The March Hare: Fall '01
Issue 30

Four More Years * Land Day a Smashing Success * Member Bio: Susan Brown * Poem: When I Hear the Door Open * Eco to Go: Packaging Redux * I'm Back * Wish List

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Four More Years

It's been happy chaos in rabbit land the past three months. It seems like just yesterday that we were at our peak summertime population of almost thirty people, and the our land hosted a continual hustle and bustle of projects and diversions. Now, as the first frosts come, our smaller group starts to put away fall plans and think about winter.

Many milestones have been reached during the summer and early fall. The residents of the Milkweeds' cottage, the Skyhouse cabins, and Bella Ciao had Dancing Rabbit's first "neighborhood group" meeting, defining the land use planning and use guidelines for their area. Lots of construction work has been accomplished: all the bales are in Skyhouse, the Milkweeds have the exterior of their cottage plastered, and Tamar has been doing beautiful finish work on the Timber Frame. The garden has once again produced staggering amounts of produce, including enough watermelons to fill the Grand Canyon, with some help from Don and garden interns and other workers. We're also very grateful to all of our neighbors in the area who have offered us fruit from their trees, and we've been canning up a storm to get ready for winter.

With almost 20 interns this year, 2001 was our busiest season ever. Wonderfully, many of our interns have stayed on to become residents and potential members, and some have even come back from previous years (see article). We'll have the highest winter population we've ever had. To get ready for winter, we've started converting the outdoor kitchen and upstairs Skyhouse into temporary quarters.

It's also been a time for celebration. In September, we enjoyed the Rutledge Fall Festival, and partied with the neighbors in the area. And in October, we celebrated our fourth anniversary with a Land Day party that brought folks from far and wide (see article). Vive longtemps le lapin!

Four More Years * Land Day a Smashing Success * Member Bio: Susan Brown * Poem: When I Hear the Door Open * Eco to Go: Packaging Redux * I'm Back * Wish List