Paul and Hope attended the Intentional Communities Conference at Twin Oaks – and here is their report!
Fall EQUINOX Celebration!!
Dear Members & Friends of the Hart’s Mill Community,
What a beautiful day on the Hart’s Mill land yesterday!! Thanks to each of you who took part!
24 enthusiastic visitor/worker participants of all ages were there. I think this was our largest turnout ever!
Events & Accomplishments:
Tours of the land (lots of Q&A)
Off-loaded our new/used hoop house and irrigation drip hoses
Mowing & weed-whacking
Celebration of the Fall Equinox (thanks, Hope!)
Dedication of the Cedar Pavilion
Building a cedar table to match the pavilion (thanks, Anthony!)
Fun & games with the younger folk
Harvesting some final carrots & peppers
Shared dinner at the pavilion
Watching Venus follow the setting sun on the western horizon
Building of community & memories
Again, thanks to everyone who took part. Stay tuned for our next planned workday.
Paul
Summer Solstice workday and celebration
What a perfectly WONDERFUL & FUN day on the land!! Thanks to all who participated, and a very big THANK YOU to Anthony for designing and supervising the erecting of our first community structure on the land: “Cedar Pavilion”.
We worked hard, undeterred & refreshed by the occasional and welcomed light mist & rain. As the day progressed the sun insisted on celebrating its day, and the night brought us a perfect full moon. What could be better?!
Participants: Anthony, Amy, Ruthie, Katy, Buck, James, Ashley, Marianne, Catherine, Wren, Gregory, Hope & Paul. A big CHEER for each of you!
Accomplishments:
1) Cedar Pavilion – almost finished. Wow! What a perfect tangible beginning for Hart’s Mill.
2) Tall grass whacking & mowing – just enough to walk some places with ease.
3) Garden (weeding & harvesting)
4) Moving of rain barrels
5) Shared dinner
6) Summer Solstice celebration (fire at the fire circle, personal reflections & sharing, Summer Solstice quiz)
7) Sleep over (well… for Anthony, as he spent the night in a hammock reflecting on his beautiful creation).
Another workday in the works for sure. Date to be determined. Please stay tuned!
Paul
2013 Communities Conference at The Farm
Two of our members attended the Communities Conference at The Farm in Summertown, TN and really enjoyed learning from and with all the people there. The youngest participant was 5 months old, and the oldest… Well, it doesn’t matter. We are all young at heart!
We learned about permaculture, various different ways to construct homes, how The Farm operates, and about building community and nonviolent communication. Many members of the Farm opened their homes to us, so we could see the various construction methods ourselves.
The food, networking, learning, and dancing were all fantastic. We look forward to keeping in touch with all the people we met and hereby extend an invitation to all of them to come visit us at Hart’s Mill!!
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