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The Windward Blog:

Exploring the Ovice Learning Curve
       Emily describes the daily sheep walk

The Leaky Pearl
       work on the Pearl stops while we track down a water leak

Home-made Ice Cream!
       Monica shares her family recipe

First Eggs!
       Jan and Noel pass a key milestone

First Impressions
       Sarah shares some of her first impression of Windward

From Peacock to Perlou
       Opalyn nails her first peacock

Becca Gives us a Scare
       it's not good when a baby goat doesn't want to eat

Making Compressed Earth Bricks
       June 27 -- adding cement to the mix
       May 24 -- making practice bricks

Making Goat's Milk Yogurt
       Jen describes making one of her favorite foods

Citron, the Real Thing
       Gina describes converting citrus rinds into citron

The Spiral Garden
       Monica takes the kitchen herb garden to a new level

Refencing the Fruit Trees
       Jen describes a major rework of the fences that protect our fruit trees

Intern Field Trip
       Monica describes a visit to the Evergreen Rain Forest

Pearl's Retaining Wall Foundation
       June 4 -- planning for the southern stem wall
       May 24 -- digging the first footing
       May 18 -- excavating for the third pier
       May 7 -- starting the second pier
       May 2 -- extending the first pier
       April 26 -- pouring the second pad
       April 16 -- Opalyn's latest development of the design
       April 15 -- installing fore and aft cribs
       March 31 -- Opalyn draws out the design

Washington White Oaks
       Jay prepares oak seedlings for transplant

Kombucha!
       Jay describes her favorite beverage

A Parabolic Trough Solar Collector
       June 4 -- fetching the sheet metal
       April 21 -- assembling the frame

Herbal Medicine
       Monica's first compound

Shearing Sheep
       Orly describes team shearing our rams

Fussing Over Luna
       May 30 -- chicks galore!
       May 26 -- Monica hatches her first duckling

Garden Update
       Annie describes some of the things coming up in our research gardens

Future Pack Goats
       Annie starts to train our whethers

Propagating Lavender
       May 20 -- update on rooting trials
       April 10 -- rooting cuttings

Getting Vermadise Ready for Summer
       Opalyn describes an annual rite of summer at Windward

Spring Cleaning for the Warmerator
       Monica gets serious about incubation

Landfill Tour
       Orly describes a visit to where our trash goes

First Time Brewer
       Annie tackles a key sustainability skill

Fixing the Mixer
       May 10 -- getting the motar mixer ready to work

Shitake Time
       May 10 -- innoculating the logs
       April 29 -- Kerst and Annie gather logs and make a lot of chips

Ten Acres Enough
       One man's experience written a century and a half ago

The Useful Goods Exchange
       Opalyn describes her weekend in Portland with Karen

Apple Caramel Cake
       Monica describes the Wintern's latest afternoon snack creation

Ht. Hood Ski Run
       Annie describes her first vist to Timberline

Combining Two Great Recipes
       into one great dish!

Earth Day!
       Annie describes our Earth Day run to Portland

A Return to the City
       Opalyn describes a run north to attend a family reunion

The Morning Walk-about
       a bit about how we start our day

Roofing Gray Box
       creating some insulated space and a rainwater collection system

Fixing the Chipper
       April 7 -- adding a set screw for insurance
       April 5 -- reassembling the chipper body
       April 1 -- flipping the blades
       March 30 -- replacing the feed roller drive shaft

Hanging the Bat
       April 6 -- taking the Bat for a test compression
       April 3 -- adding a battery to even out the Bat's electrical supply
       March 30 -- the first of our hybrid compressors

South by Southwest to Windward
       Annie describes her journey west to Windward

Axial Flux Alternator
       March 27 -- the first parts arrive

Jay's Two Front Teeth
       and how they got fixed

Update on Noel and Jan
       our Christmas chicks start to explore Vermadise

Double-barreled Steam Power
       March 13 -- Mystery engine identified
       March 12 -- Zane finds a gem

PowerLab Progress
       March 10 -- wiring up the panels
       March 8 -- test fitting the panels
       March 3 -- constructing a portable PV array mount

The Paradox of Choice
       Why more is less
       Quotes from Paradox of Choice

Updating the Intern's Booklist
Cradle to Cradle
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
     Relevance--Walt
     Relevance--Emily
     Relevance--Jen

Pita and Pasta
       Adriann and Margaret experiment with fresh ground wheat

Bread Pudding
       Gina talks about a Windward staple

Mid-February Happenings
       waiting out the snow

Tackling the Grunge Jobs
       Adrian describes dealing with the aftermath of our cold snap

Bread From Scratch
       Adrian describes the fun of making bread from wheat kernels

Snow Pics
       our snow event viewed through Adriann's lens

Digging Out
       February 2 -- coping with an exceptionly heavy snow load

Visiting Portland
       Adriann describes some of Windward's Portland connections

The AVR Butterfly
       January 28 -- Jay describes working through a programming problem
       January 24 -- a quick trip to Evergreen, and then back to work reading and writing ports
       January 20 -- compling and downloading a simple program
       January 19 -- adding a power supply and a serial port
       January 18 -- getting started

First Impressions
       Adriann talks about her first week

A Costa Rican Update
       Lindsay checks in again

Harvesting and Preserving 2007
       Gina talks about the challenge and joy of putting up fruit

A Close Call
       we almost lose the winter chicks

Working on the Power Lab
       January 12 -- leveling and adding a mounting sheet

And then there were two
       Noel gets a brooder mate

Back to the Bath
       January 7 -- hosing up the faucet
       January 4 -- installing the plumbing for the sink drain
       January 2 -- installing the low-volume toilet
       December 31 -- risers in place
       December 30 -- half-laping the carcase
       December 28 -- adding more light to the cabinet
       December 24 -- adding the medicine cabinet from The Bins
       December 23 -- finishing the painting and mounting light fixtures
       December 19 -- priming the sheetrock, and making a carcase

Looking for Tracks
       A fresh snowfall gives valuable insights

Notes Vol. 67 - last Year's Newsletter
       Our 2007 Blog/Newsletter

Notes Vol. 66 - what we were doing two years ago
       Our 2006 Newsletter

Index for older Volumes

                   Essays and Editorials:

In Search of Sustainability
       the reading list for this year's internship program

Windward's Chairs and Departments
       Now that Windward has most of its life support systems in place, we're
giving thought to how we want to structure the next stage of our adventure.
This link takes you to a discussion of how we see the work we've
already started becoming more focused, more organized, and how new
members can carve out a niche to suit their special interests.

the fine print

      thoughts on the importance of realistic expectations

Stewardship

      thoughts on the spiritual dimension of our undertaking


           Administrative Matters

Windward's Info Sheet and Waiver

Current Bylaws of the Windward Foundation
          As amended December 15, 2005.

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