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Earthaven Trout Pond

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on May 10, 2008. Posted in Farms, Food. No Comments on Earthaven Trout Pond

by Michaeljon Drouin In March of last year, 200 four to five-inch Rainbow Trout were stocked by me in our small pond by the hydropower plant. The month beforehand, Andy and I raised the height of the existing pond level by four inches by installing an overflow pipe that would return all of the...

Yellowroot CSA Begins Second Year

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 2, 2007. Posted in Farms, Food. No Comments on Yellowroot CSA Begins Second Year

By Andy Bosley and Julie McMahan This is the second year of operation for “Yellowroot Farm,” the half-acre Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm we operate at Earthaven. This year we have 20 shares, five more than last year. We plan to grow food for the Hut Hamlet Kitchen and...

We Give Thanks for Juan Jo Qualia Farm

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on November 15, 2006. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Farms, Food. No Comments on We Give Thanks for Juan Jo Qualia Farm

by Ivy Lynn As we approach the holiday known as Thanksgiving, it seems fitting to acknowledge the gratefulness so many of us feel to have been eating vegetables grown by Juan Jo Qualia Farm in the Hut Hamlet this year. It is so important to the success of our ecovillage that we keep moving toward...

Useful Plants Abounding!

Written by Asha on April 23, 2006. Posted in Businesses, Food, Gardens. No Comments on Useful Plants Abounding!

by Arjuna da Silva Another sign of Spring at Earthaven is the expansion of Chuck Marsh’s Useful Plants Nursery from his homesite in Benchmark neighborhood. The nursery grows permaculture and edible landscaping plants that are well adapted to our mountains and the surrounding bioregions,...

Imani

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 23, 2006. Posted in Farms, Food, Village Terraces. No Comments on Imani

It is so heartening to see so much progress, in the realm of animal husbandry, happening at Imani. The barn and the rock retaining wall in front of it, embody the combination of practicality and aesthetic harmony we appreciate in our central village farms. The picture to the left shows the...

Building progress at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 2, 2006. Posted in Food, Natural Building, Persimmon Grove, Village Life. No Comments on Building progress at Earthaven

Folks often wonder why Earthaven members haven’t yet made significant inroads into food production for ourselves. Sure, some ardent and enthusiastic gardeners have created small kitchen gardens, there are perennials beginning to reach peak performance (it was a bumper year for...