Nubi Cohousing News

Some of the kids recently had a spurt of spontaneous sidewalk art-making, so I just thought I’d post a photo….. Seeing their drawings on the roads here is one of my favorite things about being in a pedestrian neighborhood.

Posted on September 28th, 2011 under Life in general. Tags: community, kids, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, walking. Comments: None

Nothing like a good garden tour to get you to pick up!  Thanks everyone for making the perennial patch shine!  Upkeep anyone?

Posted on July 17th, 2011 under Events, Life in general. Tags: community, Farm, garden, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm. Comments: None

It’s been a busy couple weeks at Nubi, leaving little time to post news and photos here from various events we’ve had, including a Halloween potluck and trick-or-treating, an end-of-season farm field clean-up and celebration (when we sampled two new batches of homebrew — a pumpkin ale and a coffee porter), a “mini-retreat” on non-violent [...]

Posted on November 8th, 2010 under Life in general. Tags: beer, celebration, community, kids. Comments: None

Here’s a photo of the Crotched Mountain Six ready to make a 2011 budget request for an eight-passenger van.

Posted on October 14th, 2010 under Life in general. Tags: community, swimming. Comments: None

Saturday was a full day here, especially in the farm part of Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm. We had a fall workday in the veggie fields, followed by a potluck lunch that took full advantage of our community-grown produce. Full fall colors in the trees and crisp blue skies helped set the tone.

Posted on October 5th, 2010 under Events, Meals. Tags: celebration, community, community meal, Farm. Comments: None

Todd, our CSA farm manager, put out the word — pumpkins were ready to pick, all hands on deck, children especially welcome — and so it was that a good crowd gathered on Labor Day, and together we made short work of the pumpkin patch. As Todd noted, “we got a decent haul, considering the [...]

Posted on September 10th, 2010 under Life in general. Tags: community, Farm, kids, pumpkins. Comments: None

We did it last year. It was a lot of fun. So why not do it again? Last night we had another wonderful cookout (complete with hot dog roasting, schmoozing around the fire, and eating s’mores), followed by a “campout” that consisted of pitching tents in our common and sleeping (sort of) under the stars. [...]

Posted on August 28th, 2010 under Events, Life in general, Meals. Tags: celebration, community, kids. Comments: None

In our home garden this morning, there was an amazing moth — a hummingbird moth — flitting around our bee balm flowers. I tried some photos — see below — but can’t really capture how much this flying bug really looks (and acts) like a bird. And this morning in the community “garden” — our [...]

Posted on July 31st, 2010 under Life in general. Tags: chickens, community, Farm, garden. Comments: None

excellent July weather + good neighbors + bring-your-own-fixings sandwich dinner + freewheeling games for the kids = a memorably fun evening for the whole family

Posted on July 23rd, 2010 under Life in general. Tags: celebration, community, kids. Comments: None