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Show PAGE 8 EVEN A SHOE? Old Recipes Appear From Rural America Fill Those Things With A Plant If youve got an old aquarium laying around in the basement doing or absolutely nothing wooden shoes that, you brought back from Holland dont let thdm fill them gather dust with plants! ' Thats the new craze sweeping the country. Collect all kinds of unique and Interesting containers, put a plant In them and vollh you have instant decorations which are both Inexpensive and Today, as millions of Americans join a th movement by raising their own vegetables, old recipes from the rural America of long ago are re- appearing. One of these old farm recipes but with a new health feature is delicious Carrot Yogurt Cake featured in the Ortho garden book, When the Good Cook Gardens." Carrots, fresh and healthful from your own garden, are used in quantity The second technique also Involves putting the pot Inside the decorative container but this time, you fill it with a loose medium like perlite or to retain moisture. Adding a little charcoal will help keep the water smelling sweet. And, once again, appropriate ver-micul- alive. Container gardening is cheap, which Is quite a draw In Itself these days, but its also easy to do, explains the new Ortho book, Houseplants in this recipe and the authors of When the Good Cook Gardens advise a shredder makes fast work of assembling the quantity of grated carrots needed for this decorative nut cake. The new but cake is topped with a cream cheese frosting and decorated with pecans or walnut halves for a lovely -- coverings will hide the pot Inside. With the third method, you plant the plant alone In the new container. But, since there Is no drainage hole, you must also place fine gravel on the bottom to catch the drainage. In addition, you can Insert a plastic tube, with dipstick, Into the soil, to check for excess water; this way you wont give your new decorative object too much. WOW! 3 Tier - All Purpose UTILITY SHELVING First, you simply pick a container. Any kind will do, made out of any material you choose. If there is a drainage hole on the bottom, cover It with a piece of broken clay pot, to keep the soil from spilling out, and your contain- finishing touch. Gardeners can enjoy this very special dessert year 'round since carrots can be planted and harvested several times a season and into fall. A fall crop of carrots will keep well in cold storage until late spring. Try Carrot Yogurt Cake and the only big question will be how can anything so good for you taste so good? cover the pot with moss, bark or pebbles, to camouflage It. er who cooki Delicious carrot yogurt cake, makes ingenious use of carrot harvested from your own garden. All the ingredient blend into a delightfully different taste treat which is so good and so good for you. Photo courtesy of The Upton Kitchens. CARROT YOGURT CAKE FOR THE GARDENER Is all set. If your decorative con- tainer doesnt have a drainage hole, there are three basic things you can io. First, simply Insert the plant, pot and all, into your lovely container, thep Ml Steel lieit - Ideal For Plants - Storage. 30" Booh High - 914" Wide. CARROT YOGURT CAKE 1 nip butter 13 cups sugar 4 1 1 eggs teaspoon each grated lemon peel, cinnamon and vanilla cup plain or vanilla flavored yogurt 2' 2 cups flour teaspoon baking soda l'a teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoon salt cup chopped pecans or walnuts 23 cups finely grated 1 DED & LAP 1 TRAY carrots $1 25 Beat blitter until creamy. Beat in sugar and eggs. ' Mix in lemon peel, Folds flat for minimum storage space. Many uses for ttiiL all purpose tray. Choose from 3 patterns Carousel, as illustrated. Red Gingham ond Roses. cinnamon, vanilla and yo gurt. Stir together the flour, linking soda, baking powder and salt and add to the KING SIZE T.V. TRAY creamed mixture, beating until smooth. Mix in pecans and carrots. Turn into a greased and floured Ixmdt or tube pan. Bake in a 330 degree oven for one hour and 10 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool on a rack 10 minutes, then remove from pun. Cool completely and frost, if desired. Makes 16 servings. FUNKS FOR SILAGE G-45- 67 FUNKS G-41- 95 cheese until creamy and beat in 4 cup powdered sugar. Add 1 ' tablespoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla or grated orange peel. - i 15 Folding Legs 2 Patterns Reg. $1.99 FOR GRAIN is becoming the big favorite with Idaho grain growers. It in its maturity and even later varieties. Produces high hybrids competitive outyields yields of quality grain, stands well and harvests easily. Count on it for big. heavy and girthy ears! 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