Daily Archives: April 24, 2010

Saturday and Sunday, May 15 – 16 and October 2 – 3, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Root Cellar Workshop

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Hancock Shaker Village presents a Root Cellar Workshop over two weekends, the first on Saturday and Sunday, May 15 – 16, and the second on Saturday and Sunday, October 2 – 3, from 10 am – 5 pm.  Registrants must participate in both weekends.  Students will learn the basics of food storage, tour existing root cellars, see presentations on innovative design options, assess and plan their own crop storage needs, examine energy and monetary savings, and explore planting guidelines while seeding a garden.  Participants will take home their own food security action plan, a design for a space of their own, planting and storage guideline charts, as well as a copy of the Bubels’ book on root cellaring.  Come ready for two intensive weekends and learn how to make hard work into simple living!  Tuition is $450 for HSV members, and $500 for non-members.  To register, and for more information, log on to www.hancockshakervillage.org, or call 413-443-1088, x 213.

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Tuesday, May 11, 7:00 pm – Life and Colony Size Among the Ants

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Entomologist, photographer, and intrepid world-traveler Mark Moffett explores the parallel between ant colonies and human societies in his latest book, Adventures with the Ants. From his travels to the Amazon, the Congo, Borneo, Australia, California and elsewhere, Moffett provides fascinating details on how ants live and dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors: hunting, fighting, building, recycling, and even creating marketplaces.  Mark Moffett — “Dr. Bugs” — grew up in Beloit and graduated from Beloit College in 1979. His explorations of tropical forests and ecology have taken him around the world, from the top of the world’s tallest tree to deep in unexplored caves. He has discovered new plant and animal species while risking life and limb to find stories that make people fall in love with the unexpected in nature.

Moffett captivates audiences with first-hand stories of tropical ecology, treetop exploration, teamwork and goal accomplishment under extreme conditions, adventures under a rock (wonderful and weird stories of ants and spiders), and the love of nature and conservation. Television’s Stephen Colbert calls him “Ant-Man” and Conan O’Brien calls him a “frog-licker,” but Moffett calls himself a storyteller.

The lecture, followed by a book signing, will take place Tuesday, May 11, at 7 pm, at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street in Cambridge. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information you may call 617-495-3045, or email hmnhpr@oeb.harvard.edu.

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Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, April 30 – May 30, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Children’s Miracle Network Plant Sale

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Plan to attend a plant sale to benefit Children’s Miracle Network for Children’s Hospital, Boston.  The sale, to be held in the Costco parking lot, 120 Stockwell Drive, Avon, will run every Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning Friday, April 30 through Sunday, May 30, from 10 – 5 each day.  The sale, run by the Costco employees, will include 45 types of perennials, plus herbs and veggies.  Volunteers are needed.  People who would like to spend a few hours sharing knowledge of plants will receive a shopping pass to Costco Avon, free parking, and a voucher for lunch at the food court.  Call Ed Pope, Assistant Manager, at 508-232-4001 if you wish to help.  You may also email crazyplantlady@aarontarver.org.  Free admission to the sale, naturally, and you’ll help the employees raise their target contribution of $10,000 for a very good cause.

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