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Dr. Monique Mazza’s Vermiculture Mini-Workshop. Part 1. At Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 20, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Video, Waste. No Comments on Dr. Monique Mazza’s Vermiculture Mini-Workshop. Part 1. At Earthaven Ecovillage

(transcript from video) Hi! This is Monique Mazza. I’m a Naturopathic physician and I live at Earthaven Ecovillage. I’m going to show y’all today working with my friends the worms to help us make really nutritious fertilizer for the soil which helps us have more medicinal foods....

Naia’s Garden at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 19, 2021. Posted in Families and Children, Gardens, Village Life. No Comments on Naia’s Garden at Earthaven Ecovillage

Courtney Brooke: It’s a beautiful Wednesday morning garden session over here at the Gateway neighborhood. That’s some little garden gnome over here… Good morning yarrow! Good morning snapdragons! Good morning oregano! Sam: Wow! Like a little special plant kind of in the mix you know what...

The Spring Greenhouse at Earthaven Ecovillage: Our Hope for the Summer

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 18, 2021. Posted in Businesses, Farms, Gardens, Gateway, Regenerative Agriculture, Village Economics. No Comments on The Spring Greenhouse at Earthaven Ecovillage: Our Hope for the Summer

Transcription of The Spring Greenhouse at Earthaven Ecovillage: Our Hope for the Summer Courtney Brooke: Here we are in the greenhouse at Full Circle Farm at Earthaven Ecovillage in the early spring. Here it’s raining, it’s kind of cold outside and here is what we’ve...

Flying Dragon or Trifoliate Orange at Useful Plants Nursery at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 17, 2021. Posted in Businesses, Gardens, Regenerative Agriculture, Village Economics. No Comments on Flying Dragon or Trifoliate Orange at Useful Plants Nursery at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript of Flying Dragon or Trifoliate Orange at Useful Plants Nursery at Earthaven Ecovillage Courtney Brooke: Hi Lyndon, here at Useful Plants Nursery at Earthaven Ecovillage. Can you tell us about what is that pokey thing? Lyndon: This is a flying dragon, it’s a citrus it’s...

Chicken Wrangling at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on March 16, 2021. Posted in Businesses, Families and Children, Farms, Persimmon Grove, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Chicken Wrangling at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcription from the Chicken Wrangling NikiAnne: We’re out here at the horn of plenty field with nutter, the great pyrenees and a bunch of chicks.Broiler chicks.And some wranglers.So that these chicks are protected from the hawks.They obviously have a mind of their own...

Making Bamboo Bio Char in a Kon-Tiki Kiln

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 15, 2021. Posted in Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy. 1 Comment on Making Bamboo Bio Char in a Kon-Tiki Kiln

Transcript of Making Bamboo Charcoal in a Kon-Tiki Kiln Courtney Brooke: So I was coming to park in my driveway at my house and then it’s like well there’s a fire in my driveway. So now we’re going to see what’s happening with a driveway fire. Something...

Harvesting Heritage Corn

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 24, 2020. Posted in Food, Gardens, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Harvesting Heritage Corn

Around this time of year at Earthaven, you might see several varieties of heritage corn being dried, including Oaxacan Green, Carl’s Glass Gem, and Bloody Butcher. These are used, respectively, for tortillas and hominy, popcorn, and cornmeal. Twelve-year-old resident, Stone, grew the Bloody Butcher...

An Eye Toward Food Security

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on August 20, 2020. Posted in Articles, Food, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on An Eye Toward Food Security

As COVID-19 continues to distort our once-familiar realities, many people—residents of Earthaven included—are asking questions about systemic uncertainty. Food security is, quite naturally, at the top of many folks’ lists. Check out some of the initiatives taking place in and around Earthaven...

What does the creation of true wealth look like?

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 27, 2020. Posted in Farms, Gardens, Natural Building, Permaculture, Village Life. No Comments on What does the creation of true wealth look like?

Here are a few snippets of what we think it looks like around the village! (Photos from before and during COVID)

Converging Paths: the Carbon Harvest Program

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on February 4, 2020. Posted in Articles, Regenerative Agriculture, Village Economics. No Comments on Converging Paths: the Carbon Harvest Program

Have you ever heard of carbon trading or carbon markets? In our Converging Paths segment, we’ll learn about a fresh new take on this idea that will empower individuals, organizations, and farmers in Western North Carolina to take a different kind of environmental action. Co-operate WNC—a regional...