- Apprenticeships
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- Family Sustainanblity Stay
2012 Schedule
2012 At A Glance:
(scroll down for detailed descriptions)
April 20th: Spring Sauerkraut, 4-6 pm, $15 Don’t Wait for Lettuce! Introduction to Early Wild Greens, 4-6:30pm, $20 (includes supper)
May 19th: Wild Greens for the Common Table, 9:30am-2pm, $40
May 25th: Fabulous Fruit Leather, 4- 6pm , $15
May 26th: Springtime Ice Cream Open House; stop in anytime from 10am-3:30pm, tours at 10:30am and 2pm Cost: Free
June 8th: Hand Tool Sharpening, 4-6pm, $15
June 16th: Deerskins into Leather, 9am-4:30pm, $55
June 30th: Moccasin Making (with optional rubber soles), 9am-5pm, $75 + $15 optional rubber coating
July 7th: Rocket Stove Building Workshop, 9am-12pm, $35
July 14th and 15th: Packbasket Weaving Weekend, 9am Saturday - 4pm Sunday, $245
July 20th: Giant Wooden Spatula or Spoon, 3-6pm, $25
July 21st and 22nd: Canoe Paddle Making, 9am Sat.-2pm Sun., $195
August 10th: Fermentation Fiesta, 2-6pm, $25
October 6th: Processing Acorns into Flour Time, 10am-3pm, $35
Family Sustainability Stay: An Educational Vacation
July 30th-August 1st or August 24th -26th (or inquire)
Time: 10:30 am Friday-Sunday afternoon
Cost: $650* per family or $450* if you schedule to come at the same time as a second family
Earth Lodge Workshop
Friday, September 28th through Wednesday, October 3rd, come to one day, all six days, or anything in between
Cost: $100 for the first day you come, $30 for each additional day you stay
2012 Class Descriptions
Spring Sauerkraut:
Come help us transform cabbage and carrots from the root cellar into an Old World delicacy. Taste test finished sauerkrauts and leave with a jar of your own to ferment at home.
Date: Friday, April 20th
Time: 4-6 pm
Cost: $15
Homemade Spoons:
We will use coals to hollow the spoons, then a sharp knife to carve the handles. You will depart with your own beautiful wooden spoon and the skills to make many more.
Date: Friday,
April 27th
Time:
3-6pm
Cost: $15
Don’t Wait for Lettuce! Introduction to Early Wild Greens:
Come taste the first tangy greens of spring. We will identify and gather several leafy greens, then prepare a big salad and enjoy a simple meal of salad and local bread.
Date:
Friday, May 11th
Time: 4-6:30
Cost: $20 (includes supper)
Wild Greens for the Common Table:
Learn about amazing local plants that will grace your table, feed your family, and connect your spirit to the springtime. Plants we’ll look for may include Trout Lily, Colt’s Foot, Chickweed, Violet, Dandelion, Fiddleheads, Knotweed, Basswood, Stinging Nettle, Lambs’ Quarters, Sorrel, Burdock, Indian Cucumber, and Cattail. The class culminates with open fire cooking and a three- course “wild” lunch. Plants are taught with an emphasis on observation skills that will enable you to continue gathering on your own at home.
Date: Saturday,
May 19th
Time:
9:30am-2pm Cost: $40
Fabulous Fruit Leather:
Make your own “fruit roll-ups” for friends and family, no dehydrator or electricity needed! Taste test some different varieties and leave with apple-rhubarb sauce to dry at home.
Date:
Friday, May 25th
Time: 4-6pm
Cost: $15
Springtime Ice Cream Open House!
Come help turn the crank and make old fashioned ice cream with ice from the new Koviashuvik ice house and cream from a local farm. There will be live music, delicious ice cream, and tours of the school grounds. The tour includes a stone root cellar, vegetable gardens, nut orchard, edible landscaping, earth-bermed greenhouse, rainwater collection systems, solar dehydrator, solar hot water system, alternative cooking technologies, composting toilet, log cabin, and ice house.
Date: Saturday, May 26th
Time: stop in anytime from 10am-3:30pm, tours at
10:30am and 2pm
Cost: Free
Hand Tool Sharpening:
Nothing is more satisfying than working with a truly sharp tool. Learn all about how to sharpen edge tools, including chisels, drawknives, axes, block planes, knives, etc. Bring one of your own whittling or kitchen knives to practice on.
Date: Friday, June 8th Time: 4-6pm Cost: $15
Deerskins into Leather:
Come
learn, through doing, about all the steps and stages
that transform a raw hide into soft, fuzzy, smoked
buckskin. It’s easier than you think!
Date: Saturday, June 16th
Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $55
Moccasin Making (with optional rubber soles!): 
What a feeling to make your own shoes! You will stitch a traditional moccasin with hand-tanned leather. Then, if you want, coat the bottom with a mixture of tire shavings and glue that will extend the life of your moccasins.
