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Show Mothers Day Foods Lawn & Garden Honor mother this year by giving her the same gifts she gave you, the gift of self. Make good use of Food and presents that the occasional days of sunshine by spending time in the garden with your children. lare given from the heart V ,, will V please her. z pg-- i Pfl-- 1 LAWN & GARDEN Growing A Garden Helps Families Grow Closer Together Consider the demands of gardening with children. You must have ample patience and energy, answer countless questions and be able to handle disappointment, disaster and desertion calmly. Grow vegetables and strengthen relationships at the same time? Yes, its possible say specialists at Utah State University. But they remind parents that certain conditions must be met. parent-chil- d " i YOU MUSI want to make both the garden and the relationship with the child grow. Both parent and child must become interested in gardening. Your chances of success diminish if you have to coerce, threaten, or punish children to get them to participate in the garden project. It certainly helps if a good parent-chil- d relationship already exists. CONSIDER THE demands. You, the gardener, must have patience and an ample supply of time and energy. You must exert the will to answer countless questions and be able to handle disappoin- tment, disaster and desertion calmly. It works best if parent and child plan together. Select the site then plan for preparing the soil, selecting seeds, planting, caretaking, harvesting and storing. Discuss the skills needed for each. THESE PLANS will help culti- vate communication skills between the adult and child. The child learns that there is a systematic way of doing things. It takes into account the soil, climate, seed, equipment, energy and the human skills needed. Realize that disappointments and even disasters in gardening with children are teachable mo- i ments. The child may hoe up a row of young vegetable plants with the weeds, or kill plants with too much fertilizer. These occasions provide opportunities for calm discussions that can teach children not only about gardening, but about life on a broader scale. 3 $ I f REALIZE THAT communication coupled with planning is one of the most important lessons to be learned by both parent and child. If the child is reluctant to join you in the garden, consider whether you have scheduled the gardening time well in advance and communicated that schedule to your child. Don't expect enthusiastic cooperation if the first time the child knows about your weeding schedule is when you interrupt a game or a favorite television program. For a successful experience, strive to share with your child learning about work, effort, plan- ning, responsibility and about reaping the fruits of ones labor. You both will grow closer through sharing in the experience. THE UNIVERSITY specialists also point out that a garden project provides opportunity to observe and discuss how plants and people grow and develop similarly. Seeing tiny objects planted, then sprout, grow, blossom and bear mature fruit can result in powerful learning as parents explain these parallels in understandable ways to their chil- dren. Similarities between the life cycles of vegetables and of people provide many teaching moments. Explain that just as plants need different care at different stages of their life cycle, so do people. These similarities observed open doors for talking to children about the nurturing and maturing processes and even about death. AS YOU embark on your parent-chil- d garden project, realize that just as plants are not all the same, neither are parents or children. Also, while it takes generally only one season to grow and harvest a garden, remember that it requires many seasons to expohe many facets of human relationships. Take this time to build and strengthen the good feelings, the mutual trust and respect that can and ought to exist between parent and child. Of course there are no guarantees at the time of planting seeds that youll harvest the desired product. Remember also that the successful strengthening of parent-chil- d bonds is not guaranteed. Many things can and will occur throughout the season to affec tthe outcome, the specialists note. Just keep in mind that good gardeners learn from their mistakes. They keep on trying and growing. t i I i i Using Ground Cover For Beauty And Enrichment Stackys byzantina; Wooly Thyme, quire an acid soil to perform at their