Classes and Workshops

Homestead School

Catch the wave into the future- Sustainable, Self-Sufficient Life skills are increasingly in demand, on a personal and on a community level. Garden supply companies, seed companies, and nurseries are all reporting record activity and interest as folks recognize the innate desire to be a part of the natural world and reconnect with the spirit of this place in a human and physical way. 

Our world daily becomes less certain and less secure, less connected to the natural rhythms that surround us, more enslaved to the mechanized "progress" of technology.  But you can do something about it. As individuals, we can all work to re-skill ourselves with the knowledge that was commonplace in our grandparent’s world, but which has not, until now, been necessary in our daily lives.

Here at Green Desert Sanctuary, we have always been excited about sharing our experience and knowledge with others, and now we are taking the next step. Beginning this month, we will offer a regular Course Schedule of classes and workshops focusing on self sufficient living – a Homestead University where you can come and learn a variety of important and useful skills, and have lots of fun doing it.

Just like with the Victory Gardens of the past, our communities and individuals are able to rise up from the corporate-driven, consumerist complacency to a place of resilience and sustainable self-sufficiency and recognize and realize the natural abundance that surrounds us.  We can work together to accomplish more and to be more. So come out to the farm for a class or two (or all of them) and lets stride positively forward!

• Ongoing Classes by Appointment:

Goat tutorial -- learn the basics of dairy goat care, milking, sanitation, etc., in a private class with Richard. $25 per hour.

Basic Chicken Processing -- learn to take old hens or unwanted roosters from the chicken coop to the stew pot with a hands on workshop with Richard. $25 per hour.

Canning and freezing produce for storage -- hands on canning workshop with Richard -- covers the basics of canning -- hot water bath, pressure canning, blanching and freezing, food safety and more. $50 for approximately 3 hours of hands on learning.

Contact Richard to schedule a class.