Bugs!

Bugs on your Plate!

(Yes, these are tomato worms!)

The crew over here at School of Green is very excited about the future including bugs on your plate. We are so excited about it that we are adding "Bugs on Your Plate" to our curriculum for the next School of Green 2017/2018 season! We will be showcasing all sorts of bug-centered food items like chips, protein bars, and even cookies! We will be cooking with cricket protein as well. 

To get ready for this workshop enjoy watching the amazing documentary "Bugs on the Menu". 

Take a look at this fabulous book called "The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook" by David George Gordon.

(chocolate covered crickets!)

 Here is David signing our book at the Port Townsend Film Festival.

we'll be sampling some of these delicious items:

Here is our own lovely Akwe. She thinks that the cricket chips are great!

Keep and eye open for the upcoming dates for this delicious and 

educational adventure!

Composting Workshop

Composting Workshop

We want to give a special thanks to the lovely Laura Tucker for her fabulous class on composting this summer. She can be contacted through the Jefferson County Solid Waste education Program if you would like to know more about composting. Composting is fun and imperative for our soil. We can't wait to offer this workshop again!

Here is the wonderful book Laura recommends that we all read.

Let's all get on board and do our part to heal our planet!

Free Cider Making Workshop

Free Cider Making Workshop!

Join us on September 20th from 5pm- 7pm at Senergy Station for a cider making workshop with David Goldsmith.

The class will feature a discussion on the art of making hard cider (pear, apple, Asian pear), including a demonstration of equipment used, and approaches to home cider making.

 Everyone will be able to press their own juices for later processing. Whether you wish to make hard cider or just have some great cider for drinking, this class is for you.

What to bring:

 * Apples/pears/Asian pears for pressing ( a 5 gallon bucket will yield about a gallon of juice)

 

*A clean container to take your cider home

Cost:

*Free!

David is an expert in home-fermentation and we're sure that you will love this workshop! David has been a home brewer for the past 7 years.  He mainly brews beers; ales and sometimes lagers  A few years back he became interested in making hard cider after participating in a apple pressing party where he ended up with a few gallons of juice.  Looking for a cider that was not too dry and expressed the juice from which it was made, he researched cider making and 'back sweetening' techniques. While always a work in progress, he will talk about the technique he uses and what he has found over the past several seasons of hard cider making. Its easy, its fun and its delicious.

Learn the craft of cider-making just in time for apple season here in the Pacific Northwest. You will learn everything you need to know and you can go home with your own handcrafted hard cider!

Click the apple below to register-

  We expect it to be a popular class!

See you there!

The Dirt Rich School

The Dirt Rich School

The Dirt Rich School provides hands-on learning for students of permaculture.

Empowering people to live in abundance and thrive in a changing world

The Dirt Rich School is a nonprofit organization located on Compass Rose Farms, an abundant 40-acre property that is a peaceful sanctuary with gardens, ponds, forests, fields, creeks and paths. There are countless places to wander, sit and observe nature. In addition, it is home to a beautiful permaculture demonstration site. We are located near Port Townsend at the tip of Discovery Bay in Northwest Washington.

We teach applied Permaculture design, modern homesteading, holistic animal husbandry, and sustainable food production through a mentorship program offering a hands on learning experience.