The starters planted last week have poked their baby-green heads out of the ground, coming to gestation in our garden bed-bed. More of the garden has been cleared for planting, and the last, proud sweet potatoes have been pulled from the ground. We are about to turn them into starters for the next round of planting. Creating sustainable seed-saving practices is a wonderful and bright thing for us at the hostel, and for our society in general.

Saturday we had a few workshops related to a “Know your foods” theme. Mike Joe Jones lead a edible plant walk, educating us on various wild edibles, wild medicinals, and other use for our native “weeds”. Zak stern lead a workshop, on how to make a “20,000 vegan banana bread”. The workshop dissected the various ingredients and tracked their origin, detailing the incredible distance traveled by each. After a delicious diner, we showed a movie relating to the horrors of the fast-food industry.

This coming weekend, we will be having two workshops…a candle making workshop, hosted by Chip Collard of “Campfire candles”. We will also be having a fun night of improv comedy.

Some mysterious person dropped a bunch of spare wood off on our property. Thanks whoever that was! We’ll be putting the wood to good use, instead of letting the fallen trees sit in a landfill somewhere. We also have a guest, Kathy Wolfort, who donated a bunch of food and coffee to us. Thanks guys! And old faces continue to pour in and out, helping with magical hostel-construction projects.

Our own Katie-bug has left us, headed south for new adventures. Good luck bug-face!

May the Forest Be With You The Hostel Staff