Can’t Wait for Fall Fun Farm Day – Sat. Oct 6!
The Youth Enrichment Center at Hilton Winn Farm will be hopping again this year on Saturday October 6. Bring the whole family along for a beautiful day on the farm with games, nature hikes, arts and crafts activities, scarecrow making, pumpkin painting, and more! Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for kids; the day starts at 10am and goes until 4pm.
Hope to see you at 189 Ogunquit Road, Cape Neddick, ME!
(Check out this slide show to see what it’s like).
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Fall Fun Farm Day!
Supper support from Robert’s
Every Tuesday night Robert’s Maine Grill restaurant in Kittery offers a “Community Supper” and donates part of the proceeds to a local non-profit organization. The restaurant has named the Hilton-Winn Farm as the beneficiary of its Community Suppers on Tuesday, August 7 and Tuesday, August 14.
The main focus of the Community Supper is a $12, 3 course menu. The menu for August 7 features a grilled peach salad, salmon chowder, and Maine maple cake. Click for more menu details.
Come by Robert’s Maine Grill, Rt. 1, Kittery, ME, on August 7 or 14 (or both!), and enjoy a great meal that will help support the farm. Call 207-439-0300 with questions.
Many thanks to the folks at Robert’s Maine Grill for their support.
Pancakes!
On Saturday, July 28, 2012, the Stonewall Kitchen will host a charity outdoor pancake breakfast. All proceeds from the breakfast will be donated to the Youth Enrichment Center at the Hilton-Winn Farm and the York Food Bank.
Come by Stonewall Kitchen headquarters, located at 2 Stonewall Lane in York, ME, anytime between 8:00am and 11:00am. Sit garden-side and enjoy fresh made pancakes topped with maple syrup or fresh fruit and whipped cream, prepared and cooked by volunteers and Stonewall Kitchen staff.
Adults are $5.00 and kids (under 10) are $3.00. A raffle for some great Stonewall Kitchen goodies and Cooking School classes will also take place. Please note, rain date is July 29.
Our deepest gratitude to our friends at the Stonewall Kitchen for their wonderful support.
Stonewall Kitchen: www.stonewallkitchen.com
Volunteers weed out competition
The fruit tree orchards got some TLC and pampering recently when GlaxoSmithKline volunteers descended on the YEC. Directed by Tchukki Andersen, Staff Arborist for the Tree Care Industry Association and volunteer Orchard Manager at the YEC, nine enthusiastic people went right to work hand pulling weeds and grass that had crept into the fruit tree mulch rings. The mulch rings were placed in March of this year, and had done a great job so far of keeping the weeds at bay.
Weeds and grass that grow right under smaller trees compete for the same space, water, and nutrients that the trees are struggling to find. Grass and weeds are very aggressive and will usually win the battle unless attacked. We are using natural methods to attack the weeds, and composted wood chip mulch laid 3” thick over the entire tree root zone will give the trees natural nutrients to help them grow strong. Over time, the roots will be strong enough to live with the weeds and grass, so hands and knees weeding will be no longer be a priority.
Until established, though, the tree roots have to put up with grass and weeds, so GlaxoSmithKline came to the rescue. They had the Corona Convoy of wheelbarrows making trips from the wood chip pile to the peach tree orchard, then marched into the apple tree orchard to treat every tree. Everyone gave their all, and the trees are now able to grow more underground.
Here is the hero’s list of volunteers who gave so generously of their time:
Jamie Martin, the Leader of the Pack
Tom Garvey
Scott Ennis
Coralie Bahloul
David Woodward
Diane Teetsel
Elsie Wyman
Meghan York
Jim Yelsits
Many thanks from the happy trees and from all of us at the YEC!
