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wind storm, they should be cleaned up immediately - you
don't have to necessarily wait until Monday because the
interpretive schedule suggests that day for "horticultural
activities. I'
While engaged in any garden demonstration, interpreters
are expected to initiate dialogue with visitors to impart
information concerning their gardening chores. Interpreters
might stop their work, wipe their brows, and say "It's cer-
tainly a warm day, isn't it? This leaf mulch that I'm
spreading should help keep the roots of these melons cool
and moist . . .'I
I. Monday
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HERBS: Their culture, harvest and use
A. Proposed Activities
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Harvesting specific herbs
Cultivating herbs (weeding, fertilizing, etc.)
Drying herbs
Brewing herbal teas
Making potpourris and sachets
Strewing herbs
Collecting herb seeds for culinary use and
propagation
Collecting and drying roses and other garden
flowers for fragrance
HORTICULTURAL/AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES
A. Proposed Activities
1. Preparing soil
2. Fertilizing organically with compost, manure,
and ashes
3. Mulching
4. Irrigating
5. Pruning
6. Supporting plants with stakes, branches,
neighboring plants
7. Controlling insects and other pests
8. Harvesting specific crops such as flax, dye
plants, corn, tobacco, broomcorn, hops.
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