permaculture

[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

*Bloomington (IN) Permaculture Guild Series
* Contact Rhonda at 812-320-9136 to register.**

* March 31, 2007 Introduction to Permaculture
with Peter Bane and Rhonda Baird, $75
Foundation Ethics and Principles.*

*April 14, 2007 Propagating Plants
with Keith Johnson, $75
Multiplying plants is easier than you think. Topics covered will include:
direct seeding, transplants, planting, divisions, layering, grafting, 
taking cuttings, and more. Students will take home new plants for their 
gardens.*

*May 19 & 20, 2007 Water Catchment:
Building Ferro-cement Tanks
with Peter Bane & Keith Johnson $150
Learn to capture this scarce and precious resource in tanks you can 
build yourself. This hands-on event will cover everything you need to 
know about constructing a 10,000 gallon rainwater tank at Keith and 
Peter's home in Bloomington.*

*August 4, 2007 Foundations for Natural Buildings
with Keith Johnson & Peter Bane $75
Hands-on class creating a new foundation for a timber frame, straw-clay 
infilled chicken coop / tool shed with rubble trench and urbanite. This 
5,000 year old technology was used to create the Pantheon and most other 
ancient buildings of Europe.*

*August 11 & 12, 2007 Straw - Clay Walls for Natural Buildings
*with Keith Johnson & Peter Bane $150
This hands-on class will install new highly insulative, fire-resistant 
walls for a timber frame chicken coop / tool shed.* Centuries-old 
strategies for today. Basic grounding in theory and technique. Slide 
show showing many natural building styles and practices.*

*September 29, 2007 Earth Plasters for Natural Buildings
with Peter Bane and Keith Johnson $75
Learn to create and apply beautiful earth plasters over straw - clay 
walled chicken coop / tool shed. Various recipes and finishes will be 
discussed.*

**Contact Rhonda at 812-320-9136 to register.**

--
Keith Johnson
"Be fruitful and mulch apply."
Permaculture Activist Magazine
PO Box 5516, Bloomington, IN 47408
(812) 335-0383
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also Patterns for Abundance Design & Consulting
http://www.permacultureactivist.net/design/Designconsult.html
also Association for Regenerative Culture
also APPLE-Bloomington (Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy) It's a 
small world after oil.
http://www.relocalize.net/groups/applebloomington
also Bloomington Permaculture Guild