OWA Board of Directors 2019-2020
President: Paul Robertson Vice President: Art Shannon
Other Elected Officers: Kerry Coleman, Don Willis, Dorothy Hamilton, Nathan Manion.
Inside This Issue: OWA Board of Directors and OWA Chapters ............... 3 President’s Message ........................................................... 4 Test Your Knowledge Quiz #26 ....................................... 4 Executive Director’s Note ................................................ 5 Your OWA at Work ........................................................... 6
Chapter Representatives: Bryan Code, Colleen Drew-Baehre, Neil Dunning, Stanley Caveney, John Haak, Jim Marchand, Brian Paradoski, Fred Huszarik, Chris Delage, Barbara Clark, Donald Willis, Olivia Groff, Marian Petelycky, Katalijn MacAfee, Dorothy Hamilton, David Braet, Stuart Giles, Peter Williams, Richard Simpson.
Member Profile .................................................................. 7
Past President: The late Dave Sexsmith
Tree Syrups in Southern Ontario.................................... 13
Executive Director: John Pineau
A Beginners Guide to Making Maple Syrup................. 15
OWA Chapters • Bancroft/Haliburton • Kawartha (Lindsay/Minden) • Limestone (Kingston/Napanee) • Algoma (Sault Ste Marie/North Shore) • Niagara • Huron & Perth Counties • Renfrew County • Lower Ottawa Valley • Quinte • Upper Trent Valley (Marmora/Peterborough)
Enjoying Natures Bounty from an Indigenous Perspective.......................................................................... 8 Test Your Knowledge Quiz Answers ........................... 10 Edible Wild Plants..............................................................11
Maple Recipes from Sugarstone Farm........................... 18 Harbingers of Spring: Ramps and Morels..................... 20 Hot Tea on a Cold Day..................................................... 22 Birds Canada Featured Bird............................................ 24 Venison Meat Pie (Tourtière).......................................... 25 Growing Food in the Forest............................................. 26 Handy Firewood Crates................................................... 27 Happy to See... Buckthorn? ............................................ 28 Chaga Cultivation Offers Potential, Environmentally Friendly, Income for Woodlot Owners .......................... 30 Edible Wild Delicacies and Delights.............................. 32
• Waterloo/Wellington Woodlot Owners’ Assoc.
Kawartha Chapter Outreach Programs......................... 34
• South West Woodlot Owners’ Assoc.
Revisiting 100-year-old Research Plots.......................... 35
• Elgin/Middlesex Woodlot Owners’ Assoc.
2020 December Forest Seminar....................................... 37
• Oxford County Woodlot Owners’ Assoc.
Lower Ottawa Valley Chapter Chainsaw Safety Program.................................................................. 40
• Near North (serving North Bay/Huntsville region) • Brant County Woodlot Owners’ Assoc. • York/Durham Chapter • Stormont Dundas & Glengarry • Lanark & District Chapter • Huronia Woodland Owner’s Assoc.
Cover Photo: Fiddleheads—the furled fronds of young Ostrich ferns are a delicious and nutritious spring wild edible. These are about 24 to 48 hours past their prime for eating, but we kept the photo as it is such a beauty! Photo Credit: Simon Lunn, Lanark and District Chapter.
Editor: John Pineau
Layout & Design; Brenda Tonn, PaperWorks • brenda@paperworksdesign.ca
The Ontario Woodlander—An Ontario Woodlot Association Quarterly. Issue 102, March 2021
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