Another rainy and overcast Thursday morning at Green Acres — but there was no complaining! The main task was to meet to build compost in the main garden, while Rebecca started some seeds in the greenhouse to go into the garden towers. But first, Ann and Rebecca decide…
via Thursday Work Party, April 25 [Photo Set] — Green Acres Permaculture Village
Last Thursday, the rains started and as of this writing, the clouds are still producing misting rain. This weather always reminds of the porch on my grandmother’s home in mountains of Virginia, and the smell of Scotland. Spring showers didn’t keep us from getting outside to work behind DeKist 2 house, where I reside via … Read more
The old moniker GANG (Green Acres Neighborhood Garden) was officially discarded a few years ago. It was a gradual process, our realization that our garden had now folded itself into community. Our community. An intentional community, what we have been nurturing all along through working the garden together as neighbors since 2009! The changeover was … Read more
GANG: Update 2017: After three years of workshops in the GANG garden, we began a gradual transition which resulted in the garden itself transforming into a subset of the community, rather than the principal focus of community. In 2014, Rebecca Ellsworth, an organic market gardener for 40 years, moved in and became the Director, not only of the gardens … Read more