Course curriculum

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    CLICK HERE TO START THE COURSE!

    • Sustainable Herb Gardening as a Business -- STEP ONE

    • Welcome! Read This!

    • Live Class Schedule and Zoom Link

    • Syllabus - Sustainable Herb Gardening 2021

    • Seed Swap 2021
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    Week 1

    • Lecture - Course Introduction (23:15)

    • Slides- Course Introduction

    • Lecture - Soil, Part 1 (14:19)

    • Lecture - Soil, Part 2 (18:24)

    • Slides- Soil

    • Lecture- Nutritional Density- Part 1 (13:10)

    • Lecture- Nutritional Density- Part 2 (13:23)

    • Slides- Nutritional Density

    • Lecture- Pollination (18:25)

    • Slides- Pollination

    • Lecture- Growers Materia Medica (24:53)

    • Slides- Growers Materia Medica

    • Handout- Growers Materia Medica

    • Handout- Additional Reading

    • Handout- Prunus persica PDF

    • Resource- Growers Materia Medica Excel Spreadsheet
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    Week 2

    • Lecture- Hands On Soil Testing (14:37)

    • Lecture- Soil Testing (11:26)

    • Slides- Soil testing

    • Lecture- Water (15:43)

    • Slides- Water

    • Lecture- Fertilizers- Part 1 (16:04)

    • Lecture- Fertilizers- Part 2 (19:55)

    • Lecture- Fertilizers- Part 3 (24:02)

    • Slides- Fertilizers

    • Lecture- Seed Swap (12:49)

    • Slides- Seed Swap
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    Week 3

    • Handout- Resource Links

    • Lecture- Hands On Compost Bin Build (7:26)

    • Lecture- Mulch and Compost- Part 1 (20:19)

    • Lecture- Mulch & Compost- Part 2 (14:20)

    • Slides- Mulch & Compost

    • Lecture- Potting Soil- Part 1 (12:11)

    • Lecture- Potting Soil- Part 2 (15:18)

    • Slides- Potting Soil

    • Lecture- Stratification (16:42)

    • Slides- Stratification

    • Lecture- Starting Seeds- Part 1 (12:25)

    • Lecture- Starting Seeds- Part 2 (14:10)

    • Slides- Starting Seeds

    • Lecture- Plant Law (13:06)

    • Slides- Plant Law
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    Live Q&A 1

    • Live Q&A 1 - Video Recording (1hr, 24min, 13 sec)

    • Live Q&A 1 - Audio Recording (1hr, 24min, 13 sec)

    • Live Q&A 1 - Chat
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    Week 4

    • Lecture- Propagation with cuttings- Part 1 (11:01)

    • Lecture- Propagation with cuttings- Part 2 (12:52)

    • Slides- Propagation with cuttings

    • Lecture- Infrastructure (19:42)

    • Slides- Infrastructure

    • Lecture- Medicinal ecosystems (20:57)

    • Slides- Medicinal ecosystems

    • Lecture- Small Scale setups (22:52)

    • Slides- Small Scale Setups

    • Lecture- Hands On - Hardwood Cuttings (25:12)
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    Week 5

    • Lecture- Hands On - Loadhandler (13:42)

    • Lecture- Hands On - Tool Tour (4:45)

    • Lecture- Tools- Part 1 (18:09)

    • Lecture- Tools- Part 2 (21:23)

    • Lecture- Tools- Part 3 (27:26)

    • Slides- Tools

    • Lecture- Harvesting- Part 1 (13:32)

    • Lecture- Harvesting- Part 2 (15:31)

    • Lecture- Harvesting- Part 3 (11:00)

    • Slides- Harvesting

    • Slides- Cottage Laws
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    Week 6

    • Lecture- Animals- Part 1 (17:28)

    • Lecture- Animals- Part 2 (13:10)

    • Lecture- Animals- Part 3 (11:33)

    • Slides- Animals

    • Lecture- Containers and covers- Part 1 (20:05)

    • Lecture- Containers and covers- Part 2 (15:58)

    • Slides- Containers and covers

    • Lecture- Swales- Part 1 (22:58)

    • Lecture- Swales- Part 2 (16:41)

    • Slides- Swales
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    Live Q&A 2

    • Live Q&A 2 - Video Recording (1hr, 31min,20 sec)

