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Gathering Summary: Using Birch Bark, May 26, 2010

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Steve with baskets

Summary by Catherine Haug

Using Birch Bark and other Native Materials, by Steve Wingard

The following is a short outline of the event. For the complete gathering summary, including photos and links to websites offering online educational videos for many steps in the process, see our pdf file:

Gathering Summary: Using Birch Bark (8 pages)

Baskets & Roots

Presentation Outline

  • Uses for birch, a history
  • Working with roots
  • Working with bark
  • Cedar hoops
  • Assemble basket
  • Different types of baskets
  • Birch bark canoes
  • Trout fishing nets
  • Future Classes

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Gathering Summary: Oil + Water Film, April 28, 2010

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

by Catherine Haug

This was a different kind of event for ESP, in that we showed a film (not one we’d made ourselves): Oil + Water, a documentary of two young men and their road trip from Alaska to the southern tip of South America.

For more information about the film:

This summary includes a synopsis of the film, and the discussion that followed. For a printable copy of this summary, see Gathering Summary: Oil + Water (the Film), April 28, 2010. (more…)

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Gathering Summary: Peaceful Gardens, March 24, 2010

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Dome in Snow

Summary by Catherine Haug

updated 3/31/10 to add Paul’s photos; 4/18 to add link to coverage by Daily Interlake

Peaceful Gardens, a Cooperative Year-Round Food Production System, presented by Paul Renner.

The following is a short outline of the event. For the complete gathering summary, including photos and links to websites offering online educational videos for many steps in the process, see our pdf file:

Gathering Summary: Peaceful Gardens

See also April 18, 2010 article in Daily InterLake: At Peaceful Gardens, it’s always Growing Season, by Candace Chase

Presentation Outline

Paul began with an introduction that included the following topics: (more…)

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Gathering Summary: Making Cloth, March 13, 2010

Friday, March 19th, 2010

by Catherine Haug

Updated 3/26/10 to add Flip Video still shots

This event was presented by the Alpine Spinning and Weaving Guild.

The following is a short outline of the event. For the complete gathering summary, including photos and links to websites offering online educational videos for many steps in the process, see our pdf file:

Gathering Summary: Making Cloth

Also, be sure to read the comments at the bottom of the post, for more information.

Presentation Outline

Working with Wool

(Photo of Suffolk Sheep from Wikipedia)

Judie Overbeek opened the presentation with an overview of the process and introduction of the other presenters: (more…)

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Gathering Summary: Raising Chickens & Rabbits, Feb 24, 2010, 040812 update

Friday, March 5th, 2010

by Catherine Haug

Record of Updates

  • March 11 – 13, 2010: add link to Raising Rabbits pdf file; add link to ‘How to Dress (Butcher) a Rabbit’ (flip video)
  • June 3, 2010: add link to Grow Montana’s Mobile Poultry Unit (MPU) e-Book Guide to Butchering: Slaughtering Guide
  • April 8, 2012: ‘How to Dress a Rabbit’ videos moved to YouTube (links provided)

Chickens at feed

This event included a panel of local “experts” on raising chickens and rabbits:

  • Nick and BrendaLee S.
  • Shelli R
  • Julie V
  • Keith B

but there were many more experts in the audience as well. (Photo by Keith B.)

Complete Gathering Summaries

The complete gathering summary is divided into two printable pdf files:

Below is just a listing of topics discussed. (more…)

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Gathering Summary: Fish Preservation by Smoking & Canning, Jan 27, 2010

Monday, February 15th, 2010

by Catherine Haug (originally written 2/15/10)

Somehow this post was accidentally deleted from our website, so I am reposting this on 2/4/11.

For our January 2010 gathering at the Swan River Hall, our presenter Jeri Hoogendijk discussed the following topics. Please see the complete Gathering Summary: Fish Preservation by Smoking & Canning for more detail.

  • Handling fish after catching them (bleeding, gutting & cleaning, scraping the veins, packing in ice)
  • Brining fish, including wet and dry brines
  • Glazing fish
  • Smoking fish
  • Canning raw or smoked fish

In addition, Catherine gave a brief description of how to preserve fish the Scandinavian way (lutefisk).

Refer to the complete Gathering Summary: Fish Preservation by Smoking & Canning for more detail.

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