Happy springtime everyone!
By popular demand we will begin our field trip season in May with our usual gastronomic delight, courtesy of the Cable Natural History Museum.
Wednesday May 6th: Nature’s Salad Bar: The Hardwood Forest from 10:00 a.m. until approximately 2:30 p.m.
Join other inquisitive people as we wander thru a lovely mesic hardwood forest filled with wildflowers. A mesic forest consists of trees like sugar maple and basswood that like medium soil moisture conditions. Over time the soils there develop into rich black loams, as the trees pump nutrients to the soil surface via their fallen leaves and this in turn favors tender delicious spring greens. We shall identify and taste a number of these edibles (and identify the ones that aren’t) and collect enough of them to stuff an omelet. By then everyone should have an appetite, so we’ll travel back to the museum’s Wake Robin Pavilion to prepare scrumptious omelets for lunch. Everyone should have a great time and no one will leave hungry.
For those of you coming from the north, we will meet in front of the Cable Natural History Museum and carpool to the field site. For those to the south, if you make arrangements, we can meet you in the L & M Fleet Supply parking lot in Hayward. The field trip program is sponsored by the museum at a cost of $35 for members/$45 for non-members. Omelet-making supplies will be provided. Please feel free to bring the entire family to enjoy Nature and learn more about its wonders. This educational hike is not fully handicapped-accessible.
Please make sure that you register for the field tripby May 4th at cablemuseum.org/events or call 715-798-3890. Space is limited, so register early.
Für unsere Exkursionen sind Deutsch sprechende Teilnehmer herzlich eingeladen. Erläuterungen in Deutsch stellen kein Problem dar.
Hope y’all can join us!
Mike