    • Live Q&A 2 - Audio Recording (1hr, 31min,20 sec)

    • Live Q&A 2 - Chat
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    Week 7

    • Handout- Permaculature Links

    • Handout- Zones and Energy Links

    • Lecture- Polyculture- Part 1 (16:09)

    • Lecture- Polyculture- Part 2 (14:33)

    • Lecture- Polyculture- Part 3 (20:07)

    • Lecture- Polyculture- Part 4 (14:50)

    • Slides- Polyculture

    • Lecture- Zones and energy- Part 1 (10:04)

    • Lecture- Zones and energy- Part 2 (21:40)

    • Lecture- Zones and energy- Part 3 (18:46)

    • Slides- Zones and Energy
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    Week 8

    • Handout- Greenhouse Pest Management

    • Handout- Water tubes for thermomass

    • Lecture- Hands On - Potting Mix And Deep pots

    • Lecture- Greenhouses- Part 1 (19:04)

    • Lecture- Greenhouses- Part 2 (15:41)

    • Lecture- Greenhouses- Part 3 (12:11)

    • Lecture- Greenhouses- Part 4 (21:38)

    • Lecture- Greenhouses- Part 5 (15:02)

    • Slides- Greenhouses

    • Lecture- Patented Plants (20:21)

    • Slides- Patented plants
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    Week 9

    • Resource- Geoff Lawton - 5 Acre Abundance on a Budget (22:04)

    • Lecture- CSA- Part 1 (14:54)

    • Lecture- CSA- Part 2 (15:08)

    • Lecture- CSA- Part 3 (15:53)

    • Lecture- CSA- Part 4 (12:06)

    • Lecture- CSA- Part 5 (13:35)

    • Lecture- CSA- Part 6 (22:30)

    • Slides- CSA
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    Live Q&A 3

    • Live Q&A 3 - Video Recording (1:56:42)

    • Live Q&A 3 - Audio Recording (1:56:42)

    • Live Q&A 3 - Chat
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    Week 10

    • Handout- Cottage Food Law

    • Lecture- Hands On - Beehives old and new (23:01)

    • Lecture- Hands On - Catching a Swarm (5:33)

    • Lecture- Hands On - Mason Bee Hive (3:00)

    • Lecture- Hands On - New Mason Bees (3:37)

    • Lecture- Wood Based Beds- Part 1 (18:45)

    • Lecture- Wood Based Beds- Part 2 (16:14)

    • Lecture- Wood Based Beds- Part 3 (17:46)

    • Slides - Wood Based Beds

    • Lecture- Pollinators- Part 1 (16:51)

    • Lecture- Pollinators- Part 2 (15:21)

    • Lecture- Pollinators- Part 3 (15:32)

    • Slides- Pollinators
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    Week 11

    • Handout- Wildcrafting at risk plants

    • Lecture- Wildcrafting- Part 1 (15:48)

    • Lecture- Wildcrafting- Part 2 (16:03)

    • Lecture- Wildcrafting- Part 3 (12:45)

    • Lecture- Wildcrafting- Part 4 (13:28)

    • Lecture- Wildcrafting- Part 5 (17:58)

    • Slides- Wildcrafting

    • Lecture- Organic Certification- Part 1 (14:37)

    • Lecture- Organic Certification- Part 2 (13:16)

    • Lecture- Organic Certification- Part 3 (15:10)

    • Lecture- Organic Certification- Part 4 (15:42)

    • Slides- Organic Certification
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    Week 12

    • Handout- Aloha Medicinals Mushroom Growing

    • Handout- Coffee grounds substrate

    • Handout- Harvesting spores

    • Handout- Mushroom Humidity Chamber

    • Resource - Paul Stamets at UPLIFT (1:29:45)

    • Lecture- Mushrooms- Part 1 (15:07)

    • Lecture- Mushrooms- Part 2 (14:22)

    • Lecture- Mushrooms- Part 3 (12:36)

    • Lecture- Mushrooms- Part 4 (16:07)

    • Lecture- Mushrooms- Part 5 (13:09)

    • Slides- Mushrooms
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    Live Q&A 4

    • Live Q& A 4 - Video Recording (1:12:00)

    • Live Q& A 4 - Audio Recording (1:12:00)

    • Live Q& A 4 - Chat