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Locally owned appliance and mattress retailer DeWaard & Bode is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month by supporting three three food banks in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
DeWaard & Bode will match donations made in October up to $50,000. The proceeds will be split among Bellingham Food Bank, Helping Hands Food Bank of Skagit County and Lynden-based Project Hope.
Donations may be made at either of DeWaard & Bode’s two Bellingham stores – the main showroom at 3944 Meridian St. or the outlet store at 4175 Hannegan Road – or its Burlington showroom at 1611 S. Burlington Blvd. Donations for all three food banks also may be made online at https://www.dewaardandbode.com/anniversary-sale.
Locally owned appliance and mattress retailer DeWaard & Bode is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month by supporting three three food banks in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
DeWaard & Bode will match donations made in October up to $50,000. The proceeds will be split among Bellingham Food Bank, Helping Hands Food Bank of Skagit County and Lynden-based Project Hope.
Donations may be made at either of DeWaard & Bode’s two Bellingham stores – the main showroom at 3944 Meridian St. or the outlet store at 4175 Hannegan Road – or its Burlington showroom at 1611 S. Burlington Blvd. Donations for all three food banks also may be made online at https://www.dewaardandbode.com/anniversary-sale.
Locally owned appliance and mattress retailer DeWaard & Bode is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month by supporting three three food banks in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
DeWaard & Bode will match donations made in October up to $50,000. The proceeds will be split among Bellingham Food Bank, Helping Hands Food Bank of Skagit County and Lynden-based Project Hope.
Donations may be made at either of DeWaard & Bode’s two Bellingham stores – the main showroom at 3944 Meridian St. or the outlet store at 4175 Hannegan Road – or its Burlington showroom at 1611 S. Burlington Blvd. Donations for all three food banks also may be made online at https://www.dewaardandbode.com/anniversary-sale.
Locally owned appliance and mattress retailer DeWaard & Bode is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month by supporting three three food banks in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
DeWaard & Bode will match donations made in October up to $50,000. The proceeds will be split among Bellingham Food Bank, Helping Hands Food Bank of Skagit County and Lynden-based Project Hope.
Donations may be made at either of DeWaard & Bode’s two Bellingham stores – the main showroom at 3944 Meridian St. or the outlet store at 4175 Hannegan Road – or its Burlington showroom at 1611 S. Burlington Blvd. Donations for all three food banks also may be made online at https://www.dewaardandbode.com/anniversary-sale.
Locally owned appliance and mattress retailer DeWaard & Bode is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month by supporting three three food banks in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
DeWaard & Bode will match donations made in October up to $50,000. The proceeds will be split among Bellingham Food Bank, Helping Hands Food Bank of Skagit County and Lynden-based Project Hope.
Donations may be made at either of DeWaard & Bode’s two Bellingham stores – the main showroom at 3944 Meridian St. or the outlet store at 4175 Hannegan Road – or its Burlington showroom at 1611 S. Burlington Blvd. Donations for all three food banks also may be made online at https://www.dewaardandbode.com/anniversary-sale.
Locally owned appliance and mattress retailer DeWaard & Bode is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month by supporting three three food banks in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
DeWaard & Bode will match donations made in October up to $50,000. The proceeds will be split among Bellingham Food Bank, Helping Hands Food Bank of Skagit County and Lynden-based Project Hope.
Donations may be made at either of DeWaard & Bode’s two Bellingham stores – the main showroom at 3944 Meridian St. or the outlet store at 4175 Hannegan Road – or its Burlington showroom at 1611 S. Burlington Blvd. Donations for all three food banks also may be made online at https://www.dewaardandbode.com/anniversary-sale.
Locally owned appliance and mattress retailer DeWaard & Bode is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month by supporting three three food banks in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
DeWaard & Bode will match donations made in October up to $50,000. The proceeds will be split among Bellingham Food Bank, Helping Hands Food Bank of Skagit County and Lynden-based Project Hope.
