S.O.I.L. ACADEMY
Sustainable
Organic
Interdependent
Living
"No longer can we make the soul of culture a satellite of economics, rather economics has to be a satellite of the soul of culture.
-Jean Houston
Class List 2012
Permacuture
Permaculture is a design philosophy that seeks to create closed, sustainable systems, by observing natural patterns and cycles and applying them to an overall site design.
Classes can be taken independent of each other.
Feb 8 Intro to the Principles and Ethics of Permacaulture,
Wind Clearwater $12
Feb 15 Permaculture - Forest Gardening & Animal Integration,
Wind Clearwater $12
Feb 22 Permaculture - Water Usage & Desert Strategies,
Wind Clearwater $12
Planting & Soil Prep Scheduling
Feb 29 When to Plant What!
Lance Swigart $12
Mar 7 Compost Tea Making
John Cowan $12
Mar 21 - How & When to Use Biodynamic Preparations,
Pat Frazier $12
Pest Control
Apr 11 - Natural Pest Control,
Ron Godin $12
Flowers!
Apr 25 -The Cut Flower Garden: propagating, planting, harvesting
Daphne Yannakakis $12
Beekeeping
April 20, Basic Discussion on Topbar Bee Guardianship
Corwin Bell $5
April 21 Bee Guardianship using Topbar Hives - Beginning
Corwin Bell Sat $100
April 22 Bee Guardianship using Topbar Hives - Intermediate
Corwin Bell $100
Sept 5 Plant Growth - Improved Growing Strategies
John Cowan $12
Sept 12 Biodynamic Compost Building
Pat Frazier $12
Sept 19 Identifying Strengths & Weaknesses in Your Soil
John Cowan $12
Oct 3 Backyard Compost Systems
Lance Swigart $12
Oct 10 Maximizing Humus & Organic Matter
John Cowan $12
Oct 17 Compost Tea
Eben Sullivan $12
Oct 24 Container Soil Building from the Ground Up
Eben Sullivan
Seed Saving
Sept 26 Seed Saving
Lance Swigart $12
Indoor Growing
Oct 31 Indoor Growing
Brandon Yadon $12
Lance Swigart $12
