Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-30 | Page 22 | The 1918 War Garden

' THE 1918 WAR GARDEN WASTEFUL GARDENS By T. H. ABELL, M. S., Assistant Horticulturist, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, in Co-operation with U. S. Food Adrninistratiou for Utah. IN THEIR enthusiasm to do everything possible to Increase the. homo food production, sonic of our 1917 war gardeners adopted very wasteful waste-ful mothodH. This wasto was, of course, not in any way malicious, but simply camo about through a lack of foresight. Fcrhnps tho most outstanding out-standing mistake was that of plowing up cxtonslvo and oxponsivo lawns. At tho first glanco, such an act might appear to bo ono of coinmondablo oacrifico and a sign of great patriotism. Sacrlfico and patriotism it certainly cer-tainly doca indicate, but in most cases it was nevertheless a folly. Vory old lawns may bo bonofiled by a plowing and cultivation for a soason or moro, to get tho soli back Into good shape to bo rcsoetled. But a good lawn costs much money and time to establish, mul it Is usebws to spoil tho beauty of our cities and towns, especially when thc.ro nro so many weedy back yards a ml unsightly vacant, lots near at hand. Mako nurc that you aro fully Justified boforo plowing up your lawn. Hoovcrlzo in tho garden as well as In tho kitchen.