best.'Most Utah soils have a basic nature, so you would be better off to avoid Wintergreen unless you want to go to the effort of incorporating leaf mold and peat moss to the soil to create the environment necessary to produce the bright green leaves, white spring flowers and persistent fall red berries enjoyed in this favorite plant. Normally you would choose a more adaptable ground cover for growing in Utah. TO HELP you decide on your purchase of plants, you may consider some of the plants used to good advantage as ground covers at the Utah State University Horti Thymus lanuginosus; Cerastium tomentosum; Spring Cinquefoil, Potentilla verv-a- ; Japanese honeysuckle, Tonicera japonica Halliana; and Creeping Snow-in-Summe- r, Speedwell, Veronica latifolia prostrata. All perform well in full sun. WILD GINGER, Asarum canadense; Sweet Woodruff, Galium ordoratum; Periwinkle, Vinca minor; and Bishops Weed, Aegopodium podograria variegata, grow at their best in partial or full shade. If you have a location where it is normally hard to establish ground cover such as ivy, you can solve the problem by interplanting two ground covers. Space the ivy farther apart and use the Sweet Woodruff as a filler in between to help you achieve quick ground A MOTHERS MEAL nt stories about mother or cartoons and pictures clipped from magazines and newspapers and arranged in collage fashion. The inside of the box can be as creative as the exterior. Assign each family member a present to make that is in keeping with the persons particular interests and talents. Certificates originally written, sealed with pariffin wax and decorated to look like legal documents, can be given by children who are gifted in music or speech. A CERTIFICATE might entitle the mother to a private concert of nicely learned piano solos or a well memorized and expertly recited poem or short reading. Younger children like having their hands traced. Use the pattern of hands to create an appliqued Family members can participate in preparing and sewing this special dinner for a special mother. wall hanging, apron or quilt. Silhouette of family members can be traced on large white paper and then transferred using graph paper and a system of reduction using squares to a size suitable for a wall hanging, quilt or framed picture. Textile paints can be used for this project. Some people embroider the outline while others have made attractive silhouette by using aida cloth and counted cross stitch. GIFTS prepared by children in school can be included in the Mothers Day box. Before presenting Mother or grandmother with her special, custopresent, make sure the m-made house is clean, the mess the family made while making the box and contents is destroyed, pick-u- p and and dinner is ready. wiped-of- f, FAMILY MEMBERS can participate in preparing and serving this special dinner for a special person. Have some set the table, arrange the centerpiece and wash dishes while other family members cook the food. Try the following easy recipes keeping in mind that even young children can measure ingredients, stir, turn on the oven and set a timer. HEAVENLY HASH Fruit Salad can pineapple, crushed Vi cup cooked rice Vz tsp. salt ': cup miniature marshmallows quar- DRAIN THE pineapple. Mix the liquid with cup water. Boil. Add rice, salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and cook until the mixture thickens. Cool. Fold in Vi pineapple, marshmallows, ries and cream. Chill. cher- PEACH ROLL cups biscuit mix (commercial or homemade) 'U cup sugar 2 1 MEAT LOAF pounds hamburger ': pound pork sausage 2 eggs onion chopped fine ': cup milk cup oatmeal, germaide or other hot cereal 2 1 1 MIX INGREDIENTS thoroughly. Form into two small or one large loaf. Bake covered for about 1'; hours. egg 'h cup milk cup sliced peaches Cinnamon and nutmeg 1 MIX SUGAR with biscuit mix. Beat egg and add milk. Stir into dry ingredients. Roll to about 'A inch thick. Spread peaches over dough. Sprinkle with nutmeg and cinnamon. Roll like jelly roll. Cut in Vi inch slices and place in well greased pan. Bake the peach roll in the oven with scalloped potatoes and meat loaf. Remember the rolls will bake much faster than the main dishes. SCALLOPED POTATOES can cream of celerv soup 'A cup milk (rinse out the can of soup) Dash of pepper 4 cups thinly sliced potatoes small onion, thinly sliced cup shredded cheddar cheese Tbsp. butter or margarine Dash paprika BLEND SOUP, milk, pepper. In buttered 1': quart casserole dish, alternate layers