Posted by Amy Schell-Lapora
Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:53:00 GMT
Local Foods Dinner
Silent Auction and Best Local Foods Contest!
Featuring local chef’s delights and lots of laughs...
Saturday, November 8, 6pm
Takilma Community Building, Cave Junction, OR
Dinner tickets $12 each or 2 for $20
Celebrate the bounty of the local harvest while supporting the educational programs of the Spiral Living Center. Enjoy a meal featuring foods grown in Southern Oregon.
Enter your goodies in the Best Local Foods Contest (call for contest catagories and rules).
Proceeds from this event will allow Spiral Living Center to continue to offer free skill share events around the Illinois Valley.
Tickets are limited – reserve your spot now!
For tickets or to volunteer please contact:
Spiral Living Center at (541) 592-3642 or spiral@frontiernet.net
Posted by Debbie
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:44:00 GMT
Please pre-register to prevent cancellation of these workshops!
Entering the Fungi Kingdom: Basic Mushroom ID
with Laurel Peña
Saturday November 1, 2008 1-4pm
$25-50 sliding scale ($10 off for members)
This year, learn to tell your volva from your ascus! Learning basic terminology will help you use a key to confidently distinguish among wild edible, medicinal and poisonous mushrooms. We’ll talk about the properties of some distinctive local species and, if conditions allow, go on a short foray. Recommended reading and materials provided on registration.
Laurel is an herbalist and freelance writer living on the Klamath River. She works, plays, and teaches for a sustainable bioregional community. Check out her website:
www.elkcenter.org.
Acorns & Bay Nuts- Edible Natives
with Suzanne Vautier
Saturday November 8, 2008 1-4pm
$25-55 sliding scale ($10 off for members)
This is a hands-on class: learn to prepare and cook these important native foods. Learn simple methods that can be used both in the wilds and your kitchen. Traditional native
dishes and modern recipes will be explored and tasted! Oaks and California Bay/Oregon Myrtlewood (Umbellularia californica) trees are both important native trees of our region that deserve a lot more attention in habitat restoration, in Permaculture, and in our relationship with the land.
Suzanne has been preparing and eating acorns for 24 years, developing her own unique recipes, as well as learning to make more traditional dishes.
Posted by Debbie
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:25:00 GMT
EXTENDING THE FROST-FREE SEASON USING HOOP HOUSES
with farmer Jerry Lapora
WORKSHOP DETAILS:
Saturday September 13, 2008
Noon - 4 pm
Wild River Organic Farm, 1143 Caves Highway, Cave Junction
COST: $25 - 50 sliding scale ($10 discount for members)
Spiral Living Center is sponsoring a workshop to explore inexpensive ways of protecting
garden fruits and vegetables from frost. With these techniques, one can extend the
growing season by starting frost tender plants such as melons, tomatoes and peppers
earlier in the spring, and harvesting later in the fall. Local farmer Jerry Lapora will
discuss frost protection, and how to use materials such as clear plastic, remay, heaters,
fans and black plastic mulch. This class involves the construction of a hoop house at
Lapora's farm. Hoop house plan and material lists provided.
About the Instructor:
Farmer Jerry Lapora has a B.S. in Crop and Soil Science from Oregon State University. He
owns and operates Wild River Organic Farm with his family, and serves on the board of
Spiral Living Center, a non-profit organization promoting sustainable living skills in
the Illinois Valley.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Schell-Lapora at Wild River Organic Farm (541)
659-6121 or Debbie Lukas at the Spiral Living Center 592-3642 or spiral@frontiernet.net
SPONSORED BY:
SPIRAL LIVING CENTER
Promoting sustainable living skills in the Illinois Valley
PO Box 2093 Cave Junction, OR 97523
592-3642 ~ www.spiralliving.org ~ spiral@frontiernet.net
Become a member for $20 a year
and receive a $10 discount on all workshops!
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Posted by Debbie
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:57:00 GMT
EDIBLE WEEDS IN THE YARD AND GARDEN with Suzanne Vautier
Saturday August 16, 10am-1pm
at the Frog Farm
$25-50 (minus 10 for members)
Walk the grounds of the Frog Farm and explore commonly found delicious and nutritious plants. Learn which weeds in your garden are edible and how to use these volunteer plants. Noon potluck lunch will include dishes made in class.
