On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other
hazards)
Joyce Bupp
It’s Dusty. It’s Dirty.
It makes the yard a mess. It’s
extra work. But, it’s recycling a
tried and true tradition.
It’s warm and cozy. It smells
nice.
It’s cheap.
What is it? Why, it’s heating
with wood, of course.
Yep, the woodstove is fired up
once again. And, boy, does it feel
great.
“I love our woodstove,” a
friend said recently, praising the
wood burner which they used to
keep their home snuggly during
the cold weather. She elaborated
on her affection for the burning
of wood as a heat source, citing
the steadiness of the warmth,
and that distinctive homey fra
grance of this natural heating
fuel.
My sentiments exactly. And
so, now that frosty mornings
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and brisk evenings once again
underline our weather patterns,
we, too, have stoked up the base
ment wood burner.
Burnable wood is a readily
available raw material for us.
And, it would really be a shame
to waste it.
At least once a year, a tree
somewhere in a fencerow or
along one of the woodlots topples
it to the ground, victim or age or
disease. Fallen trees immediate
ly begin to deteriorate, though
depending on what type of
species they are, may take a
long time to compost back into
the earth to nurture future gen
erations of seedlings.
Sometimes they smash down
part of a cattle fence, or crash
down in parts of the meadow
where a calf or heifer snuggle
down behind them and not be
visible. Since these fallen trees
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must be removed anyway, it only
makes good sense to section
them into workable portions for
fuel use.
And then there are lots of
trees which spread vigorous,
long limbs several yards out
over edges of numerous fields
which border on wooded areas.
Those limbs shade growing
crops, lessening the corn, hay or
soybeans' vigor and productivity,
as well as making them more
susceptible to insects or disease.
Like over-eager shrubs outgrow
ing their landscape, those need
periodic trimming and pruning
to keep them from overstepping
their bounds.
All these provide fodder for
the fire, as well as fuel to heal
the body.
There’s the old cliche’ that
wood warms a body at least
three times when it is cut,
when it is stacked and when it is
carried. For us, that just gets it
from the fencerows, to the pick
up, to the back yard. Splitting
offers additional warming to
The Farmer, which he often does
a few sections at a time as he
passes through on his way to the
house. Factor in additional
round of body warmth as we
stack it on the porch and haul it
inside for use.
A smug feeling of self-satis
faction helps warm the psyche
as well, having that stash of
wood as insurance against cold
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and damp inside our old farm
house. Lack of power offers
tremendous complications to a
business dependent, on electric
to keep cranked the motors,
pumps, milkers, feeders and
cooling compressors on which
our dairy operation hinges. But
at least we can be self-sufficient
in having a wood-warmed place
to sleep and a fire on which to
cook, should a dreaded, wintry
weather power outtage hit.
Those who grew up a genera
tion ahead of us, and who spent
their childhoods helping to
appease the appetites of wood
stoves, sometimes shudder with
a “been there, done that” gri
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
- ’Twas the night before
Christmas and all through the
house, not a creature was stir
ring not even...EEEK!! A
MOUSE!!! Kris the Mouse that
is. Kris has come to stay at
Wheatland and invites everyone
to come see his wonderful,
Victorian home. After all, it's not
every mouse that gets to live in
a presidential mansion!
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ABOO
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Roxbury, PA
717-532-7261
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 14, 1991
mace when we even mention
heating with wood.
One day last week, while
wrestling with an armload of
wood, I bumped the stack on the
porch and a couple of large
chunks connected with my foot
The ensuing sharp pain in a big
toe flashed a burst of insight as
to why a child who had grown up
with memories of such incidents
might be perfectly happy with
thermostatically-controlled,
automatic heat.
As an adult, I guess I’ll weigh
an occasional dent in the foot
against the dent in the budget
from other ways of heating.
And haul in another load of
wood. More carefully.
Mouse Hunt
At Wheatland
The holiday season, this very
special resident of Wheatland
wants you to take part in a fes
tive mouse hunt. Experience the
excitement of a Victorian
Christmas while trying to find
Kris as he scampers from room
to room. Along the way enjoy
live Christmas music as you fol
low the verses of the much loved
poem "Twas the Night Before
Christmas." All those who find
Kris in his many hiding places
will receive a prize.
These special Christmas
Candlelight Tours will be offered
on December 3,4, 5, 11, and 12,
1998 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Ticket prices are Adults $5.50;
Senior Citizens (65 and over
$4.50; Students $3.50; Children
6-11 $1.75.
For More Information, Call
(717) 392-8721.
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