Acorn Community

We are building shelter for the new meat rabbit herd.  The bunnies have been here a few weeks, and soon it will be too cold for their current charming & rustic tarp-based home.  Raising rabbits at Acorn is one part of making the farm more self sufficient. This shed is made mostly from materials we [...]

Finley arrived four days early on 11/30/11 and has been busy meeting everyone in the community. He was born in the yellow living room of the Farmhouse and I had a wonderful home birth experience. Having children in our community will be an adventure and we are fortunate because we have so much support. His [...]

Thanks to Ruth for a wonderful visit, and thanks for letting us share your perspective on the community. My five-day visit to Acorn: It’s great to meet a group of people – especially so many young ones – who have opted out of the capitalist rat race and are trying their best to live their [...]

There are currently no children at Acorn. Our youngest member is 22 and our oldest is 62. So we are very excited to finally have a baby on the way, which will mean a few changes for our community. We just found out it’s a boy and he’ll be here in early December. Our Mother-To-Be [...]

One of the many perks of living at Acorn includes our town trip system.  Whenever members need something from town—be it a library book, ice cream, beer, materials for a project at hand, etc.—all they have to do is put it on the trip request sheet, and whoever has signed up for the next town [...]

Despite the project of Acorn community encompassing enough engaging and essential endeavors to keep us indefinitely busy, many members here are deeply committed to activist causes.  When word of the March to Blair Mountain reached us, nine out of twenty people here quickly signed up to participate, along with a small group of Twin Oakers. [...]

New High Tunnel at acorn.  Just finished the roll up sides.  We had some problems with these sides blowing in the wind and tearing through straps, which are intended to hold them down.  This time we used some old drip tape, attached by washers and screws.  We will see how it holds up to the [...]

The first signs of spring are upon us.  Daffodil flowers are blooming, warmer weather has come, and we are very excited to have our first set of ducks.  Cute ducklings, that will follow folks around.  These ducks will live at our newly restored pond, and acorn will enjoy their services.  Our population of animals is [...]