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Larose Forest Summer Meet -July 7th Ottawa Valley and area

farmgal · 2013-04-16T12:46:13Z

Ok I have heard both publicly and by enough PM's that folks are really looking forward to info on the summer get together, I don't want it to close to the other big meet that is taking place this summer in the hunstville area, but folks seem to really be interested in July, so in order to make this work, and as I can't see folks wanting to give up the sunday of the July long weekend, and as I don't want it to get closer to the meet.. the best day does appear to be July 7th, I hope that be providing so much advanced notice for the event that folks will be able to make this work for them!Larose Forest is 50 kms from ottawa, about an hour from the outer edges of montreal, just ten off the 417 highway, and for those coming from the quebec side, you can also take the ferrycrossing by rockland for a fairly direct route across and over. There is shelter, outdoor bathrooms, and plenty of free public parking, and lots of picnic tables in a public yet private feeling setting. There is no access to drinking or washing water. There are public garbage cans. July 7th-10am to 3pm Lorose Forest Summer Gathering for the Ottawa Valley and area prepper get togetheris the basic's but tweeking might be done and will be annouced.Potluck Lunch -Please bring a dish that will serve eight to ten folks, that does not require heat or cooling (other then what you can provide yourself), plus drinks and your utensils as required.As some of our members have allergies, please remember to bring a card with what is in your meals, please an thanks.Water, and hot water for tea will be provided.While you can just choose to visit the time away if you want to do so, we will have a brief intro for new folks but this is mainly a working meet, (the coffee meets are more for visiting and getting to know each other).There will be a barter tables, so crack out your canning, soaps, herbs, extra garden plants etc, and come on down.. (we request no vendors at the meet)When it comes to the canning table, Standard Canning Swap rules and waiver will be in effect and must be signed. We will be using the ticket system.When it comes to the soap, plant, seeds or herbs barter table, its all about you folks.. set a ticket price on your item, sticky's, pens will be provided and then barter away with each other..Any and all prepper items are welcome, (other then booze or anything illegal, keep it childfriendly here folks) see if you can trade off a soap for a package of needles..We hear about it all the time on the boards, that famous list of 100 things that will go fast and we will all need to barter, well lets put that talk into action and keep it friendly and fast, with lots of laughs.As we have a number of folks that make soaps, and a expressed interest in this area, we will have a making homemade laundry soap demo, as well as making a cold process soap making demo, (anyone involved in the cold process soap making will be required to wear the proper safety gear if they want to get up close, it will be provided at the event for free), might even have someone that could show us how to make homemade pit sticks (hint, hint :)We are going to have a small animal skinning and butchering demo (please note that there will NOT be a kill demo)We will be having a natural cording demo that will include using fresh rawhide and also spruce root cordage.There will be a thermal cooker demo for those that stay for the day, it will done first thing in the morning and will be ready for the last snack before folks head out in the afternoon.There is also going to be a wild plant forage demo, this is a two part demoPart 1) a table with collected wild plants with local wild forage books, and its a match the plants and figure out the question/answer page that goes with on what is the basic to do with them.Part 2, is that certain plants will have a color dot and a number by them, that means that if you want to take a hike/walk (bring proper gear and shoes folks) you can head out into the nearby trails and see if you can find that plant in the wild, there will be the correctly colored marker hidden by or under or over the plant, find the marker, turn it over and write down the code and the ones with the most plants found will get a little prize in the end, there is NO collecting of plants in the area or on or off the trailsIf anyone else would like to do something for the event, please let me know and we will see if we can fit it in..Swing by for an hour, or come spend the day, whatever fits your schedule, hang around the tables under the big top and visit, or get hands on, your call..Please if possable RSVP so I can have a sense of numbers? (that can be public or private PM).We will once again be using ballons to help be markers on the turning corners and at the event location itself..Its going to be a grand time folks! Looking forward to seeing old faces and new..

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Oddmott

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17/09/2013 9:50 am

Having never attended one... what are you looking for in a meeting spot? I live in Ottawa, in the Conroy Pit area, south of Alta Vista and have a pretty good knowledge of the region.

It's coming... and it's going to hurt!

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17/09/2013 10:18 am

For me, its a maybe Oct/Nov, one day at a time hit and miss situation as well. Ideally Cornwall but since I am so up in the air, I should not be taken into consideration for location.

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Topic starter 26/09/2013 9:52 am

Ok, I have got the dates narrowed down a bit, Oct 27th for brunch/lunch, giving everyone time to get morning chores done etc and on ideally a non-work day for most folks, and this time, Agree, moving it to the south end is nice to keep that balance on the moving around.

The second possible date is Nov 9th on a Saturday, same timing, 11am till 1pmish for a meal/visit/intro, if folks are getting chatty, welcome to stay longer of course, the offer for Saturday also comes for those that are perhaps driving further and gives them more choices if they want to do the meet and then some shopping, as certain prepper related stores like Lee Valley tools etc are closed on a sunday.

Last but not least is Nov 24th, again a sunday morning meeting, I expect that the more we push it into later Nov, the bigger the chance for bad weather..

So feedback, I would like this meet booked and announced and being followed up on in the next few days.. I am personally voting Oct 27th..

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26/09/2013 10:19 am

I am voting for the 27th. I might be able to do the 9th but for sure cannot do the 24th. I am out of town.

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26/09/2013 10:45 am

Oct. 27th is fine with us. Where will it be held?

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Topic starter 26/09/2013 10:51 am

https://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=swiss+chalet+ottawa&fb=1&gl=ca&hq=swiss+chalet&hnear=0x4cce05b25f5113af:0x8a6a51e131dd15ed,Ottawa,+ON&ei=t4FEUtX_F-fc4AOnqIHQCw&sqi=2&ved=0CLwBELYD

Back to the regular south end meeting place, the swiss Chalet just by the big Costco..

1899 Cyrville Rd, Ottawa, ON K1B 3V5 ‎

Hopefully this link will work for folks..

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Topic starter 26/09/2013 10:53 am

Having never attended one... what are you looking for in a meeting spot? I live in Ottawa, in the Conroy Pit area, south of Alta Vista and have a pretty good knowledge of the region.

Hello Oddmott,

Hope you will be able to make it out to the meeting and look forward to meeting you!

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Topic starter 27/09/2013 8:29 am

So far those that have answered are game for Oct 27th, This is me bumping it to the top, I will take any impute for the rest of the day on dates, and then tomorrow, I will be making this meet/date/plan into its own topic thread..

Look forward to your impute and hearing from you!

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27/09/2013 8:34 am

Not sure if I can make any of those dates as they are quite far away still, but if you set the date, i will do my best.

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11/10/2013 11:13 am

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