It has been a weird winter here in Southern Vermont, no doubt about it. Last year, when I arrived on campus, there were about two feet of snow on the ground. I wore huge down coats over my full-length wool sweaters with a scarf wrapped around my neck three times and my gigantic, wooly Morrocan … Continue reading »
Posted in March 2012 …
Working Title
With so many projects we’re working on, we’ve faced a certain challenge: things to call them. The problematic projects in particular: the coop and the farm (the garden is growing up!). The only good name for the coop, which we’re not even taking seriously, is the BeSt Coop – short for Bennington Student Coop. But … Continue reading »
Winter Work Party
Even if there is no snow on the ground and temperatures are edging on the unseasonably warm side, it is still winter. Today was a cold day – especially after yesterday’s sojourn into spring – but we had a work party in the garden nonetheless. Professor Kerry Woods, who organizes the community garden, has been … Continue reading »
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We’ve got a work party tomorrow in the garden at 1 pm, to clear all of the structures from the space and tidy things up before the plow comes. Also, meetings are still on Tuesday nights and all are welcome! From 8 until 9, we will talk about the coop, and after that we’ll work … Continue reading »
Ch-ch-ch-changes
So, as you may or may not know, we do a whole lot more than garden here at Bennington. The Sustainable Food Project is also trying to start a coop, we’re going to have a film series this term, and who knows what else! We want to record all that we’re doing – not just … Continue reading »
