There is a feeling right now of ‘between’. The time between Winter and Summer, or Vetr and Sumar as the Old Norse language goes, were times of fairly hard contrasts. For Norway and Iceland, the regions where the home cultures for much of my Heathen religions comes from, these northern Europe regions have had pretty …
By Sarenth Óðinsson, Board Member of Crossing Hedgerows The world is alive. This is especially easy to know at Crossing Hedgerows. You can feel life pulsing beneath your feet, even in the midst of Winter. There is life. Perennial food crops and flowers around the farm are coming back to life, with shoots beginning to …
By Jean Cavanaugh: President of Crossing Hedgerows Sanctuary Great News! We have been officially accepted into the Botanical Sanctuary Network of the United Plant Savers organization! Because of the wide variety of rare and endangered medicinal plants we harbor at Crossing Hedgerows Sanctuary and Farm, our application was approved! Following is some of what I …
Today I had the opportunity to speak at a public meeting of County Drain Commissioners for Wayne, Monroe, and Washtenaw counties regarding the clearing of the North Branch of the Swan Creek. This is the creek which runs through the Sanctuary land, eventually emptying into Lake Erie. The creek runs through these three counties, and …
by Sarenth Odinsson, Board Member of Crossing Hedgerows So much of the work at Crossing Hedgerows is about balance, and where needed, rebalancing. It has been that way since before Crossing Hedgerows was founded. When they moved to Michigan, the Cavanaughs came onto land that had been devastated by industrial farming. You did not see …
Edges in ecosystems are exciting places. They allow for the biggest variety of life. On the edge of a forest where it is next to a meadow, the meadow life and the forest life co-exist, as well as species that thrive only along that edge. At the edge of a pond, the water creatures co-exist …
We would like to invite you to be a contributing member of our community in whatever way feels right to you. There is a role for you, no matter your skills or interests. Here are some possibilities to illustrate this idea: Maybe you like to write – you could come to events and write about …
Join us for a monthly “walk and talk” and bonfire. This will be a guided walk for groups of 10 or less (due to covid), and a time for members to take a walk together and get to know each other. For now, it will need to be a guided walk because we are currently …
CHFS is fortunate to have on its property an immigrant from the old world, an English Yew The English Yew, or common yew (taxus baccata), is native to Britain, Europe and parts of Asia. The yew is particularly long-lived, clocking in at 400-500 years and sometimes longer. There are yew trees in Great Britain believed …
For the second year in a row, we are thrilled to host Lior Allay and Bunny Luna for the Conscious Creativity Workshop. The two-three hour is scheduled to start at 1pm on Saturday, August 1st. There will be a ritual on the Sanctuary to ground us to the spirits of our sacred place and consecrate …