2. Dec 9 ~ Solar ~ Passive & Photo Electric Panels, direct vs storage, AC vs DC. A look at my 2 systems, products available both natural and manufactured. We will take apart an old panel and remount sections where we please.
3. Jan 11 ~ Complete & Balanced Protein Raising! Shiitakes and $$$. We will plug logs with 3 types Shiitake spawn. Animals are expensive & don't do well in Florida. See my mature logs.
4. Feb 9 ~ water Water WATER, DC pumps, irrigation, distillation and major political water issues. Quantity and quality. Dousing lessons for pure water and heavy metals. Take apart my solar water pumping and distillation systems.
5. March 8 ~ SOILS, soil building, usable water, BUILDING SUBSTRUCTURE IN SANDS! pH, friability, porosity, particle size, and chemistry or Soils Class 101. Everything starts out & ends up Soil and Water. All natural!
6. April 13 ~ Integrated Native Gardens, edible Eden and plant quality. Make your entire land one integrated harmonious edible unit of total tasty community. Or apartment!
7. May 10 ~ Biological control/balancing agents ~ insects rearing & herbs, alotta $$$! Look at my ladybugs, lacewings and nematodes raising projects. It's easy! Florida ~ The Bug State! Feeds our birds and fish AND native trees!!!!!!
8. June 14 ~ Native Trees ~ building soil substructure & soil water ~ Life and BIRDS and bugz. Tree rearing, olive trees, insects/bee rearing, alotta $$$ in bugs and trees. We will plant tree building geothermal generator under it. Trees hold alotta protein and few fresh vitamins!!!
9. July 12 ~ Roads in sand and substructure. Friability, water and particle size. NATIVE TREES and rocks BUILD substructure. Anchors and dirt!. Ancient Roman road construction from a soil & water engineer.
10. Aug 8 ~ Security Alerts ~ Dogs, cats, gadgets, signs, BIRDS. For the garden and for house security. Natural factors. Meet my wolves.
11. Sept 13 ~ Native critters ~ gotta love 'em ~ snakes to bears ~ Why? It's a balanced matrix! You've never been on a walk in the woods until a wolf takes you ~ my wolves will teach this one! Children encouraged!!!!
12. Oct 11 ~ Native American Structures using old/new materials. Let's adapt to Nature ~ stop fighting Mother Nature! Integrated and sustainable ancient structures from East and West. Will build/hold simple sweat. All natural!!
13. Nov 8 ~ Land Spirits, Native Spirits ~ employees or enemies ~ songs, dances, haunts. Grids. Meet 'em. Use 'em. Positive integration into the unseen world. Bring drum, life song and wolves, etc.
Florida looks to be lagging behind when it comes to protecting our many resources particularly water quality/quantity. Much is happening in other Southern States. Extension service or community sponsored sustainability classes don't exist here? Could it be time to start re-establishing strong community resources locally ~ getting what we really need to live alittle closer to home? Because I see our situation as getting critical and having been involved with several sustainable communities as a consultant over the past 30+ years, I have decide to start a class. I have lived off grid raising wolves in an integrated self sustaining way for 22 years . I have an MS in Ag/Environmental Engineering and moved to Florida 5 years ago from the mountains of Tennessee where self sustaining communites are quite plentiful ~ whether Minninite, 2nd Son Community, religious or nudest, commune or old world community ~ I've learned water is water and life is life.
A community building resource sharing class will start on my Interlachen land Nov 9, noon-ish, and continue with a 2nd Sunday Potluck for a year. Let's start getting lots together as a community and friends!!!! Most of the following I have well established on my land where we will explore simple ways to live happily. Integration into our human communities and our natural communities is the main focus with strong technical application a second.
2nd Sunday Noon Pot Luck in Interlachen. Call or email for directions. Noonish.
Campers welcome. Donations accepted.