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 →
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 →
Transforming Trash
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 →