Driftless Folk School
Calendar of Courses: Spring and Summer 2008
March
1: Sweet Sweet Spring! Maple Syrup Festival at Norskedalen
2: Papermaking with Prairie Plant Materials
15: Owling
29: Blacksmithing: Forging Scrolls
April
5: Pine Needle Basketry ; Pruning Apple Trees
6: Biodynamic Compost Preps (Sunday)
12: Cheesemaking ; Broom Making
19: Introduction to Permaculture
26: Introduction to Biodynamic Agriculture ; Beekeeping
May
3: Spring Wild Foods: Dandelion Intensive
17: Straw/Clay Walls ; Driftless Archeology
18: Cooking for Celiacs (Sunday)
24: Hand Woodworking 1: The Miracle of Wood
June
7: Our Green Allies: Herbs 1 ; Hand Woodworking 2: Building a Shaving Horse ; Biodiesel Workshop ; Basic Scythe Workshop
8: Advanced Scythe Workshop (Sunday)
14: Our Green Allies: Herbs 2 ; Hand Woodworking 3: Basics of Green Woodworking
21: Our Green Allies: Flower Essences ; Hand Woodworking 4: Making a Wooden Hand Plane ; Natural Plastering
28: Homemade Jam
July
5: Willow Wattle Fence Making
12: French Potager Gardening
19: Cheesemaking
20: Herbal Medicine Making (Sunday)
26-27: Kickapoo Country Fair, La Farge, WI
August
2: Life Off the Grid
9: Woodturning ; Draft Horse Basics
12: Stargazing: Perseid Meteor Showers (Weds. evening)
16: Blacksmithing for Kids! ; Pickling
23: Blacksmithing: Joinery and Brazing
September
6: Chicken Butchering
13: Making Herbal Salves and Lotions
20: Baking Pita
Multi-Session Courses
Art History: 4 Sessions: Contact Registrar to Schedule
Appalachian Clogging: 4 Sessions: Tuesdays in June: 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th
