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Subject: [permaculture] Bloomington (IN) Permaculture Guild Series
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:53:04 -0500
*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.*