Color At Hershey Gardens (Continued from Pago B 2) young people and their families to the gardens for an educational opportunity, “A Garden To Sweeten die Imagination,” a Children’s Garden, is slated to open in 2003. The area is one hands-on learning experience after another, from tiie compass court that teaches geography to the tutoring they will receive in sundial gar den. An herbal patch of plants used by pioneers will be planted within ladder rungs, a wagon wheel, and antique iron kettles. Students will also review the alphabet with the ABC border, where colorful plants represent the letters of the alphabet with the first letter of each plant name. In addition to plant identifica tion, students will also investigate plant smell in the fragrance gar- The STREAM MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA was completed in 1965 after a thirty-year effort by Howard Higbee, a former Penn State Professor. • The map is known as the LOST STREAM MAP to some anglers. Professor Higbee succeeded in creating a map of the highest detail possible...a map that shows every stream and lake. He painstakingly plotted by hand the location of 45,000 miles of streams onto a 3 by 5 foot map. The map sold extremely well-until it was lost several years later. Incredibly, the printer entrusted with the original drawing and printing plates declared bankruptcy, then carelessly hauled Higbee’s 30 years of work to a landfill. The few remaining dog-eared copies became a prized fisherman’s possession. Professor Higbee was offered $4OO for one of his last maps. And state agencies were forced to keep their copies under lock and key. Experts told Professor Higbee that reprints were impossible, became the maps were printed in non-photographic blue. Then, in 1991, at the age of 91, Howard Higbee’s dream came true. Computers made it possible to reprint the map. Howard said, “I never thought I’d live to see this day.” den. An Education Center will provide more programs year round, said Klein. The organiza tion has a continuing capital campaign underway. The gardens drew more than 101,000 visitors from all over the U.S. and world last year. The 2002 season will end Oct. 31. Ad mission is $6 adults. Although most of the visitors use the self guided tour information, guided tours can be requested. highlights navigable streams £ degree of difficulty (highest h difficult), access points, darai Professor Higbee’s* Stre. Pennsylvania is the first and detailed map of its kind. 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Many gardeners are getting that urge to get out the till er and work up their garden soil. But before you do make sure the soil has dried out from the re cent rains. It really is best for the long-term health of your garden to resist the urge to work the soil when it is too wet. Whether you use a till er, plow or just a garden spade, wet soil will be badly compacted by the tillage and the effects could last for years. Working wet soil tends to compress the soil particles so that they become more tightly pack ed, thus leaving less room for water and air, both of which are critical for good root growth. This also makes it more difficult for plant roots and gardening equipment to move through the soil. The compression forms large, tight clods (clumps) of soil that become hard as a rock when they dry and are next to impossible to break up. This type of soil compaction has long lasting effects, taking years to rebuild a healthy soil structure. Rescuing a compacted soil generally will require tilling in large amounts organic mat ter, such composted plant and animal wastes and/or green manure crops, such as annual rye or winter grains. It is much harder to improve a poor, com pacted soil than it is to maintain a good soil so the best course of action is to prevent the com paction from happening in the first place. The rule of thumb is to wait until the soil is dry enough to crumble through your fingers when squeezed in your hand. If the soil forms a muddy ball when squeezed, it is still too wet. Give the soil another few days to dry, and sample again later. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 4, 2002-B9 Enrollment to each workshop is limited to 50 people. Pre-regis tration with payment is required; registration won’t be available at the door. The registration deadli ne is May 10 for the Athens pro gram, June 7 for the one in Shef field Lake. For information or to register, contact the Ohio State University School of Natural Resources, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210, (614) 688-3421, slyby.s@osu.edu. Don’t Work Wet Soil Rosie Lemer Purdue Consumer Horticulture Specialist u-
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