Saturday, November 14, Buckthorn Busting

For the ninth year in a row Quaker Community Foresters will be doing buckthorn removal. Here’s what it looked like in 2006.

This year we will gather at the home of Merv and Joy (Suzanne) Curran, about 10 miles west of Northfield.

Here are some instructions for the day

1. Bring sturdy warm clothing – you will be dealing with scratchy bushes and the terrain may be uneven, so be prepared – work gloves are needed and eye protection is recommended. Shoes with ankle support are good. Layering is helpful: you’ll likely be down to your shirt sleeves after some heavy work!
2. Bring pruning saws & shears or clippers if you have them. We’ll have weed wrenches and extras of most equipment.
3. Big cans (larger than soup-can size) are helpful for putting over cut ends of plants too big up uproot.
4. (This is not a child-friendly event. We are glad to see children under 16, but if you bring them you should think of this as your educational event for them, where you will be attending to them at all times.)
5. Bring a dish to supplement Curran’s chili for lunch. Hot drinks will be available.
6. Bring your own drinking water bottle.
7. Starting time is 10:00 AM, lunch about 1:00 PM. Quitting time is about 4:30 PM or whatever earlier time you choose, or it when gets too dark or cold to continue!!!

Cynthia Bartoo is coordinating rides for Twin Cities folks. Please contact her if you are planning to come, even if you will go on your own. We would like to know how many people are coming. We will gather to carpool at Cynthia and Ralph’s house, 8:30 AM, leaving  about 8:45. We’ll leave maps inside the front porch door for anyone who arrives late.

COME HAVE A GREAT, FOCUSED, OUTDOOR DAY WITH QUAKER FRIENDS FROM SEVERAL AREA MEETINGS.

Directions:

Click, below, to get a map of the area.