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The secret life of permaculture at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 3, 2018. Posted in Articles, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture, Village Life. No Comments on The secret life of permaculture at Earthaven

Patricia embraced our permaculture vision without reservation, and impressed hundreds of students and work exchangers, as witnessed by the turnout for her funeral. Meanwhile, the underpinnings and impact of those principles on everyone and everything we do at Earthaven might easily be taken for granted....

Why I Bother to Farm at Earthaven, Part Two: A Collaborative Farming Manifesto

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on February 3, 2018. Posted in Farms, Food, Gardens, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Why I Bother to Farm at Earthaven, Part Two: A Collaborative Farming Manifesto

Written by: by Zev Friedman Now in its 24th year, I believe that Earthaven is in a stage of cultural succession in which collaborative farming has more of a role to play than in the early years. The pioneer effort of Earthaven’s first two decades created both the literal and...

Food People: We are what, how and from where we eat!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 5, 2018. Posted in Food, Social Events, Village Life. No Comments on Food People: We are what, how and from where we eat!

For the living, food is a master course in survival and well-being. Our community members strive to learn how to grow and prepare soil to cultivate vibrant, nourishing plants and animals, demonstrate a healthy balance between work, relaxation and celebration, and continue to develop a cooperative...

Pioneering and Succession

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 29, 2017. Posted in Articles, Farms, Food, Gardens, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Pioneering and Succession

Written by: Zev Friedman “The pioneer effort that founded Earthaven created both literal and cultural topsoil, which is now capable of supporting not only plants but the human systems it takes to successfully grow food.” I’ve heard early members of Earthaven frequently remark that this ecovillage...

Processing pawpaws: Looking forward and looking back

Written by Debbie on September 20, 2017. Posted in Articles, Businesses, Food, Permaculture. No Comments on Processing pawpaws: Looking forward and looking back

I first learned about pawpaws from Chuck Marsh. He was an enthusiastic advocate of new and under-appreciated fruit. When I became a partner in the nursery in 2010 we gathered and planted selected pawpaw varieties everywhere—his yard, at the nursery, and in Geoffrey’s and my orchard....

Young Family, Farm Family

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 5, 2016. Posted in Families and Children, Farms, Members, Persimmon Grove. No Comments on Young Family, Farm Family

Editor’s note: Andy Bosley and Julie McMahan have operated Yellowroot Farm at Earthaven continuously for ten years. During that time, they managed to incorporate the startup of three ag fields. The Hut Hamlet field was first leased in ’05, and the Horn of Plenty near the campground in about ’08. Persimmon...

Lush and Ripe

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 2, 2015. Posted in Articles, Food, Gardens, Permaculture. No Comments on Lush and Ripe

Celebrating elderberry season! Walking in more than one Earthaven neighborhood in July, you would have enjoyed the dark, luminous clusters of elderberry hanging from both the older, taller trees and ones just beginning to bear. And while folks do harvest some of the white flower clusters earlier...

Spring!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2015. Posted in Farms, Gardens, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on Spring!

Spring came early with intimations of summer, then backed off for a few freezing nights and turned around for a balmy re-entrance. Buds already opening on fruit and berry branches may not all recover, but many were slow bloomers and will make it. NikiAnne was out touring when Mana’s mom Dorien...

Posse Poulet

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 25, 2014. Posted in Articles, Farms, Food, Village Economics. No Comments on Posse Poulet

By Zev Friedman Thirteen Hut Hamlet neighbors recently established a chicken co-op, endearingly referred to as Posse Poulet. From these 50 or so birds, we have been receiving almost all of our needed eggs, and we’re looking ahead to a possible moderate increase in number of birds, including...

‘Tis the Season of the Students

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 5, 2014. Posted in Ecological Design, Gardens, Regenerative Agriculture, Visitors. No Comments on ‘Tis the Season of the Students

by NikiAnne Feinberg Several weekends in a row this past April, we had the pleasure of hosting college groups from the College of Charleston, Furman University, and Elon University. We dig bamboo, but how many shoots can we eat?! Bamboo needs maintenance to keep it from overextending its boundaries....