On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other
hazards)
Joyce Bupp
Hey!
Watch where you’re walking!
You almost stepped on me.
Down here. Next to your foot.
Yeah, me. The round, orange
guy with the big, toothy smile.
Jack O. Lantern. In person.
Well, nice to meet you, too.
Whadda ya’ mean, can I talk?
Of course I can talk. What do
you think this big, wide mouth is
for? Candy com?
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HARRISBURG (Dauphin eligible seniors, mothers and chil-
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Yeah, it’s been kind of a rough
year for us round, orange types.
We like lots of bright, warm,
sunny weather, to grow big,
plump, and tasty. And make lots
of seeds, so we can keep our kind
around a few more years.
But, geez, some of the spots we
settled down in this year just
about drowned us. Molded and
mildewed us. Shriveled our um
bilicals and bombarded us with
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NICHOLS FARM
EQUIP.
Bloomsburg, Pa
570-784-7731
B.H.M. FARM
EQUIP. INC.
Annville, Pa.
717-867-2211
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blossom end rot. Like to have
wiped us out, by gosh.
Some of my little bud-dies
back months ago when I was just
a bud never even made it past
their blooming early days. Not
enough bees and bugs. Too dark.
Too dreary. Too wet. Bees stayed
home in a dry hive, rather than
work at moving pollen around.
Afraid of a little damp weather.
So much for that “busy as a
bee” stuff, huh?
And, then some more of my
friends rest their souls just
went limp when they were about
halfway grown. Turned to mush
and soggy lumps from standing
in little puddles for long periods
of time.
It was ugly.
Luckily, a few of us made it.
We crawled up on higher ground
when we were just little tykes.
Took advantage of the breezes
and sunshine whenever we could.
And drank from those frequent
showers to boost our pudginess
and good looks and sweet taste.
gram to redeem checks as part of 30.
the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Mar
ket Nutrition Program by Nov.
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Of course, some of us in the
family taste better than others.
Most of my squash cousins actu
ally have lots more flavor than I
do. Like Harry Hubbard Squash
and his wife, Bessie Butternut.
On the other hand, they usually
end up peeled, sliced, diced, boil
ed, mashed, squooshed, and
baked.
So who’s better off? The Pie
Pumpkin People or us tasteless
Jack O. Lantern types?
After all, we have our own hol
iday. Sure, the pumpkin pie
bunch gets a lot of play in a cou
ple of weeks, but they’re bit play
ers next to those turkeys. We
Jack O. Lanterns are STARS at
Halloween!
In the old days, Jack O. Lan
terns went through life with big,
broad smiles all lit. Enjoyed
those crisp, chilly October nights
by candlelight. A happy bunch,
we were. Then along came pro
gress you know, ceramic
pumpkins and papier-mache’
“There still are plenty of fresh
fruits and vegetables available at
fanners’ markets across the
Commonwealth,’’ Redding said.
“We encourage WIC families
and seniors to take full advan
tage and redeem their coupons
for the bountiful crop of fresh
Pennsylvania fruits and vege
tables at participating farmers’
markets across the state.”
Pennsylvania’s WIC and Sen
iors Farmers’ Market Nutrition
programs provide fresh fruits
and vegetables to nutritionally
at-risk seniors 60 years of age
and older who fail within the in
come guidelines of the program,
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pumpkins and the like and
some of our clan just turned their
smiles into scowls.
And plastic! Plastic Jack O.
Lanterns, for crying out loud.
With plug-in electric lights! Is
nothing sacred?
Then those people types
started on us with surgical in
struments special pumpkin
carving knives and stuff and
now we look like monsters. With
hair and mustaches. And ears.
They even give us cat faces. Cat
faces! Next thing they’ll be paint
ing us black.
Enough of this. It’s time to
take back our right as pumpkins,
to reclaim our traditions, to re
chart our course. No more fading
out of the public eye the day
after Halloween. So we’re pre
pared to announce the start of a
campaign the day after Spook
Night.
Pumpkin for President.
Trick or treat?
and mothers and children under
the age of five enrolled in WIC.
More than 400 vendors
statewide participate in the pro
grams, and $1.5 million of state
hinds and $1.9 million in federal
funding have been allocated to
the WIC and Senior Farmers’
Market Program this year.
Eligibility for the WIC Farm
ers’ Market Nutrition Program is
limited to pregnant and nursing
women, who are eligible to re
ceive $25 in coupons per year to
purchase fresh fruits and vege
tables at participating farmers’
markets; and 2-year-olds through
5-year-olds, who are eligible to
receive a $2O in coupons.
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