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Garlic Plantin’ Time at VT

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 15, 2013. Posted in Food, Gardens, Village Terraces. No Comments on Garlic Plantin’ Time at VT

On a crisp fall morning last Saturday, we planted our neighborhood garlic. It’s one of our favorite garden crops because we all eat garlic, it’s easy to plant and harvest with a group, and we can watch it grow in the early spring before planting our other spring crops.

Hazelnuts

Written by Debbie on April 9, 2013. Posted in Articles, Businesses, Food, Permaculture, Village Terraces. No Comments on Hazelnuts

In December, the residents of Village Terraces Cohousing Neighborhood planted a new grove of hazelnut trees on the edge of their neighborhood. We planted the European hazelnuts for their improved nut quality. The nuts are high in oils, tasty with chocolate, and can be harvested up to a month before...

Equinox and Eggs

Written by Martha Harris on March 20, 2013. Posted in Farms, Food, Fun and Play, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Equinox and Eggs

Happy Spring Equinox! At Earthaven we are singing and drumming at sunrise, and holding a children’s ritual and egg hunt. There are two equinoxes each year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane...

Coffee & Trade

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 18, 2012. Posted in Food, Social Events, Village Economics. No Comments on Coffee & Trade

Tuesday mornings are turning into a downright farmer’s market. Our regular Coffee and Trade now features produce, artwork, and other products from members and neighbors. Here’s what’s been on display this summer: Fresh Baked Bread Earthaven-grown Blackberries Muffins...

Medicinal Herbs

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 12, 2012. Posted in Food, Nature. No Comments on Medicinal Herbs

You’ll see these common plants and many others on a daily basis around Earthaven. Comfrey Chickweed Violet Burdock Yarrow Witch Hazel Photos by Lee Warren.

Christmas Cookie Party

Written by Eli on May 5, 2012. Posted in Families and Children, Food, Fun and Play, Village Terraces. No Comments on Christmas Cookie Party

I know, I know, it’s May. I’ve been chasing after a baby recently. Better late than never…… When I was growing up there were a lot of family traditions around the holidays. One of my favorites every year was making Christmas cookies with my mom, brother, and cousins. We would...

Lessons in Bamboo: Love it but Don’t Leave it Alone

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 28, 2012. Posted in Articles, Bellavia Gardens, Ecological Design, Food, Permaculture. No Comments on Lessons in Bamboo: Love it but Don’t Leave it Alone

by Arjuna da Silva Previous owners gifted Earthaven’s main street with a healthy stand of bamboo that’s now prolific near the Forest Garden Learning Center. Early Earthaven members added additional stands around the community. What a beautiful and useful plant (we thought)! Bamboo IS beautiful. AND...

Ode to Crabapples

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 15, 2012. Posted in Articles, Food, Hut Hamlet. No Comments on Ode to Crabapples

by Tribal Condo Clan This past fall, we harvested a beautiful collection of fruits and vegetables. As any harvester knows, Ma Nature produces bountiful amounts of food and there’s always enough to share. One morning, Suchi and I were walking in the Hut Hamlet neighborhood and came upon a Crabapple...

Late Summer Abundance

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on August 30, 2011. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Food, Gardens, Nature, Neighborhoods. No Comments on Late Summer Abundance

Lammas, the traditional day to celebrate the bounties of the harvest season, falls at the beginning of August. It’s an appropriate time, when the earth’s growth gives forth her gifts. Medicine Wheel Squash Flowers Luscious Raspberries from the...

Abundance Abounds

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 2, 2010. Posted in Bellavia Gardens, Farms, Food, Gardens, Gateway. No Comments on Abundance Abounds

by Jonathan Swiftcreek 2010 was a year of delicious bounty. Natural factors such as the intensity of last winter along with the mildness and wetness of the following spring gave us fruit galore. In personal orchards, on farms, and in the wild, we had our pick of tasty fruits from May until even now...