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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...

Under One Roof

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on December 21, 2020. Posted in Businesses, Earthaven Education, Online Events. No Comments on Under One Roof

This fall marks a new beginning in the life of educational programming at Earthaven. Two of the village’s educational organizations have merged. Culture’s Edge and School of Integrated Living (SOIL) are now one. Read on to learn more of their histories and how the merger evolved. Culture’s Edge...

Build it, and They Will Come

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 20, 2020. Posted in Medicine Wheel, Permaculture, Village Economics. No Comments on Build it, and They Will Come

By Deborah Clark, Medicine Wheel Collective Greetings from Medicine Wheel Collective! As summer rolls into fall, and wave after wave of change sweeps the wider world, we find ourselves deep in a season of change at Medicine Wheel. As the pandemic prohibited us from hosting our normal summer...

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...

Savings Loan Pool

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 23, 2020. Posted in Articles, Village Economics. No Comments on Savings Loan Pool

On June 11, 2020, fourteen Earthaven members and neighbors formed the Earthaven Valley Business Savings Loan Pool – the first savings loan pool at Earthaven and the first savings loan pool formed with the mentorship of Co-operate WNC. In a savings loan pool, a group of people saves money...

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...

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....

Hut Hamlet Installs New Electric MicroGrid by Chris Farmer

Written by Debbie on September 4, 2015. Posted in Hut Hamlet, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Village Economics. 1 Comment on Hut Hamlet Installs New Electric MicroGrid by Chris Farmer

by Chris Farmer Brandon and Farmer with the microgrid solar panels In June, residents of the Hut Hamlet became owners/users of the first electric microgrid at Earthaven! Chris Farmer designed the grid with help from Brandon Greenstein. Code for mastering, monitoring and metering usage was written...

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...