Suzanne is a Certified Naturalist and has taught Wild Edibles workshops in California and Oregon. She has pursued her lifelong interest in foraging for wild foods and living in a sustainable way through extensive research combined with years of hands-on experience foraging, storing and preparing wild foods.
FREE BIKE WORKSHOPS!
Thursday August 21st 9am-4pm
at the Frog Farm
9 am-11am: How to Make Inexpensive Bucket Panniers
[Hardware kits for making bucket panniers will be available at cost, approx. $10]
11:30am-4:00pm: Free Bike Clinic
Bring your bike for a free basic tune-up. Keith Kohler, bike mechanic and former cooperative-owner of Pedal Express in Berkeley, along with mechanics from the Bike Clinic in Ashland will be on hand to fix brakes, tires and other minor problems.
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Posted by Debbie
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:03:00 GMT
Driving Directions: From Grants Pass, take Highway 199 south to Cave Junction. Drive south through Cave Junction, cross bridge over river and take first left onto Rockydale Rd. Travel approximately 7 miles. The road will come to a T, turn left on Waldo Rd. Go 1 mile to stop sign, turn right on Takilma Rd. Drive approximately 1 mile and Frog Farm is on the right, 9044 Takilma Rd. There is a large sign reading Siskiyou Mountain Herbs.
To find parking, continue down to the sharp bend in the road and make a left into a gravel parking lot. It is a 2 minute walk back. There are a few parking spaces in the driveway- please leave these for those who need handicap/special needs/delivery access.
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Posted by Amy Schell-Lapora
Fri, 30 May 2008 01:05:00 GMT
Solstice Skill Share
Saturday, June 21st
12pm to 9pm
Frog Farm
9044 Takilma Rd, Cave Junction
12pm to 5pm Arts, Crafts and Games for Kids with Cece Bowerman
12pm Repair And Maintain Your Wooden Handled Tools with Kevin Coopee
Learn how to keep your wood handled tools in good repair. Discover techniques, tools, and materials involved in keeping wooden tool handles (and the tools) in good condition. See examples of old tools that have been reconditioned and revived with new handles and cleaning up. With the cost of good tools going higher, and their quality going down, it can really pay to pick up good, older tools cheap at garage sales and give them a new handle and new life! Watch new and old methods, tricks and tools being used to replace and revive handles, clean and sharpen tools from hammers, axes and mauls to rakes, forks and shovels.
12pm Beyond Raw Foods with Melissa and Jody Guion
A class dedicated to opening up a discussion on how to flourish and succeed on a diet of raw and living foods. A discussion about how eating food in its uncooked natural state can nourish and strengthen your body, mind, and soul. Melissa and Jody will share their personal experience of a Raw-Live food diet and lifestyle. An overview of where the Raw food movement sprang from and where it is going. Yummy raw treats to enjoy. Books, recipes, and resources to look at.
12:30pm Natural Medicines You Didn't Know You Already Had with Dr. Margaret Philhower, ND
This talk will focus on common summertime ailments and how to treat them with household items such as spices and other kitchen cupboard items, water, weeds, and even socks. You will be surprised at how inexpensive and simple it can be to treat many health issues without having to leave home.
Dr. Margaret Philhower is Takilma's local Naturopathic doctor. She practices in the
Siskiyou Project Building and can be reached at 415-1549.
1pm The Art of Upholstery with David Steiner
We will focus on some basic tools, materials, methods, and factors in choosing fabrics in this 2 hr crash course. Some class participation may be requested since this is a skill learned by doing. The craft of upholstery may be a good match for you if you have strong, healthy arms, wrists and fingers. And if you are able to express sensitively through this aspect of your sensory. And, most importantly, if you are able to visualize a completed, restored form.
1:30pm How to Make Sun Jam with Pat Mersman
1:30pm Natural Prevention and Treatment of Staph Infections with Adam Seller
Learn to prevent, recognize and treat staph infections. We will discuss why staph infections are a growing problem in our communities, self treatment, and ways to get better care from your medical team. We will cover ecological treatment strategies, from herbs and antibiotics to probiotic foods.