of potatoes, onion, sauce, cheese. Dot with butter; sprinkle with paprika. Cover and bake at 375 for hour. Uncover and bake 15 minutes more. 1 1 GLAZED CARROTS Tbsp. butter Tbsp. sugar Va Tbsp. chopped mint leaves 3 1 no. can carrots (if using fresh k before baking) MELT BUTTER. Add sugar and mint leaves. Pour over carrots and bake in oven 20 minutes. A cookie that can involve the entire family is the easy to make, tasty Thumb Print Cookie. Let each member of the family leave their separate impression in the cookie dough. Serve the cookies for deI 2 carrots, pre-coo- ssert or pack them in your Mother's Day box as a special surprise. THUMB PR1NG COOKIES Mix: 'A cup butter, ': tsp. vanilla. 'A cup brown sugar. egg yolk. Add to mixture cup flour and 'A tsp. salt. ROLL THE dough into small balls and roll the balls into beaten egg white then into finely chopped nuts. Bake 5 minutes at 375. Make a thumbprint in each cookie and bake 8 minutes longer. Frost or put jelly or jam into the thumb print indentation. 1 Bananas, More Than Monkey Food You can use ground covers to effectively control weeds, provide contrast or color and increase personal enrichment and enjoyment of your home landscape. Just be careful and make the correct choice for the area in which you live. re- Why not work together as a family thisyearand make a box for your mother or grandmother. Flan out the many articles members of the family can make that will fit inside the box and then find a container large enough to hold everything. CHOOSE A plain box that can be covered with white newsprint paper. Younger children can finger-paidesigns on the white cover. Artists in the family can add original drawings and cartoons. Those that are not original artists might want to contribute poetry, short maraschino cherries, tered 2 cups cream, whipped These include Bugle Weed, Ajuga sp.; Aarons beard, Hypericum calycinum; Lambs ear, BE AWARE that some ground d!s IF By DONETA GATHERUM 6 Research Horticulturist Utah State University covers such as Wintergreen ay Give mother what she gave you, a gift of self. 1 cultural Station at Farmington. By BILL VARGA M(Dltlhir5s cov- erage. IF YOU have occasion to visit the Utah Botanical Gardens at the Farmington station, you can see various ground covers in use there. By cups w hole w heat Hour (or '; cups white Hour and 1'; cups 3 LUCILLE STRINGHAM whole wheat flour) BANANA CREAM COOKIES 2Vi Vi cups flour tsp. baking soda : tsp. salt ': cup margarine cup sugar 2 eggs tsp. vanilla 24 cup mashed bananas 1 1 CREAM shortening and add sugar, cream well and add eggs, beating until well mixed. Add CREAM SUGAR and shortening. Add eggs and bananas and beat until flu fly. Add vanilla. Add flour and soda, mixing well. Makes 2 loaves. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes or until done. Bountious Banana Beauties LIMELIGHT B N ANA CRUSH 4 cups sugar 6 cups wager 46-ocan pineapple juice 2 cans (12 oz.) frozen orange 1 vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mixture with the mashed bananas. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a cookie sheet. Bake 8 minutes at 375 degrees or until light brown. Remove from sheet at once and cool on a rack. Frost with frosting made from 2 cups powdered sugar, 2 Tbsp. soft margarine, enough milk to make soft fluffy frosting and ': tsp. vanilla. Makes 4 dozen. BANANA NUGGET COOKIES Vi 1 cup shortening cup sugar egg z. juice concentrate, thawed can 12 oz. frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed 5 bananas mashed 1 I1: cups sifted flour tsp. baking soda tsp. salt Vi tsp. nutmeg Vi tsp. cinnamon cup ripe bananas, mashed Vi 1 1 cup rolled oats, quick 1 Drop by spoontuls on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until light brown. BANANA BREAD Made with whole wheat flour cooking pkg. chocolate chips CREAM shortening, add sugar and egg. Sift together dry ingredients, add alternately to creamed mixture with mashed bananas. Slir in rolled oats and chocolate chips. z. 5 3 ripe bananas, mashed fine eggs, beaten tsp. vanilla Vi cup margarine ': cup sugar 2 tsp. baking soda 1 1 DISSOLVE sugar in water. Add juices. Mash bananas, stir into the juice. Freeze in containers, leaving headspace for expansion. Cover tightly. Makes six quarts. Can store for a month in freezer. To serve, thaw in refrigerator for 4 hours. Fill glasses half full with frozen mixture. Fill up with carbonated beverage, lemon-lim- e flavor. Garnish with a fresh strawberry if desired. Serves 32. |