Kara Huntermoon, local expert in wetlands Permaculture, will teach a 4-hour class on managing seasonally wet soil in the Willamette Valley.  Tour her 3-acre wet-meadow orchard, and hear "tricks of the trade" for growing "impossible" fruit trees in flooded soil.  Learn to use an A-frame level to find contour on slopes, and see how swale-building practices in low flatlands differ from swales on slopes.  Discover how to protect roots during the wet season, while storing water in the soil to reduce drought in the long dry summers.  This class includes hands-on swale digging with shovels; participants may self-select to their body's capacity.