[sust-mar] Harrison Lewis Centre: trees and saws and mills and skills.

[Harrison Lewis Centre]

Join us at the Harrison Lewis Centre for our 2016 summer series of home 
and small farm forestry skills workshops.

*June 24-26: The Woods Around Us, Backyard Forestry. *Join Jamie Simpson 
for a hands-on exploration of our forests. Which trees grow where, and 
why? How do forests change over time? What can we do to increase 
wildlife habitat in our backyards? What is old-growth forest? Which 
trees are good to cut for firewood? Come away from the weekend knowing 
how to identify our trees and common forest plants, a better 
understanding of how our forests tick, and how to think about working 
with your own forest. Jamie is a professional forester with a background 
in forest ecology and author of two books on our eastern forests, 
“Restoring the Acadian Forest: A guide to forest stewardship for 
woodland owners in Eastern Canada,” and “Journeys Through Eastern 
Old-Growth Forests.” Enrollment limited to 14 participants.

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*July 8-10 (Full three days, two nights.) Milling and building: *From 
logs to lumber to finished shed in three days. This new and unique 
workshop combines our popular*Introduction to the Portable Bandsaw Mill 
*with*Basic Carpentry *as participants plan for and mill out framing, 
roof, and siding for a storage shed.**Thinking of buying a portable 
bandsaw mill or already own a mill and could use a refresher course on 
how to achieve better results? This workshop provides plenty of 
discussion and hands-on chance to familiarize yourself with a mill, its 
operation and maintenance. Taught by returning instructor Ian Dingwall, 
full-time sawyer. Three days, Friday morning to Sunday afternoon. 
Limited to 10 participants.


*July 29-31: Chainsaw Skills and Safety, Women Only.***A hands-on course 
with instructor Patrick Allan teaching bucking, directional felling, 
safe use, and maintenance. Participants come away with knowledge and 
practice to safely and competently use a saw. Learn the saw from the 
inside out, safe use, sharpening the chain, proper maintenance, how to 
buck wood, and the dos and don’ts of working both with downed and 
standing wood. Sunday participants learn to fell trees, working in a 
woodlot at the Harrison Lewis Centre.Workshop limited to eight participants.

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*August 19-21: Chainsaw Skills and Safety, Open Course. *A hands-on 
course with instructor Patrick Allan teaching bucking, directional 
felling, safe use, and maintenance. Participants come away with 
knowledge and practice to safely and competently use a saw. Learn the 
saw from the inside out, safe use, sharpening the chain, proper 
maintenance, how to buck wood, and the dos and don’ts of working both 
with downed and standing wood. Sunday participants learn to fell trees, 
working in a woodlot at the Harrison Lewis Centre.Workshop limited to 
eight participants.

Email HLC at eastlink.ca <mailto:HLC at eastlink.ca> for more information on 
workshops or to register.

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*Limited enrollment, excellent instruction, great meals, amazing 
wilderness coastal setting within a short two-hour drive from Halifax – *

*what more can one ask?*

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