North Carolina

HALLOWEEN October 31, 2008 IT ALL STARTED OUT FRIGHTENINGLY NORMAL Amanda and Jill were doing their normal thing over at WDL while Kim industriously planted shade tree seedlings in the parking lot at the Plant. AND THEN THE CLUES BEGAN ROLLING IN Moya certainly looked like her normal self, albeit a little cleaner than usual, but

SHAKORI HILLS FALL MUSIC FESTIVAL October 9 – 12, 2008 THREE DAYS OF CELEBRATION Emily, Amy, Bob and Camille slipped back into Hippie Land for a few days. Emily and Amy did us proud with their tie dyed head scarves. They sure are pretty! We hauled our own food and chairs which we set up

LOCAL FOOD AT CAMELINA In the kitchen, in the garden and in the woods  September, 2008 MAKING BEER ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON   David brought over two big bags of Cascade hops that he planted on Jason and Haruka’s farm, Edible Earthscapes. Sefira took these photos of David’s fragrant hops and Tim giving them the

THE CRITTERS OF OUR LIVES THE FOUR GUINEAS OF THE APOCALYPSE       Every day they make their rounds, picking out bugs, taking dust baths and raising a ruckus when warranted. At dusk, they fly up into the trees to roost. OH DEER Camille snapped this from the front porch of her bosses home

SAUNTERING NATURALISTS September 28, 2008 A WALK IN THE WOODS   On a beautiful fall day, we found some spare time to go exploring. The leaves are still green on the trees but the flowering smoke grass signals the end of winter with an explosion of seeds. MUSHROOMS ARE EVERYWHERE And they can be frightening

END OF SUMMER ABUNDANCE The Glorious Harvests of August, 2008 MATERS    Round here they call tomatoes “maters,” the variety above is called Homestead, but a tomato by any other name is still a beautiful thing to behold on the vine.  Bob shows off a basket of ripe tomatoes, some of which we grew and