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Lancaster Fanning Staff
NEWMANSTOWN (Lebanon
Co.) Pennsylvania’s Master
Gardener Deb Hartman knows the
frustration gardeners feel when
they weed, fertilize, prune, and do
everything possible, but the plant
does not perform as expected. She
is also a walking manual of gar
dener information that she willing
shares with others. If she doesn’t
know the answer, she knows
where to find it.
All this know-how came as a
result of Deb’s frustration with the
fruit trees she and her husband
George had planted.
“Every year, I would faithfully
prune them, butafter 10 years with
no fruit, I knew something was
wrong,” Deb said.
She called her county Penn State
Extension office for help. At that
time, the couple lived in Berks
County. It was through that office
that Deb learned that she was prun
ing too much and that master gar
dener programs woe available.
Deb applied to the program and
was accepted. At that time, the
Hartmans were in the process of
building a home in Lebanon Coun
ty. Because the purpose of the
Master Gardener program is to
donate time back to die community
in which they live in exchange for
the classes. Deb asked to transfer
to Lebanon County few training.
The classes are almost like
going to college. The program
teaches extensive gardening from
the core requirements of soil sci
ence and plant pathology to elec
tives such as herb gardening. Mas
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ter Gardeners complete 30 hours of
a scries of instruction and hands on
workshops. A $4O fee is charged to
cover the cost of a manual and
other handouts. Gardeners who
successfully complete the program
receive a certificate and then fulfill
SO hours of volunteer service.
This service is up to the indivi
dual and what they feel most com
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Extension office, and in Deb’s,
teach classes to other prospective
Master Gardeners.
Deb describes herself as a veget
able edibles gardener. She enjoys
experimenting with edible flowers
and herbs, she said, because she
loves to eat and the flowers are
beautiful.
Deb, with another Master Gar
dener, Barb B inner, started a group
meeting for amateur herbalists.
Deb has taught training classes
in five different counties. She and
Barb have participated in a radio
talk show where the audience calls
in and asks questions pertaining to
gardening.
Diverse questions amaze the
pair. Questions include “What do I
do to keep earthworms from smell
ing in the basement?" and “Is it
true that I should eat poison ivy to
keep from getting it?”
“1 certainly would not want to
do a talk show alone,” said Deb
who believes Barb and she com
plement each other.
“I'm a worrier because I want to
make sure the information is accu
rate. My partner keeps telling me
to relax,” she said.
If the pair does not know the
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to research it and let the person
know the answer.
Answers are always based on
Penn Stale’s information.
“If Penn State has not done
research on a subject, we do not
give information based on hear
say,” Deb said.
Graduates of the program can
receive an additional eight hours of
training annually with 20 hours of
pay-back time. In addition to Penn
State and a satellite dish hookup,
classes can be taken from Long
wood Gardens, Rodale Institute,
and other places.
Deb also writes a column. Cor
ner of the Garden, for the Lebanon
Extension newsletter, and she is
the secretary for the 1994 Pa.
Northeast Master Gardener
Conference.
The Amateur Herbalist Club
meets monthly at the Lebanon
County Extension Office. For
details, call (717) 270-4391.
Recently Deb was chosen as
Pennsylvania’s Master Gardener
from the mote than 970 Master
Gardeners across the state. This
was based on her many services to
the program in volunteering time
and information.
‘The award was a surprise,”
Deb said. “I’m not in the Master
Gardener program for the recogni
tion. I’m in it for the enjoyment.”
If you are interested in partici
pating in the Master Gardener
program, call your county Penn
State Cooperative Extension.
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