On October 14 we celebrated our volunteers with some delicious ground cherries and some corn silk tea made over the fire! They were much more active than the sleepy bees pictured here, slurping up the last of this asters’ nectar between naps! Can you find all 12 bees?
We had twelve intrepid participants who came from Tyendinaga and from nearby settler communities of Belleville and Kingston to help out. This has been about the average number of participants through the year, although our spring work bees definitely attracted the largest numbers, and included whole families from babies to elders! This work bee also had all life stages present from youth (12 yrs old) to her grandmother. We try our best to have volunteer tasks for all abilities – there is always so much to do! This time we cleared out and burned European buckthorn, pulled all the ornamental annuals from the containers, and weeded the biennial crops that will stay in the ground over winter. Nyawen:kowa volunteers! Hope to see you all again next year!