2pm Understanding Power Abuse in Relationships with Chris Jolley
This workshop will identify the personally and collectively destructive patterns of power abuse resulting in domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Ideas and processes will be shared toward recovery work for survivors of abuse and for communities supporting healthy human relations. Chris’ experience and training includes 18 years as advocate, community educator, and counselor at the Women's Crisis Support Team in Grants Pass. She is currently in private practice as a counselor specializing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
2:30pm Climate Change in the Illinois Valley: A Discussion for Survival with John Gardiner
We will briefly discuss the likely effects of climate change in the Illinois Valley. We will then identify what actions we can take to prepare for these effects, with the idea of both publishing the results locally and building on them at future events, as well as possibly networking among our friends and neighbors.
3pm Flower Remedies For Emotional Healing & Personal Growth with Susan Gustafson
Learn how to make and use Flower Remedies. Susan will also cover the history of Flower Remedies as well as answer your questions.
3:30pm Goat cheese making with Jennifer Jacobson
In this beginner’s class, we will use fresh, local raw goats milk to prepare and taste several quick cheese. We will use a variety of coagulating agents and simple techniques to produce our own cheese.
Jennifer has made cheese, yogurt and kefir from this milk for family and friends.
1 hour class
3:30pm Self Message from Head to Toe with Joyce Nelson LMT
Relax, revive, refresh tired tight muscles. One hour self massage skillshare from head to toe with handout.
4pm Building a wastewater mulch pit with Steve Orr
Use a simple grease trap and inexpensive plumbing parts to re-use your wastewater to grow mulch. Mulch plants capture nutrients. When they are cut and added to compost or the
garden, they help to build the soil.
4pm Herb Walk with Laurel Peña
Explore the medicinal allies growing in Frog Farm's diverse healing garden. Then cross over to the wild side and meet the native herbal medicines of the Illinois Valley. Led by Laurel Pena, clinical herbalist and wildcrafter.
5pm Carbon-Neutral Stove Demonstration with Kelpie Wilson
5:30 Storytelling with Tom Siewert
6:00 Potluck Dinner (Bring a dish to share)
7:00 Music with Sara Austin
7:45 More Live Music
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Posted by Amy Schell-Lapora
Thu, 29 May 2008 18:12:00 GMT
Herbal Immunity with Laurel Peña
Saturday, June 7th 10am to 2pm
Frog Farm, Cave Junction, Oregon
$25 to $50 Sliding Scale
Discover how to use plants and mushrooms to maintain balance in this complex world. Some plants strengthen our innate defenses and others give us a boost when we're attacked. Explore the kitchen magic and wilder forces that can help protect us against disease and imbalance.
Laurel is an herbalist and freelance writer living on the Klamath River. She works, plays, and teaches for a sustainable bioregional community.
The Spiral Living Center is a non-profit working to make a more sustainable community. Our programs focus on ways to achieve self-sufficiency.
For more information contact the Spiral Living Center at 592-3642 or spiral@frontiernet.net.
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Posted by Debbie
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:56:00 GMT
Spiral Living Center
Schedule of Workshops 2008
Permaculture is our theme this year... it is a holistic design system for sustainable processes, usually applied to food production. It includes philosophy, design principles, and a large variety of techniques to improve
the productivity and diversity of the land. Learn something new this year!
Class sizes are limited. All classes held in the I.V.- locations given on registration. Please call 592-3642 or email spiral@frontiernet.net to register in advance. Work trade may also be arranged before the classes.
Please become a member of Spiral Living Center for $20/year and receive $10 off each workshop.
Seed & Plant Exchange and Local food potluck
Saturday March 1, Noon at the Selma Center
This Event is Free- and part of an all day Skill Share event
Permaculture Food Forests - Growing Abundance for People, Animals and the Earth with Don Tipping
Friday April 25- Sunday April 27 $150-200 sliding scale ($25 off for members)
We will focus on multi-species forest gardening, small scale, free range poultry, plant propagation, organic soil improvement that doesn't come from a bag, and making it all harmonize! Come learn to feed your family.
Don lives and far ms with his family on Seven Seeds Farm, a biodynamic, productive permaculture far m in
Williams, producing organic fruits, vegetables, seeds, wool, eggs, and lamb.
Herbal Immunity with Laurel Peña
Saturday June 7 10am-2pm $25-50 sliding scale ($10 off for members)
Plants and mushrooms are our allies when maintaining balance in this complex world. Some can strengthen our innate defenses; others give us a boost when we're attacked. Explore the kitchen magic and wilder forces that can help protect us.
