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Join this informative class to learn how to grow your own food indoors, possibly all 365 days a year, by using the correct water nutrients and light, while keeping away pests and disease. It's easy and fun! You will learn about what types of food you can grow, equipment, best practices, care, successful growth and varied hydroponic systems.

How do we know what we know about the past? How do archaeologists know where to dig? How can even just some very old trash help us understand the ways past people experienced their world? This course will cover the basics of how archaeology works from the first stages of research through the processes of fieldwork, recording, preservation, analysis and more. We'll explore a range of archaeological lab methods from the simple to the new and high-tech and we'll examine case studies from both ancient and historical cultures around the world.

As the old song goes, let me tell you about the birds and some bees, flowers, some trees (not the moon up above or love), animal signs, but mostly birds. In this class we will meet at local areas, many of them in Croft State Park, and by sight and song learn to identify birds. Birders by tradition are also good naturalists so we won't neglect other fauna and flora. During one class, the instructor's wife, Teresa, will teach you the art of taking bird photos. Join us in a deeper appreciation of spring with outdoor adventures with birds. A good guide to birds, such as "Peterson's Birds of Eastern and Central North America" or "Sibley Field Guide to Birds," as well as a good pair of binoculars would be useful, or you can share the instructor's or those of others in the class. Students must have the physical ability to tromp up hills and along streams for several miles.