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Honoring the Dark Time of Year

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 22, 2010. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Nature, Social Events, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Honoring the Dark Time of Year

by Kailtlin Hetzner The air is brisk and cool, the leaves turn the beautiful shades of autumn, the summer is gone and the season calls us inward. It is time to prepare for winter—not only physically for the cold but a slowing down in other ways too. We are approaching Halloween, All Hallows Eve, a...

Prevent Birds from Striking Windows

Written by Martha Harris on July 10, 2010. Posted in Natural Building, Nature. 4 Comments on Prevent Birds from Striking Windows

Our passive solar home–Photo by Caroline Williford Millions of birds are killed each year when they strike windows of homes and offices. I used to worry about cats killing birds, but window strikes are a significantly bigger problem. Here at Earthaven, our passive solar homes have large, south-facing...

An Early Morning Tractor Tale

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 8, 2010. Posted in Nature, People Care, Village Life. No Comments on An Early Morning Tractor Tale

Written by Diana Leafe Christian The morning after the February 12 unexpected snowstorm I had a rendezvous with Mana and Johnny and the tractor at 7:30. Mana, a sailor who knows knots, lashed my 2 suitcases to the front fork. Johnny got in the seat and Mana and I perched on the bumpers on either...

Remembering Snow!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 2, 2010. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Nature. No Comments on Remembering Snow!

written by Arjuna da Silva The biggest snowstorm in close to forty years visited us this past December, just in time for the Solstice. Yes, it was a white Kwanzaa (hmm…that’s another story!*), and a deep one too. We received over a foot of the White Blessing, and proceeded to dwell in...

Sharing roses with bees

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on May 22, 2009. Posted in Farms, Nature. No Comments on Sharing roses with bees

by Arjuna da Silva I walked out to the farm at 7:30 to collect the petals, even though the instructions said to wait till the dew had evaporated. But Andy needed some ice for a few hours’ storage of the day’s harvest, and I figured it would only take another half hour for the sun to capture the dew....

Spring wild flowers

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 4, 2009. Posted in Nature. No Comments on Spring wild flowers

by Rae Jean Spring of 2009 blessed us with many rain showers and a few wet snow flurries. These rain showers have been sorely missed the past few years by numerous beings, including the plants. After a few years of below normal precipitation, the woods at Earthaven came alive with an abundance of...

Dancing With The Elements

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 23, 2008. Posted in Nature. No Comments on Dancing With The Elements

by Melissa In the last year Earthaven has felt the power of all four elements. Twice we have experienced mild earth tremors; a few weeks ago we woke to the sound of trees cracking and crashing to the ground under the accumulated weight of an overnight ice storm; and mid February we were visited...

Why A Peace Garden?

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 7, 2007. Posted in Conscious Relating, Gardens, Nature. No Comments on Why A Peace Garden?

By Suchi Lathrop Community can sometimes be an un-peaceful place, as we deal with a myriad of personalities and the rough edges of unresolved issues. And even when we are feeling peaceful in community, we can still feel deeply unsettled by our knowledge of war and oppression in the world. Of course...

Earthaveners love Starhawk

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2006. Posted in Businesses, Nature, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Earthaveners love Starhawk

by Ivy Lynn Many of the women of Earthaven attended the Second Annual Southeast Women’s Herbal Conference held during the Fall Equinox, sponsored by Red Moon Herbs. Starhawk’s presence as this year’s keynote speaker was particularly significant for Earthaveners. Starhawk is well...