Tag: Imani farm

Thank You, Earthaven!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 26, 2012. Posted in Community Service, New Roots. No Comments on Thank You, Earthaven!

by Jenna Payne My mother recalls an incident when as a toddler I picked up my chair and threw it across the room. I was born this way—and now I live with a lot of folks I’ll bet threw their chairs around! After many adventures since leaving my suburban upbringing, I’m amazed to have landed in this...

The Snake Catcher

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 18, 2011. Posted in Farms, Members, Village Terraces. No Comments on The Snake Catcher

Black snakes love eggs. Martha became a snake catcher when one-too-many a black snake coiled itself around a nest of hard-won chicken eggs at Imani Farm, where Martha manages the chicken operation. Chicken and songbird eggs alike are safe wherever Martha may roam. Martha relocates the snakes without...

Celebrating Imbolc

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 1, 2011. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Families and Children, Farms, Village Terraces. No Comments on Celebrating Imbolc

This year Imbolc, also known as Brigid’s Day, Candlemas, or Groundhog Day fell, on February 2nd. Group of celebrants at Imani Farm to bless the animals. Kaitlin hangs the Brigid cross on the Imani barn. Standing around after the blessing. The...

Abundance Abounds

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 2, 2010. Posted in Bellavia Gardens, Farms, Food, Gardens, Gateway. No Comments on Abundance Abounds

by Jonathan Swiftcreek 2010 was a year of delicious bounty. Natural factors such as the intensity of last winter along with the mildness and wetness of the following spring gave us fruit galore. In personal orchards, on farms, and in the wild, we had our pick of tasty fruits from May until even now...

News from the Village

Written by Debbie on October 1, 2010. Posted in Businesses, Farms, Village Life. No Comments on News from the Village

Greetings from Earthaven Ecovillage, where we’re enjoying the clear colors of the autumn foliage and sky, the feel of cooler temperatures, and the sounds of acorns plunking on the metal roofs and valley floor. The Forest Garden Learning Center has a new patio on the north side of the greenhouse....

The Imani Ag Coop A Food-Growing Cooperative at Earthaven

Written by Lee Warren on March 6, 2010. Posted in Farms, Village Terraces. No Comments on The Imani Ag Coop A Food-Growing Cooperative at Earthaven

When we finished the first building at Village Terraces Cohousing Neighborhood in 2004, we had $50 in our collective checking account. As one of our intentions as a group was to grow food together, we began to think of it more as a long-term goal than a current one. Aside from the fact that clearing...

News notes – Spring 2009

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2009. Posted in Celebrations, Farms, Membership, Village Life. No Comments on News notes – Spring 2009

It’s been nearly a year since our last newsletter. Much has been going on at Earthaven despite our silence! Bruce, Rudy, Alice, Eva, Julie, Johnny, and Mana have become full members! Culture’s Edge hosted a wonderful Village Harvest Festival last fall and are looking forward to the second...

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...