84-Uncaster Faming, Saturday, April 19,1986
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-And other
hazards
Ah, Spring. That glorious time of
year when birds sing their hearts
out, a young man’s fancy turns to
love, and you can tell someone to
go fly a kite and not get in hot
water over it.
Spring. When daffodils bloom,
tadpoles come to life, and farmers
plow furrows in fields and into
their wives’ foreheads as they try
to figure out when the men might
show up for a meal.
Spring. When any woman worthy
of the title is supposed to swoon
over thoughts of tearing into every
room of the house, ripping it apart,
moving it around, hanging it out,
dusting it off, and maybe even
painting it up.
Forget it! While this farm wife
does do windows (at least once a
year whether they need it or not),
she doesn’t Spring Houseclean.
Does anyone Spring Houseclean
anymore?
One part of Spring
Housecleaning I do miss - it’s a
perfect excuse to change the
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location of furniture around in a
room. But, remodeling over the
years has made the small-to-begin
with rooms of our farmhouse
awash in doorways, windows, and
electrical outlets, placfd at all
sorts of inconvenient spots. And
there is only one way in which the
present furniture can be fit - I
know, because I’ve tried other
ways.
Still, breathes there a woman
anywhere who doesn’t oc
casionally have a yen to move
things around, give the place a
fresh look, update and improve on
the home environment? Being
locked into a pattern with built-in
cupboards and fits-just-so fur
niture, leaves only one outlet
around here for creative “en
vironmental restructuring.’ ’
Outside. Which suits the gar
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furniture? Move plants.
For years, I’ve coveted a spot for
growing roses. One spot in the
border is too wet and stands in
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And do heifers relish iris with the
same lust they have for gobbling
daylily tops? If daylilies were
toxic, the maurauding band of
nibblers that spent one recent
night investigating the backyard
would be but a memory.
Can a forsythia be coaxed to
glow yellow and hide an ugly
comer between the fuel tank and
old block wall? Will zebra grass
survive in the shady desert of
agressive maple tops and roots? If
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puddles during the spring rains.
Another part is good for little more
than cactus culture. And where
I’ve been trying to grow a few of
the thorny bushes, the cows oc
casionally sneak out of the bam
and dance the tango over them.
Finally, I think I’ve located a
suitable place for roses. If the pigs
can be kept out of it when they
venture out on their impromptu
forays.
Of course, moving the roses
leaves a bare spot. A sort of spot to
“move the furniture.” So to speak.
Now the iris spend half their
lives gasping for air for their
roots, due to springs which turned
up after the hurricanes of the ’7os,
and invasive grass pursuing a
“right to life” policy. Where it was
too shallow for roses, will the iris
find happiness?
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I dig it up and move it, then what’s
best to move into that vacant
comer?
Where can I go with two dozen
rooted pussywillow branches just
pleading for the chance to become
a permanent part of the land
scape? Or the raspberries that will
Centre County 4-H Sheep Club
Members of the Centre County 4-
H Sheep Club met April 2 at the
county Extension office.
Martha Hartle, chairman of
cookie sales, reported that cookie
orders are due April 19th and that
the cookies will cost |1.75 this year.
The group also discussed weigh
ins for the market lamb project.
Lambs will be weighed May 31
from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Paul
Hartle Farm. Lambs may not
weigh over 80 pounds at the initial
weighing and must weigh at least
85 pounds to be sold at the Grange
Fair.
The group elected the following
officers for the coming year: Craig
«r
have to relocate to make room for
a sod waterway? And will the
electric co-op de-energize us if I
borrow a small portion of their pole
for a clematis?
Spring Housecleaning? In the
house?
Who needs it?
Fleck, president; Martha Hartle,
vice president; Cinnamon Rudy,
secretary; Gary Rossman,
treasurer; Kory Rudy, historian;
Joyce Harpster, news reporter;
and Amy Clair and Kevin Barger,
game leaders.
During the election Craig Fleck
and Joyce Harpster conducted a
game on the breeds of sheep.
The next meeting will be held
May 7 at 8 p.m. at the Centre
County Extension office; the
program will be a speaker on
feeding market lambs.
Anyone interested in joining the
club should contact Paul Hartle at
355-3149 or Shirley and Harold
Harpster at 466-6669.