I have been reflecting on what I've learned and how I've been touched by our 3 month stay with Leon, Geni and Kayla on Full Circle Family Farm and Meditation Center, Black Mountain, North Carolina.
A deeper appreciation of nature and the land is just one of many feelings I have received from our time there.
The people who are living there are doing a dance with the earth, the seasons and the universe. As I watched I saw the timing of the daily tasks that needed to be done.
Everything has it's season. This winter cutting down of the trees in their non-growth stage was important. They will be used for lumber, growing mushrooms and firewood. The new cleared area will be used for the saw mill and the chickens will clean up the under growth and fertilize the soil.
The breeding of the one group of goats for the birth of new ones in six months. We missed the birth of 8 baby goats.
February is the time to planting seeds for the coming this years crop of vegetables. In the outdoors beds that had cover crops on them for the past few months onions and leeks have been transplanted.
A winter crop of lettuce and kale has been growing in the larger green house.
The feeding of the bees of sugar water.
The rhythm to the winter season is now going into spring.
I have been touched by the friendliness of the people of The Eco Village of Earthaven. Many have been drawn to this community, looking for a place to live and call home. They all are down-to-earth, quiet, simple living people young and old.
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