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Herb Cultivation &
Use / Using Food to Promote Health
This is a nine part series of classes on herb cultivation, making
remedies for home use, and food for health.
No classes as presently scheduled.
Check back for future educational opportunities!
Daily schedule:
- 9am - Noon / Cultivation
- Noon - 1:30ish / Lunch & Rest
- Then
making remedies til 4:30 pm
- It will be intensive with lots of info to take in
plus plants & products to take home
Series Cost:
- $675 for all 9 classes including the camping weekend
- $100
deposit required at time of commitment to class series
- Balance due at the first class
Individual Classes
- $85 for single class (am & pm) including lunch
- $50 - ½ day / including lunch
- $35 - ½ day / without lunch
Send check payable to
Desert Woman Botanicals
PO Box 263
Gila, NM 88038
Limit: 8 students (4 spaces still open) Act Now to
avoid disappointment!
Call for more info or to reserve your place / 575-535-2860
No refunds
What to bring
- Serious work gloves
not the cloth type with roses or trowels on them!
- Hand Pruners - I prefer Felco #8 but it’s your
choice. Cost approx $60
- Water Bottle
- Hat
- Sunscreen
- Long Sleeves
- Notebook
- Magnifying Lens
- No dogs please!
All classes are taught by Monica Rude, owner of Desert Woman Botanicals
in Gila, NM. Desert Woman grows over 100 medicinal & culinary herbs
for use in the DWB product line & for the gophers, grasshoppers,
nematodes & pollinators. Monica is happiest when she is
messin' with herbs, food and flowers, either in the garden, greenhouse
or kitchen. When she isn't messin' with herbs, she is teaching others
how to mess with herbs. Her teaching focus is on herb cultivation for
herbalists and backyard gardeners, strategies for gardening in the
desert and growing gardens for stress relief. Her advice: grow it
yourself, make it yourself, cook from scratch, forget the lettuce, eat
the weeds. |
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Course Plan / Cultivation
February 23 / Introduction
Why grow your own? Basic principles of herb cultivation, plan for the
class series. Off to a good start in the garden: making soil mix,
seeding in GH, ongoing care. Lunar planting.
March 23 / Transplanting
& Care of Seedlings
Transplanting seedlings to pots & ongoing care; transplanting
onions into soil; care of recent transplants, water, light, temp
requirements, bed prep, hardening-off, mulching, preventing transplant
shock.
April 27 / Wind and Sun
Strategies for facing the challenges of wind & sun, using shade
cloth, remay, cold frames, wind barriers; creating shade.
Growing in containers, elevated beds. Hugel kulture. Transplanting into
soil.
May 25 / Soil
Soil improvement, soil testing, amendments to maintain plant health,
prevent disease, maximize yields. Using weeds as a resource. Making
& using compost. Microbes. Manure management. Cover crops.
June 22 / Garlic to Gophers
Garlic: when & how to harvest & dry, use for medicine &
kitchen. Dealing with garden pests without poisoning yourself,
recognizing when to take action. Trapping gophers, using plant
protectors. Deer resistant plants. Beneficial insects.
July 26-27-28 /
Wildcrafting
We'll be heading to the Mountains (tentative) July 26-27-28. This
action-packed weekend will include ethical wildcrafting, plant ID,
making insect repellant, wilderness first aid, field medicine &
materia medica of whatever plants we discover.
Bring your own camping gear. A list of what to bring will be available
later. We will share a potluck dinner Fri & Sat pm.
Cost: $180. Deposit $75 due at sign up. Balance due July 15.
August 24 / Lavender &
Aromatic Herb Cultivation and Use
Location to be announced. Lavender will be in full bloom. We will
harvest lavender & rosemary, then distill to create hydrosols
& essential oils. What makes aromatic herbs healing? Learn the
requirements of Mediterranean herb cultivation, best varieties, drying,
storage, use in aromatherapy, household products, personal care,
cooking and medicine. Recipes. 8 to noon. $45 due at registration. Bear
Creek Herbs owner, Naava Koenigsberg, will also teach this class.
September 28 / Seed Saving
How & when to harvest seeds for a variety of vegetables, flowers,
herbs; preventing cross-pollination; best techniques for cleaning,
drying, storage to maximize viability. Planning your garden with
seed-saving in mind. Maximizing germination.