Laurel is an herbalist and freelance writer living on
the Klamath River. She works, plays, and teaches for a
sustainable bioregional community. Website: www.elkcenter.org.
Solstice Skill Share
Saturday June 21 at the Frog Farm- all day
Tool repair, making goat cheese, herb walk, and much more!
Call to get involved!
Edible Weeds in the Yard and Garden with Suzanne Vautier
Saturday Aug 16 10am-1pm $25-50 sliding scale ($10 off for members)
Walk the grounds of the Frog Farm and explore commonly found delicious and nutritious plants. Learn which weeds in your garden are edible and how to use these volunteer plants. Noon potluck lunch will include dishes made in class.
Suzanne has pursued her lifelong interest in foraging for wild foods and living in a sustainable way through
extensive research combined with years of hands-on experience foraging, storing and preparing wild foods. She is a Certified Naturalist and has taught a number of Wild Edibles workshops in California and Oregon.
Extending the Frost-Free Season using Hoop Houses with Jerry Lapora
Saturday September 13 Noon-4pm $25-50 sliding scale ($10 off for members)
Explore ways to protect precious fruit and vegetable plants from frost. Hoop houses allow you to start plants such as melons, tomatoes and peppers earlier in the spring, and harvest later in the fall. See examples of frost protection, and learn how to use materials such as clear plastic, remay, heaters, fans and black plastic mulch. We will even constr uct a hoop house! Hoop house plan, material and retailer lists provided.
Jerry has a B.S. in Crop and Soil Science from Oregon State University. He owns and operates Melonhead Far ms with his family, and serves on the board of the Spiral Living Center.
Edible and Medicinal Native Plants in Permaculture Landscape with Suzanne Vautier
October 18 Noon-4pm $25-55 sliding scale ($10 off for members)
Learn to landscape with native herbs, shrubs and trees: discuss where to find them and how to use them for habitat restoration, erosion control, sources of food and medicine, or simply to beautify your yard. Includes easy hike.
Native species are adapted to the region, so they need less intense care than some non-native species. Once
established, these plants will not require watering during the dry season. We will talk about traditional Indian uses and care of these plants and ecosystem, and how we can adapt this information to the challenges we face today.
Suzanne is a Certified Naturalist and has taught a number of Wild Edibles workshops in California and in Oregon over the last 10 years.
Entering the Fungi Kingdom: Basic Mushroom ID
with Laurel Peña Saturday November 1 1-4pm
$25-50 sliding scale ($10 off for members)
This year, learn to tell your volva from your ascus! Learning basic terminology will help you use a key to confidently distinguish among wild edible, medicinal and poisonous mushrooms. We'll talk about the properties of some distinctive local species and, if conditions allow, go on a short foray. Recommended reading and materials provided on registration.
Laurel is an herbalist and freelance writer living on the Klamath River. She works, plays, and teaches for a sustainable bioregional community. Website: www.elkcenter.org.
Acorns & Bay Nuts- Edible Natives with Suzanne Vautier
Saturday November 8 1-4pm $25-55 sliding scale ($10 off for members)
This is a hands-on class: learn to prepare and cook these important native foods. Learn simple methods that can be used both in the wilds and your kitchen. Traditional native dishes and modern recipes will be explored and tasted! Oaks and California Bay/Oregon
Myrtlewood (Umbellularia californica) trees are both important native trees of our region that deserve a lot more attention in habitat restoration, in Permaculture, and in our relationship with the land.
Suzanne has been preparing and eating acorns for 24 years, developing her own unique recipes, as well as learning to make more traditional dishes.
Spiral Living Center
PO Box 2093 Cave Junction Or 97523
www.spiralliving.org
541-592-3642
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Posted by Amy Schell-Lapora
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:36:00 GMT
Selma Skill Share
Saturday, March 1st
10am to 4pm
Selma Community Center, 18255 Redwood Highway, Selma
FREE!
Join your neighbors to learn new skills at over 12 workshops offered throughout the day. See below for a full schedule.
Volunteers needed! Please let us know if you’d like to help out.
Fun Games & Crafts For Kids All Day!
10:00 Making Fire with Friction with Joaquin de Matilde -- Learn to make fire without a match.
