Up coming Courses and Events :
| Course | Course Dates | Availability | Flyer |
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| Nourishing Soils |
September 27th ad 28th 2014 | Filling. | download |
| Sour Dough bread making | TBC Please register your interest email |
Merri Bee Organic Farm courses let you experience the alive taste of food as it is meant to be, and find ways to make smaller footprints on the Earth
Join Stewart and Bee on the farm at Nannup, Western Australia, for “hands on” learning.
Equip yourself with vital skills necessary for sustainable living and peak oil. During our seminars you will gather knowledge from a couple who have provided most of their own meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts, herbs, condiments, bread and dairy produce for over 25 years and are keen to share their experience in soil creation, seed saving, moon planting, rainwater harvesting, animal husbandry and energy efficient building with you!
Care for your family’s health, fertility and intellect, and simultaneously care for our beautiful planet.
If you are ready to withdraw your support from multinational agribusiness / pharmaceutical corporations come and do a course. If you refuse to eat GMOs, pesticides, food additives, nanno particles, hormones, irradiation, antibiotics , and the rest that Industrial food corporations are serving up to us , if you want no part of the absurd amount of plastic packaging on food and want to get back to eating compost grown plants which resist pest and disease and in turn give animals and us a happy healthy life, come and learn some forgotten skills.
Learn
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Permaculture design which shows us how to arrange elements so that our house and garden conserves or generates energy and feeds us. Both Bee and Stew have Permculture design certificates and Bee is an accreditated Permaculture teacher.
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How to make compost, compost teas, farm worms... see for yourself the microbes in a healthy soil under the microscope and the magical plant growth resultinng from worm castings and mulch. Also taste the difference, and learn what compost does for plant health and in turn our health. We have studied under Dr Elaine Ingham, reknown soil microbiologist and feel we at last have a handle on soil improvement. Sequestering vast amounts of atmospheric carbon in the soil with compost is absolutely vital now to move back to a safe climate. Further details here
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Milk a cow; learn the basics of keeping your house cow healthy plus an introduction to making your own dairy products.
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the huge benefits of poultry keeping. Who needs “Weed and Feed” when you have a chicken tractor? From beautifully nutritious eggs to a wonderful chicken soup , learn how to care for poulty .chicken-soup-day details here
- How to bake stunning sourdough bread. Using various organic grains we will grind flour to make sourdough bread. Using dried fruits and nuts from the farm we’ll create our famous fruit and nut loaf. Take some home to delight your friends and family. Further details here
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On our Interactive Farm Tours, pat the pigs and sheep, see the sheep , cpws , alpacas, geese and ducks in their orchard habitats. Inspect the passive solar human and animal housing, water harvesting ,solar panels, intensive gardens, nursery, poultry intergrated with gardens, compost production, worm farm, wicking bed, mature rare fruit and nut trees of over 90 species, field mushrooms in season , swales, bamboos , the swamp and the river and lots more. For further info and costs Merri Bee Organic Farm Tour
- Water ...lifeblood pf the land. We cover all forms of water harvesting....tanks, swales, ponds and dams . How to site these vital elements to the best advantage , rehydrate your landscape and begin an aquaculture.
What is included:
- Course notes
- Inspirational videos and extensive library.
- Ample opportunity to ask many questions . You are bound to leave with some new friends, skills, recipes, lots of inspiration and itching green thumbs!
What you need to bring:
- A sense of adventure.
- Sturdy farm shoes (that you don’t mind getting a bit dirty)
- Suitable attire for the weather .
- Accomodation is plentiful for all budgets in the beautiful countryside of Nannup.Nannup Tiger Cottages are close by . Also browse here
Costs
Each course is different so follow the links to further details. Our payment policy is outlined here: Student sign up info here