Sustainable Food Solutions - Residential Two- Part Weekend Course Spring and Autumn 2012
18 May 2012 09:00 - 20 May 2012 17:30
Growing Sustainable Food Solutions
Gardening & Cooking for Life and a Sustainable Future
Spring: 18-20th May
- Designing organic and sustainable, natural food gardens
- Building and sustaining soil fertility
- Composting, utilizing waste, mulching, minimizing cultivations
- Seed sowing and planting out
- Polytunnels
- Pests and diseases
- Exploring methods of growing and preparing food to maximize flavour, nutrients and energy
- Beneficial spring foods
- Foraging in the garden and the wild
- Preparing a wild spring salad
Autumn: 12-14th October
- Designing and maintaining a Forest Garden
- Creating low energy food systems
- Green manures and winter cropping in polytunnels
- Backyard gardening
- People-centred food systems
- Seed saving
- Choosing best varieties for annual vegetables and fruit production
- Working with willows and their use in a sustainable garden
- Wildlife gardening
- Unusual and interesting methods of preserving fruit, vegetables and herbs from the garden and the wild.
- Dehydrating
- Sprouting foods
- Preparing nuts, fruits, roots and berries
£200/ £180 concession per weekend – includes food & accommodation
Primrose Earth Centre, Felindre, Brecon Powys LD3 0ST
01497 847636; www.primroseearthcentre.co.uk
e: paul@primroseearthcentre.co.uk
