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Save the date: Maple Magic pancake breakfast at Natick Organic Farm, March 4

February 2, 2023 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Don’t miss the Natick Community Organic Farm‘s Maple Magic Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, March 4, 8am-10am, at the Memorial Elementary School cafeteria, 107 Eliot St., Natick.

Load up on all you can eat pancakes with all the fixins, and plenty of real, local maple syrup made from sap collected from area maple trees and boiled down in the farm’s sugar shack. Vegan and gluten free options will be available.

There will be live music, a raffle, and more.

Members $10/adults, $5 child under 12. Non-members $12/adult, $6 child under 12.

Natick Community Organic Farm, sap buckets

 

Natick Community Organic Farm, Natick

Take a sweet tour

Freezing nights in the 20s and warm days in the 40s trigger the sugar maple sap run, which starts the farm’s sugaring season. Learn the science and history of “sugaring” during tours at the NCOF that start Feb. 11 and run through March 11.

Visitors will learn Indigenous people and Colonist historical techniques for making maple sugar. Learn about tree identification, qualities of sap and syrup, how to tap, and more at the farm’s outdoor displays and tapped trees. If the weather’s just right, tour groups will watch sap dripping into buckets and boiling in the sugar shack.

Even though Mother Nature can’t guarantee the sap run (and boiling) on any given day, tours are still interesting and fun, and offer visitors a fascinating view of this enduring New England tradition.

Tours are one hour long and are open to the public for a $10 fee per person. Babes in carriers are free.


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A Natick cycling story, of sorts

January 31, 2023 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Well, really not a story, but a couple of photos taken on within a few minutes of each other in Natick on Saturday. And they must have stories behind them.

First, a cute pink elephant adding something special to this bike parked outside Morse Institute Library…

bike elephant

 

…and then this dextrous cyclist double dipping on Union Street. Drivers were giving a wide berth.

2 bikes union st

This photo begged for a caption contest, so we threw that challenge out to our Facebook followers.

Among the suggestions:

  • Ghostrider
  • As Fred headed to his dinner reservation at Buttercup for two, he is beginning to regret not outgrowing his imaginary friend, who seems to always order more than he can eat.
  • Um, somebody stop that bike thief?
  • This is every friend he had who wanted to ride with him in 30° weather

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Filed Under: Outdoors



Top 10 things to do in Natick, Mass. in 2023

January 4, 2023 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

We’ve updated our popular “Top 10 things to do in Natick” page to remind everyone of how much the town has to offer. From hiking and bird watching at Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, to catching some culture at The Center for Arts in Natick, or visiting the Natick History Museum (currently by appointment only) inside the Bacon Free Library, there’s plenty to do and see in Natick.

Have you experienced everything on our list?

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Filed Under: Art, Bacon Free Library, Boston Marathon, Entertainment, Natick History Museum, Outdoors, Shopping, Theater

Natick plunges into 2023

January 1, 2023 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Those versatile Natick Runners & friends kicked off 2023 by plunging into Dug Pond to start the new year.

Nearly 2 dozen braved the icy water and mingled at the beach in the warm sun, per organizer Michael Moran. The youngest plunger was Emmet Eckstein, at 8 years old.

A rescue operation was required to save a toy boat from being marooned on distant ice.

2023 polar plunge

2023 polar plunge


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A winter walk around the Natick Community Organic Farm

December 29, 2022 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

After a sedentary holiday season marked by multiple multi-course meals, we needed to get outside and spend some time in the bracing cold. During a contemplative walk at the Natick Community Organic Farm, we counted up the number of cookies we ate over the past few weeks and multiplied that by the number of Hallmark movies we’d watched. That equation added up to a wake-up call. Time to get back on the righteous path of healthy living. We’re now ready to step away from the wassail.

Here are some pics of our visit.

Natick Community Organic Farm, Natick

 

Natick Community Organic Farm, Natick

Natick Community Organic Farm, Natick

Natick Community Organic Farm, Natick

Natick Community Organic Farm, Natick

 

Natick Community Organic Farm, Natick

 

Natick Community Organic Farm, Natick

Natick Community Organic Farm, Natick

An update on the barn rebuild

Early in the morning of March 17, 2021 the Natick Community Organic Farm’s 200+ year-old barn burned to the ground. (You can see our story on the fire here.)

Since the event, the farm has been working to raise $1.1 million for a new barn with a state-of-the-art attached greenhouse.

According the the NCOF website, “Our architects have submitted designs, and as of September 2022, we have the permits in hand to begin building.”

Filed Under: Animals, Construction, Food, Outdoors

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