Regenerative Farming & Animal Husbandry

What you cover, in rotation

The group works through these in order and then begins again on fresh ground. Join at whatever stage it is on — nothing here assumes you were there for the last one, and nothing runs out — or drop in for a single session if that is all you can manage.

1. Stage 1Living Soil, Compost Systems & Seed Propagation

   • Soil food webs, compost tea brewing and organic bed preparation.
   • Direct seeding, heirloom seed saving and grafting fundamentals.
   • Building and turning thermal compost piles with farm amendments.
   • Planting seasonal heirloom crop rows.
2. Stage 2Animal Husbandry, Pasture Care & Ethical Milking

   • Goat, sheep and poultry behaviour and holistic nutrition.
   • Rotational grazing and regenerative soil enrichment.
   • Morning feeding, hoof inspection, and hands-on goat milking.
   • Setting up mobile electric paddocks and herd health assessment.
3. Stage 3Farmstead Dairy & Artisan Cheesemaking

   • Raw against pasteurised curd chemistry, starter cultures and rennet.
   • Crafting fresh chèvre and ricotta from the morning's milk.
   • Rolling cheese logs in garden herbs and flower petals.
   • Cheese cave humidity, rind development and storage.
4. Stage 4Seasonal Field Harvest & Harvest Dinner

   • Harvesting ripe orchard fruit, roots and heirloom vegetables.
   • Washing, sorting and traditional cellar storage.
   • A communal lunch of garden produce, fresh bread and farmstead cheese.
   • A take-home heirloom produce basket and an artisan cheese round.

4 sessions in the cycle, then it begins again on new ground.