Late  Summer Abundance

Lammas, the traditional day to celebrate the bounties of the harvest season, falls at the beginning of August. It’s an appropriate time, when the earth’s growth gives forth her gifts.

 

 

 

 

 

Medicine Wheel Squash Flowers

 

Luscious Raspberries from the V.T. Garden

 

Hut Hamlet Blueberries

 

Echinacea seen throughout the land.

 

Red-ripe Tomatoes

 

Elderberries came on early this year.

 

Red Moon Herbs Skullcap, in full flower.

 

Hot Peppers & Onions from the V.T. Garden.

 

Magnolia Tree Fruit

 

The ever-lovely Passionflower

 

All photos (except the passionflower by Lee) were taken by Eli Swiftcreek.

Eli Swiftcreek has been living at Earthaven since Spring 2008 Before moving here, Eli was a full-time baker and urban communitarian. She brings her many skills and talents to EH. She and her family reside at Village Terraces, where she enjoys a life connected to the land.