Skills taught:
Organic Gardening, Woodstove Cookery, working with simple, whole foods, Wood working, Wood Carving, Wood Turning, Cabin building, Splitting shakes, Chainsaw skills, Lumbering- chainsaw and portable bandsaw, Hand tools, use and care, Snowshoe making, working with rawhide, Tanning and Taxidermy, Sewing with furs and skins, Working with bone and antler, Wheat straw weaving and braiding, Economical rabbit raising, Small scale poultry raising, Alternative energy systems, Animal lore- moose, bear, wolf, mountain goat, Bee keeping and honey extraction, Bread making, from planting a kernel to finished loaf, Butchering, canning, smoking meats and fish, sausage, Jams, jellies, pickles, and basic canning, Root cellaring, Edible plants and berries, Word processing, Appreciation for the modern conveniences, Braiding Onions and Garlic
Making Fire with Bow Drill, Glass, or Flint, Fish Traps and Animal snares, Emergency Shelters, Lean-to and snow cave, Orienteering and map reading, Dressing out and preserving meat and fish, Knives, Axes, and other tools and more.
Calendar of Activities:
Spring (April, May, June)
These three months are usually the driest and most pleasant months for outdoor activities. The insect pests are not bad at this time of year and the lengthening days seem to be very invigorating.
Planning and preparing the garden, planting, bird watching, organic gardening, hiking, photography, log peeling
Summer (July)
July is usually the warmest and buggiest month, but there are advantages to being here in July. The wildflowers in the area are at their most beautiful, and the newly grown garden produce makes meal time a real treat.
Gardening, hiking, orienteering, birch barking, photography, basketry, cabin building
Autumn (August, September, October)
Autumn is the busiest time for garden related activities and those of you who appreciate good, pesticide free vegetables will want to be here during this time. Most vegetables go from the garden to the mouth with less than two hours elapsed time. Veggies never taste any better.
Harvest season, -picking berries, peas, canning, jams and jellies, pickling, braiding onions and garlic, digging and storing root crops and tubers, hiking, feasting and giving thanks
Winter (November, December, January, February, March)
Although the winter nights are long, and days are often snowy and damp, there are many indoor activities to occupy your time. We have our own source of hydro electricity and this greatly improves the situation as far as lighting goes.
Wood carving, wood turning, crafts, woodstove cookery, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, taxidermy, skin sewing, snow-shoe making, working with leather and rawhide, shake splitting, lumbering.