Workshop

This hands on workshop is designed to assist gardeners in employing methods and strategies while working in the garden and around the house that reduce strain injuries, muscle pulls, and back pain. Learning proper work techniques for such activities as lifting heavy loads and weeding while kneeling will improve one's productivity and enhance the gardening...

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Erin Cocca is a Pollinator Conservation Specialist with The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation where she assists farmers and other private landowners in creating and managing pollinator habitat on their property. This workshop will include a presentation on native pollinators and ways to improve habitat for them in your garden. The hands on workshop will include the...

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Vermont homesteader and writer Greg Joley will lead this workshop at the Nearing's first Maine homestead next door to The Good Life Center. This is a hands on workshop designed for both the experienced homesteader and beginners alike. Participants will experience the building of a stone wall utilizing the method that Helen and Scott Nearing employed...

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The Good Life Center staff will lead this hands on workshop that will cover the basics of the principles of composting as well as how to construct a well designed compost pile. Participants will learn about Scott Nearing's composting strategies as well as how enhance the overall fertility of their garden with time tested composting...

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Good Life Center resident stewards Lucy and Jordan have led writing and poetry workshops for years. In this hands-on workshop for writers of all experience levels, participants will explore sensory writing with a focus on place and memory. Drawing inspiration from The Good Life Center’s gardens and from short excerpts by the Nearings and contemporary...

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Jonathan Hart, a solar expert with Revision Energy, will lead participants through a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of off grid solar systems. Comparing off grid systems to grid tied systems will be covered as well. Participants will have a chance to learn about he latest developments and technology in solar panels, storage battery...

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