Learn about local and foraged options to create teas and lemonades that are tasty and healtful including Chaga, Sumac, Nettles, Ginger.

Azure Standard is a healthy food alternative to big box shopping and local food deserts. Come learn about this option for both everyday and bulk shopping. 

Some research-backed topics covered will be the role and effectiveness of starter fertilizer, how cover crops impact how much nitrogen fertilizer is needed for corn, using nitrogen stabilizers to protect the environmental, and trying different cover crops in northwestern Wisconsin.

Seed-saving formed the basis for civilization and so much more. A lost art and relationship with the plant world one can reclaim in their garden! Join Clint Freund of Cultivating The Commons to learn more about basic seedsaving and practice hands-on techniques.

We will talk on how to help identify Buckthorne but also how to treat it with the use of herbicides. We will also touch on different non herbicide ways that we have heard of and some of the positives and negatives.

Class-particiaption: Learn how to slow thinking down to avoid emotional decisions, limit bias and and improve outcomes. In our divisive times, Critical Thinking can help keep relationships healthy. 

Sadly, it is more and more common now for people to find themselves going more than six or eight months without a job. It may surprise people as to what they are capable of. Finding work in a rural environment presents unique challenges.

In this practical, hands on class, we’ll craft an herbal salve from plants that can be found in your own backyard! Learn a simple yet powerful method for creating your own salves to support common skin conditions, sore muscles and more.

NCRS has both new and continuing programs that may help your farm and homestead. Come learn from an NCRS agent.

Kurt will show examples of clothing he has designed and crafted, including: coats, shirts, pants, hats, mittons & mukluks to survive and thrive in our harsh local weather

Climate change has altered bud break, winter highs and lows. Weather whiplash (wildly oscillating temperatures) creates new opportunities and challenges for tree selection. Come learn which trees show best promise. 

An exploration using paper scraps, glue, and scissors, and a peak into gel block printing. Using colors and textures inspired by nature to create compositions in paper with attention on landscapes and plant forms. 

CSAs are a great way to encourage seasonal eating. Hear from a local CSA on their top picks and how to enjoy the best of the seasons.

Container gardens: popular for ease of space/time/flexibility/convenience. Come learn: how to grow flowers, herbs, vegetables, and fruits. Selecting containers, growing mixes, plants, care and design will all be reviewed. Our County Extension Educator speaks from personal experience from her own patio.

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Honey Bee Hive, equipment and accessories. Honey Bee Knowledge and Terminology. The life of the Honeybee. Basics of Beekeeping. Q and A.

Tai Chi movement aligns, strengthens, and relaxes every system in the body with an emphasis on connective tissues. Tai Chi also opens the inner flow of chi - vital energy. Integrating Tai Chi into daily life promotes body awareness, health and emotional well-being.

Have you considered this gentle option for exercise while getting outside? Come see examples of what will work best for you.

The first of a 2 part series. Here, an experienced Olympic coach, will guide you to have the right clothing and gear to make your experience skiing under your own power more enjoyable. Second part will be on the snow as conditions permit (possibly next fall).

We’ll explore several case studies of successful local pollinator plantings and review key takeaways. We’ll also discuss key management tools to maintain healthy habitat for pollinators and wildlife.

It is important to have ethics based on a gentle nature, moderation in activity and behavior, an easy-going and confidently independent character, skillfully examining things before engaging in actions, and embracing these qualities with genuine altruism. Karma explains why and the result of following of these ethics is happiness.

Learn the benefits of meditation - walking behind a guide - all are welcome as you exit your final class

Hands on: learn how to crochet and get started on a simple project. 

Hands on: make and take a willow star wand from fresh willow boughs.

Explore and learn to identify animal tracks so you know what walking around your house and the woods.