And Other Village Terraces Cohousing Neighborhood News
Watermelon Love
Jenna, Marie, and Liz enjoy Sugar Baby Watermelon from the Village Terraces Cohousing Neighborhood garden.
“I never even liked watermelon before now” says Liz Diaz.
Small and sweet with a green rind, red flesh, and small seeds, Sugar Baby is a heritage variety and did well in our hot, dry, summer conditions.
“We must have gotten 40 watermelons from this 10’x75′ patch of garden” says Jonathan Swiftcreek, one of the neighborhood gardeners.
Firewood Workday NOT canceled due to rain!
In other news, our firewood workday had lots of rain, which didn’t seem to stop us or the dancing. We filled our firewood shed with wood from our 2008 agricultural clearing. Our boiler system heats our hot water as well as our homes.
Pictured above: Carmen, Bob, & Steve on the top level. Matthew, Lee, & Debbie on the ground.
Pictured right: Carmen and Steve dancing in the rain.
Creativity at Harvest-Time
In other news, our basil is going gangbusters and we’re trying to keep up with the pesto making.
And we’re able to incorporate blueberries into our lives on as many occasions as possible.
What a busy summer it has been! How did it get to be September? Now we’re into cool nights and changes afoot.
Lee Warren is reclaiming wisdom through conscious relating with self, land, and others. She has 25 years of experience envisioning, designing, and living innovative solutions to mutually empowered relationships, land-based food systems, residential community, non-violent communication, and sustainability education. She is the principal and founder of Reclaiming Wisdom, a co-founder of SOIL, School of Integrated Living, and a proponent of regenerative systems, consent culture, and authentic living. Lee is a writer, teacher, and activist, with a passion for embodiment practices, rural wisdom, sustainable economics, conscious dying, and community of all kinds.
