Oct 29, 2009
Esopus Creek Conservancy will host a work party for Saturday, November 14th . The work party will start at 8 am and go until noon. We will meet at the Shady Lane entrance of the Preserve. The work party will involve trail maintenance and staging of construction...
Oct 15, 2009
Thank you to everyone who volunteered at Family of Woodstock’s First Annual Apple Festival. We pressed 1000 pounds of apples into 50 gallons of cider. Some was sold at the event, but most is in the freezer now awaiting delivery to the Queens Galley food pantry. The...
Oct 15, 2009
Note from Stiles, 11/13/09: Saturday’s gleaning has been cancelled. Those that were scheduled for Saturday are invited to come on Sunday. I will be at the orchard from 10-4 on Sunday. I know that this means some of you won’t be able to make it and I am sorry...
Oct 1, 2009
4,000 Pounds of Corn! On Tuesday, September 22nd, over 30 volunteers met at the Woodcrest Community and processed over 4,000 pounds of sweet corn! The corn was donated by RVGA Farmers – Gill’s Farm, Robert O. Davenport and Sons, Saunderskill Farms and...
Sep 16, 2009
Family needs volunteers in Woodstock to do a very quick task on a regular basis that you could easily do in the course of your errands—– pick up donations from local farms of vegetables, (usually it’s one, or two cartons), and bring them over to...
Sep 15, 2009
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster CountyÂ’s Master Gardeners can help you identify that odd looking bug or that interesting plant found on your property! Master Gardeners will now be available to answer questions as well as offer plant and insect identification...