Berks Society 4 The Berks County Society of Farm Women Group #4 met on November 4, at the home of Virginia Taylor-Sloan, Hereford. During the social hour the group made reindeer pins and magnets to be distributed as favors with Meals on Wheels. President Elsie Rothenberger conducted the business meeting. Ways and Means committee reported a total of $341.15 in sales of Stanley products for the fall fund raiser. The State Farm Women pam phlet was distributed to assist in our quest for new active mem bers. Bingo at Berks Heim Main building will be held. Gifts are needed for Berks Heim Santas comer. 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Horticultural Agei Tom Becker DECORATIONS FROM Greens from your garden THE GARDEN often remain fresh or longer and Decorate your home with provide variety for wreaths and holiday greens from your garden holiday table arrangements. that they are delivered. The Farm Women State Convention is January 12, at the Forum, Harrisburg, banquet qt the Penn Harris. The cost for the banquet is $l9. The next meeting is Dec. 2 at the home of Mary Fizz, Boyertown for the annual Christmas party and gift exchange. All are welcome to join the fun. SOIt-447-74.16 ’ v-r ,IV,- j\A MORTON '■ ■ ■■ W BUILDINGS '■" ll ll o'iiHn MiiiiiuiiiiiiKUiilii Lancatter Farming, Saturday, November 29, 1997-B7 Choose evergreens with berries, pruning off branches from yew, Japanese and American holly, juniper, false cypress, arborvitae or red cedar. This pruning during the holiday season won’t stop new growth from the tips, but it will give you a more compact plant next year.’ White'pine, Douglas fir, and Norway spruce are also sources of greenery. However, use only the inside branches. Select and remove them carefully to avoid spoiling the shape of the tree. Pine and spruce do not produce new growth from the cut tips. Cones are a big holiday-deco rating plus. Your older pine, spruce and fir trees will supply cones to decorate wreaths and * arrangements. Fruited shrubs provide a beautiful trim for holiday deco ration, but many of the berry- producing shrubs have soft fruit which is eaten by birds or frozen before Christmas. However several American holly (Bex opaca) varieties have beautiful berries and foliage at Christmastime. The winterber ry holly (Bex verticiliata) is a native shrub which drops its leaves in autumn, leaving beau tiful berries along the twigs. Bex v. “Compacta” reaches three to four feet tall when it gets four years old, is good for foundation plantings and low compact shrubs. Plants these shrubs in groups with at lease one male plant included. They grow well near ponds or in poorly drained soil. Other plant stems used for decorating include ornamental grasses and herbs, like rose mary, lavender, rue, thyme and bed straw are traditional holi day fare. Rosemary (Rosemarinus offici nalis) often is used along with holly, ivy, and mistletoe for deco rating. Rue (Ruta graucolins) nick named ‘the herb of grace’ has unusual blue-green foliage and a distinctive fra grance. Thyme (Thymus sp.) invigorates the senses with a faint clove after-taste and the white flowers of bedstraw (gallium verum) bloom in mid summer. The common English name is “our lady’s bedstraw.” Hers; decorating tips • Use the bluish berries on a silvery ‘bloom’ on some junipers. Add box wood, holly, and rhododendrons for accents to decorations. Use a antitranspirat spray to prevent broadleaf plants from drying out. • Pines have a soft feathery texture. Pines do not drop their needles as fast as spruce and hemlock. Use nuts and acoms on wired fresh wreaths. Barberry, oregon-holly grape, English ivy, bitter sweet, periwinkle, and even deciduous shrubs provide interesting stems, large spines or bright leaves or fruit. All questions con cerning this article can be directed to Tom Becker, (717) 840- 7408, at Penn State Cooperative Extension, York County. additional