Current offerings

October 6 & 7, 2018. This 2-day workshop on alum-tawing creates resilient sheepskin rugs for home use. Alum is a…

August 3, 2018. This class is for the folk herbalist interested in learning the basics of home preparedness. We will…

August 4-6, 2018. This 3-day workshop (with 2-day weekend option) is on the classical method of smoke-tanning, the world’s oldest…

List of available workshops

A half-day walkabout becoming acquainted with local plants, both those who evolved on this continent and recent transplants. We will…

An introduction to basic first aid care and emergency preparedness. Incorporated are elements of Wilderness First Aid, Occupational First Aid,…

The medicine of plants is contained within their phytoconstituents, and these can be extracted with various menstrua (natural solvents) to…

August 3, 2018. This class is for the folk herbalist interested in learning the basics of home preparedness. We will…

August 4-6, 2018. This 3-day workshop (with 2-day weekend option) is on the classical method of smoke-tanning, the world’s oldest…

October 6 & 7, 2018. This 2-day workshop on alum-tawing creates resilient sheepskin rugs for home use. Alum is a…

Bark-tanning is a unique hide tanning method which uses the tannins in plant material to transform animals skins – whether…

Rawhide is more than it seems. This stiff, preserved hide has been through some stages of the tanning process but…

This variable workshop is for the farmer, hunter, trapper, or anyone interested in utilizing hides of their own. I come…