Building Unity Farm Sanctuary - First Week of May 2017

We continue to work on the forests and trails surrounding the Unity property to create a community resource. The map below shows the current status of the land (water is in blue) - 18 trails, 10 bridges, 3 ponds, and 5 streams.  We ’re clearing invasive non-native plants, removing decades of scrap metal/pottery/plastic midden piles, and taken down unstable dead trees that are a safety issue. With every passing week, the land becomes more and more accessible. Every time I go to the rural foundation meadow, I find it filled with wild turkeys, deer, raptors, coyotes, and rabbits.  Our goal is to protect the local natural ecosystems while also offering educational opportunities to the community.  The cattail loop and brook path are the new trails we built this week.  All the remains to be done is spreading wood chips on all the new trails, which we ’ll do over the next few months. Well, I do have to clear one fallen oak tree on the brook path that ' s 8 feet in circumference (pictured below).  I need a bigger chain saw!On Saturday, with town permission, I cleared all the fallen trees and overgrowth from the Sherborn portion of the Bay Circuit Trail (the complete trail runs from Newburyport to Duxbury - 200 miles).  The portion of trail I have volunteered to maintain is the 4 miles between Perry Street and Route 27.  This seldomly used trail is just a few minutes from the Unity trails and has a great wilderness f...
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