Please join us for Snake Night at Lime Hollow

Date: Wednesday, August 19th
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Lime Hollow Education Center
3091 Gracie Road
Cortland, NY 13045

Do you like snakes? Do you have questions about snakes and other reptiles? If you answered yes, then you'll have a blast at Snake Night on Wednesday, August 19.
Dan the Snake Man is coming to Lime Hollow for a hour long presentation on snakes & reptiles. After the presentation, you will be given the opportunity to enjoy hands-on experiences with Dan's snakes and other creatures.

Admissions:
Members $3
Nonmembers $5
Children under 3- free

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I notice that a fly is feeding in a cut on my leg—I’ve been muscling my way through blackberries and they’ve left their mark. Their familiar fruit is white and hard now, but will become plump and black during the long days of August sun. Succulent and juicy, I can almost taste last year’s berries and see their purple stains on my finger tips. I can’t help but feel the history that grows around me as I weave through their stalks. Their leaves have been used in tea to ease childbirth, and Native Americans drank the juice to abate nausea and relieve stress. The act of picking the berries is itself stress relief to me, and I will return for them in several weeks, as will many forests residents such as birds, deer and raccoons. Moving away from the sunny blackberry patch into shade, an umbel of green seed pods atop a slender stalk heralds the location of leeks, whose broad leaves have withered since spring. With my fingers I follow the spindly stalk down into the soft soil, popping a tear shaped white bulb from the dirt with little effort. Green shoots, like little tongues licking up daylight, indicate dozens of bulbs just below the surface. I pick a handful, careful not to take too many, and nestle them into my pocket. They are perfect for soup or to sauté, having an intense garlic like flavor..........

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