Next Tour of CohoEcovillage: Sunday November 17

Next public tour of Coho Ecovillage is coming right up! Sunday November 17th at 10:30am. Bring your friends and your questions about community life. Public tours are rich in information about subjects you might not think to ask about. Please RSVP to cohocontact@cohoecovillage.org, so we know to expect you. This will be the last public […]

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Next tour of CohoEcovillage: Oct 20, 2024

Please RSVP to cohocontact@cohoecovillage.org. We will meet at the Common House at 10:30am. We would love to know how many folks to expect. You will get to see a work party, our gardens, bike barn, many other details about life here at Coho. Bring your questions about how we run Coho, maintain facilities, etc.

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My Birdy Boo-Boos, or Ground and Shrub Nesters at Coho

Some of the most frequent fliers at my bird feeder are several birds who nest and live mostly on the ground. These include towhees, dark-eyed juncos, song sparrows, white-throated sparrows, and fox sparrows. The white-throated sparrows and dark-eyed juncos live on the ground, but nest further north, they live at Coho from fall through spring. […]

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Our Bountiful Community

Meet Valerie and her sidekick, Chaco. Valerie is a master gardener. She can be seen delivering dahlias, cucumbers, tomatoes, tomatillos, and the occasional eggplant door to door at Coho. Valerie is one of the blessings of living at Coho.

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Dill the Wonder Dog Graduates from Guide Dog Training!!!

Dill has completed her guide dog training and has been match up with a life partner! Awesome work Katie & Dill! See original blog . From Katie’s mom (inspiration and dog-trainer extraordinaire), Jodie: So it looks like Dill will get to do her first flight on Sunday and she’s going to learn to speak with […]

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Meet Dill, Katie’s trainee dog!

From Jodi, proud Mom: As a part of her Waldorf 8th grade project presentation this week, Katie made a slideshow showing different aspects of raising guide dog puppy “Dill.”  Katie and Jodi (who is an talented dog trainer) will have Dill through January or February of next year. Watch Dill’s story here.  When Dill makes it […]

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Two Monarch Butterflies Released

Our pet Monarchs have finally turned into butterflies after being in cocoons for about two weeks. We tried to keep an eye on them during the process of coming out of their cocoons, but only saw them right after hatching. The first one came out on August 9th, where the other guy was still sleeping. […]

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The Monarchs Have Cocooned

The newest CoHo pets have cocooned! One Monarch cocooned a few days ago, and the other shortly after that. They must be social creatures, because they cocooned right next to each other. We only have pics before and after the cocooning process, but thanks to the world wide web you can view a time-lapse of […]

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CoHo’s Newest Pets – Monarch Caterpillars

Our newest pets (the Monarch caterpillars) were invited to a community meal, where they munched on some fresh milkweed. Since these guys (or are they gals?) are rapidly growing and in need of some protected space, a special home was put together for them. All material was found around CoHo, including the donated aquarium tank that […]

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Birth of Seven Cheeps

The tune, in the video below, celebrates the birth of seven chicks and is patterned after the event.  As the chicks were born more and more cheeps were heard as each chick came out of the egg.

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