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Show 4 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah Thursday, April 10, 1975 Leave the cover on for a few Let's make a terrarium by Mary Coleman Spade and Hope Garden Club Terrariums are the answer to a year-roun- d garden growing in your home or office. and Terra means earth arium means "home, so a terrarium is a home for earth and where there is fertile earth, plant life is possible. A terrarium can be made in any clearly transparent container large enough for plants to live and grow. Glass is best, as plastic tends to fog up and discolor. The container opening should be large enough for planting and maintenance, and should have a lid. If you want to plant in a fishbowl, have a piece of glass cut to fit the opening. Now of Lets Plant lets plant! In the bottom your container, use about s to two inches of drainage material. This can be coarse sand, aquarium gravel or lava rock. For hanging terrariums use the lightest weight material. Next add a thin layer of sphagium moss or dead leaves, just enough to keep the soil out of the drainage material. Now add some charcoal chips. Unless you want to buy these at a garden store, you may use the charcoal residue from your fireplace or campfire. Charcoal sweetens the soil in your terrarium. Soil Layer will need a layer of soil in your container. The depth of the roots of the tallest plant you are using will determine how Finally, you much is needed. Tree seedlings are shallow. The soil mixture should be slightly moist, very light and loose. Commercial potting soil is it good, and you may loosen further with addition of some peat moss and sand. Now you are ready to add the plants. Select small seedlings or plants, available in go deep, ferns slow-growi- g dyes are harmful to the plants. - thumb apartment dwellers may soon be able to eat their ornamental plants and enjoy them. A new cherry-typtomato that can be hung like a vine a from flower basket has been developed by horticulturists at e South Dakotas Agricultural Experiment station after eight years research. Plant developers say the new variety can provide apartment dwellers with fresh tomatoes almost every month of the year. While the new plant is not yet on the market, it is expected to be tested in homes this year. So far, it has only been grown in greenhouses although horti cultunsts say it is not a true greenhouse tomato. Unlike greenhouse varieties, it doesnt need stimulation or vibration to pollinate. It also has a shallow root system which makes it suitable for pot growing. And sunlight from a nearby window will be enough to keep the plant healthy. Spray Mist spray mist the entire terrarium, using about six tablespoons of room temperature container. water for an eight-incA window cleaner bottle or any mister may be used. After watering, place the lid on it and put it in a cool, low light area for a few days. Then clean out any condensation with a paper towel and place the terrarium where it is to be enjoyed. Terrariums need plenty of light but no direct sun. Direct sun will cause the container to fog up and can burn the plants in a short time. Now h Pork May Be Short A 15 decrease in pork production this spring is forecast by the USDA. The cutback is due largely to high feed prices and other rising costs. 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ARCHIBALD FORD SPRING CLEANING three-fourth- Crop-Bearin- stores or gather your own from the woods. You may arrange these in a simulated terrain or group them as in a garden. Miniature figurines may be used, but choose ceramic ones, sinCe wood will peel and deteriorate. Woodland either moss, gathered by you or bought in dry form from a garden center, may be used over the top of the soil as a top finish. This should be of the short variety rather than long and days, then check the INTERNATIONAL 312 ton, lots of extras. Blue 1972 FORD LN750 (2) w36i v s, 5 spd., 2 spd., 17500 rear axle, 18 ft. Bed & Hoist. 1959 DODGE w5 spd., 2 spd., steel bed, hoist. Yellow 1949 CHEVY 2 Ton, runs good, cab & chassis. Green 1958 CHEVY 2 ton, cab & chassis. Red 1971 CHEVY 2 ton, P.S. CC Red & White 1969 w24 ft. bed, V-- 257-522- 1 101 NORTH 3RD EAST TREM0NT0H, UTAH |