Are you ready to expand your skills and knowledge?

We can help enhance your abilities and provide you valuable in-person experience 

so you can enjoy a more fulfilling, safe and healthy lifestyle.  

 

Now offering:  On-site Permaculture Consultations! 

Contact us for more details

 

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CLASSES:

  • Outdoor Safety Training:   Survive Outside  (AdventureSmart)
  • Emergency Preparedness: Shelter in Place Winter and Summer - No Power, No Heat, No Problem
  • Packing GetHome (Ditch) Bags and Car Kits 
  • Compass, Map and Navigation (Orienteering)
  • Shelter Building
  • Fire Starting and Signalling
  • Permaculture - A Practical Approach

  

  • Water Bath Canning 
  • Pressure Canning
  • Specialty Canning Workshops
  • Creating Just-Add-Water Dehydrated Meals
  • Food Security - Building Pantry Insurance
  • Plant Identification for Foraging
  • Gardening Science - From Soil to Harvest
  • Square Foot Gardening/Companion Planning

GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE!

CLASS FORMATS:

Any class can be presented in a variety of ways to suit the age and interest level of participants, starting from as young as 8. Lectures can be as short as 30 minutes for an overview, or Full Classes as long as 4 hrs for a complete detailed and interactive experience, and everything in between.

LOCATION:  We will travel to your city!

Put together a group and venue and have the Instructor travel to your location, or watch for class times available in the Chatsworth, Ontario area.  No matter your availability, we have options for you.  Check out the Schedule to see where you can find us next!

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: 

Living this lifestyle everyday, our Lead Instructor's experience and credentials are unmatched.  From someone who loves to learn and believes it is an ongoing journey, you will get both technical and practical advice plus years of experiences both failures and successes. 

HOMESTEADING SKILLS

  • Currently homesteading on a small hobby farm with kids and livestock in an area where the power goes out often
  • Canning for over a decade
  • Safe Food Handler's Certificate
  • Permaculture Design Certification
  • Practicing "Permie" for 10+ years
  • 30+ years as an organic gardener
  • Studied Horticulture (Bio-Sci) at University of Guelph

OUTDOORS SURVIVAL SKILLS

  • Trained with the Army Reserves
  • Wilderness Survival training from WSC
  • "AdventureSmart" Certifications
  • Multiple portages into Algonquin park
  • Scouting leader for many years
  • Foraged with years of success
  • Lived off-grid with kids and livestock

 BUSINESS SKILLS

  • Trained as a Law Clerk
  • Owned/Operated a  Court Reporting firm 10+ yrs
  • Certified Court Reporter
  • Bought and sold multiple-units buildings 
  • Worked in Real Estate
  • Licensed Mortgage Broker
  • Years as both a landlord and a tenant

These experiences have resulted in a strong working  knowledge of mortgages, accounting, banking, budgeting, leases and "legalese".  

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