SCHOOL FOR SELF SUFFICIENCY - COURSES 2012
Our summer course is now scheduled for the week of 15 July 2012.
Course content and basic schedule will remain unchanged - for details click here.
The cost of the 5 day courses in 2012 will be 800 euro per person. This covers 6 nights on-site accommodation, bed and breakfast (home made bread, eggs and jam plus cereals, tea and coffee) plus 5 days tuition including coffee, lunch and the evening meal.
APPLICATION FORM - Please copy, complete and email to us if you wish to reserve a place. When dates and a place has been confirmed we will ask you for a 200 euro deposit by Pay Pal in order to secure your place.
SCHOOL FOR SELF SUFFICIENCY
2012 APPLICATION FORM
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Course 3 15 - 21 July - now fully booked
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Travelling arrangements can be finalised nearer the time of your course.
Please use the Pay Pal "Buy Now" button to make a 200 euro deposit payment to secure a place at your preferred dates.
We will email confirmation of your place on the waiting list as soon as your deposit is received.
PLEASE NOTE - all deposits are strictly non-refundable.
Numbers are limited to 6 people per course.
Courses are not suitable for children below the age of 13 years.
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Courses in France 2012
Our next residential courses beginning 15 July 2012 is now fully booked. As usual the topics covered will include many of the activities described in The New Complete Book of Self Sufficiency. The course will take place at the smallholding in St Leger near Bordeaux.
Students pleased with their sausages!
All courses include both practical and “class room”
sessions. We will cover:-
Basics
Making bread
Making sausages
Brewing beer and wine
Making Baskets
Making jams and jellies
Planning your smallholding/garden
Creating a clean seedbed from weeds and grass
Laying paths, blocks and cement
Building composting areas, making compost and use of compost in
the garden
Pig and chicken husbandry
Management and improvement of soil
Scything, Haymaking and Grassland management
Tree planting and management for fruit, nuts and firewood
Growing soft fruits, pruning and manuring
Control of weeds and pests
Cutting and storing firewood, including the chainsaw, its use and
maintenance
Harvesting and storing food from the garden, drying, picking, and
freezing
Hedging
Use of the rotavator for controlling weeds and improving soil
structure
Use of the greenhouse and transplanting
Tools for the garden
Knots and ropework