On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other hazards
Joyce Bupp
There’s always a special an
nouncement waiting when I log
onto our Internet connection
server.
Generally they turn out to be
some sort of sales pitch. Surprise,
surprise.
One recent one was for a digi
tal camera, easily had for only x
number of easy payments. For
more information, jun .click on
the “tell me more” button.
Another, which has popped up
more than once, is the opportuni
ty to subscribe to an on-line
greeting card opportunity for
only x-bucks per year. I send cy
bergreetings occasionally free
ones.
So, I’m cheap. Here in south
central Pennsylvania, we prefer
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to consider ourselves “thrifty.”
(And yes, I reuse plastic bags and
aluminum foil, too.)
Which is why I was amused at
the latest promotion beaming
from the screen when I logged
into cyberspace a few days ago. It
announced: “Easily create the
garden or yard of your dreams!”
Lumping the words “easily”
and “garden/yard” together in a
sentence is a dead giveaway to
hype beyond reality. But, I could
have the software to help me
have beautiful land and gardens
for free. All I’d have to pay
would be the shipping and han
dling. And it would provide a da
tabase of a couple of thousands of
plants, especially recommended
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as well as hundreds of garden ob
jects and structures for decora
tive purposes. (And lots of links
to other stuff for sale, adds our
family computer professor.)
Sounds like a seed catalog to
me and see how fast my mouse
clicks the “no thanks!’’ choice.
Software stacked from here to
the moon isn’t going to do battle
against the anti-garden forces
hovering around our back yard.
this summer sports what appears
to be a “go-kart” track. We are
not practicing for NASCAR, but
spent the last few months hauling
twice-daily, tanks-full of water to
enhance our failing source. And
the tractor and tank made its cir
cle right in our straw-colored
yard, creating the nice racetrack
effect.
Then there’s the cow hospital
comer.
Cindy and Marilyn are two
older cows, both which developed
sore feet. Foot care and treatment
left them with extended “ouchi
ness.” Cindy was first, turned out
onto the shaded lawn for greater
comfort and better footing. After
several days of extra attention,
her condition improved to where
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For instance, our lower lawn
ter 717-:
she began meandering around
the yard. The night she plunked
down fo sleep in the flower beds I
suggested she graduate to pas
ture.
Two days after Cindy was re
turned to more proper cow facili
ties, Marilyn came in line for
lawn occupancy. Same scenario.
Same spot in the flower bed.
Adding to the barnyard atmos
phere of that corner is this sum
mer’s Canadian goose hatchlings,
now all grown up. But the willow
at yard’s edge offers the most
comfortable, cool spot this
muggy, hot summer and the
flock of nearly 20 gather there
during the heat of the day to al
ternately lounge and splash.
Every day, they work their way a
little further up into the yard.
With our ponds literally drying
up in the meadow, like many oth
ers in the area, the geese are find
ing ideal spots at more of a pre
mium than in many past years.
Bet that “free” software
doesn’t address a lawn full of
lounging geese or 1,400-pound
cows munching the marigolds.
Guess we’ll skip that offer, too.
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transplant time.
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* Long lasting (up to 2 months with one application)
* No phytotoxcity...does not burn the foliage.
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* Concentrated (10:1)...1 gallon makes 11. Can be
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*t 84 P ius shipping
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 3, 2002-83
Del Val To Offer
Food Service
Management
DOYLESTOWN (Bucks Co.)
Delaware Valley College an
nounced recently it will offer a
new major in Food Service Man
agement beginning the fall se
mester.
This program is designed for
those who wish to pursue an en
trepreneurial approach toward
their career, whether opening
their own restaurant or taking
any position beyond the kitchen
in the vast restaurant and food
service industry.
For more information call
Mike Simone, chair of business
administration, at (215)
489-2213.
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damage to sweet
orn and pumpkins.
All organic deer
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ip to 8 weeks...will
ot wash off in rain.
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