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Show Grow More In Less Space A vegetable garden doesn't have to be a huge project covering half the backyard and requiring undivided attention. at-tention. THOSE who attend the Show-Me-How Fair, April 19-22 at the Salt Palace Exhibition Hall in Salt Lake City, will have a chance to learn a method of vegetable gardening which reduces the size of the garden by 75 percent per-cent and still yields as many if not more crops. Fairgoers can attend a class on intensive gardening - a method which uses every square inch of the garden for planting, reduces cultivation and weeding, and conserves moisture. THE SCHOOL will be taught by Joe Falk, Jr., and Jim Mackey-Smith, both recognized experts in the field of intensive gardening who have been putting their knowledge to practice for many years. "Intensive gardening is probably the thing of the future fu-ture in this country," said Falk. "We are the only nation in the world that hasn't gone into it. "IN JAPAN, where the method has been used for many years, an eight by ten foot section of vegetables can feed an entire family." The key to intensive gardening gar-dening is deeply dug, mound ed, highly fertile, well aerated, aerat-ed, and moisture retaining soil. This can be done with any kind of soil by thoroughly mixing in organic materials such as compost and manure. EVERY portion of the prepared soil is then utilized. Rows of vegetables are eliminated in favor of seeds planted every few inches apart across the entire bed. Through intensive gardening garden-ing methods, one-square-foot yields about as many carrots, for example, as can be harvested har-vested from a 12-foot row in a conventional garden. OVERLAPPING leaves in the garden shade out and -prevent the growth of most weeds, which simplifies the upkeep of the garden. Under the leaves a miniature greenhouse is created which keeps the soil temperature fairly constant and retains moisture. "Because the garden takes such little space, intensive gardening is ideal for people who live in apartments or condominiums," Falk remarked. "Vegetables can be grown on patios, decks, or actually in the house." THE CLASS will cover what types of plants are compatible, compati-ble, which types of vegetables are best for this type of garden, gar-den, and techniques of the method. "Students leaving the class will be ready to start their own intensive garden," said Falk. In addition to the Intensive Gardening school there will be 20 other schools and more than 120 demonstration booths providing instruction over a wide range of skills, from furniture refinishing and wallpapering to spin cookery and house plant care. THE Show-Me-How Fair will be open from 4-10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 10p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Admission Ad-mission and events are free. No goods or services will be sold. The Fair is co-sponsored by Ernst Home Centers and KSL Radio and Television. Supporters Sup-porters of the event are Utah State University, the Deseret News, Mountain Fuel Supply Co., Galaxy Outdoor Advertising, Adver-tising, the Fabric Shop, and Valley Bank and Trust. |
