News from the Woods
a monthly digest of resources, events, and people in forestry & agroforestry from Wellspring Forest Farm www.WellspringForestFarm.com

Spring 2018

Greetings:

We are eager for Spring as I am sure many of you are, yet this slow transition is a good thing for many of the trees and wildlife in the woods. We’ve been working to cultivate patience and enjoy the downtown before what is sure to be another abundant season.

We’ve been sharing lots of photos from the farm and are now doing a weekly video update from the farm on our Instagram page; check it out and follow to keep up with our activities! https://www.instagram.com/wellspringforestfarmschool/

 This e-news update, we share more about upcoming events with Steve in several locations around the Northeast, celebrate and give thanks for support of our SILVOPASTURE book Kickstarter campaign, and link to our free foraging articles to get you ready to search for the hidden treasures of the forest

Enjoy and Happy Spring!
Steve & Elizabeth

Upcoming Events in NY and VT

Enjoy a weekend retreat with lodging, great food, and activities at a beautiful center nestled in the hills of the Hudson Valley….

​GIFTS FROM THE FOREST

May 11 – 13 at the OMEGA Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck NY

The workshop includes several guided walks in the forest, tree ID, and inoculated mushroom logs, medicines, and plants to take home!

LEARN MORE:

https://www.eomega.org/workshops/gifts-from-the-forest-0

Join us at Sterling College in Vermont for an in depth look at mushroom cultivation, tree syrups, and silvopasture systems for the farm and homestead…

PROFITABLE AGROFORESTRY FOR HOMESTEADS & FARMS

June 4 - 6 at Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, VT

This workshop includes the basic production needs, economics, and forest management skills for agroforestry systems with the best potential in the Northeast.

LEARN MORE:

https://sterlingcollege.edu/course/farming-woods-profitable-agroforestry-homesteads-farms

Visit Wellspring Forest Farm and Edible Acres and learn practical skills in plant propagation, mushroom inoculation, and more…

 

GROWING A WOODLAND FARM & HOMESTEAD

June 22 - 24 at Wellspring Forest Farm & Edible Acres, Ithaca NY

Join Steve Gabriel and Sean Dembrosky for in-depth tours and hands-on practice and gain a ton of experience and ideas for your own productive land projects.

LEARN MORE:

http://events.wellspringforestfarm.com

THANK YOU!

Our recent Kickstater campaign was an overwhelming success thanks to the generous support of our backers who pledged $10,600 to help us support contributors to the book, publish an easy-to-access resource library, and develop an online course for practitioners. Our deepest thanks to those who pledged support!

During the project, we offered a series of FREE webinars about several aspects of Silvopasture, the combination of trees, livestock, and forages that offers one of the most promising solutions to climate change. The recordings of these presentations are available at http://silvopasturebook.com/ under “Video and Audio”

The book will be out June 21 -- Copies can be pre-ordered though our farm website:

https://tinyurl.com/OrderSilvopastureBook

Free Articles Prep You for the Foraging Season

Check out the “Media” page on our farm website for a number of free articles that have relevance as we head into the season of life in the forest. More articles and video can be found on this page: http://media.wellspringforestfarm.com

Wild Leeks Welcome us to Spring, But Need Careful Harvesting

LINK TO ARTICLE  

Getting Stared in Wild Foraging Mushrooms

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LINK TO ARTICLE     

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Quote of the Month:
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Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.


A tree says: My strength is trust. I know nothing about my fathers, I know nothing about the thousand children that every year spring out of me. I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else. I trust that God is in me. I trust that my labor is holy. Out of this trust I live.

- Herman Hesse 

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“News from the Woods” is brought to you by:

Wellspring Forest Farm & School
leaving forests in our footsteps

Steve & Elizabeth Gabriel
Mecklenburg, NY
www.WellspringForestFarm.com
farmers@wellspringforestfarmcom


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