This spring important developments are taking place to manifest the Vedic Eco Village. We now have our Master Plan secured and have begun implementing certain aspects of the overall project.
Our initial priority to is build a bath house on the deck of the main cabin, as well we will build a kitchen to provide prasadam for workers and visitors to the Village. We will start with a simple outdoor kitchen. We will need a basic structure with roof, cob stove (for cooking with wood and dung), stainless steel sink, tables and storage areas.
Daivata prabhu has re-launched the ox training program at Govardhan Goshala. The ox are being trained on yoke pulling a cart. When they are ready, they will pull the cart to the Eco Village and we will stay for a month in the fenced garden. There we will train them to pull a simple hoe to turn-over the soil in preparation for planting in May.
We are also working on the south boundary fence, building a rail fence using thin trees from our nearby forest. The fence is made of 100 posts and 300 meters long.
Each year we plan to focus on specific areas of development and for this we need the support of friends and well-wishers like your good self. We have various initiatives we would like to undertake during
the year but for each of these to materialize, we depend on sponsors and supporters for each project.
This winter our bees left the hive, hopefully to return. The good news is that we were able to access the 3 summers of honey the bees have collected from flowers in and around our garden. Although there is still snow in the heavily forested areas of the Eco Village, spring is sprung in our sunny gardens. The creeks are running and the heart shaped pond is filling with creek water.
The branches of the trees standing on the bank of the lake received particles of water carried by the spring air from the falls coming down from the icy mountain.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto Four, Chapter 25, Text 18
