It wasn’t until the end of the day that I realized my double entendre for the workbee we had last week, pulling out, sorting and de-nailing barn board at Baba Link Farm (http://www.babalinkfarm.ca/).
Baba Link are a producer member of the co-op and vendor at the market through much of the year. Their lovely aged barn was on its last legs, and Pat kindly offered the salvageable wood for use to use for shelving in the store.
We put out a call for volunteers on a short timeline and true to form the WEFC community responded. 8 people left the city in cool -3 degree weather last Saturday and drove out to Babalink Farm in the Flamboro area. The day started out cool, but it wasn’t long before we were taking off our coats and hats due to the physical nature of the job. Pulling sheet metal off strapping, moving gorgeous beams (at least the ones we could lift!), and gathering up some lovely old planks that were used on interior walls. We’ve started to put together a nice pile of lumber for our carpenters to work with.
For lunch we treated ourselves with a hot bowl of squash soup prepared by our own Ayal Dinner (what were those secret herbs and spices??), a warm cup of tea and enjoyed getting to know each other. That is when I realized this was more than a workbee, it was indeed a gathering.
A Barn Board Gathering.