Donations may be made at either of DeWaard & Bode’s two Bellingham stores – the main showroom at 3944 Meridian St. or the outlet store at 4175 Hannegan Road – or its Burlington showroom at 1611 S. Burlington Blvd. Donations for all three food banks also may be made online at https://www.dewaardandbode.com/anniversary-sale.
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Fire Walk with Me, bushcraft enthusiast, ecologist, and your host, Jazmen with NWN.
For many of us who live in the PNW, not only is the borrowed name of this course very familiar, so are the verdant rainforests of the Salish Sea that surround us. If you go camping, hunting, or exploring in the woods, could you build a fire with limited tools in the PNW if you needed to? Fire Walk with Me is a basic survival course, a walk in the forest, and an opportunity to learn the principles of firemaking through collecting materials and building one on your own (without a lighter) in the wild Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
We strive to be as hands-off as possible, so you walk away with a new skill that you can practice successfully on your own time and time again.
In this course, learn the basic principles of fire-starting, land use laws, and how to procure burnable material in the notoriously damp PNW.
We will walk through the woods together, collecting tinder materials and firewood while learning ethics of foraging and harvesting wood from natural areas.
Each person will build their own fire without a lighter and use our 5-step fire-building that will likely be your new go-to fire-building method.
Firelighting is the most important bushcraft skill to learn. If you want to increase your preparedness for a survival situation through learning how to procure the right materials to successfully start a fire with only a knife and a simple fire tool, this class is for you!
This class will take place rain or shine!
Learn more and register through the website link.
Please join naturalist and trained botanist, Jazmen Yoder, and herbalist, Amy Gibson of Goldstatus Botanicals in this fireweed-focused wildcrafting course! In this course we will learn several uses for fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium).
Our Fireweed Intensive course will include:
How and when to forage fireweed
Fermenting fireweed for tea
How to pickle and preserve fireweed shoots
Ethnobotanical history of fireweed
Ecology of fireweed
How to make fireweed cordage
Wild tea party with fireweed!
There are so many uses for this special plant, and we’ll be covering many of them! By the end of this class, you will have expertise knowledge about fireweed from its ecological importance to ways humans can benefit from its medicine and edibility.
Sign up now! Space is limited!
Do something fun for Daylights Savings! Come out and enjoy an afternoon baking bread over a campfire in the woods with Northwest Natura!
The first portion of this course will focus on practicing how to light a fire without a lighter in damp conditions. You will be provided with a fixed blade knife to use for the day and a ferro rod that you can take home with you.
We will celebrate fire crafting successes in the second half of this course by baking bread over an open flame together.
This course is designed to be highly engaging with hands-on activities. Here’s what you can expect from this class:
Mini lectures on firelighting with a ferro rod, foraging for dry materials, breadmaking, fire safety, and “leave no trace” ethics.
Coaching and practicing firelighting with a ferro rod.
Independent foraging; locating materials for fire making.
Craft your own fire without a lighter using foraged materials.
Experience building a cooking tripod.
Experience preparing and cooking (and eating!) bread over an open flame.
The location of this course will take place on forested public land in Whatcom County. Registered Participants will receive driving directions and other information in an email sent 3-4 days prior to the event.
Just in time for Winter arts and crafts! Join Jazmen Yoder for this wildcrafting workshop where you will learn how to weave a basket using the coil technique with ponderosa pine needles.
Pine needle basket-making dates to almost 9,000 years ago and the baskets served as a vessel for grain, crops, and other essentials. It’s a skill that is simple to learn with guidance.
Dabblers, beginners, intermediate, and advanced weavers will enjoy this creative, social gathering.
This course will take place indoors at the Chuckanut Center near Fairhaven in Whatcom County, WA. The Chuckanut Center is heated and has access to facilities including a bathroom, full kitchen, and drinking water.
Bring your family along to experience the outdoors with tasty rewards as an alternative to traditional Thanksgiving!
We will forage leaves to make tea, prepare a cozy soup and bake bread ALL over an open flame.
If you’ve ever wanted to try cooking from scratch outdoors, this is your chance to learn with some guidance.
In this course you will assist in foraging, preparing and making soup, bread dough, and of course enjoying a hearty meal. The meal will be vegetarian. If you have dietary restrictions (vegan, GF, dairy-free, etc; please let us know and we will try our best to accommodate you!)
