Author Archives: Hope
Food & Medicine Are EVERYWHERE—A Walk With Wild Edibles Educator, Kim Calhoun
by Hope Horton It was a cloudy morning during a precious 3-hour grace period between rainstorms. Six of us gathered at the Nest and dedicated ourselves to discovering the edible plant species living on just a small part of the … Continue reading
Harvesting Potatoes: Gleaning Knowledge Along the Way
As part of the “potato head” group which participated in potato preparation, planting, hilling, protecting, and now harvesting, here is what I have learned so far: There is something so exciting about those red, blue, and gold potatoes emerging from … Continue reading
Let’s Get Real About Racism and Racial Equity
by Amy Halberstadt Seeing Our Blind Spots: Addressing Racism and Working for Racial Equity: A workshop presented by Joe Cole on May 25, 2019 As much as I have studied racism in the United States, both its history and its … Continue reading
To Market, To Market…
by Margret Mueller How time flies! Only a few short weeks ago I posted the story of the Community Farm Initiative’s first planting day (see “Community Farming Initiative Gets Off the Ground,” posted March 24th). And yesterday, Jeffry and … Continue reading
A Gentle Green Soak: The April Nature Walk
by Hope Horton …this experience awakened memories of my childhood… It was a cloudy, blustery day—a perfect time to step into the shelter of the woods to marvel at what the natural world is offering this Spring. Margret, Jenny, and … Continue reading
5-50-500…Let’s GROW and GO! Building Bigger Teams with Evangeline Weiss
By Hope Horton, with illustrations by Evangeline Weiss A group of 20 LUCKY FOLKS showed up for the March Last Saturday event with the dynamic activist and organizer, Evangeline Weiss of Beyond Conflict. Evangeline has decades of experience building volunteer teams … Continue reading
Community Farming Initiative Gets Off the Ground!
by Margret Mueller Er…on the ground? …in the ground? However you characterize it, Saturday, March 16 was an unqualified success. Despite a last-minute panic on Friday, when it rained heavily–yet again!–Hart’s Mill’s initial foray into community involvement on the farm … Continue reading
A Walk in the Woods: the Frog Song Musical
by Hope Horton It’s been a wet, chilly spring but there’s plenty happening on the land. Hart’s Mill has ten ecosystems across its 112 acres and each one has its own character and species mix.* When Margret Mueller and I … Continue reading
Far Loop Trail NOW OPEN for Walkers!
By Anthony Thanks to an intrepid band of Hartsmilers working through a cold misty afternoon, the Far Loop Trail in the big southeast leg of our land is now passable all the way around. Margret M and Margaret A, Jeffry, … Continue reading
HOUSING WITH A TWIST: Fresh ways of thinking about ownership
by Hope Horton The purpose at the heart of Hart’s Mill is to help heal the brokenness in our social, economic, ecological, and cultural systems. We are doing this at a time when the need is great but the pathways … Continue reading
