Chioke, Amakiasu, & Ayo in Forest Garden Neighborhood
On her next-to-last day at Earthaven, our Forest Children’s Collective tutor Amakiasu (center), and her kids Chioke, 17 (left) and Ayo, 13 (right), sheet-mulched the slope between Greg’s homesite and our place with cardboard and straw. You can also see one of our water-catchment tanks, the greenhouse (with a shower inside for lodgers and neighbors), and in the far left, Greg’s apartment and workshop, and his solar panels.
Chioke near the greenhouse
Another view of our cleaned-up slope. Our lodging units and greenhouse are at the top, and our row of compost bins below. Thanks to the sheet-mulching, people driving into Earthaven, our lodgers, and Greg won’t have to look at a jungly mass of pokeberries, sumacs, tiny poplar trees, blackberries-on-steroids, horse-thistle (eek!), and other assorted “please-don’t-grow-here!” plants. (For about 6 months anyway.) Someday this slope will grow berries!
Thank you, Amakiasu, Ayo, and Chioke. Goodbye . . . and . . . come back soon!
Author of Creating a Life Together, Diana speaks at ecovillage and cohousing conferences, offers consultations for communities, and leads workshops and online trainings internationally. She also is an instructor for Earthaven's School of Integrated Living's Earthaven Ecovillage Experience Weekend (https://www.schoolofintegratedliving.org/earthaven-ecovillage-experience-weekend/) and Earthaven Ecovillage Experience Week (https://www.schoolofintegratedliving.org/earthaven-ecovillage-experience-week/).
