The rich harvest of life at DCL continues. The juice that we pressed was delicious. 70 litres was easily consumed. Some fed Phillip's sourdough culture, with which he made marvellous bread, easily as good as that which is delivered. Mushrooms are popping up everywhere - Marcus counted 85 parasol mushrooms in the horse-field next door. On her first mushrooming foray, Brooks found a highly sought after cepe (porcini) after about two minutes. She dried that and a bunch of other boletes to take back to the States. Our chestnut tree produced big fat juicy chestnuts, which are such a hassle to prepare that we are giving them away.
Sutrayana Seminary, our last big programme of the year came to a triumphant close. After that most of our summer volunteers left: we hope that they have harvested joy and confidence in their time here. To celebrate their presence, we had a dance party in the dining room, which was livened up by some killer moves on the dance floor.
Finally our new sewage system came online. M. Brun and his team made the final connection and our daily thousands of litres of wastewater (including everything!) began to seep through our reedbed system instead of the old septic tank and soakaway. To celebrate we joined them for a glass of eau de vie - a good investment as M. Brun also runs the local apple press.
We recruited the staff and those still here from Seminary to plant up the reedbed and canal system with reeds, yellow iris and purple loosestrife.
Sutrayana Seminary, our last big programme of the year came to a triumphant close. After that most of our summer volunteers left: we hope that they have harvested joy and confidence in their time here. To celebrate their presence, we had a dance party in the dining room, which was livened up by some killer moves on the dance floor.
Finally our new sewage system came online. M. Brun and his team made the final connection and our daily thousands of litres of wastewater (including everything!) began to seep through our reedbed system instead of the old septic tank and soakaway. To celebrate we joined them for a glass of eau de vie - a good investment as M. Brun also runs the local apple press. 
