PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia
Co.)-Crowds were invited to
“get steamed” by sampling fla
vored milk steamers during The
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Alternate, Amanda Gilkin
son, helps prepare flavored milk steamers at The Book and
The Cook Fair in Philadelphia.”
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tious drinks and watching dem
onstrations on how to make
steamers, consumers were able
to purchase inexpensive frothers
and flavored syrups to create
these beverages at home. Nutri
tion information and recipe
ideas were also offered at
ADA/DC’s “got milk? Get
steamed!” exhibit booth. Several
Pennsylvania dairy princesses
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to it than just dumping a bag of
mulch around plantings.
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are using mulch materials as an
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ican Dairy Association/Dairy
Council Middle Atlantic, the
“got milk? Get steamed!” cam
paign was a huge hit with the
Fair attendees.
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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
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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.
He also points out that gar
deners who create large
mulched areas with no plants
within a garden may want to lay
a covering of landscape fabric or
plastic on the soil to control
weed growth.
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