Sheep Shearing
The sheep got sheared at Gateway Farm in Late October….
Shearing the Sheep
Skirting the Fleeces
The Fleeces
The Shearers
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.
Earthaven Fire Warden Starts Fire
by Arjuna da Silva
Who better to start a fire than the “fire warden” of your local safety committee?
My neighbor, Marjorie, stood firewoman duty around a burn of dead and diseased tree stock and other brush that she and neighbor Gaspar recently set on an overcast day that promised to rain … sooner...
Harvest Time Photo Tour
August is a busy harvest month at Earthaven. Abundance (and labor) abounds.
Extra summer cabbage turns into lots of saurkraut.
Elderberries...
Field Day at Cove Creek Farm
by Rae Jean
On a Saturday in mid-June, several folks from Earthaven went to our neighbors’ farm. It was a great day filled with many chores to assist Cove Creek Farm in planting and to learn more about where our local food comes from. Alvin Lytle, his father, Therman, sister June, and...
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
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...
Chris Farmer presents his dream for an Appalachian Machu Picchu
One of the ways Earthaven honors longtime members is with Member Appreciation evenings – where the person tells their life story. In this clip from his story, Chris Farmer presents his vision for creating an Appalachian version of Machu Picchu in our village.
Video of Appalachian Machu Picchu
Transcription...
The 3 Sisters and Friends
Asters and Fungi
Full Circle Farm – a neighbors corn drying.
Corn drying before the rains came.
late blooming datura sub species
Living on the Edge
by Rae Jean
Living in Hawk Holler neighborhood presents its own set of challenges. With only one house and two people living here so far, the main inhabitants are the four-legged, winged ones, and creepy crawly varieties. What to do when these creatures begin to multiply and take over the gardens,...