Engaging and Growing Communities
with Karena Poke

Learn how Karena Poke manages and creates a community garden that: a) appeals to the entire community; b) attracts volunteers; and c) engages corporate partners and donors. Backyard gardeners will be inspired to create gardens that can be a source of income while adding value to their communities.

The Essential Homestead Dairy Cow
with Shawn and Beth Dougherty

Shawn and Beth Dougherty share 26 years of experience running a grass-powered, milk-powered homsestead, and all the ways they’ve learned to use grass – and a dairy cow – as the homestead energy source.

Living an Herbal Life: Crafting teas, tinctures and oils at home
with Bevin Cohen

Join herbalist and author Bevin Cohen for a fun and informative herbal exploration. Discover the benefits of various cultivated and foraged herbs and explore why developing a relationship with our herbal allies is more important now than ever before. Learn more about the histories and uses of many herbs as well as the basics of crafting a number of herbal wellness products.

Build Your Own Wood-Fired Pizza Oven from Dirt
with Uncle Mud & Family

Help turn a pile of mud into a wood-fired pizza oven! See how easy it is to do this in your own backyard. Be prepared to get muddy.

Camp Skills from Your Homestead to the Backwoods That May Just Save Your Life!
with Matt Stephens

Matt Stephens leads you on a journey from the backyard to the backcountry. A homesteader’s way of life is all about developing skills and adapting those skills to different situations as needed. Camping in the backyard is a great way to have the family ready and equipped until your next trip to the backcountry or our next situation.

Growing Great Garlic and Perennial Onions
with Ira Wallace

Learn about heirloom garlic and perennial onion varieties, from planting to cultivation and harvesting at home. Ira Wallace covers soil preparation, weed control, and disease prevention, as weell as curing and sotrage requirements.