gardener. Friday 12:00 p.m. in Green Tent.
94. What is Local and Sustainable Food: Every day we
make choices about what we eat. Generally, local,
sustainable food is the preferred choice of many.
But what does local and sustainable mean We’ll
discuss. (Beginner) Jeremy Solin, Wisconsin Center
for Environmental Education. Friday 11:00 a.m. in
Sustainable Tables; Saturday 5:00 p.m. in Green Tent.
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