82-Lancaater Farming, Saturday, February I, 1997 On Being a Farm Wife (and other hazards) Joyce Bupp Warm and caressing, the sunshine coaxes the greening grass and touches delicate blooms of soft color. Garden veggies await harvest, succulent and tasty with all those important vitamins and minerals disguised by their sheer deliciousness. And nary a weed peeks up through thick stands of plant growth of picture perfection. Yes, it’s so. It really is. All there, in brilliant color in the seed catalogs. In stunning color and described with the most appealing of phrases: masses of long-lasting blooms... a standout in your garden... fabulous in the kitchen... sweet est ever ... outstanding yields ... extaordinary rich flavor. In your dreams, I remind myself, plopping the stack of seed catalogs back on the coffee table. Remember the end less tain of last summer? Remember the rampant grass that choked out the geraniums and tangled the asparagus patch? 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We prefer to recall the juicy, crisp Sugar , Baby watermelons, the lovely, ten der Red Sails lettuce, tasty tomatoes and perky jalapeno peppers. Gardeners are undying optimists. This year by gosh this year will be different And by gosh each year is different So with the slightly lengthening days, brighter sunshine and the vis ions of fresh veggies and sweet smelling bouquets brought on by wishing with seed catalogs, it was inevitable. The spring fever bug attacked with a vengeance at my absolute most vulnerable spot standing in a garden center aisle, face-to-face with racks of seed displays. Understand, now, I fought it for awhile. Really I did Walked away. Came back. Circled the displays, eyeing the varieties. Debated that I And, because it's Massey Ferguson, you know you'll get all the quality and performance you'd expect from the worldwide leader in tractors See your MF Dealer soon for all the details 1 C.J.WONSIDLER MHUER 1975 TVumbwjwwttte Ret. 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A quick inventory of seeds left from last year confirmed what I had begun to sus pect —once I though about it— and several itertis on the lisiscould be eliminated. Admittedly, this seed packet impulse-buying is pretty poor plan ning. But it’s a cheap addiction. Seeds are a wonderful bargain when you compare the cost to what’s involved producing them and what the potential yields are. Taking inventory of my impulse bought seed packs. I scratched off the original mail order list several of the items scrawled there. Including sweet peas. Somehow, not paying attention during the seed buying binge, I’d already acquired two packs of those. One of them grows 20-foot vines of the flowering peas. Maybe I can train them to grow up the sides of a silo. wVs>'