Regenerative Agriculture Archives - Page 7 of 11

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...

Ancona Ducklings at Hawk Holler

Written by Rae Jean Hawk Holler on August 19, 2012. Posted in Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Ancona Ducklings at Hawk Holler

Raising heritage fowl off the grid challenges us on how to increase the flock. Not enough power for a typical incubator. Difficulties providing consistent heat for babies when they hatch or come from mail order. We have been experimenting in using the old fashioned way…..a broody hen. Simple...

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...

Top Ten Uses for a Gateway Sheep

Written by Eli on April 10, 2012. Posted in Farms, Gateway, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Top Ten Uses for a Gateway Sheep

A new lamb with protective mom looking on. 1-Aesthetics: Let’s face it. Little baby lambs are cute. There is nothing quite like walking by a big beautiful pasture full of lush green grass and mama sheep with tiny new lambs. 2-Wool: The Gateway sheep are sheared twice a year, in the spring and fall,...

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...

Spring Lambs at Gateway Farm

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2012. Posted in Farms, Gateway. No Comments on Spring Lambs at Gateway Farm

by Caroline Williford Springtime at Gateway Farm this year means our fifth lambing season is upon us! It is that magical season when you can walk into the field at dawn and find a just-born lamb, tottering up onto its delicate legs, and with great determination, stumbling towards the teat. Our sheep...

Calf Adoption – A Surprising Success by Liz Diaz

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 19, 2012. Posted in Farms, Regenerative Agriculture, Village Terraces. No Comments on Calf Adoption – A Surprising Success by Liz Diaz

LC (Large Cow) By Liz Diaz The harsh truth about milk is that it was made by a mother for a baby. We take the baby cows away early in order to get the milk and in exchange offer care and food in other forms. L.C. (Large Cow) has been bred 4 times, four years in a row, so that we may continue to have...

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...

Autumn forest beauty as we took our forest inventory at Earthaven

Doing the Forest Inventory, by Alice Henry

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 12, 2012. Posted in Community Service, Forestry, Nature. No Comments on Doing the Forest Inventory, by Alice Henry

It’s a dance of sorts. It starts in a circle, holding hands. There’s a break, for talking. Then there are the reels through the woods, discovering the way the forest grows. It’s also a future legend that starts like this. Once upon a time Earthaven hired a forester, Shawn Swartz (who used to be a...