Maple Syrup Production
From about March 9 to mid April (weather dependent) we will be harvesting maple syrup. Come and experience tapping trees, collecting sap, boiling and tasting maple syrup made over a wood-fired evaporator.
We will kick off maple syrup season with a TREE TAPPING day on Saturday, March 3.
Come out anytime between 9am and 4 pm for as long or as short as you are available to learn how to tap a maple tree and help by putting in spiles and hanging buckets. We have over 150 taps.
Outdoor Work Day / Wood Splitting Day
Saturday, May 12 8:30 AM to Noon (followed by lunch Noon -1:00)
We need your help to gather, split and stack firewood for next year’s maple syrup operation and for the fireplace in the retreat centre and woodstove in the prayer cabin. Wood has to be put away over a year in advance to dry and season. There is also work to do preparing the gardens and clearing /burning brush from the trails. We will work for 3 and a half hours and then enjoy fellowshipping together over lunch that will be provided.
Quarterly potluck gatherings of the Bethesda Fellowship
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us on the following Sunday afternoons from 3:30 to 7:30 pm:
- April 15 (Maple syrup celebration)
- July 15 (BBQ)
- October 14 (Corn Roast)
The 2013 AGM (Annual General Meeting) is scheduled for Sunday, January 13, 2013.
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