Permaculture Kids
Wednesday 5+ 930am-230pm
no lunch supplied , please bring water bottle
Week 1 - intro Building and planting out a garden - soil testing, ph, seeding. Seed germination study, seed saving - making a scarecrow. Each week we will be in forest school building, exploring, with the fire going.
Week 2 ~ Each week we will spend 15 mins tending to the gardens - weeding , checking on progress, each child will have a plant to follow, recording heights, growth, Worms - building a worm farm, recording the steps in our workbooks. Looking at worms under the microscope.
Week 3 - Cows - cow milking, cow health, uses of cow in regenerative agriculture - butter making , clay structures of cows - leather making
Week 4 - Goats - milking , goat health, uses for goats on the farm and permaculture, make a tool caddy in forest school
Week 5 - Poultry, feeding , caring for - meat chickens, building a enclosure from scratch,
Week 6 - Food forest cultivation, different layers and applications, picking food from the food forest, chop and drop, propagation
Week 7 - Designing and Building a box for sharing produce/seeds/excess a community sharing box
Week 8 - Harvest garden, cook with ingredients,