This Course has ended. Please click here to see current Courses. or click here to browse our interactive map. Course website http://keelayogafarm.com/food… Dates and times 1 Mar 18 31 Mar 17 Cost 500 EUR Course summary Join us at Keela Yoga Farm in March, 2018 for our month long Food forest courses in Portugal. Learn everything you need to know about starting your very own food forest whilst experiencing off-grid living on a new permaculture project. Enjoy daily yoga and meditation practice amongst the beautiful Portuguese countryside! Course Outline Enjoy a tour of our new food forest and the farm Design and help to expand a new food forest Learn how to draw to scale drawings for design and planning Learn about the food soil web, how to make organic fertilizers and cultivate microbiology for the soil Plant trees and guilds in the food forest Discover how to properly research trees and their companions Propagate perennials to plant into next year’s food forests Create beds for annuals in between the trees for planting to maximise the space in the food forests Learn how to design, select and buy irrigations systems Plan and perform earthworks for water catchment by selecting locations for swales and a small lake with the help of a digger Learn how to graft trees Learn how to make compost piles, organic fertilizers and how to breed fungi and bacteria for the soil (teas) Opportunity to learn some natural building techniques Attend weekly workshops on fermentations, permaculture principles and other farming related topics Plant trees as part of our reforestation program outside of the new food forest Learn about foraging for wild greens and weeds for edibles and medicinal plants Opportunity to learn and share carpentry skills for making work benches and furniture from the food forests from our own timber 1 weekly trip to either the local market, local community events and local sites 1 day per week helping on a farm in the local community that needs it yoga and permaculture A typical summer morning’s harvest from our food forest this year Course type Forest Gardening Engagement style Face to face Course contact email [email protected] Contact name Laurence Manchee Contact telephone number +351960188968 Share this course Copied to clipboard