10:00 Canning with Pamela Tennity and Marcy Sowa --
Beginning to intermediate canning - We'll make applesauce and have other goodies for you to sample. Small materials fee ($3) if you want to take home your canned applesauce.
10:30 Tree Crops – Pruning and Culture with Mark Kelz --
Learn about what trees will thrive here and what kind of care they'll need to stay healthy and productive. Topics will include: best varieties and their sources; planting; pruning; grafting; fertilizing; pests (how to dig borers out with your pocketknife...); diseases; tools; but most of all the wonder and satisfaction of getting beautiful, delicious food from your own trees.
10:30 Knitting Fingerless Gloves with Maura Gallagher --
For the new knitter comfortable with knit and purl and ready for a few new tricks. Learn reading patterns, tools of the trade, cast on methods and knitting in the round, etc. Learn new skills to reduce frustration and enjoy the endless possibilities of knitting. Bring 4 double point needles size 10 (9 is ok)and heavy worsted yarn. Call for details 592-6749.
11:00 Tipi Pole Selection and Preparation with Alan Eisner --
Learn how to select the best tipi poles and how to prepare them including: size of poles, the best way to select them from the forest, and ways to peel. Handouts will be provided.
11:00 Caring for Your Back with Kay Nielson
Learn how to take care of your back, with tips from a physical therapist! Become informed about posture and body mechanics for your daily
activities. General overview on two main causes of low back pain.
12:00 Potluck Lunch & Seed/Start Exchange --
Bring a dish to pass and extra seeds and starts to trade.
1:00 Sock Knitting with Pat Mersman --
Learn to knit socks on double-pointed needles (dpns). For those who already know how to cast on, knit, and purl. Focus will be on techniques for turning heels and shaping toes. Bring your own yarn and a set of 4 or 5 dpns, any size compatible with your yarn. If you can, knit a short tube of 2-3 inches in length before class. (The finished product will probably NOT be a real sock for, because of the extra time that would be required.) If you would like help getting started on set-up for the double-pointed needles, give Pat a call between February 12th and 29th at 592-3563.
1:00 Ecological Landscape Design with Carol McBride --
Learn how to apply the basic principles of garden design to create a garden that is beautiful, functional, and wildlife friendly. Garden designer Carol McBride will teach this workshop.
1:00 Wild Spring Edibles with Suzanne Vautier --
Explore the wild greens readily available in our region. Learn to identify, harvest and eat these healthy greens.
2:00 Homeopathic 1st Aid with Dr. Margaret Philhower, ND
2:00 Ecostry: The Art of Seeing through the Eyes of Nature with Orville Camp
2:30 Compost Tea with Joe Ninnemann
2:30 Sourdough Starter with Mort Mondale --
Learn to care for sourdough starter. Bring 2 cups of flour and 2 cups of skim milk plus a bowl large enough to mix the milk and flour. (This workshop is a repeat of one Mort gave last year.)
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Posted by Debbie
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:42:00 GMT
Hi folks,
Spiral Living Center will be joining Selma Center to offer the first Selma Skill Share on Saturday March 1, 2008! We need your help. So far there will be workshops on knitting fingerless gloves and socks, designing your garden, making a friction fire, canning and food preservation, kids activities and much more!
Plan to bring a potluck lunch, and bring your excess garden seeds and seedlings to exchange with others.
Do you have a skill to teach that promotes sustainable living? Do you want to design the poster? Or help schedule the classes? The ideas are endless... This is a free event offered by volunteers!
Last year we had a Summer Solstice Skill Share at the Frog Farm in Takilma, which we will repeat on Saturday, June 21, 2008. Over 125 people participated in the event! Many people volunteered their skills to make this event possible. The all day event featured many hands-on activities including meeting alpacas, pole-peeling, flint-knapping, papermaking, butchering, basket making, soap making with native plants, trellising tomatoes, discussions about raising bees, living without electricity, homeopathic first aid, and making compost tea fertilizer, an herb walk, and horse-drawn wagon rides. This was followed by a potluck dinner, old-time music and storytelling.
If you would like to teach a workshop at either Skill Share, or have an idea for a workshop you want to see offered, please email the Spiral Living Center at
spiral@frontiernet.net or call (541)592-3642 (our answering machine-be patient).
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