I had the opportunity to take Jake and Amanda’s 2023 garden class and it was outstanding. We learned everything from planning what to grow based on what our family eats, where to buy and how and when to start seeds, when to plant outside, how to take care of said plants, when and how to harvest and even some recipe ideas along the way.
Amanda provided many of her tips and tricks as well as resources for where to purchase her favorite things and get this, her favorite seed varieties as well as how they did in her garden. All of this in a handy dandy garden binder.
Jake provided amazing information on how to compost, start worm beds, create biochar and also showed us how to make our own worm tea!
Amanda and Jake are such great people and teachers that I would not only recommend this class to anyone interested in starting or advancing their garden skills, I would take it again.
We not only learned about gardening, we built new friendships and community.
If you’re on the fence about taking one of these classes, I would say to take a leap of faith. Worst case scenario, you’ll learn how to grow yourself a...
Read moreAmanda’s women’s homesteading classes have been so fun! She has a ton of insightful and educational information and best of all it comes with years of experience of trials and errors. She’s incorporated hands on lessons too which help the information she teaches stick better. These classes have been the highlight of my year! I’ve looked forward to each class each month. It’s such a nice break away from work and home life. It’s been so refreshing and validating to have a community of like-minded women to gather with, share good conversations with and hang out together for the evening. And the dinners Amanda makes have been so delicious! She gives you recipes so you can make it at home. If you’ve been on the fence about taking the class, I say just do it! You will not regret it! I’m looking forward to a year 2 (whenever she...
Read moreI took the comprehensive garden class series in 2023 and it was incredible! Amanda and Jake truly have a heart for teaching and empowering others. They are well organized and the class being broken into chunks throughout the season was brilliant. You learn enough to go practice what is relevant at that point in the season without becoming overwhelmed and then build on it each class. They were so great at answering all my questions and never made me feel silly for my lack of knowledge or asking "dumb" questions. I learned so much and look forward to putting even more of it into practice next year. I plan to take more classes from them in the future and am so excited about their additional...
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