Homesteading Class Schedule

Sourdough Bread Baking

Heritage & Heirloom Whole Grain Breads

Learn to feed and maintain a sourdough starter, mix and shape your dough, and understand the fermentation process that gives sourdough its distinctive flavor and texture. You'll leave with an active starter and your own dough ready to rise, shape, and bake at home. This is the first class in our sourdough series — look for upcoming classes on sourdough pastas and holiday baking.

Home Cheesemaking

A hands-on introduction to making fresh cultured cheese at home. Students work in pairs — each pair shares one pot and one full gallon of organic cow's milk — and each person goes home with approximately half a pound of fresh cheese. Bring your own jar and you can also take home the cultured whey, a wonderfully nutritious byproduct. Whey is perfect for smoothies, soups, and traditional soaking — soaking grains and legumes in whey neutralizes phytic acid and lectins, making them far more digestible and their nutrients more bioavailable. Your chickens and animals will love it too. Everything else is provided — just bring your enthusiasm and a jar.

Fermented Foods

Learn the ancient art of lacto-fermentation to preserve vegetables, boost nutrition, and create probiotic-rich foods at home. We'll make sauerkraut and a seasonal ferment together using produce from our organic garden.

Organic Gardening Basics

Learn the fundamentals of organic gardening including soil preparation, composting, and seasonal planting.

Home Food Preservation

Master canning, fermenting, and other traditional food preservation methods.

Raising Backyard Chickens

Everything you need to know about raising healthy, productive chickens in your backyard.

Sheep & Goats — Dairy and Meat

An introduction to raising sheep and goats for both dairy and meat production. Learn about breeds, feeding, milking, basic health care, and humane husbandry practices.