-30 in Minnesota is a good time to sit back and reflect ;)

Accomplishments on the HUG campus during 2008 make GREAT reflection material!

The campus grounds were literally "turned upside down" with additions of hazelnuts, buffalo berries, raspberries, apple trees, chokecherries, gooseberries, currants, cherries, aspargus and grapes.

Berms and swales were discussed often this last Summer, and with our local deer well aware of what was happening on campus...  a fence needed to be put into place!

With a little work the pond held water...

Old Main was transformed, creating more office space

Happy Dancing Turtle hosted many classes, activites, and events, including the ever popular Back to Basics and EcoSquared fair while enjoying their new space!

Hot air from the mani-shop's solar panels started to help heat the building.

There are 76 total panels on the front of the building!

Air temperature from panels in the greenhouse can be as high as 150 degrees on a sunny day.

The plants in the greenhouse are under close watch from Barb... Last week, fresh vegetables from the greenhouse provided us with some campus lunch!

Working to incorporate what we are learning from heating and cooling at the mani-shop,  growing techniques in the greenhouse, and researching water and waste reprocessing...HUG  continues to work on a house with the goals of heating and cooling itself without fossil fuels, processing it's own water and waste, and helping to feed the occupants... ARC '08

We were privilaged and delighted to have many visitors on campus, including Govenor Tim Pawlenty and Senator Amy Klobuchar!

What will 2009 have in store for the HUG campus??

The sky is the limit!

Have a wonderful new year!