Earth Knack

Intern and Outdoor Living Immersion
April 20 – May 31 or August 10 – September 6
Interns commit to a minimum of 2 weeks during the dates listed 

The Learning Opportunities throughout the season are High Altitude Food & Fruit Growing Preparation, Horse and Buggy Transport, Tipi Living, Natural Water Catchment, Adobe Horno Baking. Dutch Oven Cooking, and Wild Plant ID and prep. Scheduled public classes* are offered to Interns at a discounted rate. Public classes* offered in May are Natural Dyes with Plants and Minerals, Timber Framing with Hand Tools, Adobe Plasters and Earth Pigments. August classes are Felt Making and Hand Dug Clay prep using ancestral techniques. As you gather skills and familiarity with the tools and techniques of primitive skills, you will have access to the facilities to engage in your own primitive skills projects. We have a hide tanning area, an archery range, blacksmith shop and flintknapping pit. Throughout the month, you may be exposed to many different skills and learning extemporaneously. 

The Routine You will participate in the first seven focus learning opportunities above and daily routine support chores here at  Earth Knack, such as helping keep the outdoor kitchen clean, helping maintain the soilets in great condition, helping with horse care chores, working on keeping firewood piles full, tending to garden areas, and hosting class students to their campsite on class arrival days. Our schedule for focus area learning and projects is Monday – Thursday 10am to 3pm. Support chores are done daily before 10 am. Interns prepare their own breakfast and lunch.  Dinner is provided Monday – Thursday. We gather for communal dinner prep at 5pm Monday through Thursday evenings, learning wild salad harvesting, horno bread baking, wild foods cooking, dutch oven cooking and cooking on the fires .

The Cost The Intern fee, which includes  dinners, is $85 weekly. During your internship you have the option to participate in the Earth Knack classes* available to the public as well, for an additional special intern rate of $40 daily tuition for any course in which you participate.

To Apply Please send me a brief essay:  Why I Want to Participate in the Earth Knack Intern and Outdoor Living Immersion to earthknackschool@gmail.com.or by post to Robin at Earth Knack PO # 508 Crestone Colorado 81131  I will then contact you to arrange a more in depth conversation by phone to discuss the realities of being here, questions you might have about what to expect and your personal goals for learning 

Upon agreement of participation, submit registration form and intern fee of $85 weekly. Print out or hand copy the registration page on this web site and send by post to Robin at Earth Knack  PO # 508 Crestone Colorado 81131 or by email, earthknackschool@gmail.com   

Payment can be made by paypal or money order and is due 3 weeks before program start.

The Living Earth Knack camp is in the woods along the banks of pristine Cottonwood Creek.

You will set up your own tent or build a shelter. You can also choose to stay in a tipi when available for $20 a week extra. Use our fully equipped outdoor kitchen to prepare your meals. Bring a personal cooler to tie into the creek for cold storage, a secure lidded container for your trash and another for dry food storage (5 gallon buckets with screw on lids work great) and a water bottle. Otherwise, oils, spices, teas provided, along with all the cooking pots, pans and eating dishes. There are gas stove tops, adobe “horno” baking oven, solar ovens, dutch ovens and wood charcoal grills. Facilities include composting toilets and a lovely solar shower structure.

Please Note: No alcohol, cigarettes, drugs or pets on Earth Knack property.