Date:
Saturday, June 30thth
Time: 9am-5pm
Cost: $75 + $15 optional rubber coating
“For me, working with Koviashuvik has been so much more than learning a particular skill- it's been about rediscovering a connection to the earth and a consciousness to it .... Reconnecting to this spirituality has made a profound impact on my life.” ~Ann Seger, mother in the Homeschool Class Series and Koviashuvik class participant
Rocket Stove Building Workshop:
Rocket stoves are small wood-burning stoves that give a tremendous amount of heat for cooking, while using very little wood. In this class you will make your own portable rocket stove from large-sized coffee cans. At Koviashuvik we cook all our summer meals on a rocket stove and take them on camping trips. We highly recommend them!
Date: Sat., July 7th
Time: 9am-12pm
Cost: $35
Packbasket Weaving Weekend:
With a brown ash packbasket you can carry the world! During this weekend you will weave a full-sized basket, as well as learn how to pound ash to prepare your own basket materials in the future. Participants leave with their own packbasket.
Date: July 14th and 15th Time: 9am Saturday - 4pm Sunday Cost: $245
Giant Wooden Spatula or Spoon:
Experience the perfect synergy of two traditional tools: the draw knife and the shave horse. During just a few short hours you will carve rough pieces of poplar wood into elegant large-sized wooden spatulas and spoons.
Date: Friday, July 20th
Time: 3-6pm
Cost: $25
Canoe Paddle Making:
Come set drawknife to wood and carve a beautiful traditionally shaped Maine Guide paddle. In between woodworking you will experience life at Koviashuvik with fresh-picked meals from the garden, open fire cooking, stories and songs. You will leave with your own paddle ready to “dip and swing”. (No prior woodworking experience necessary.)
Date: July 21st and 22nd Time: 9am Sat.-2pm Sun. Cost: $195
Fermentation Fiesta- Kimchi, Sauerkraut, Pickles and Dillies:
The Old World food storage method of lacto-fermentation is extremely simple, does not involve vinegar or canning, and provides a food that is delicious and alive with all its nutrients. We begin with kimchi and sauerkraut, then progress into pickles and dilly beans. You’ll get to taste- test finished ferments and make your own to take home. All ingredients will be provided, however you are also welcome to bring your own cucumbers/green beans and large jars to make a batch of your own pickles!
Date: Friday, August 10th
Time:
2-6pm
Cost: $25
Processing Acorns into Flour:
Acorns- the amazing, bountiful, ancient staple of humanity! But did you ever try eating a raw acorn? Ptewy! You probably spit it right out! However, it just takes a little processing to transform acorns into a truly delicious staple that could have a major role in transforming our diet, and culture. This is real food, we eat hundreds of pounds a year! Learn about harvesting, drying, shelling, leaching, and grinding acorns. We’ll end the day by baking some tasty acorn treats and sharing recipes
Date: Sat., October 6th
Time: 10am-3pm
Cost: $35
Earth Lodge Workshop
Build a beautiful warm home from local materials for under $1000! All over the northern hemisphere for thousands of years, native people built similar homes from spruce poles, birch-bark and sphagnum moss. We have adapted the traditional design to include a wood floor, wood stove, windows, and solar electricity. In this class you will learn about: site selection, rubble foundations, use of axe and drawknife, traditional joinery, lashing. The completed lodge will be home to future Koviashuvik apprentices. Work days will be full, with community time enjoyed in the evenings. All meals provided.
Dates: Friday, September 28th through Wednesday, October 3rd, come to one day, all six days, or anything in between
Cost: $100 for the first day you come, $30 for each additional day you stay
Family
Sustainability Stay:
An Educational Vacation
If you and your family have a desire to provide for more of your basic needs, learn low-tech, low-cost ways to simplify life, or just do meaningful activities outside, this experience is a great place to start! For three days you will enter into a ready-made sustainable living system. We will work with you each day, sharing life ways, stories and songs. You will harvest food from the garden, cook on a rocket stove, dip water from the spring, carve spoons and eat with them, grind grain and bake bread, use composting systems, take a solar shower, and sleep soundly after a good day of conscious living. There will also be ample time for you to explore local hiking options, swimming holes and to just “be” as a family.
Accommodations include a large canvas wall tent with wood floor, outdoor kitchen, and composting toilet. Each Sustainability Stay is unique, as projects vary with the season and the interests of your family. We are happy to work with up to two families at a time, so sign up with some friends! Please inquire about possible additional dates (weekdays or fall openings) to meet the needs of your family.
Dates: July 30th-August 1st or August 24th-26th
Time: 10:30 am Friday-Sunday afternoon
Cost: $650* per family or $450* if you schedule to come at the same time as a second family
(*Families with over 5 members pay $8/day for food for every additional member.)
"Guiding us with an abundance of joy and gratitude, the Knapps share their knowledge and skills openly with both children and adults. I am happy to have found Koviashuvik and its ways of centered, peaceful living. We are inspired by, and thankful for, the ways in which Koviashuvik is nurturing families, communities and our world." ~ Steve Soule, co-author of The Rhythm of Family
*All class fees are per person. Families can inquire about discounts