Meet at 8:30 at 208 Thompson Road, Acme PA 15610
Leaders:
Barb McMillan, whatzupmac@gmail.com, 724-309-5953
Denny McCarthy, dennymccarthy@comcast.net, 412-913-9064.
Directions: Address: 208 Thompson Road, Acme PA 15610
1. Take PA Turnpike to Donegal Exit#91; turn right onto Rt. 31 West. Go ½ mile
2. Pass the little storage unit place, then turn LEFT onto Thompson Road at Glitter Mountain Fireworks. (IF you miss the turnoff and come to a blue metal pole building in the dip you have gone too far. Turn around and come back.)
3. Go ½ mile down Thompson Road. Pass the 3rd house on right - small stone house with brown barn. On the left, past our hayfields you will see our green-roof steel equipment building and on the far hill our hewn log cabin home.
4. Continue about 100 yards. Entrance to Farm is on LEFT across from another farm lane. Turn left through main gate at the gravel pull-in area.
5. Go straight up lane to hewn log house unless instructed to meet us on the agricultural side of the farm.
Description: Barb has an entertaining and informative morning planned for us:
· 8:30 am – hike around a managed 65-acre forest with small woodland bogs, Champion Creek and several unnamed tributaries, Spring ephemerals and maybe morel mushrooms; songbirds, woodpeckers, raptors, and many species we have not identified; natural tufa rock area. These are easy, wide maintained trails, but may be muddy; some up and down moderate hills.
· 10:15 am – presentation YOU CAN GROW ANYTHING ANYWHERE!
· Does a steep slope, a tiny yard, too much shade, a poorly drained site or rocky, clay soil keep you from the joy of gardening? Come learn simple, inexpensive ways to grow nearly any plant anywhere. Learn how to make easy planting pockets with better soil, vertical trellises, raised beds, dry wells, drainage set-ups and more. Come see what we have done at our Farm with large areas that used to be constant sources of erosion and invasives.
· 11:15 am – tour of vegetable and pollinator gardens and berry patches
· 11:30 am – BYO brown bag lunch and socializing on the patio
There is plenty of parking and facilities are available. Please come for the hike or the presentation/tour/lunch or both.