Spring 2024
May 25, 2024 Walt: It’s been a long and rocky road since our last blog update, and it’s well past time that I filled you in on what’s been happening here in the Windward woods. The last five years have … Continue reading →
Baskets and Rabbits
Learning new skills, refreshing spaces, planting seeds, and team work. More often in these days of social media and DIY productions, we see skills and crafts that may take months, even years to be somewhat proficient, presented in quick & … Continue reading →
Animals Everywhere
One of the aspects of life at Windward I enjoy the most is the company of the many animals that live with us. At present, we have sheep, goats, bunnies, chickens, pigs, and cats all living in tandem with … Continue reading →
Growing More Food
A few years back I noticed a couple of gigantic rhubarb plants growing in one of the garden spaces near the dining hall building. The two rhubarb plants were planted by someone sometime in the past, before i came to … Continue reading →
Hello from Katie!
– March 31, 2017 – Hi! Hello! My name is Katie, and I come from the Bay Area, California. I’m really enthusiastic about onions, hats, and things that are blue, and some of my passions are teaching, making music, and … Continue reading →
A Program of Mulch Independence
Developing ways of meeting a core need within our growing systems – April 3rd, 2017 – Why is mulch important? No matter what climate one is trying to grow plants within, keeping the soil covered by a layer of organic … Continue reading →
AgroEcology Update, Spring 2017
Stewardship Forestry, Hedgerows, Tree tubes, Birdhouses, and more – June, 2017 – Andrew: Stewardship Forestry Throughout the fall, winter and early spring much of my outside work revolves around thinning and limbing the native forest for tree stand health and … Continue reading →
Mid-Year Reflections
– June 29, 2017 – Emily: Come August I will be celebrating the 2 year anniversary of my first experiences at Windward. I recall wandering through the forest to explore after sundown and finding myself at the Dome for the … Continue reading →
Staying Sane in an Insane World
– August 31, 2017 – Lindsay: Where do I even start? Perhaps with the crickets. The real crickets whose choir pulses through the night air as I write this. I’m tempted to say: It’s another quiet night up here on … Continue reading →
Ship’s Dinner 2017
October 27, 2017 – Lindsay: Every fall we gather in celebration and gratitude of the community coming to this land and all that we are co-creating here together. We remember those who have come before and helped to lay the … Continue reading →