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 By: Kevin Brown, Ag. Resource Specialist
Yes, that is what I said, a garden that takes no work. This is a picture of our garden here at the office. I mulched it, planted it, spent maybe 15 minutes (total) weeding it at different times, and am now harvesting it. I know there are a lot of non-believers out there. My wife said it wouldn’t work. My co-workers said it wouldn’t work and wanted to know who was going to be the one spending the time needed to weed and water it. My response was, “if it works the way it is supposed to, no one”. Even my mother said that when she read the first gardening article, I put out there, “I couldn’t believe your name was associated with it. You never wanted anything to do with a garden”. And she is right, I still don’t. But Voilà ! Here we are. I can handle a garden if I don’t have to do anything to make it a garden. Doesn’t everyone like to have super fresh vegetables if all they have to do is go pick them? Well, you can.
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By: Nathan Dewing, Agricultural Team Leader
For seven decades, Pennsylvania’s county conservation districts have actively engaged residents to understand management of our natural resources. What is a conservation district anyway? Let’s start by asking “why?” PA county conservation districts were birthed with the 1945 passage of the PA Conservation District Law. What was the issue requiring leadership? Soil conservation. Farming practices were degrading the soil resource, risking future productivity and affecting other resources like air and water. The law provided for a “grass-roots” conservation effort to build awareness and capability of local landowners to voluntarily manage the resources well. Potter County established PA’s first conservation district in 1945. 2019 marks 63 years for the Bradford County Conservation District. Strong leadership has developed significant capacity to resource Bradford County residents in the task. |
AuthorsVarious staff at the Bradford County Conservation District Archives
November 2021
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