This episode the team talks with Appleseed Events owner and founder, Amanda Becker. They discuss some of the challenges of running an events planning business and the types of people who naturally love this kind of work. Maybe you're one of them!

They also talk about the growth of agriculture and the historical context of how the area's farms came to be.

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Next Board of Supervisors Township Meeting: Wed, May 20 @ 6:30pm

Next Planning Commission Meeting: Wed, May 27 @ 6:30pm

Amanda Becker Owner | Appleseed Events

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p: (724) 931-2507

Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Village

What’s On

Saturday May 2

PA Geology Tour (Self-Driven) 9-2PM

$15/members- $25/non-members

This driving tour will meet at the Miller Esker Natural Area (also known as Jacksville Esker), Worth Township, near Portersville. Then drive to McConnell’s Mill State Park and look at 300 million year old rock formations. Then travel to Cleland rock overlook and learn how melting glacial water ripped out a deep gorge in a geologic instant. (Eskers form when melting ice carves a river-like tunnel within a glacier; as the glacier recedes, sand and gravel are deposited and leave behind a serpentine mound that becomes covered with soil and vegetation.)

Contact Ryan Stauffer at rstauffer@aswp.org

Those who sign up will receive a detailed email that will include all locations, directions, and a list of what to bring.

Saturday May 9

How to care for your woodland property

FREE workshop for Middlesex Township residents

Organized by Middlesex Community Action & Jess Pierce, DCNR Forestry

Township offices 133 Browns Hill Road • 1-4PM

Learn about

How to care for your woodland property

How to keep invasive plants under control

How well-managed woodland can give you a source of income

Register by emailing Peter Walker peterjcwalker@gmail.com

This week the team delves into the fascinating world of virtual assistants with Priscilla Green, owner and founder of Freedom To Focus. And some exciting things are coming up for you to join in with! Check the podcast notes for details.

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Next Board of Supervisors Township Meeting: Wed, May 4 @ 6:30pm

Next Planning Commission Meeting: Wed, April 22 @ 6:30pm

Priscilla Green Owner | Freedom To Focus

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Global Sisterhood Online

What’s On

I Map Invasives — Learn about invasive species in your community!

Saturday April 25
10:00AM – 12:00PM

Jennings Environmental Education Center Classroom

2951 Prospect Rd. Slippery Rock, PA 16057

Free; No Registration Required

April is Invasive Pest and Disease Awareness Month!

Curious about invasive plants and insects in your community? iMapInvasives is an online tool for professionals and citizen scientists to track and record invasive species. The Pennsylvania Coordinator for this project will talk about this website and mobile app, and how you can use it to help protect our natural resources. In addition, you will meet Ruby the Spotted-Lanternfly-sniffing dog and her handler Shelby!

MCA Woodlands Workshop

Saturday May 9

1:00PM - 4:00PM

Township offices: 133 Browns Hill Road

How to care for your woodland property

FREE workshop for Middlesex Township residents

Organized by Middlesex Community Action & Jess Pierce, DCNR Forestry

Learn about:
How to care for your woodland property

How to keep invasive plants under control

How well-managed woodland can give you a source of income

Register by emailing Peter Walker peterjcwalker@gmail.com

Peter sits down for a rare on-site conversation with Jimi Dean, owner of Jimi's Sunnyside Up Diner, and the team talks about 300 million years worth of soil. You have to hear it to believe it.

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Next Board of Supervisors Township Meeting: Wed, April 15 @ 6:30pm

Next Planning Commission Meeting: Wed, April 22 @ 6:30pm

Jimi Dean, Owner | Jimi’s Sunnyside Up Diner

Address: 1318 Pittsburgh Rd, Valencia, PA 16059

FB: Jimi's Sunnyside Up Diner

p: (724) 898-0000

What’s On

Butler Birders Club Book Discussion

April 17

The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl

5-6 Succop Nature Park - The House

185 Airport Rd.

Gather with fellow readers for a cup of tea and a thoughtful discussion of the book of the month

Washington’s Trail 1753 - Annual Summit

April 16

8:30am-4:00pm

Butler Country Club

310 Country Club Rd, Butler, PA

The area of Washington’s Trail that Washington explored and traveled became an important part of the Revolutionary War. This event will look at the people, places and things that helped Washington evolve a fledgling army into a forceful one. Hear how the inhabitants and the frontier that they guarded became an important part of Washington’s success.

$75 - Must register

Includes day of speakers, networking, continental breakfast, buffet lunch, displays, vendors, door prize drawings. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. Program begins promptly at 9 a.m.