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CLINTON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1974-3A
Happy families in the vegetable garden
The success of your vegetable garden depends great-
ly on your' choice of location. Choose a place in full
sun and away from trees and shrubs so the vegetables
needn't compete with their roots. Select as level an area
as possible.
Consider this garden as
part of your total landscape.
You will possibly want a. e
low fence to set it off from
the other sections of your
grounds. If so, remember
that tomatoes, cucumbers,
peas, and some beans are
all vines and can be sup-
ported on the fence, so
build it accordingly.
Think also of the nearness
of a water supply for, if the
summer is dry, artificial wa-
tering will be necessary. And
DON'T make your garden too
large. Once the soil is pre-
pared and seeds are sown, a
garden that is 20 by 50 feet
in size takes only an hour a
week to maintain.
Ask each member of the
family which vegetables he or
she likes and plant only those.
There is no point or sense in
planting something that won't
be enjoyed.
Unless you have 'plenty of
room, it's better not to grow
the vegetables that require a
lot of space. Make a list of
the ones you want to grow
and group them according to
the number of days they take
to reach edible size. You'll
find this figure in the seed
catalogues and on the seed'
packets.
would give you more room to
maneuver.
There are two practices you
can use to advantage when
you plan your garden. Suc-
cession planting and inter-
cropping. Both insure greater
production from your garden
space.
Succession planting means
both planting the same vege-
tables several times during
the season for continuing har-
vest and, as indicated above,
planting one vegetable in a '
space vacated by another.
Intercropping means plant-
ing early-maturing crops be-
tween rows of long season
plants. You can first set out
plants of tomatoes and pep-
pers which need several feet
in which to mature.. While
they are small they don't need
the space, so grow rows of
peas between them and har-
vest the peas before the larg-
er plants need all the space
alloted, to them.
Spend some time choosing
varieties of the vegetables
you have decided to grow,
There's a world of difference
between them. In general,
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THE PLAN
Then, on a piece of paper,
lay out your garden. The
short season vegetables that
mature quickly, like radishes
and green onions, should be
planted at one end so another
vegetable like beans can be
sown as soon as they are har-
vested.
Spacing between rows is
important to consider wheil
you plan. The closest that
rows can be planted, even
with upright growing vege-
tables like carrots or beets, is
one foot. Eighteen inches
hybrid varieties are sturdier,
produce more, and have su-
perior flavour. There are also
varieties that are resistant to
one or several common plant
diseases. These are plainly
indicated in catalogues and
on seed packets.
Just because Grandpa grew
a certain variety is' no reason
why you should since newer
ones are generally so greatly ,
improved. If in doubt wheth•
er a variety thrives in your
area, realize that seedsmen
serve the country and usually
handle only widely adapted
varieties.
Planning a vegetable gar-
den is fun—planting one is,
too. It can be a family proj-
ect as can the later care of
the garden and the harvesting
of the crop.
FERTILIZE
Most of you know about
fertilizers. I like to broadcast
a balanced fertilizer such as
Pink Vigoro and rake it into
the top 3 to 4 inches of soil
before I sow my seeds. And
afterwards, once the plants
have developed two sets of
leaves, I begin a supplemen-
tary feeding on each side of
the row and then gently hoe
it in. If you do this your
yield will increase and your
results will be excellent be-
cause nutrients are required
by all plant life. If they don't
get it, your crop will be a
failure.
It's never too early to start
introducing the youngsters to
the gentle art of gardening,
and when you are digging
over your vegetable garden,
give one of your young ones
a place to sow and raise
radishes, carrots and lettuce.
They are faster growing and
the youngsters are a little im-
patient. But the children
shouldn't be overlooked when
it comes to gardening. They
have little tools they can use,
and the one nice thing about
the family garden, including
a spot for the young, is that
they are right there with you,
enjoying the great outdoors
and safe, right by your side.
Enjoy your vegetable gar-
den, Not only will the crop
taste better, but it is going
to save you a great deal of
money as well.
FEEDING ROSES
Veteran and novice rose
growers should remember that
spraying is a' must for excel-
lent rose production. Every
ten days is a good spraying
ritual. Try 50 percent Mala-
thion to keep insects from
"chewing" up the foliage and
also dust or spray with 50
percent Captain to keep them
free of black spot and mil-
dew.
If you feed your roses
regularly with nutrients such
as those found in Vigoro
Rose Food, your plants will
be healthy enough to be able
to fight off the contamination
of fungi diseases. A handful
around each rose every
month from now until the
end of August will prove my
saying that a well fed rose
will produce and produce
well.
Have a real nice summer.
It's been great writing for
you each month and thank
you for your nice letters and
questions you've 'wanted ans-
wered.
If you have any more
lawn and garden questions,
write to me at the Garden
Information Centre, 165 Uni-
versity Avenue,- Toronto, On-
tario, M5H 3138 enclosing a
stamped and self-addressed
envelope. It will he my pleas-
ure to answer them.
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