Pair natural materials with antiques such as a 1930’s carpenter’s tray and an early 1900’s apple cider Jug. Use weeds, plants, and vegetables to showcase au tumn’s beauty. Many of these materials need no preser vation or special preparation for display. Master Garden er Jane Yocum shows how she and other Master Gardeners combine harvest and natural materials for in door decorating. Showcase Autumn’s Harvest Indoors Lebanon County Flower Club stocked their table with the “makings” of arrangements for visitors to pur chase and create their own at home. Preserve Fall Leaves Everyone loves watching leaves change from summer green to the fantastic colors of fall. Preserving these beautiful gifts from nature is not a difficult process. One of the simplest methods is a glycerin and water solution. Use one part of glycerin to two parts water. Glycerin can be pur chased at any local pharmacy. The glycerin and water solution should be placed in a large flat pan. The leaves should then be put in a single layer so they are com pletely submerged in the liquid mixture. The leaves need to be kept in this liquid from two to six days. The process is complete when the leaves have absorbed the liq uid and are soft and pliable. Ex cess liquid can be removed with a soft cloth. The leaves should remain in definitely with this method. LOU ANN GOOD t . display by the county’s 'Master Lancaster Farming Staff Gardeners. This year was no ex- LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) ception. The display showed how Some of the most dramatic home natural materials placed in a din decorating costs little but time ing room is easy to do and quite and an eye to take advantage of stunning. Because it is easier to the season’s dying harvest. grasp ideas by seeing than by Ideas abounded at the annual reading, the photographs on this Lebanon County holiday pro- page offer a glimpse of the possi gram conducted last week. In ad- bilities you can create in your dition to on-stage demonstra- own home, tions, the Lebanon Expo Center You do not need to use exactly was set up with many eye-catch- the same materials to create an ing displays by the workshop attractive room. These displays presenters. jumpstart ideas. The secret is to Always a crowd favorite is the use what you have at your dis- The simplest arrangements are often the most dramatic. Notice the spray of bit tersweet draped across the weathered shutters, an assortment of dried weeds stuffed inside a sprinkling can, and the gourds, Indian corn, and dried leaves placed strategi cally for accent. posal. Search your attic, base ment, and the outdoors for items to display. Items need not be in top condi tion or of value to incorporate into breathtaking displays of na ture’s harvest. “I like old, dirty stuff best,” said Judy Bahney who was re sponsible for providing display items such as a 1930’s carpen ter’s tray, an early 1900’s cider jug, and a room divider created with weatered wooden shutters. Although frost has killed most (Turn to Page B 3)
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