Individuals will receive an email with directions and information a few days prior to the event.
Space is limited!
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Music Mix: Christmas & some requests
Please join Naturalists Jazmen Yoder (Northwest Natura) & Ryan Johnson (Firecraft NW) at the Chuckanut Center for this interactive and beginner friendly Fungi and Mushrooms crash course.
Learn the different structures of fungi and mushrooms, fungi propagation, life cycle, and how to categorize them.
Participants will review examples of edible mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, what conditions they grow in, and how to use keys to identify them, followed by a demonstration on creating a spore print.
The class will conclude with a brief discussion and demonstration on using fungi to create fire, as well as books and resources to further pursue the study of mycology and fungi!
In this wildcrafting workshop you will learn how to weave a basket using the coil technique and Ponderosa Pine needles.
Baskets are thought to be one of the first art forms of ancient peoples, with basket fragments found in California and the Southwest dating to 9400 years, and coiled baskets from the earliest sites in Egypt dating to 7,000 years. The coil technique requires patience and attention to detail before it becomes a relaxing, repetitive stitching pattern. It is a skill that is more easily learned with a little guidance.
Dabblers, beginners, intermediate, and advanced weavers will enjoy this creative, social gathering.
This course will take place indoors at the Chuckanut Center near Fairhaven in Whatcom County, WA. The Chuckanut Center is heated and has access to facilities including a bathroom, full kitchen, and drinking water.
Come out and enjoy an afternoon learning survival firelighting and how to bake bread over a campfire with Northwest Natura!
This course is designed to be highly engaging with hands-on activities. Here’s what you can expect from this class:
Opportunities with Guidance on the following:
-Coaching and practicing firelighting with a ferro rod.
-Independent foraging; locating materials for fire making.
-Craft your own fire without a lighter using foraged materials.
-Learn Jazmen’s outdoor bread recipe to share with your friends and family.
-Preparing and baking (and eating!) at camp.
Northwest Natura is a small Bellingham business owned by naturalist, Jazmen Yoder. She directs but maintains a hands-off approach with this class so you can successfully make a fire in damp conditions and bake outdoors on your own again without guidance.
At every NWN class there is a sense of community. Expect bonding, laughter, and total joy in the woods!
This course will take place on State Lands in Whatcom County off Highway 542 near Deming, WA. Details on location will be provided in an email 3-4 days prior to the event.
Bushcraft is a term used to describe the practice of skills which aid in living outdoors. Here are the skills we will cover in this crash course:
Survival Basics
-Rule of Threes
– Fire making without a lighter
– Water sources and sanitation
– Shelter – temporary shelter construction
– Food – winter wild foods
– Knot-tying and lashing basics.
– Tarp deployment
– Cooking tripod
– Tools of the trade and practice using them.
– Knife and ax skills
– Containers
– First aid kits
We will practice all of these skills together in this full-day course. Knives and ferro rods provided for the day.
A list of basic things to bring to this course will be provided in an email 3-4 days before the event.
Feel free to bring your own outdoor tools such as a knife, ax, fire starter, tarp, containers (pots, water bottles), paracord, first aid kit, etc. so you can practice with your kit and/or I can answer any questions about your gear and help you troubleshoot issues you may have with them.
Space is limited to 8.
Come out and enjoy an afternoon learning survival firelighting and baking bread over a campfire with Northwest Natura!
This course is designed to be highly engaging with hands-on activities. Here’s what you can expect from this class:
Opportunities with Guidance on the following:
-Coaching and practicing firelighting with a ferro rod.
-Independent foraging; locating materials for fire making.
-Craft your own fire without a lighter using foraged materials.
-Learn Jazmen’s outdoor bread recipe to share with your friends and family.
-Preparing and baking (and eating!) 2 loaves between 2 small groups at camp.
Jazmen will direct but maintain a hands-off approach with this class so you can successfully make a fire in damp conditions and bake outdoors on your own again without guidance.
At every NWN class there is a sense of community. Expect bonding, laughter, and total joy in the woods!
