84-Lancaster farming, Saturday, June 30,2001 On Being Farm Wife (and other hazan Joyce Bupp Running errands around the region, I sometimes pass a partic ularly well-groomed expanse of low-lying lawn. This narrow, but long, piece of property on which every blade of grass is neatly trimmed for long, swooping stretches runs through a small valley. Through the cen ter of it, a small, natural-flowing stream meanders. Every foot of stream side bank, right down to the water’s edge, is as flawlessly groomed as the lawn. Not a weed in sight. No invading cattails or hint of thistles or random root ings of multiflora rose. Representing a lot of sweat and manhours for some dedi cated lawn guardian. Still, each time I go by, something puzzles me. Where do the frogs live? The meadow below our house, with several small ponds and its tiny brook running through, looks incredibly scruffy by com parison. Paths we use get an oc casional drive-by mowing, so we can wander through without wondering what we might step in or on. Heifers in the adjoining pasture keep everything up to, and slightly beyond, the fence, neatly nibbled down. Otherwise, it somewhat resembles a weed patch run amuck. But an amaz ing amount of interesting and pretty plant growth thrives, some purposefully planted, others put there by Mother Nature. Mowing would mess up the effect., Most beautiful are the water li lies, now at peak bloom with wide, waxy flowers in pinks and white. Iris opened earlier, large clumps of a powder-blue-flow- ered Siberian type, a few whites, and one yellow which aggrava tingly refuses to reproduce itself beyond the single cluster. A wildflower mix tossed on a bank a couple of years ago has left some annual red and orange poppies which re-seed them selves. Clumps of cattails squat in the shallow edges of the ponds and the inevitable multiflora roses hang their briary stems over the surface, providing shade and impenetrable cover for both fish and fowl. Assorted grasses, spear mint tea, miscellaneous damp loving wildflowers all happily bloom, unattended, in the mead ow. Intended specifically for at tracting and providing for wild life, the meadow abounds with critters we love to watch. Canada geese are the most noticeable at the moment, nearly two dozen of the big birds, including this year’s hatch of seven, now grown, gos lings. Keeping company with them are four wild mallard ducks, a mother and three youngsters, all feathered in the subtle, somber brown shadings of the female of the species. A more colorfully feathered male occasionally drops by, but none keeps regular company with this little family. While geese parents are both dedicated to “childcare,” duck ling reusing appears to be solely a mom’s responsibility in the mal lard world. A family of red-winged black birds lives nearby, the fledglings now perfecting their takeoff and landing techniques among the June is traditionally the month of brides, grads and dads, but turkey lovers across the country have gobbled up the entire month thick growth of plants on the stream banks. With unending maternal devotion, the mother bird keeps vigil from the top of the first tall tree in the fence row near the stream. When the cats follow us on a walk through the area, she flutters about the tree and shrieks nasty, anti-cat senti ments. Herons are regular visitors, in cluding the resident great blue heron, which is growing old gorg ing on our fish. A silent, solitary giant, the great blue heron can often be seen gliding in from far ther away in the meadow. Unless you see it land and know exactly where to look, Big Blue is near impossible to spot as it waits, mo tionless for long minutes, blend ing in with the weeds and grasses water side. Sometimes, its reflec tion in the water is actually more noticeable than the bird itself. Two night herons perhaps a pair have also returned to the pond, to hang out in the willows and elbow the space of the king fisher for squatters’ rights to the best fishing branch bending down out over the water Occasionally, a fox is spotted poking around the meadow and the muskrats continue to thrive among the grassy banks and plenti- ful food supply. And, walks around the ponds on a sum mer evening are punctuated with distinct splashy “plops,” as the ffctgS leap from hiding in the grassy edges to watery safety. We don’t have to wonder where the frogs live here. All over the place. Turkey Lovers’ Month Joins Line-Up Of June Celebrations for a celebration of their own. 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