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Farm and Home Section, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 18, 2000—Page ican Dairy Association/Dairy Council Middle Atlantic, the “got milk? Get steamed!” cam paign was a huge hit with the Fair attendees. Mulch Ado In the Garden Means Better Hours Mon -Fn 7-5 Sat 7-11 were on hand to help with the promotion during the weekend. Crowd reaction was ex tremely favorable according to Deanna Rose, registered dieti tian with ADA/DC. “People who usually do not drink milk could not believe how delicious the steamers tasted. They were even more surprised when they discovered these drinks were healthy, too,” she said. As an associate sponsor of The Book and The Cook Fair and Festival, the nation’s largest food expo, ADA/DC Middle At- Growth and Quality you’re mulching in a large area with no plants, then there really are no guidelines needed for ap plication. If you are mulching around plants, it’s best to follow a few simple rules that will in crease growth and improve the health of a plant.” Nuss says most mulches are comprised of hardwood bark, cypress bark, bark nuggets, wood chips or other materials. Choose a mulch with the follow ing features: •Consistent color and texture. •Compaction resistance. •Wind and water erosion re- sistance. •Slow rate of decomposition. •Ability to reduce weed growth. All mulches must allow an ex change of gases-oxygen into the soil and carbon dioxide out of the soil-as well as water pene tration into the soil,” Nuss says. “A coarse-textured mulch will enhance both gas exchange and water penetration. If your choice of mulch slows or stops these processes, plants will decline and die.” Most mulches should be just two to four inches deep, Nuss explains. Gardeners should use the low end of that scale on heavy clay soils, and the upper end of the scale for loose, sandy soils. “Too much mulch smothers the roots by reducing gas exchange,” he says. “Deep layers of mulch also will absorb HEATMOR OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE Stainless Steel lantic promoted flavored milk steamers at many other events during celebration week follow ing the Fair (February 28-March 4). Fifty of Philadelphia’s finest restaurants offered milk steamers and latte drinks on their menu during the Festival week. Also, some of Philadel phia’s most prominent chefs cre ated specialty steamer drinks and demonstrated these recipes downtown to lunchtime crowds at The Shops at Liberty Place throughout the week. all the water from light rains, holding it well above the root system.” Nuss also points out other benefits from mulch: •Moisture conservation. If mulch is applied correctly, soil water evaporates slowly, giving plants a consistent moisture source.” As the mulch breaks down, the soil’s ability to hold water may improve,” Nuss adds. “Mulched plants always will survive a drought better than unmulched plants.” •Water Infiltration. Mulch cushions the impact of rain drops against the soil surface, al lowing water to gently flow into the soil. “When rain falls on bare soil, it disrupts the soil structure at the surface and causes a certain amount of com paction,” Nuss says. “By slow ing down the inward movement of water, mulch reduces soil ero sion.” Nuss warns that gardeners should not pile mulch on plants indiscriminately, particularly around the trunks of trees or shrubs. “Piling mulch against a trunk causes bark decay and other health problems,” Nuss says. 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