Next Tour of CohoEcovillage: Sunday Feb 16th
Meet at the Common House at 2:00pm on Sunday, Feb 16, 2024. Please RSVP to cohocontact@cohoecovillage.org so we know to expect you. BTW, we are not expecting snow that day.
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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 […]
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.
Next Tour of CohoEcovillage: Sunday August 18
Join us for a late-summer tour of our community. You will get to see cohoots in action at a workparty! Tour the path, the common house, the gardens, the wooded nature path, the workshop and bike barn. Learn about how we do community: meetings, NVC, sustainability, shared meals, and assorted topics. Bring your questions and […]
Next Coho Tour: Sunday March 17 at 10:30am
You will get to see a Coho work party in action while learning about how our community works. Bring questions and friends. We will meet at the common house at 10:30. The common house is the first building you see when you turn into the parking lot. Please RSVP to cohocontact@cohoecovillage.org
Autumn Harvest!!!
The Community Garden team produced a bumper crop of awesomeness!
Why have a Wildlife Corridor?
When we first moved to Coho, I just couldn’t get the whole “wildlife corridor” concept, especially when I saw deer walking down the main path at Coho. When I asked about the wildlife corridor, one of the stories I heard involved newts being able to cross the fire lane from the swale behind bldgs 6 […]
Betty B. Puts Bee Box in Tree!
Text and Photo by Betty B. Most bee species are solitary, meaning that each female cares for her own offspring. Eggs are laid one at a time in a chamber created from mud or chewed up plant leaves, provisioned with bee bread made from pollen and nectar, and then sealed up. Then she starts a […]
Fun Activity for Scientists and Gardeners of All Ages
While clearing the valerian “forest” on the bike barn path (also known as the snake bed), I was wishing something could be made out of the plant material, such as fabric. Then the thought occurred: hollow tubes, these could be mason bee homes! Anyone can make a simple structure for native bees out of valerian […]
Coho hosts Master Gardener Neighborhood Planter Kiosk
Christine and Rich from the Master Gardeners Program installed this snazzy kiosk in front of the common house to inform neighborhood gardeners about what to do each week in the garden. It also lists gardening activities around town, such as garden tours. While viewing the kiosk, cohoots and neighbors can be inspired by the rhuartigus […]