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Show OUR TIMES - OCTOBER 1992 - 3 A KISS tIIl Spring Good News! If you haven't already, it’s time to tuck your garden in for the long winter’s sleep. Though winter is a dormant period, you can help the next growing season along by preparing the Mara Ginnane collected 111 signatures in support of her letter (printed in the last CV Times) opposing motel development on the River Corridor. Good work, Mara! soil now. number of times she actually “hauled off and popped” a doctor were a fraction of the times she wanted to. When asked about what has helped Time to clear the vines and bushes. Most of us will toss them into the compost, pulling out the stems and whatever else has not decomposed by the spring. Putting them through a shredder now will make excellent mulch as well as save you time come couldn’t have withstood it without her faith. Raised Catholic, Virginia gave up spring—winter moisture is great for compost Using what compost you have and that faith when she moved to Castle Valley. Her still-living 95-year-old mother was shocked, Virginia recalls. rototilling the garden will aerate and nourish the soil, also disturbing a few insect eggs (like grasshoppers). If there She reports spending some time just isn’t time, even trampling down this year’s growth and covering it will help. Next fall I plan to follow some local expert advice by beginning earlier and planting a brief (dormant by Thanksgiving) cover crop of winter wheat, rye, or clover, which adds her with her losses, Virginia says she searching for a faith that suited her beliefs, then settled on the Worldwide Church of God. She attends the Seventh-Day Adventist Saturday worship, as it is the closest to her faith. Virginia speaks of Castle Valley's beauty and her feeling of security here. Her favorite aspects of Castle Valley are its peace and quiet and its people, whom she experiences as “so friendly.” She tells me of a heart attack she suffered last spring which had her laid up unable to answer or make a phone call, or even light a fire. After three days, Whitey Miller came to her rescue. organic matter for the next growing season. Rotating your garden spots by planting the last harvested area with a cover crop on alternate years is also a great way to revitalize the soil. Finally, a moment of appreciation for this year’s bounty, a blanket of hay for warmth, and a kiss goodnight till spring. —Ji1 Kulander Fall CIean-up/CIean-out POSSIbIIItIeS MOAB DUMP: (Sand Flats Read) Open 8 am. to 7 pm. every day (City Yard—2597485, Brent Williams) RECYCLING CENTER: (Old County Yard, Sand Flats Road) CALL 259-CCRC or 259-8772 (Nicholas Brown) Open M-F, 8 am. to 4:30 for drop-offs Open MWF, noon to 5:30, staffed Open Sat, 9 am. to 3, staffed NOW ACCEPTING: ALUMINUM CANS GLASS BOTTLES & JARS CORRUGATED CARDBOARD COMPUTER PAPER WHITE LEDGER (laser) PAPER NEWSPAPERS, including inserts SCRAP METALS (rinse & flatten tin cans if poss.) OIL RECYCLING: Black Oil, 995 5th West, Moab (Highway 191 & 5th West) Open M-F, 9 am. to 5 pm. $1 charge for record keeping, any quantity of oil ORGANIC MATTER=INVALUABLE MULCH (best keep it!): leaves. clippings, garden Ieavings Virginia recalls the gracious help of Jolene Williams and Mrs. LaMunyon, who kept her warm and fed as she recovered. ashes, sawdust, woodchips manure, droppings chaff, bark, tea & coffee grounds hulls, shells. husks shredded paper, newspaper twigs, dry straw, pine needles old blankets, cotton or wool clothes (to line planting beds for mulch) Though she was directed to come here, it seems apparent that Castle —Cris Coffey Valley has been a good homefor Virginia. She is a “do-it-yourselfer," a pioneer woman with spirit and conviction that will see her through whatever tasks lie before her. I hope there will be continued opportunities to hear more of her stories. —Joan Sangree FOR SALE: New passive-solar home. Southwest stucco design, two bedrooms and two baths. Lots of ceramic tile and custom cabinets. 244 Miller Lane. pWWW JANlE TUFT - SALES AGENT PO. Box 1121 Moab, Ut 84532 RES. 801-259-8360 . Leave Message kitchen scraps, bones 47 E. CENTER STREET MOAB, UT 84532 801-259-2650 |
