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The following was submitted by Prassede Calabi:
On Saturday, Sept. 21, join volunteers at Fast Forest for Planting Day, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Wright-Locke Farm, 82 Ridge St. Rain date: Sept. 22.
The site is ready (mowed, weeded, spaded, limed, disced, tilled, twice-composted, and fenced), but there’s still a lot to do, including the following:
• Dig holes
• Plant plants
• Measure distance between plants (we have pre-measured sticks)
• Keep track of which species are adjacent
• Gather empty pots
• Sign up anyone not already signed up (paper sign-up sheets, provided)
• Tell jokes
• Sing songs
• Witness, appreciate, encourage
• Fill people’s water bottles at the barn sink
• Hand people chocolates
• Help participants put their names on the flags we’ll tie onto the safety fence
• Take pix of participants on their phones
• Keep track of tools
• Carry water for plants if it’s dry
If you are volunteering, here’s what you should wear and bring with you:
• Clothes you don’t mind getting dirty
• Closed shoes or boots
• Water bottle (you can re-fill it onsite)
• Work gloves of some sort, if you have them
• Small shovel or spade if you have one, but there will be some onsite.
Sign up here, for one or more one-hour slots. Please note age eligibility. Also, if you haven't already done so for 2024, please sign the Wright Locke Farm waiver.
