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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 <strong>of</strong> these melons cool and moist . . .'I I. Monday 11. Tuesdav HERBS: Their culture, harvest and use A. Proposed Activities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 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. 59
111. Wednesday FOOD PRESERVATION AND COOKING IV. Thursday V. Friday A. Proposed Activities 1. Drying fruits and vegetables 2. Storing food in cellars, outbuildings, etc. 3. Preparing preserves, jellies, brandies, etc. 4. Pickling cucumbers, cabbage, etc. VEGETABLES: Their culture, propagation, and harvest A. Proposed Activities 1. Harvesting vegetables, flowers, and herbs for sale at Market Day 2. Selling produce at Market-Firehouse on Salem Square 3. Collecting ripe vegetable seed for future propagation or sale TOOLS AND LANDSCAPE ACCESSORIES: Their construction and maintenance A. Proposed Activities 1. Mending fences 2. Constructing benches 3. Chopping and storing wood 4. Building landscape accessories: clotheslines, compost bins, firepits, etc. 5. Crafting agricultural tools *** Alternatives - to be used or substituted during inclement weather or when garden chores are completed BOTANICAL STUDY A. Proposed Activities 1. Collecting native plants 2. Pressing unusual botanical specimens 3. Illustrating native plants 60
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k . Interpretive Prospectus for the
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\ and pleasure. Gardens were distin
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\ fluence on agriculture, horticult
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Garden Interpretation Orientation i
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1. A description of the lot concept
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The 1981 summer insert for the Visi
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details that would be missed by the
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Salem, such a Matthew Miksch, Chris
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Education and Interpretation depart
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D. Harvest Techniques 1. Tree fruit
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Of immdediate concern is the develo
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of simple medicinal remedies using
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\ 1. C. Reception Center . . Reprin
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A Manual For Garden And Landscape l
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VI . Landscape Questions Frequently
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1 continues to expand from the iden
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History The restoration of historic
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support of Old Salem, Inc. and the
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A. Introduction to Garden History H
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