<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>We'll be pruning in the orchard and vineyard Saturday and Sunday, Feb 20-21.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are interested in learning proper techniques for pruning fruit trees and grape vines, come on out and join us for a fun weekend in the trees and trellises.</div><div><br></div><div>Wear work clothes, comfortable climbing shoes, gloves, hat and eye protection. If you have hand pruners, please bring them and we'll sharpen them for you.</div><div><br></div><div>For our regular crew and those familiar with SVI, we'll be working at moonshadow's orchard and vineyard, and probably also at Uno and Dos near sweetgum.</div><div><br></div><div>Those of you who are first-timers or unfamiliar with the land, please check in at Sweetgum (the houses just across the creek at the entrance).</div><div><br></div><div>There's a lot of limbs piled up, so a bonfire on Saturday night is also a possibility.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://svionline.org/about-svi/directions/">http://svionline.org/about-svi/directions/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#171717" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="2"><b>Chris Gilligan</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#777777" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="2"><b>Board of Directors</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="2" color="#414141" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); "><b>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#171717" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="2"><b>Sequatchie Valley Institute</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="2" color="#777777" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "><b>1233 Cartwright Loop</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="2" color="#777777" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "><b>Whitwell, TN 37397</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="2" color="#777777" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "><b>(423) 949-5922 tel</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#777777" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="2"><b><a href="http://svionline.org/">svionline.org</a></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#777777" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><b><br></b></span></font></div></div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>