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2010 Spring Happenings around Seattle, Washington

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Home Cheese Making 

with Linda Conroy

Learn to make cheese in your own kitchen from an experienced home cheese maker!. 

"I loved your class. It, and you, were so inspiring".-cheese making student.

 

Home Cheese Making Weekend

on Vashon Island, WA

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May 26, 2010 (6-9pm) Home Cheese Making Basics Class Sponsored by North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA. For more information see:  http://www.learnatnorth.org/index.htm

Making cheese in your own kitchen is fun and easy. Discover how to create soft, spreadable cream cheese, mozzarella and paneer. Learn about fermented milk products like yogurt, kefir and piima and how to transform them into delicious fresh cheeses. Go home with simple instructions, recipes, a culture to get you started and delicious cheese samples

June 5, 2010 (10am-4pm)  Home Cheese Making Beyond the Basics Sponsored by North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA. For more information see:  http://www.learnatnorth.org/index.htm

Feta, Cheddar and Gouda – Oh my! Discover the art of making these classic aged favorites at home. Review cheese making basics and explore approaches in pressing and curing cheese. Leave with recipes and confidence to begin the journey of cheese making at home. Lunch will include a salad served with several types of home-made cheese for inspiration. No prerequisite necessary.

June 4, 2010 (5-7:30pm) Take a Walk on the Herbal Side: Wild Food and Medicine Through the Seasons

Join Herbalist and wildcrafter Linda Conroy for this fun and inspiring walk in the Park. On this walk we will discover plants that can nourish and heal. Learn how to identify and responsibly harvest wild plants in an urban environment. You will leave with a greater appreciation for all the green allies that surround you and ideas for incorporating them into your daily life! Directions to a location in Discovery Park will be provided upon registration.

Held at Dandelion Botanicals in Seattle, WA for more information see http://www.dandelionbotanical.com

June 2, 2010 (6-9pm) Local Probiotic Food and Herbs

An important way to boost your immunity is to support your digestive
health. Probiotics are live organisms that promote digestive and immune
health.  Historically these organisms were part of everyday life. Food
and herbs were preserved using natural, local yeasts and bacteria. Join
herbalist and whole food enthusiast Linda Conroy for this inspiring
exploration of the benefits of local probiotics. You will learn ways to
cultivate the yeasts and bacteria of your locality by crafting unique and
delicious foods and beverages

Held at Dandelion Botanicals in Seattle, WA for more information see http://www.dandelionbotanical.com

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Herbal-Milk Based Soap Making

This class is for the experienced as well as the beginning soap maker. We will explore the art of creating luxurious soap that incorporates fresh goat milk (cow as well as whey will also be discussed). Milk based soap makes the creamiest soap around. It is considered a delicacy in the soap market. This class will offer essential tips to creating your own. We will also learn about a variety of whole herbs that can be included to create unique batches of soap. Participants will take home recipes as well as some of the soap we create in class.  Bring rubber gloves, 4 small yogurt containers with a lid and an old towel. All other supplies provided. Material fee $7

 June 3, 2010 (6-9:30pm) at North Seattle Community College for information or to register see www.learnatnorth.org or call 206-527-3705

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Pine Needle Basket Weaving

Learn to weave a simple pine needle basket. You will learn coiling and simple stitches as you weave a small basket to take home. You will leave with the skills to make a variety of baskets at home!! In the all day classes we will have the opportunity to incorporate other items into our baskets as well as make a lid. 

May 27, 2010 (6-9:30pm) Pine Needle Basketry Class J Anderson Center, Edmonds, WA  for registration 425-771-0230

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Broom Making: A Functional Art

Discover the art of making handmade brooms! You will be guided through this beautiful and functional art.  Students will learn to make one round or one flat hearth broom (your choice), weaving and sowing the broom corn into place by hand. These brooms look beautiful hung on the wall, either by a hearth or other area of your house and are a function piece of art that you will treasure for years to come. Handles of various types of wood have been gathered and cured for you to use, and all materials are provided. Discussion about decorative options as well as  the history of broom making and broom corn (the grass used to make all natural brooms) will be included. Limit 12 people

 

May 26, 2010 (6-9:30pm) Broom Making Class J Anderson Center, Edmonds, WA  for registration 425-771-0230

 June 5, 2010 (10:00am-4pm) at North Seattle Community College for information or to register see www.learnatnorth.org or call 206-527-3705 (a wisk broom and pot scrubber will also be made in this class!)

 

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Women's Annual Herbal and Seaweed Intensives on Lopez Island, WA

June 7-12, 2010

For more information/registration click here

"I want to thank you for the amazing intention and focus you brought to the Lopez Island Intensive. The ripple effects from this have been huge for me." -2005 herbal and seaweed participant

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