HANDS-ON FIRE-MAKING WORKSHOP -- August 15, 10 a.m. FIRE! Yes, it can be dangerous, and yet, it can save your life. Uncontrolled, fire can be devastating. Yet, once you learn how to make and control fire, it's possibly one of your most important survival skills since you use fire to stay warm, to purify […]
mid-day GOURD WORKSHOP Thursday, August 20, noon. Here’s another ancient skill that you’ll enjoy learning. Botanists know that the "ornamental gourds" came out of Africa, and somehow made it to the American south, and spread to the Southwest. How they got to the Americas is a matter of debate -- some say they simply floated, […]
Part of our Weekend Warrior classes THE SURVIVAL SKILLS YOU SHOULD KNOW -- a field trip and workshop, with an emphasis on shelters. Saturday, August 29, 10 a.m. We will cover many topics in this class, including Water Purification, Making Fire without Matches, Wild Foods, Uses of Yucca, and yes -- making a Wilderness […]