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Beginner and Intermediate Firecraft
Making and tending a fire has been an important skill people have been using for thousands of years. Learn beginning and intermediate fire building and tending skills that are important for present uses and also for emergency situations. We will cover different ways to start a fire using primitive to modern methods. We will also cover the basic chemistry of fire to better understand how fire works. And participants will learn and use different fire building techniques, including the 3 basic stacking methods and learn when to use which method. The workshop also covers safety with fire, the properties and best uses of different wood species for different kinds of fire, common outdoor fire cooking techniques, simple techniques for increasing and better capturing and directing the heat and light from fire, simple wood stoves to increase the heat efficiency of fires, and much more.
Additional Information
Join us for lunch (included), from noon-1pm
All workshop materials are included
This workshop is eligible for use with a season pass.
Youth, under 18, may attend free with an adult sponsor registered for the same workshop (1 youth per adult)
Early-bird pricing ($55) is available through May 2. After that, the cost is $75.
Meet the Instructor: Harvey Harman
Harvey is a green builder, licensed plumber, conservation-oriented land developer, organic farmer, teacher, and writer. Harvey is influenced by his experiences of living in various community settings, including a remote retreat center in the cascade mountains in Washington state, and five years in a traditional, rural village in Southern Africa. Harvey initiated and helped develop the Sustainable Farming Program at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) in Pittsboro, NC, and has taught many classes at CCCC in the past 25 years in Sustainable Agriculture, Permaculture, Green Building, and Construction/Plumbing. Harvey was the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Farmer of the Year in 1998. Harvey is also a cofounder of Living Well Ecovillage and is passionate about building resilient and sustainable networks of people and communities. In his spare time Harvey loves to design and build small and tiny houses and share information and practical skills with others.