Gluten free bread options are available upon request! Send your request in an email after signing up!
Join botanist and naturalist, Jazmen Yoder on a walk at one of the most stunning trail systems in the Pacific Northwest. There will be an emphasis on learning lichens and ferns, but we will ID any plant or fungi species of interest. Bring your camera, come for the knowledge, and stay for the views! This is a unique field trip offering you’ll remember forever.
Space is limited.
In this wildcrafting workshop you will learn how to weave a basket using the coil technique and Ponderosa Pine needles.
Baskets are thought to be one of the first art forms of ancient peoples, with basket fragments found in California and the Southwest dating to 9400 years, and coiled baskets from the earliest sites in Egypt dating to 7,000 years. The coil technique requires patience and attention to detail before it becomes a relaxing, repetitive stitching pattern. It is a skill that is more easily learned with a little guidance.
Dabblers, beginners, intermediate, and advanced weavers will enjoy this creative, social gathering.
This series is designed for individuals at any skill level who are interested in learning more about trees and wildcrafting skills.
Each class will incorporate guided note-taking and hands-on experience that will familiarize you with various trees of the Pacific Northwest.
Overall, we will be moving at a slow pace during each outing as we focus on our surroundings and have mini lectures, and the second half of class will generally be stationary to engage in crafts and activities.
Expect some gentle to moderate hiking, and some kneeling or squatting.
Each class will build on the previous one. For more details, keep reading!
Day 1: An Evening at the Lake: Birch Bark Candles
Saturday June 1st, 2024
(Details on location will be sent to registered participants only).
This is an introductory class to common tree species and a wildcrafting course using several species of trees including Douglas-Fir, Paper Birch and Western Redcedar.
What to expect:
First Half: We will begin the series with an introduction to common trees and general concepts about tree adaptations to better appreciate the materials we’ll be working with in the second half of class.
Second Half: Each person will craft their own primitive candle using bark, resin, roots, and wood.
Please register via the website.
This course will take place on Northwest Natura’s private forest land in Whatcom County off Highway 542 near Maple Falls, WA. Driving directions and details on what to bring with you will be provided in an email as the event date approaches.
Bushcraft is a term used to describe the practice of skills which aid in living outdoors. Here are the skills we will cover in this crash course:
Survival Basics focused on Shelter
Shelter – survival shelter construction
Fire making without a lighter
Knot-tying and lashing basics.
Tools of the trade and practice using them.
Knife and ax skills
We will practice all of these skills together in this full-day course. Knives and ferro rods provided for the day.
You are encouraged to bring your own outdoor tools such as a knife, ax, fire starter, tarp, containers (pots, water bottles), paracord, first aid kit, etc. so you can practice with your kit. I can answer any questions about your gear and help you troubleshoot issues you may have with them.
Space is limited to 10.
Please register via the website.
This is day 2 of the series.
This series is designed for individuals at any skill level who are interested in learning more about trees and wildcrafting skills.
Each class will incorporate guided note-taking and hands-on experience that will familiarize you with various trees of the Pacific Northwest.
Overall, we will be moving at a slow pace during each outing as we focus on our surroundings and have mini lectures, and the second half of class will generally be stationary to engage in crafts and activities.
Expect some gentle to moderate hiking, and some kneeling or squatting.
Each class will build on the previous one. For more details, keep reading!
This is a deep dive into more mixed forest species and a wildcrafting course using Pacific Willow or Vine Maple, and Western Redcedar.
What to expect:
First Half: We will wander along a forest road and onto random footpaths along the Nooksack River, observing tree species and searching for the perfect materials to use in the second half of class. This class will be accessible while incorporating wandering and choosing paths at random based on resources and curiosity.
Second Half: Using Western Redcedar from the forest, learn how to make traditional cordage. Using willow stems from the riverbank, enjoy the view while you craft a decorative ring to be hung up in your garden, your front door, or elsewhere to be admired. Extra decorating materials will be provided. An email with ideas of what you may want to bring for decorations will be sent to you a few days prior to the event.
***Please register via the website.
