818-Lanca*ter Farming, Saturday, Saptamber 3, 1994
Celebrate The Harvest
INTERCOURSE (Lancaster
Co.) The rich bounty of Lan
caster County will be the focus of
the 20th Annual Harvest Festival
at Kitchen Kettle Village on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
September IS, 16. and 17, as
cheerful com creatures, a com cob
derby, lively music, and tasty food
create an educational and fun-fill
ed treat for the family.
The three-day event will cele
brate the late summer and early
autumn harvest that brings sweet
com, juicy apples, fresh pumpkin,
and other wholesome foods to the
tables of Lancaster County. Hours
will be from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on
Thursday and Saturday and from 9
a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday.
Family-oriented activities at the
festival will include a com shuck
ing contest, tours of the Jam &
Relish Kitchen, pumpkin carving
demonstrations, and a display of
farm equipment by Ford New
Holland and C.B. Hoober & Son.
The young women of the Tam &
Relish Kitchen will have a quilt
ing bee, featuring a Horn of Plenty
appliqued quilt with fruits and ve
getables in warm harvest colors.
A fresh batch of pickled water
melon rind will be introduced at
Yellowjacket
Plague
Strikes Nation
SPRING MILLS
(Centre Co.) Experts
are predicting yellow
jacket populations will
reach epidemic propor
tions this fall in many
parts of the U.S. due in
part to favorable weath
er conditions earlier this
summer. Many hospital
emergency departments
are already reporting re
cord numbers of bee
sting patients as the in
sects begin to take their
toll.
“Yellowjacket popu
lations are cyclical.
Every few yean when
weather conditions and
food supplies are favor
able. nest populations
explode,” according to
Miles Guralnick, en
tomologist at Vespa
Labs, Inc. and expert on
North American yel
lowjacket biology.
Curalnik adds that “by
the time their numbers
have peaked, food sup
plies are dwindling,
forcing them to forage at
picnics and garbage
areas. This is where
most stings occur.”
To protect yourself
against this threat, avoid
open refuse areas and
keep all food covered
when eating outdoon.
Have problem nests de
stroyed by a profession
al exterminator and nev
er swat at flying yellow
jackets as frantic motion
incites their attack beha
vior.
For more information
on treating allergic reac
tions to yellowjacket
stings. call
1-800-23-STING.
the Jam & Relish Kitchen, along
with other jams and relishes made
from the harvest bounty. Visitors
will be able to participate in a spe
cial canning demonstrations that
involves actual preparation of
foods being “put up for the win
ter.” Special secrets for canning
chow chow will be divulged, bas
ed on Kitchen Kettle Village’s 40
years of expertise.
The ever-popular com creatures
will be on display during the Har
vest Festival, made by various
shopkeepers and employees of the
village. ~~
In the center of the village, the
Hospitality Gazebo will feature
complimentary punch and cookies
and free balloons for the kids.
There is no charge for admission
to the Harvest Festival and plenty
of free parking is available. Kitch
en Kettle Village is a unique com
munity of more than 30 shops and
eateries, founded in 1954. It is lo
cated 10 miles east of Lancaster
and 30 miles west of Exton on
Route 340 in the heart of Inter
course, PA. For information, per
sons can call (717) 768-8261 or
1-800-732-3538.
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