Come for a Tour!

* Tours for prospective residents (and curious neighbours!) on Saturdays : February 12 at 2 p.m. and February 26 at 10 a.m. (RSVP!)

* Extend your tour and stay for a night! Very simple lodging available: $20 per night. (Arrange via welcome@yarrowecovillage.ca)

* Groundswell community meetings on Sundays at one o'clock: February 13th and 27th, March 20, April 17, May 15, June 22

* Community dinners for future and current residents on Tuesdays and Thursdays: RSVP for time and place

* 13 homes built or under construction + 6 homes spoken for = room for 12 more households in Groundswell

Yarrow Ecovillage = Groundswell (intergenerational cohousing) + Yarrow Central (multi-use commercial including future mature adult-oriented cohousing above some shops) + the farms

More details at www.yarrowecovillage.ca

Look who the sun brought out today!

We've had a lot of rain; we're grateful it wasn't snow! When given half an hour of sun, and a temperature over 10 degrees, Groundlings swarm out of doors to get on with their projects. The construction crews rip off their rain-gear, Matthew supervises the placing of the storage container for their household goods while they wait for 1/2 to be completed, farmers get the greenhouse frame ready for the plastic covering and Shayne and son Caius work on the final stage of their dome home.
See pictures below.

Mud-buddy, Hens and Shayne with Caius

I have to laugh at this picture of Shayne and Caius. They look like wild bushmen. When you know Shayne, you get to learn pretty quick that he shaves his head at the beginning of every summer. That's what I refer to as his "Baywatch Look" all sleek and muscular. His bright eyes stand out first. From when the rains hit on he let's it all grow. My spring he looks like an untamed Mountain Guru. Looks like Caius will be the same sort of man!