OCTOBER 2-8, 2014 Your Local News
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Jr. Conservation School Plants Trees At Jacobsburg Center By BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News
The Northampton County Junior Conservation School isn’t just about the week of lectures and hands-on conservation and environmental experiences they have in July. The ex-students, counselors, other staff and board members meet on the third Friday of every month at 7:30 p.m. with their director, Andy Curtis, at the new Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center in Bushkill Township and they plan activities throughout the year that deal with the outdoors and environment, as well as fund-raising projects. This past Saturday they planted trees on the spacious Jacobsburg park land run by the Pa. Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources. Curtis advised them to dress appropriately for the weather, bring work gloves, wear sturdy shoes/boots, and have water and a snack for refreshments. And so, with shovels and
The new Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center. other tools, they got on their knees and planted a large number of trees intended for food and cover, directed by Rick Wiltraut of DCNR. Two locations were picked to plant the trees supplied by DCNR, the Keller Road bridge site and the Henry’s Wood restoration site.
Planting of a dogwood tree by Curtis and Wiltraut. – Home News photos
They spent a good part of the day planting the trees, starting shortly after 10 a.m. and lasting until almost 2 p.m. Pizza was supplied for a noon lunch. Wiltraut explained how to plant the trees so they would grow and provide the food and cover for wildlife in the area. The first tree planted was a flowering dogwood,
which Wiltraut said has white flowers and red berries. He recommended it for yards. A plastic netting was used to keep the small trees erect. Where the area was hard and rough, a post hole digger first dug the holes, and the volunteers finished it with shovels and topsoil.
Celebrate the fall harvest at Penn State Extension’s Open Gate Farm Tours barn. Take the Eighth Avenue North exit off of Route 378. At the intersection of 8th Avenue and Eaton Avenue, turn right onto Eaton Avenue. After one block, Eaton Avenue becomes Schoenersville
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Amore Farms 6821 Steuben Road, Nazareth Hayrides, pick your own pumpkins and gourds, corn maze, puzzle woods, fresh fruits and vegetables, thousands of mums, wine tasting, self guided vineyard Educational Activity: Stadium Style Straw Bale Food Pyramid, historical corn maze, brain teaser puzzle woods. Learn about wine tasting. 2 miles north of Route 22 on Route 512. Burnside Plantation— Sunday only! 1461 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem Burnside Plantation is a 6 ½ acre farm museum interpreting farm life from the mid 18th to the mid 19th centuries. It includes a farm house, gardens & heritage apple orchard. The Bethlehem Police horses are housed on site. Activities include pumpkin painting and colonial crafts for children, demonstrations of colonial cooking in the summer kitchen and self guided tours of the house and
Road. The entrance to Burnside Plantation is at the bottom of the hill. Buzas Greenhouse 2937 Newburg Road, Easton We have 17 greenhouses open year round growing for holidays, spring bedding and
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Submitted by ERIN FREDERICK The Northampton County and Lehigh County Open Gate Farm Tours have been annual traditions for more than four decades. Farms in Northampton and Lehigh Counties “open their gates” once a year for the public to visit their farming operation and get a taste of local agriculture. This year the Northampton County Open Gate Farm Tour is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 11 and Sunday, Oct. 12 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on both days. The Lehigh County Open Gate Farm Tour is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 19 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity to meet your local farmers and learn how your food is produced. There is no charge to go to any of these farms. Bring your family to visit as many or as few as you like. It's rain or shine. Dress casually and enjoy the day. Saturday, Oct. 11 - 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 12 - 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Taking part in the planting were these young people and their parents besides Curtis, Wiltraut and another DCNR worker: Lydia Hosford, Ryan Dougherty, Moranda Romanishan, Wayne Romanishan, Jr., Cassie Baun, Danny Tyler, Tom Tyler, Dalton Davidson, Mike and Sarah McCartney.
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