Forest Restoration
(Continued from Pago A3O)
hundred years ago was a road
travelers used to voyage to
Baltimore.
The stream was forded, and the
road passed through fields. Forest
was chopped down and used for
lumbar.
Now, looking at the site, you
could hardly tell if a road ever
passed through there.
Restore area
But it didn’t take long to cut
down a lot of trash growth, remove
old fruit trees that should have
been cut down long ago, trim away
hedge material, and restore the
area to its original beauty.
It was the move from a densely
urban area such as Montgomery
County, with many folk commut
ing for hours back and forth from
the city, that appealed to the Wol
fes years ago.
An remembers what it was like,
growing up in Lehigh County, as
radio stations touted the area for
commuters
‘ ‘I was raised in the Lehigh Val
ley, and sometimes in the winter,
in die shop. I’d get the New York
stations to listen to, and they’d
adversite the ‘Little Apple,’ which
is the Lehigh Valley,” he said,
“for an ‘easy commute to New
York City.’ And they’re selling the
Lehigh Valley out to people from
New York City."
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who must now deal with develop
ment near their own property from
commuters who travel an hour and
a half from Washington, D.C.
Art said he doesn’t understand
how they can deal with the long
drive, which he said would “work
on my nerves.
“It’s unbelievable to me. but
they do it I would feel that much
would drive me crazy, because it’d
be just enough to be a headache,"
he said.
The Wolfes maintain about 235
acres and 8,000 trees, mostly
Christmas trees sold at the Wor
ley’s Nursery stand. But Wolfe
also maintains about IS acres of
pasture and grows about 38 acres
of con, 40 acres of soybeans, 70
acres of hay, and two acres of
buckwheat, all cash crops. He
takes care of about 80 acres of
woodland.
He worked some cleared
acreage this spring—a tough task.
considering die junk to work over
lying about the ground.
“Ground that you just cleared,
you know, you have to work it 10
times mote than you normally
would,” he said.
The Wolfes installed some con
servation practices on 'the farm,
including a three-foot deep water
retention pond constructed in 1992
that helps control sediment and
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runoff from fields. Also, Wolfe
worked contour strips and installed
diversion terraces .as part of the
farm’s overall reworking through
the years.
A great deal of work late last
year and into this year involved
clearing wood left by loggers in a
15-acre woodland a few hundred
yards from the homestead.
“The loggers came in and took
the most money they could out of
it,” he said. “They took every
thing good and left everything that
was no good. And so we’ve beeff
trying to get things back where
they belong.”
Planted Red Oak
Wolfe planted about 100 Red
Oak saplings in April and covered
them with plastic to protect from
deer damage. Bluebird shields will
be installed as soon as he has time.
Also, Wolfe planted about 60
Pollonia trees, which require a lot
of maintainance. and more than 30
various nut trees in a lane separat
ing the com and soybean fields.
Nut tree varieties include pecan
and chestnut.
According to the tree farmer,
much work was necessary to
restore nearly all aspects of the
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farm, including some work on the
buildings, which date back to
1786. The stone house was built in
1850, and a house now used for
their DeardorfTs Mill antique bus
iness to about 1790.
“This was a really well-kept
farm,” Wolfe said. “But then after
about 20 years of not being man
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tion of plowing methods, “an
unbelievable job of plowing it
hadn’t been fanned for yean and
yean and yean.”
Art said he and his wife did all
the work. In the spring, she helped
drive the tractor while he put in the
trees.
She also helps him when it com
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and also with the antique business
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