October 26 / Garlic and
Root Crops
How to plant and grow garlic: History, soil prep, ongoing-care
throughout the winter & spring. Watering & feeding. How to know
when to harvest next May or June. Best varieties for our area. Eat
garlic! Root Dig: Echinacea, Burdock, Comfrey, Ashwaganda, Jerusalem
artichokes. How to use fresh or dried; drying & storage.
Ongoing cultivation themes
Herb harvesting, drying, storage, processing, herb quality; organic
methods; Echinacea cultivation. Herb safety. Variations in plant
cultivation requirements, evaluating plant health & needs.
Special Project
Each student will select 3 herbs to grow at home for the duration of
class to learn their specific cultivation requirements, problems, etc
& report to class each month. |
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Course Plan / Herb Use for Home Health
Care
Each
class will include a brief Materia Medica on plants used that day
Detailed discussion of plants, use, preferred forms & method of
preparation, strength, solutions, dosage, contraindications.
Constituents & their implications for medicinal action. Herbal
energetics.
February 23
Introduction and
General Plan, Medicinal herb
terminology, Weights & Measures, Lab Orientation, Sanitation,
Record keeping, Safe use of herbs, Simple infusion, decoction, cold
infusion, tea bags,
capsules
March 23
Tinctures from fresh & dry plants. Macerations. Intro to
herb quality
April 27
Salves, infused oils, essential oils, Fresh nettles
May 25
Lip balm, vinegar tinctures, glycerites
June 22
Emulsions - lotion & creme
July 26-27-28
Insect repellant, wilderness first aid, field medicine
August 24
Lavender & aromatic products, hydrosols, Herbs de
Provence, Dream pillows
September 28
Cough syrup, cough drops, cold & flu remedies
October 26
Super Echinacea extract, fresh & dry root
preparations; poultices |
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Food & Healing
Lunch will be served for each class with focus on various aspects of
nutrition & healing through food choices; mostly vegetarian,
depending on the participants. Dietary preferences can be accommodated.
Food topics:
Healing foods, ie, ghee, miso, seeds, greens, weeds, kudzu, sprouts,
tahini, shitake, fermented foods, sweeteners, oils, seaweed; eating for
happiness; attitude of gratitude; food combining; detox, fasting,
juicing; celery juice; hydration; trending diet plans; politics of food
(world hunger). Too busy to cook strategies. Food labels. Food
additives, gluten sensitivity. SAD (standard American diet),
implementing dietary changes. |
For more info, contact
Monica Rude
575.535.2860
www.desertwoman.net
You must register by phone. Directions to class will be sent to you. |
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Seed Saving & Seed Cleaning Workshop
Saturday / March 2, 2019 /
10-1 pm / $35
Stay for soup after the class, if you wish
Assisted by Lee Gearhart, seed cleaner extraordinaire!
- How & When to harvest seeds for a variety of
vegetables, flowers, herbs
- Preventing cross-pollination
- Best techniques for cleaning, drying, storage to
maximize viability
- Planning your garden with seed-saving in mind
- Maximizing Germination
- Wild vs Domesticated seeds
What to Bring
- Serious work gloves - not the cloth type with roses
or trowels on them!
- Bring your saved seeds to learn how to clean them
- No dogs please
More info? contact
Monica Rude
575.535.2860
www.desertwoman.net
You must register by phone. Directions to class in Gila NM will be sent
to you.
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About Monica Rude...
All classes are taught by Monica Rude, owner of Desert
Woman Botanicals
in Gila, NM. Desert Woman grows over 100 medicinal & culinary
herbs
for use in the DWB product line & for the gophers, grasshoppers,
nematodes & pollinators. Monica is happiest when she is
messin' with herbs, food and flowers, either in the garden, greenhouse
or kitchen. When she isn't messin' with herbs, she is teaching others
how to mess with herbs. Her teaching focus is on herb cultivation for
herbalists and backyard gardeners, strategies for gardening in the
desert and growing gardens for stress relief. Her advice: grow it
yourself, make it yourself, cook from scratch, forget the lettuce, eat
the weeds. |
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