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Acorn Community is a secular, egalitarian community, founded in Virginia during the spring of 1993.

We are committed to income-sharing, sustainable living, and creating a vibrant, eclectic culture.

Our thriving seed business Southern Exposure Seed Exchange is part of a growing network of farmers, gardeners and seed savers dedicated to organic and heritage agriculture. We sell heirloom, open-pollinated, non-GMO and organic seeds and do seed saving education and outreach.

Our community encourages personal responsibility, supports queer and alternative lifestyles, and strives to create a stimulating social, political, feminist and intellectual environment.

Summer Planting Season Has Begun

Here’s the latest spring photo update. I hope everyone else in the Northern Hemisphere is enjoying the start of the growing season as much as we are.

Andy's Chinese-style raised beds and low-resource trellising setup.

Andy's Chinese-style raised beds and low-resource trellising setup.

A bubbling broth of aerated compost tea

A bubbling broth of aerated compost tea

Hairy Vetch Flowers. We use Hairy Vetch as a nitrogen fixing and weed supressing cover crop.

Hairy Vetch Flowers. We use Hairy Vetch as a nitrogen fixing and weed supressing cover crop.

Mounds for Winter Squash in a strip-tilled plot. (More on strip-tillage in a future post)

Mounds for Winter Squash in a strip-tilled plot. (More on strip-tillage in a future post)

As a gardener for a seed company it is my duty to grow turnips. As communards it is their duty to eat  them - I wish!

As a gardener for a seed company it is my duty to grow turnips. As communards it is their duty to eat them - I wish!

Crimson Clover. A visually delightful cover crop.

Crimson Clover. A visually delightful cover crop.

Comments

Comment from Jamie
Time April 29, 2010 at 10:30 pm

Good Harvest to you all!

Comment from joan
Time April 30, 2010 at 6:58 pm

oh wow, the clover is beautiful. i wish clover were blooming here already!

Comment from David
Time May 6, 2010 at 9:33 am

Great pictures. My own SESE seed (rudbeckia, echinacea, and tomato) is starting to take off, too.
Say, can you (or any of your blog commentators) recommend any good books on cooperative business?

Comment from Marielle
Time May 11, 2010 at 10:18 am

Wow!! Site is Fantastic! So happy for all your progress. Have a beautiful summer (maybe next summer) in the pond! Happy belated 17th!

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