Please let Bill know if you are joining us for our monthly potluck lunch on Saturday, Feb 18 at noon.
UMass Sustainable Jews
A group of students from UMass came to Katywil and to the Colrain Seed Farm for a fun day of planting wheat seeds, visiting Katywil, and baking pizzas in the wood fired earthen oven. Read more...
Pics from Intro to Timber Frame Workshop Weekend
It was a full weekend, participants worked tirelessly. What a great group. Thank you to Jeremy Topitzer, not only for your timber framing knowledge and expertise, but also for being such a skilled instructor.
Building the Earthen Oven!
Big thanks to our fearless leaders, Ashley Schenk and Joshua Freund. We worked hard and steadily all day. What a great group and team effort. Sunday, June 5 we will have the Lime Plaster Workshop to seal it, and June 10-12 we will build a shelter for the oven at the Timber Frame Workshop.
Opening reception for Portrait Tales: The Art of Leaving
Please come out to Greenfield to help our neighbor, Cynthia McLaughlin, celebrate the first installment of this new work. As an extension of performance she, through collaboration with Chattman Photography and the amazing performers, Krista De Nio, Lani Nahele, Jennifer…
Lime Plaster 101 Workshop
fter the stone foundation is in and the earthen oven is built, it should have a sturdy coat of protection. Natural builder, Ryan Chivers will be teaching plaster courses at Yestermorrow. Before he heads back to Colorado, he has arranged to come to Katywil, and guide us through the process, using the natural technique of...
Greendrinks Franklin County
We're passing on this invitation from Kirsten & Rich Roth to come toGreendrinks in Franklin Co.
This coming Wednesday, May 4, at 5:30PM at theHope and Olive in Downtown Greenfield.
Summer Permaculture Design Certification Course
I went to a Permaculture talk this week by Abrah Dresdale. Permaculture design always seemed so complicated, but it all made sense when she gave her presentation. Abrah will be one of the instructors for this summer course. I highly
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