Congratulations, February Certification Graduates!

Congratulations to the following Community members on completing one or more of our Certifications in February!

As many of you know, one of the perks of membership in our Honors Lab is FREE access to several amazing certifications in our Honors Lab area—and lots more are in the works.

These Certifications dive deep. They’re essentially multi-lesson master classes, full of practical know-how so you can immediately start reaping benefits for yourself, your family, and your garden.

(And if you’re not an Honors Lab member yet, you can gain access to these Certifications + lots more perks of membership by joining today. Click here to learn more!)

Bio-Intensive Gardening Certification

This 8-week course teaches the principles of bio-intensive gardening—one of the easiest, most sustainable ways to produce big, delicious fruits and vegetables!

It covers everything from starting and transplanting seedlings to the basics of garden beds and soil, and from making compost to garden maintenance. There’s even a section on harvesting and processing grains!

Congratulations to the following Honors Lab members for completing the Bio-Intensive Gardening Certification in February!

• Robert Held
• Scott Sexton

Home Medicine 101 Certification

The Home Medicine 101 Certification is a perennial favorite in the Honors Lab!

This eight-week class teaches you how to remedy:

• Burns, stings, and rashes,
• Wounds and lacerations,
• Coughs and colds,
• Fevers,
• Indigestion,
• Anxiety and insomnia,
• Muscle pain, and
• Topical infections …

… with readily available plants you may already have growing in your backyard!

Congratulations to the following Community members for completing Home Medicine 101:

• cathy.marcotte
• DeniseChristensen
• emull
• Heather Duro
• James Douglas
• RoseBruno
• Barefoot Kent
• Catherine
• JaneMcCutchen
• George
• Ruthie Guten
• Bonnie Guffey
• Shelley Buttenshaw
• Debbie Kennedy
• cathieonline
• Emma May HunterHunter
• janetch2008
• russraiche
• ShirleyJohns
• Markkroneberger
• Sharon Companion
• joysong42
• Carol Harant
• jonhg
• Lisa Cannon
• Ericka Bajrami
• rachelthudson
• Patricia McBurney
• PamWatros
• Scott Sexton
• Jane Mobley
• Kim McClure
• Waylon Olrick
• Lisa Carroll

Instant Master Gardener Certification

In just 8 lessons, The Grow Network’s Instant Master Gardener Certification reveals gardening secrets, tips, and tricks that most people spend years discovering.

Lessons include:

1. “The Secret to a Green Thumb”
2. “How Much Land Do You Need?”
3. “The Power of Herbs”
4. “The Easiest Way to Prepare a Garden Bed”
5. “Three Facts About Seeds Every Master Gardener Knows”
6. “Transplanting Baby Plants”
7. “The Four HUGE Advantages of Backyard Food Production”
8. “A Homemade Fertilizer So Powerful, You Could Create a Business Out of It”

Congrats to the following Honors Lab members for completing this powerful certification in February:

• Robert Held
• PatriciaWolfe
• tnsh5699
• Lisa Carroll
• Scott Sexton

Saving Quality Seeds

Learn how to save seeds that will ensure an abundant harvest in years to come with the in-depth information in TGN’s Saving Quality Seeds Certification.

This 7-lesson Certification teaches which plants are easiest to save seeds from, how to plan your garden with seed-saving in mind, how to do a garden soil inventory, the basics of dry and wet harvesting, the best way to store seed, how to determine seed quality—and more!

Congratulations to the following Honors Lab member on completing this Certification:

• Scott Sexton

I’m excited to announce that we’ve put the finishing touches on another multi-lesson, deep-diving Certification, which has just been added to the Honors Lab:

NEW! Backyard Chickens for Egg Production 

In this awesome new certification, TGN blogger (and homesteader extraordinaire!) Tasha Greer covers everything from breed selection and coop design to flock health and egg storage — plus lots more….

We’ve also got several more certifications in the works, including “Making Home Medicine,” “Backyard Meat Rabbits,” “Bird-watching,” and “Beekeeping.” We’re working with some fantastic experts on these, so you’ll definitely want to check them out in the Honors Lab once they’re ready. Exciting stuff! 🙂

The Grow Network

The Grow Network is a global network of people who produce their own food and medicine. We’re the coolest bunch of backyard researchers on Earth! We’re constantly sharing, discovering, and working together to test new paths for sustainable living—while reconnecting with the “old ways” that are slipping away in our modern world. We value soil, water, sunlight, simplicity, sustainability, usefulness, and freedom. We strive to produce, prepare, and preserve our own food and medicine, and we hope you do, too!

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