Homesteading and Wilderness skills weekend retreat

Do you want to:

slow down

connect with nature

unwind in gorgeous scenery

learn homesteading skills

learn wilderness survival skills

eat healthy, farm-grown food

connect with like-minded, earth-conscious people

ask us questions about homesteading and wilderness skills

We are offering our homesteading and wilderness skills weekend camp to teach you new skills and empower and inspire you to live a more self-reliant, wholesome, simpler and healthier life.

We have homesteaded on our 5 1/2 acres in the Upper Skagit Valley at the edge of the wilderness for 14 years, growing huge organic gardens, an orchard, raising goats, ducks, chickens, pigs and our three home-schooled children.

We have been teaching homesteading and wilderness skills at our homestead and on the surrounding wild land for years, and we love leading homesteading and wilderness summer camps for kids, adults and families.

This weekend is quite flexible and will be customized for your interests and needs. After you register, we'll send you a questionnaire where you fill out your class choices.

Do you want to learn about goats? Sure, let's do a goat husbandry course.

Do you want to learn bow making? You got it. Make your own traditional long bow.

Would you like to explore canning or fermenting foods? Let's do it!

How about cheese making? Let's make Gouda together.

Do you want to learn how to make soap? I'd be happy to teach you.

Saturday, August 24, 2019

10 am: Tour of our homestead, Orientation of sleeping quarters and accommodations

11 am - 2 pm: Choose between Gouda Cheese Making and Primitive Wilderness Skills (shelter, fire, cordage)

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2 pm - 5 pm: Choose between Soap Making and Wilderness Skills Continued (tracking, wild edibles, camo)

6 pm: Home-cooked organic dinner

7 - 9: Campfire gathering, at the homestead or one of our wild creeks

Sunday, August 25, 2019

8:30 am: Milking goats

9 am: Farm-fresh organic breakfast

10 am - 3 pm: Choose between Goat Raising Course or other topic of choice or Bow Making Course

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3 pm - 5 pm: Choose between Canning or Sauerkraut Making and Archery

Price:

$299 per person --->

or $549 per couple --->

or a special family rate

(contact us for a quote)

Includes:

All instruction and materials for all classes

Organic Dinner on Saturday night

Organic Breakfast on Sunday morning

Light snacks (we have lots of goat cheese!)

Accommodations:

Tipi: Our beautiful tipi sleeps five or six people. It has a fire pit in the middle, so it can be "heated". ~ $20 per night

Fort: Our Fort is nestled in the woods in the yard, sleeps two (or a family with little kids), and has electricity. ~ $15 per night

Studio: Our Studio is a beautiful room separate from the house with a comfortable bed, dresser, electric heater and a little more luxury. ~ $30 per night

Camping: There are lots of places in the woods, yard, orchard and meadow where students are welcome to pitch their tents. ~ $10 per person

There are several options for hotel or motel rooms, cabins, Air B and B, and campgrounds in the area.

Tipi:

Fort:

Studio:

We are located at the edge of the North Cascades Mountain wilderness in the Upper Skagit Valley, Washington State, where the scenery is mind-blowingly beautiful!

We are 2 hours Northeast of Seattle, 1 1/2 hours Southeast of Bellingham, and easily accessible by scenic Highway 20.

Price:

$299 per person --->

$549 per couple --->

or a special family rate

(contact us for a quote)

Includes: