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Welcome to the "Ode to the West Wind: Nut Festival"! You will enjoy this if you are folks who want to celebrate the Earth and the seasons with a free, fun, outdoors event this coming weekend on this beautiful 160 acre property at our HoneyBee U-pick Patch. If you are curious about the history and vision of this site, here is a link: https://www.mlive.com/news/ann... Some of the planned activities include:
- Planting Baby Chestnut Trees (both days)
- Networking with new and experienced Nut Growers with Robyn Burnham, John Langmore, and Marc Boone (Sat. 12 pm to 2 pm)
- Nature Discovery Walks with Will Forage for Food founder, Rachel Mifsud on Saturday and Washtenaw County Parks Naturalist, Shawn Severance on Sunday (Sat. & Sun. at 11 am, 1 pm, & 3 pm)
- Hickory Nut Milk Demonstration (after Wild Nut Hike at 1 pm on Sunday with Shawn)
- Giving Strawberries a Winter Blanket (off and on both days)
- Fire-Roasted Nut Tasting (both days)
We have the holes pre-dug so as to avoid anything too strenuous for our guests. You will just need to plant the trees and help them prepare for winter! Kid friendly event! Bring some friends and have fun helping to create a polyculture farm forest.
This event is best for able-bodies since this is uneven terrain. Please supervise your children at all times. Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome. Please dress for the weather, since it will be cold and wet, but we will have a small bonfire for warming and community conversation about nut growing, and an open, new timberframe barn for shelter. Please bring snacks, gloves, a water bottle, boots, and warm clothing. We will provide some hot cider and hot tea! Hope to see you there!
PS. If you are interested in our Thanksgiving CSA sign up now, we will be closing registration on Monday!
Deb Lentz & Richard Andres
Honey Bee U-Pick/Tantre Farm
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