This Week at the Bath Freight Shed: Gold Star Honeybees with The Bee Lady, Christy Hemenway. Saturday, March 9th, 2013

Are you as tired of this dreary weather as we are? Have you found yourself gazing at what was once a flower bed and might become one again... if ever Spring were to put its foot down and kick Winter to the curb? 

Yeah, us too. So, let's shake out that welcome mat and invite spring to join us!  

Helping us shake it out this week is our very own local Bee Lady, Christy Hemenway of Gold Star Honeybees. If ever there was something to get us excited about the upcoming growing season, it's knowing that our dear bees will be back on the job, doing what our food chain needs! Thank you bees!

During this Saturdays market morning, Christy will be our guest in the south end Community Room, chatting to all about bees, pollination and more importantly, how to provide a perfect abode for our humming visitors -- her Top Bar Hives! 

Not only does The Bee Lady have a product line but she's written a book, The Thinking Beekeeper - A Guide to Natural Beekeeping in Top Bar Hives. And that's not all! She also offers instructional classes and speaks at events.

One could say, she's as busy as a bee (yes, please groan) and that Gold Star Honeybees is a hive of activity (sorry, can't help myself..)

Don't bee-lieve me? Learn more about Christy's work over on her web site: goldstarhoneybees.com and then, why not jump over to Like her Facebook Page and see what else she's up to! 

See you Saturday Freight Shed Fans! 

This Week at the Bath Freight Shed: 4-H Club from the Morris Farm. Saturday, March 2nd.

While you're stocking up on your favorite local goods at the Freight Shed this Saturday, stroll down to the Community Room on the south end. Our community guests this week are the 4-H Club from Morris Farm and Kim Andersson, the Morris Farm Administrator. They 4-Hers will be sharing with us information and news of their latest projects.

The Morris Farm Trust promotes the values of sustainable agriculture and stewardship of the earth through education, demonstration and community involvement.

4-H Club at the Morris Farm

Clover Buds (Youth 5-8 Years Old)

Clover Bud is a term used to identify 4-H members who are 5 through 8 years old. Any Maine youth between the 4-H ages of 5 and 8 years old may join the 4-H program.

Participation, safety, personal development, learning, and fun in a cooperative, non-competitive setting are the priorities of the Clover Bud program.

Clover Buds experience programs that are developmentally appropriate, activity-oriented, involve cooperative learning, and are focused on learning activity skills and life skills through a wide variety of topic areas.

Participation in activities is available at the club, county, and state level.

4-Hers (Youth 9-18Years Old)

4-H offers many hands-on learning opportunities that can produce a positive impact in your community. 4-Hers may participate in projects ranging from photography to robotics to animal science.

Youth and adults work together to create a safe educational environment that promotes learning life skills. 4-H activities are available at the club, county, state, and national level.

https://sites.google.com/site/morrisfarmtrust/morris-farm-4h-club
http://uniquemainefarms.com/uniquemainefarms.com/4-H_Morris_Farm.html

4-H involves 

·        nearly 30,000 Maine youth

·        some 6 million young people nationwide

·        thousands of Maine volunteers

·        hundreds of schools

Bath Shed Fundraising Hits the Bricks

Alex Lear, The Forecaster

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 11:10 am

BATH — Fundraising bricks to pay for improvements to a 19th century freight shed are available for order.

The City Council gave unanimous consent Jan. 2 to a proposal from the Bath Freight Shed Alliance to include the bricks in a sidewalk to be constructed this year along Commercial Street.

The bricks cost $150 each. An order form is available at bathfreightshed.blogspot.com, from bathfreightshed@gmail.com, or at the Bath Winter Farmers Market, which runs Saturdays through April at the shed from 9 a.m.-noon. Forms are also available at the real estate office of Sharon Drake, 136 Front Street.

The group, which plans to donate the bricks to the city, is selling engraved space on the bricks to charter members as part of its membership drive. Each brick will have two engraved lines, with space for 20 characters and spaces on each line.

The shed improvements, which could cost between $18,000 and $23,000, include repairs to the building's Commercial Street-side sill and its foundation wall. The work would run concurrently with excavation of the Commercial Street side of the shed for construction of the sidewalk.

Restoration of the shed's exterior is planned as a later project.

The shed is also the construction site of the Virginia, a replica of a historic pinnace built at the Popham colony in 1607-1608.

The sidewalk work will be funded primarily through federal funds distributed by the Maine Department of Transportation, and should go out to bid in late spring and be constructed this summer, City Planner Andrew Deci said last month.

Direct link: http://www.theforecaster.net/news/print/2013/02/20/bath-shed-fundraising-hits-bricks/151788

Alex Lear can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 113 or alear@theforecaster.net. Follow him on Twitter: @learics.

Link to our Buy-a-Brick Charter Membership Form

BREAKING NEWS! It's going to snow and then snow some more!

BREAKING NEWS! The Bath Winter Farmers Market has been CANCELLED tomorrow due to the impending blizzard. The Freight Shed will be CLOSED but we'll see you all next Saturday, February 16th, bright-eyed and raring to go! Stay safe everyone!

Four Years Later!

We are happy to introduce you to Jill Kornrumpf who has generously offered to help keep this Blog more up to date. She brings to this role extensive experience with non profits, great energy and enthusiasm. You may have already noticed her posting for us on Facebook!  We welcome her and all the volunteers who are helping to create an inclusive vibrant hub at the Freight Shed!

Stay tuned and join in!

Time and a date change!

Join us for  "Hands on Friday"  2PM until 4PM
BFSA regular brown bag lunch meetings will now be held the second
Wednesday of the month at Bath City Hall.

Over 50 people gathered at Winter Street Center for the Bath Freight Shed Alliance Annual Meeting and Dinner on the 19th! It was a great evening! Thanks to everyone for the support.

There is a lot of momentum and lots to do so we are ready to make repairs to the Commercial Street Facade when the sidewalk work begins! If you haven't already please consider becoming a charter member and buy a brick - they make a great valentine!

You're Invited

Click here for more information
There will be a silent auction with great items from the Bath Farmers' Market, Bath Cycle Ski, the Bath Natural Market and more!  If you can not join us in person, bids will be taken until 5PM Saturday.

Custom engraved bricks for the future Commercial Street Sidewalk will also be available.