On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other hazards
Joyce Bupp
Almost hard to imagine.
Just a year ago, dry ground
and dusty roads in mid-May fore
shadowed the summer’s devas
tating drought. A farmer friend
mentioned that a few days ago,
as the latest surge of rainfall was
pounding the East coast.
Even early this week, many
farmers have corn planted, but
no forage chopped for livestock.
Others are working on forage, but
seed still waits in the bags. Early
Monday morning brought a
smidgeon of frost to our meadow.
And the bottoms of countless
barns, bins, and bunker silos
across the region are bare as the
proverbial baby’s bottom.
Those of us whose livelihoods
live and die by Mother Nature
have learned to, if not like, at
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least live with these dramatic
swings that the seasons increas
ingly seem to bring. So, a recent
leaden-gray evening, with steady,
gentle rain falling from clouds al
most skimming the treetops, was
not enough to discourage Derra
Dog from begging to go on
evening walk. Completing our
walking trio was Midnight, for
mer stray cat turned porch pet,
whose mission in life is to make
sure I never lack a furry friend
underfoot to fall over.
Enroute, we take a quick de
tour around the springhouse per
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new surprise might have popped
up in the last soggy day or two.
Droplets of moisture cling to
every plant surface, lending the
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monds tossed at random across
the greenery.
An early-blooming iris at a
sheltered corner sports large,
golden yellow blooms. Its wind
battered stems under moisture
heavy blooms lean down into
neighboring clumps of foliage.
Cherry red dianthus blooms look
almost gaudy in the somber land
scape. Nearby, slender stems
peeking out from under a rose
bush dangle small, bright blue,
bell-shaped blooms. They’re new;
wonder where they came from?
Prolonged rain has left the
meadow sod spongy, and each
step makes a squishy sound. Rain
drops ooze down sword-shaped
cattail leaves and cluster in shiny
tiny globes on each waterliiy pad
dotting the pond. The steady
spattering of raindrops textures
the surface of the pond, and cir
cles radiate where an occasional
fish rises to check for edibles.
Sight of the cat padding along
sends resident red-winged male
blackbird into a fit of screeching
and scolding. This family’s nest is
usually tucked into the tangled
mass of a multiflora rose bush
hanging over the far side of the
pond bank. Father Bird vigilantly
patrols the territory with a sharp
voice and warning aerial dips in
creasingly low overhead, spiffy
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neon-red-orange epaulets flash
ing on his dark wings.
Even louder is the honking
raised by the dozen-plus adult
“wild” geese scattered around
the ponds. Three pairs keep
watch over families of fuzzy gos
lings, herding them to the far side
of the water when Derra splashes
in for her evening swim. The
geese do not know they have ab
solutely nothing to fear from our
gentle, aging Lab, unless, of
course, they are hoarding a stash
of cookies.
One pair, however, reroutes
our way, seven fluffy goslings
paddling furiously between them.
Their flotilla forms a V-shaped
wake in the pond’s rain-spattered
surface as they glide in our direc
tion, anticipating a handout of
floating pelleted fish food. Alas,
we have come empty handed,
and mother goose honks at us in
dignantly.
Wildflowers bloom along the
Lancaster Co. Conservation
District Awards Scholarships
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Lancaster County conser
vation District recently an
nounced that Jeffery Creamer
and Jason Betzner are the recipi
ents of the Lancaster County
Conservation District Ann
Brown Memorial Scholarship for
2003.
Jeffery Creamer attended
Manheim Township High School
and is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Creamer of Lancaster.
He will attend Penn State Uni
versity to study Earth and Miner
al Sciences.
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Q\ PRINTING
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24, 2003-B3
edges of the little stream beside
the ponds, yellows and purples
nodding above' the gurgling
water. Bits of bright white scat
tered along the streams soggy
edges pose a puzzle, until I real
ize they are root leftovers from
plants yanked out by the feeding
geese. A heavy spearmint fra
grance wafts up from the stream
bank, where patches of the aro
matic herbal tea plant grow wild.
Its wonderful smell beckons me
to snap off some tender tops, for
brewing a hot cup of May tonic
on this damp, chilly night.
One dripping dog, one
drowned-looking cat, and one
muddy-footed farm wife make
yet another detour through the
gardens, snapping off a fistful of
fat asparagus stalks and rescuing
the stem of water-sodden yellow
iris blooms.
When it’s too soggy outside to
enjoy spring, we’ll bring its trea
sures inside to savor.
Jason Betzner attended Lam
peter Strasburg High School and
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Betzner of Lancaster. He
will attend Virginia Polytechnic
Institute majoring in Geology.
Sarah Smith from Pequea Val
ley High has been selected as the
first alternate.
The Lancaster County Conser
vation District Ann Brown Me
morial Scholarship Fund pro
vides two $l,OOO scholarships.
Additionally, Creamer and Betz
er will be eligible for a follow-up
sophomore year scholarship of
$4OO.
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