Posted by David Hamilton on March 29th, 2010 in Agriculture, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration
Readers interested in the “big picture” of rural land use in the US may enjoy this recent Washington Post article. The author features Bundoran Farm, as well as Serenbe, Prairie Crossing and other communities which, in various ways, pair development and serious conservation of productive land. The communities featured here are incredibly diverse, ranging from [...]
Posted by ppeery on March 28th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, Nature/Environment
FIELD SPARROW Spizella pusilla The field sparrows, who do winter at Bundoran Farm, have begun singing their lovely plaintive songs to declare their territories. The song is distinctive: an accelerating series of soft, sweet whistles starting with long duration tones and increasing in rate to a trill. The male must have an exclusive territory to [...]
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Posted by Leif Riddervold on March 24th, 2010 in Agriculture, Education and Inspiration, Nature/Environment
Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending the sixth annual “Forum for Rural Innovation: New Approaches for Agriculture and Rural Prosperity” in Winchester, Va. This was my second year attending this Forum, and was once again very impressed with the level of discussion and the number of people interested in sustainable farming ventures. Over [...]
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Posted by ppeery on March 22nd, 2010 in Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, Education and Inspiration, General, Uncategorized
Too often in today’s world our open spaces are either overly programmed or overly protected. Open space ripe for enjoyment are typically reserved or programmed for one thing and one thing only (baseball fields, golf courses, etc.). If they aren’t a single use space, they might be so protected that you can’t do anything on [...]
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Posted by David Hamilton on March 18th, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, General, Green Building
And from the same source, this article detailing the struggle of U2 guitarist “The Edge,” who’s attempting to build a “luxury green” community of a handful of 7,000-12,000 square foot homes in the Santa Monica Mountains, above Malibu, California. Environmental groups, regulatory agencies, and rock stars are definitely not seeing eye-to-eye on the project. The [...]
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Posted by David Hamilton on March 17th, 2010 in General
The attached New York Times article, brought to our attention by Bundoran Farm residents (and not-so-big-house afficionados) John Foraste and Grady Lewis, follows the debate over Lotus founder Mitch Kapor’s proposed home in Berkeley, California. Berkeley has its own scoring system, to evaluate the environmental responsibility of new home construction. The article examines how the physical [...]
Posted by ppeery on March 12th, 2010 in General, Nature/Environment
CHIPPING SPARROW – Spizella passrina The chipping sparrows are arriving back, singing their cheerful songs. They breed in most of the states, except Florida, and in Canada and eastern Alaska. These sparrows winter in Florida and to the north along the coast to Maryland and in Mexico. So spring must be coming!! Chipping sparrows are [...]
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Posted by ppeery on March 10th, 2010 in Agriculture, Nature/Environment
With the Spring on its way. We are starting to experience the arrival of new calves around the farm. The other day I noticed at least 9 newly born calves dotting the pastures. Here’s a bit of video of them moving around. I love watching the young calves romp around. They remind me of large [...]
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Posted by Leif Riddervold on March 10th, 2010 in Nature/Environment
The last few mornings when I arrived at work, The last few mornings when I arrived at work at the Baldwin Center, I have been greeted by eighteen visitors. For some reason they never make an appointment! This morning they were actually scratching up against the foundation. Leif Riddervold – Natural Resources Manager
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Posted by ppeery on March 9th, 2010 in Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, Education and Inspiration, General, Project Updates
This past weekend was one of those weekends that makes me feel blessed and grateful to live in the Charlottesville area — a place with some many interesting things to do and people to hang out with. I started my weekend off on Friday evening at the opening reception of “Our Water, Our Future” at [...]
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