Cost: $30

Do you enjoy arts and crafts? Come wrap some pretty stones in beautiful wire with us!

We will make a simple ring, and then move onto making a beautiful Tree of Life-style pendant.

Wire wrapping is a fun hobby that is very affordable and easy to get into. Maybe you will really like it, and be able to make all sorts of gifts and jewelry with these skills!

What to expect:

• I’ll have all the materials there for you
• Everyone will make a cool ring and necklace to take home with them
• No experience necessary, I’ll show you step by step
• There will be tea and snacks!

Click here to sign up! (google forms link)

Cost: $10

Are you interested in growing veggies in your back yard, but don’t know where to start?

In this class, I’ll show you the basics of growing veggies from seed. We will cover the very basics of gardening, what each veggie crop needs to thrive, how to set up simple permaculture-style gardens that require minimal work and maintenance, and how you can do this with minimal cost and effort, so you actually save money with your garden, while improving the quality of your food and your connection to the land.

What you’ll learn:

• each category of veggie crop (leafy greens, fruits, root veggies, herbs, perennials) and the plant families, so you know how to take care of each one.
• How to actually start seeds successfully, so you can get all the plants you need for free or cheap
• How the growing season generally goes in our climate, so you know when to start plants and how to get them ready to plant outside
• How to grow in containers, even if you don’t have a big back yard
• Various ways to create a good garden bed that requires a minimum of cost or maintenance, and no pesticides
• strategies for getting lots of food, even out of a small space
• and more

What to expect:

• Spending time in our plant room
• We will start some plants, so you’ll see exactly how you can do it at home
• Spending time outside, walking through the gardens
• Talking and sharing knowledge
• You’ll get a hand-out with notes on the information that will be covered, so you can take the information home with you
• You’ll be ready to start gardening right away when you get home

What to bring

• work gloves (if you want them for when we fill pots with soil)
• water, snacks
• pen and paper if you want, for notes
• clothes and footwear to walk around outside
• anything else you think you may need

Want to see the hand-out for this class? here it is

Click here to sign up (google forms link)

Corn is a most generous plant, long cultivated, and deeply revered all over Turtle Island. She gives abundant food, and also ample crafting material! Join me in the garden to weave with homegrown corn husks.

I will be teaching a simple braiding and coiling technique, which can be used to make all sorts of spiraling things – from earrings to sun hats! No crafting experience of any kind is needed to try this out 🙂 If you are a weaver/basket maker…feel free to come, and share any techniques you know.

Corn husks and other materials will be provided, as well as tea and a light snack. We also have lots of corn seeds (popping and flour varieties) to share if you would like to grow your own patch this summer 🙂

If you would like to come, please send an email to Cheslee, at : chesttnut@protonmail.com

Come to our farm for a short tour, hands-on volunteer time, and a potluck picnic in the garden.

Let us know if you’re coming (google forms)

• Learn about permaculture and natural farming
• Get practical gardening tips you can use at home
• Help us plant our onions! Then take extra onion sets to plant at home
• Meet cool people and share food

— No experience needed —

What to bring

• proper clothing and footwear for being outside
• work gloves
• water, snacks
• your own dishes for the potluck
• food contribution for the potluck
• anything else you need to be happy and safe and spend the day outside

What to expect

• Short farm tour
• 1-2 hours of light to moderate gardening work – planting onion sets
• Informal teaching, questions and answers, and gardening conversations while we work
• A potluck to wrap up the afternoon

Cost

• Free
• Bring something to share for the potluck
• If you don’t want to help in the garden, you can still come just for the potluck, so long as you bring something really good!

Let us know if you’re coming (google forms)

== Date to be determined ==

Come hang out in the forest with us and our dogs!

We have been maintaining our forest using simple and intuitive techniques. In this informal class, we will walk through our forest and learn the basic principles I’ve applied to create and maintain trails, help restore the forest ecology while harvesting usable lumber, increase light to the forest floor, using simple hand tools and practical common sense ideas.

Then, we can build a rustic garden chair, bench, sculpture, or other fun design with the wood we’ve gathered!

This class is perfect for anybody who:

• enjoys walking through the forest, and wants to get more involved in the care and use of the forest.
• wants to help nature not by leaving it alone and hiding away in the city, but by getting directly involved
• wants to build simple but functional rustic garden furniture – skills that transfer over to building other structures (such as animal shelters, fences, garden sheds, etc) using naturally harvested, unprocessed lumber.

The details of this event are still to be determined.

If you’re interested, please email me at: fieldsfarmstead@gmail.com and I’ll keep you posted

== Date to be determined, but likely sometime in the fall ==

Interested in raising chickens or rabbits? Get a closer look at our animals on this workshop day.

• See how we provide comfortable and safe shelter for these small animals.
• Learn how we feed, water, care for, breed, and even harvest these animals.
• Get the key information you need to feel ready and comfortable bringing these animals to your yard, so you can start raising them yourself, even if you have no prior experience.

If you’re interested, please email me at: fieldsfarmstead@gmail.com and I’ll keep you posted