Quaker Community Forest lives!
The trees are tapped. (Thanks, Cynthia, Ralph & Brian)
The sap flows (Thank you, Mother)
The tanks fill… (Tanks)
And a boil-down is being planned for Saturday, April 2.
Save the date and watch the skies.
Plans are not yet firm, and probably will stay soft until after NYM Exe Committee meeting 3/19.
We think it will have many aspects of recent years:
- BYO carpool
- Kids welcome
- Arrive as early as you like on Saturday (A few of us will have spent Friday night at a friend’s cabin nearby and will get the fire going early.)
- Stay as long or as short as you like, there’s no featured moment, just lots of time for
- Gathering and cutting wood
- Stoking the fire
- Ladling the sap
- Boiling, boiling, boiling
- Walks in the woods
- looking for/at (harmless) snow fleas, AKA Springtails
- Talks about non-violent revolution, living on a fragile, quaking land, appropriate technology, Transition Town, etc.
- BYO bag lunch
- Sap-sweetened tea and cocoa provided
- Bring a Quart jar for your portion of almost-finished syrup
- Chili supper around 5PM. Bring cold food to potluck-supplement the chili, like bread, cheese & fruit. (If you think you’ll join us for chili, we’d like to know, for estimating quantity.)
- Stay as late as you like. (Those going back to sleep in the cabin will probably bank the fire at 9:PM
- Probably more boiling on Sunday, but less predictable and therefore not “officially announced.”
Directions to Sandhill can be found here.
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