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 →
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 →
– 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 →
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 →
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 →
– 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 →
– 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 →
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 →
Willow brings beauty to the bathroom – October 29, 2017 – Lindsay: Visiting friend and artist, Willow, took advantage of these beautiful autumn days to transform the trash can that occupies the kitchen bathroom into a work of art. Let’s … Continue reading →
November 6, 2017 – Emily: To me, living here at Windward means I get to create my right balance of social, urban, rural, and insular experiences. In addition to city life on occasion, I get quiet time in Nature and … Continue reading →
Growing pains, awkward moments, and radical honesty – November 11, 2017 – Chuck: So, I’m new here. I’ve been at Windward for 3 weeks now. Almost a month I’m pretty good at being a “new person”. When I was a … Continue reading →