On Being a Farm Wife (and other hazard: Joyce Bupp Everyone needs a change of scenery now and then. Get out. Get away. Get rested. Get a new perspective on life. Great advice from stress spe cialists. But hardly “do-able” on a farm in May. While we are never at a loss for work, no month poses a greater “so much to do, so little time” challenge than this one. May is back-to-back, early mornings and late nights, com planting and soybean planting, weed control application, chopping rye, chop ping forage wheat and barley, chopping alfalfa haylage, some times trying to do a couple of those at the same time, while keeping up with all the usual bam chores. Improved cold-tolerance in com seems to allow that foremost grain crop around here to be J A “Sail Into Summer With These Cool Deals” —SOFA AND LOVESEAI' \ yrfi Reg. Ret. $2200.00 , /ItJ Our Price $989.95 1 I r , nCßnlrr ‘AVAILABLE IN « ■ k CLOSEOUT DIFFERENT 1 $OOOO4 COLORED FABRICS | 4- £/ 5 DRAWER DRESSER "\ / , ir . 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Ret $149.95 Our Price $49.95 fl CLOSEOUT IP *39** The Farmer gets to surfing with the TV remote. Our large field adjoining the lawn, especially visible because it’s the view from the kitchen window and porch, has already sported severed face-lifts in recent weeks. Grazing cover regrowing from last fall turned a brilliant green early on, then one day sported uniform stripes as tillage, and then planting, equipment moved through. Not too many days later, the green began fading to brown, with the grass cover dying down to form a mulch cover for the corn seedlings. Welcome showers and bursts of sunshine coaxed the com babies to stretch and grow enough that almost overnight they went from scattered, germi nating plants to distinctive stripes of green rows. Farm scenery is big on stripes. Nearly everything we grow is in neat rows, of some size or shape, at least during some point in its cultivation lifespan. And, on our curving, hilly ground, even the fields of'the area are laid off in contoured, conservation strips or stripes. Up the hill, in the other direc tion, contoured strips of alfalfa had no stripes, just a lush velvety carpeting of a deep green shade. Then, one day last week, the hill side of alfalfa green scenery sud- kt 4 Jb RAM'S HORN ' SOFA AND LOVESEAT I /Jh Reg. Ret. i —*■ -tirmrx $2100.00 -a v 3 -r IXl' Our Price I (Ik. up-- d --V - $799.95 ! CLOSEOUT 2SZJL 3QL 3 PC. END TABLE SET' IT in J I I $209.95 Our Price $89.95 CLOSEOUT FUTON CLOSEOUT"' \ Jk • In Black , * Comes w/8” Mattress jt Bg-Rrt. | . CLOSEOUT $ 139“ 7 PC DINING ROOM" \ CHERRY Finish , % CLOSTOLT ’309” 1 w/36x60 Table m m m 4 Side Chairs and mUgHtiUIL IT) 2 Arm Chairs Reg. Ret. $949.95 nWrt fjtfl Our Price $449.95 '/ 1 1 ' 79 ! (717) 3i£*2121 (800)340-8319 1 CMFfI as t v " denly sprouted stripes, too. Each pass of the windrower converted the leafy carpet into neat rows of forage laid out to dry. Within hours, our scenery had switched to a view of curving stripes of mown hay curing in the sun shine. Another pass a day later with harvesting equipment and the hillside scenery went to a bland blah-brownish shade. All the neat stripes disappeared into the gob bling front end of the chopper, leaving behind clipped fields in the somber shade of bare stems. With the blessing of a contin uance of frequent showers (even brief ones are better than none) the beige-hued stems should quickly revert back to leafy green. One of my favorite bits of scenery lies in the direction of the Quilt Auction Helps Hospital EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) A Quilt Auction is scheduled for the 49th Annual Ephrata Com munity Hospital Day in the Park at the Grater Memorial Park (formerly Ephrata Park), Rt. 322 West on Saturday, June 1 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The quilt auction features more than 30 quilts and wall hangings created by many local women. Guest auctioneer, Au drey Weaver, will start the bid ding at 3 p.m. A blue-appliqued quilt, “Emma’s Wreath of Roses,” is this year’s raffle quilt. Tickets cost $1 or six for $5. Other highlights for the day in clude Duane Slaymaker, acousti cal entertainer, on stage at Noon, Moonlighters (Big Band Music) TOYS, T-SHIRTS & COLLECTIBLES NEW ITEMS ARRIVING WEEKLY Join BMW CHECK OUR WEB SITE www.abcgroff.com OR VISIT OUR STORE Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 18, 2002-B3 meadow, where the heifers graze the pasture hillside, dotting the green grass with their stark con trast of black and white, framed by fencerows. And, scattered across the view are iris blooming in pastel shades of pink, yellow, and blue, cheerful small yellow and white wildflowers dotting the roadsides, and pink waterlilies blooming on the sparkling pond surface. But no scenery accent is more welcome than a pair of newcom ers flitting across the lawn. A bluebird couple has laid claim to a birdhouse on the border fence, their blue and pink presence a delightful, first-ever surprise of the season. If you can’t get away for a change of scenery, having it right outside the window is a pleasura ble alternative. from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. Entertain- ment is sponsored by Weaver Masonry, Inc. Meet and greet Tug McGraw, retired player for the Philadelphia Phillies, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., spon- sored by Blue Ridge Commu- nications and New Holland Ford Lincoln-Mercury, Toyota. Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase a cardiology ul- trasound imaging upgrade, which is part of a two-year pledge by the Auxiliary. For more informa- tion or directions, call the public relations department of the Hos- pltal at "717) 738-3556. 8 KWHOUUD Ni <