Field Day Schedule

Here's an outline of the schedule for the field day; pretty close to set at this point.


Friday: Arrive and set up camp, if you like. Primitive camping under our 1993 Chestnut planting west of the maze, portajohn and water available.


Saturday:
  • 9:30 AM - 5 PM Registration and Registration-Tent Sales Open
  • 10 AM - 6 PM Plant Sales open at Greenhouses
  • 10 AM - 5 PM Vendor and Displays Open (not all vendors/presenters will be there all day)
  • 10:30 AM First Tours start, 1 1/2 -2 hours
  • Introduction to Woody Agriculture: for first-timers, and a refresher/update for experienced growers who haven't taken this tour for a couple of years.
  • Integration of Animals in Woody Agriculture Fields: Advanced tour for those interested in fitting animals into their woody ag operations. This includes people who don't want to burn as much gas for mowing.
  • 11:15 AM Greenhouse Tour. Off-grid, solar-heated four-season greenhouse; in operation for about two decades. We can show you some things that work, and others that don't!
  • 12:30 - 1:45 PM Lunch- Eat under the hickories, get pies, bread, jam, cookies (THIS YEAR WITH BADGERSETT HAZELS AND HICKORIES) from our Amish friends, enjoy live music, and visit our vendor/display booths!
  • 1:45 PM Afternoon tours start:
  • NeoHybrid Hazelnuts: 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Including some introductory material, as well as touching on our latest developments and discoveries in management of establishment, fertility, pest control, harvest and more.
  • On-Farm Cloning: The first public full disclosure of our on-farm cloning method, presented by Dr. Susan Wiegrefe, our research associate, who is continuing to refine this technique.
  • 4-5 PM: What's New short talk, and question and answer session.
  • 5:15 PM: Demonstration of post-harvest processing machinery down by the greenhouses.
  • Evening: Camp out again! See if you can convince Brandon to light the bonfire!


Sunday: For those sticking around, we may be able to use your help planting hazel tubelings. Hazel harvest is a bit late this year, we've got a lot of research plants to get in the ground, and the ground is actually dry enough to work!
NOTE: the week following the field day is the first volunteer planting opportunity we've offered for a while, and we're planning to do some full-scale machine planting. Let us know if you're interested!

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