[Dialogue] Loess Hills Christmas

[David & Lin Zahrt]

-- NEWS FROM TURIN, IA --

November 15, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:              David and Lin Zahrt

22133 Larpenteur Rd

Turin, IA 51040-8747     <christmastree at country-homestead.com>

(712) 353-6772

The 7th Annual Loess Hills Christmas Event will held at Country  
Homestead B&B, Turin, Iowa.

TURIN, IA:  Cut a free Christmas tree and help restore Loess Hills  
prairie in the bargain.  The Zahrts invite you to bring your saw and  
come enjoy a “Loess Hills Christmas in the Hills”, at Country  
Homestead B&B, one mile north of Turin, Saturday afternoon, December  
9, 2006 from 12:30pm – 4:30 p.m

This is the seventh year for this holiday event. The first 3 Loess  
Hills Christmas Events were held at The Nature Conservancy's Folsom  
Point Preserve. The venue was shifted to Turin, Iowa in December  
2003. The Zahrts will be on hand to assist, and hot cider and cocoa  
will be provided.  Guests are asked to bring their own bow saw and  
protective gloves and wear sturdy shoes for hiking in the rugged  
Loess Hills.

“The trees are free and come in all sizes,” David reports.  He  
cautions, however, that cedar trees are not like your typical Douglas  
fir Christmas tree, but look more like the tree from “A Charlie  
Brown Christmas.”  Tips for success with cedars: 1) Leave the trees  
outside for a week or so to reduce the strong cedar scent, and; 2)  
Enhance the green coloration of the needles by setting the tree in a  
pot of sand watered with green food coloring.

Although native to the Missouri River floodplain, cedars have spread  
onto the prairies of the Loess Hills and other uplands because of the  
suppression of fire, one of the primary ecological agents of the  
prairie.  Dense stands of cedar completely shade the ground  
destroying habitat needed for prairie grasses, flowers, and  
wildlife.  Restoration is underway at Country Homestead—to remove  
the invading trees and recover, protect, and reconstruct the native  
prairie.

Directions to Country Homestead B&B: Take Highway I-29 to exit 112.   
Turn east on State Hwy 175 and take it through Onawa to Turin. At the  
only concrete crossroads in Turin turn left (north) on Larpenteur  
Memorial Road, and go north one mile to Country Homestead B&B. You  
will see Zahrt on the mailbox and the Country Homestead B&B sign in  
the front yard.

Please note we have a new email address. Finally got DSL!


David & Lin Zahrt
Country Homestead B&B
22133 Larpenteur Rd.
Turin, IA 51059
Where a change of pace is as good as a vacation, and a sense of place  
is soothing to the soul.
<chbnb at netins.net>



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