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A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, But the simple pass on and are punished.
Prov 22:3

Other Classes We Hope to Teach Soon...

Solid Foundations to Homesteading - where everyone should start

• Studying your land and making a 5-yr plan. The similarities of running a business and running a successful homestead. 

  • Accessing your land and its uses - working with nature, not against it. 

  • Identifying your primary goals - complete by end of Year One​

  • Secondary - complete by end of Year Three

  • Tertiary - complete by end of Year Five

  • Helpful Literature for the Beginner Homesteader (like Back to Basics, Goats for Dummies, the Family Cow, etc) 

  • Could host a book swap/ book club where you can sample each other's homesteading books?

  • Could host a Homesteading 101 class where we help people organize thoughts, explore ideas, and develop the 5 yr plan to success. 

• ​​​Rendering Your Farmland to Maximize Benefit​

  • Food Forests

  • Finding Affordable Farmlands

  • Managing pests naturally with animals and herbs

  • ​MYO Animal Feed​

• ​Basics of Homemaking - how women manage their homes for success in life and on the homestead.
  • Intro to our "Homemaking Homesteaders" group exclusively for women wanting help/ guidance in this area.  
  • Understanding the functionality of the home

    • Understanding your families needs and how the homestead can best serve you and your family.

    • Ways to organize the To-Do list

    • Ways to organize the calendar

    • Ways to organize finances, make an attainable budget, and how to stick to it!

    • Learning the art of House management and ways to make it more attainable. Organized Chaos and Melissa Maker (as well as other helpful, experienced cleaners & Organizers)

    • Equipping the family with their duties - even the little ones. Ideas and inspiration. 
  • Mastering the Kitchen
    • Ways to organize the pantry
  • Last, but certainly not least, the "Mother Culture" approach of raising children and having "mommy time" throughout a busy day (even for just 5 minutes at a time) AND DIY "Spa Time" bundles that we'll make together and gift to anyone who has previously attended/ is present at the meeting. ​

• Resiliency

  • ​Becoming Financially Free

  • Making a public "garage"/workshop where we collab to make pottery, other tools, glass wares, etc.

  • Getting out of Modern Systems and Becoming Community-Reliant/More Self-Sustainable.

• Security

  • Security cameras on the homestead

  • Personal drones for easy homestead surveillance? 

  • MYO Defense? Would need an experienced teacher. 

  • The Above Phone - an alternative to Apple and Bill Gates phones

  • Brave Internet Browsing and other alternatives to Google

  • Proton Mail

  • KEEP SENSITIVE INFO OFFLINE

  • Consider limiting what pictures you post on FB - since FB is one of the worst with data breaches.

  • EMP Shields  - for the house, barn, vehicles, and more!

  • MYO Electric? and other alternatives to being "Off Grid" and on your own "mini grid."

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Health

• Alternative Medicine and its Long History of Success 

  • Medicinal Herbs and the Proof to back it up! with Katherine Thomas

  • Midwifery with Mary Ann Hall

  • Emergency Situations 

• Alternative Diets/ Nourishing Foods - I prefer Nourishing Traditions Diet

• Stop Washing Yourself in Toxic Sludge

  • Soap-making

  • MYO Laundry Detergent and such

  • MYO Body Care Items

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Meats/ Animal Proteins​

• Hunting and Trapping

• Raising Animals for Meat

• Common Meat Animal Problems (and how to fix)

• Killing and Butchery

• Naturally Curing and Preserving Meats

• Common Egg-Layer Problems (and how to fix)

Produce​

• What to grow

• Growing a bountiful garden

• The Various kinds of gardens

• Preservation

• Foraging

• Identifying Easy Wild Edibles

• Identifying Easy Wild Medicinal Herbs

• How to make Tinctures, Salves, and etc. with Retired Nurse -  Katherine Thomas

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Dairy​

• Raising Dairy Animals

• Dairy Goats with Amber Russel

• Common Dairy Animal Problems (and how to fix)

• Cheese-making

• Yogurt- Making

Grains​

• Growing Common/Easy Grains for our local area

• Chia Seed

• Amaranth

• Oats

• Wheat

• Sourcing your own grain mill. Should we invest into a community mill?

Beekeeping​

• Beekeeping basics

• Natural Beekeeping - How to Start for almost free and have healthier bees

Fibers and Clothing​

• Common Animals for Fibers, Common Problems (and how to fix)

• Growing/Harvesting Fibers,

• Spinning Yarns 

• Sewing Basics (With and Without Sewing Machine) 

  • Connect people to Laurel Gorge Quilting Group and start a Sewing Group for sewing apparel and so on.​

  • Provide an opportunity for local sewists to meet and swap/give away their spare fabrics!

• MYO Clothing

• Reusing old fabrics

• Investing into a large community loom?

• Shoes

• Leatherworking

Housewares and Useful Items​

• MYO Pottery

• From local rendered clay and fire pit.

• Making Beeswax Candles

• Sourcing the beeswax

• Making the candle

• Adding smells

• Adding Colors

• Glassmaking

• MYO Preservation Jars?

• Basket weaving,

• Foraging and making baskets from local flora

Woodworking

• Felling trees

• Making Quality Lumber - should you invest into a lumber mill?

• Building Homes and Buildings for the Homestead

Blacksmithing

• Re-using metals

• MYO Blacksmithing Kiln

Welding

• How to not stink at welding basics

• and the usefulness of Welding 

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Hunting

• Pew Pew Safety

• How to use your Pew Pew

• Make our own P.o.L. Building for locals to come and craft things? 

• Survival Skills

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General Independence

• Generating your own Electric -  Various methods of generating energy

• MYO Energy sufficient Home - discussing theories. 

• MYO fuel - Found in Back to Basics Book

• Building your own research library - get hard copies of books and CDs while you still can. 

• Logic 101 - Resisting and Detecting Propaganda

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And More to come!! 

Have any ideas on anything else we should teach? 

Have something YOU want to teach? 

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Contact Hannah Harris today with your ideas and start influencing the local community today! 

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