Show The Real Puzzle country estate isn’t required for a garden A What’s Our Line? by Don Rubin Each of the following graphic segments represents a different kind of line or word which begins or ends with line ”) I'smg their shapes and or characteristics as dues try to identify as many of them as you can on the By PETER GULINS UPI Reporter ( doors long before the plants can survive outdoors Some plants such as broccoli cab- Y ou don’t have to live in the country ah lines provided to grow your own garden You can grow it in an old tire on the balcony — or fire escape — of an apartment With a little ingenuity the apartment dweller can grow and eat fresh tomatoes lettuce chard carrots and strawberries at savings over the supermarket price The serious apartment gardener can even have an orchard that will produce apples peaches cherries and pears “All it takes is the right container with the proper drainage and some sunshine” said DeLoss Ellsworth director of the Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture Institute at Brigham Young I O) i XiqSnoj aja e uiaqi 8uma8 isuinSe (aui) 3uiuaq jo) sppo aqx I)SB jo anj jo Ja3uep lout pa ) aiep jo AJOIS louipeq ianj jo se3 iou) uoiijnpojj jo (iquijssy J l3!puAs J CMiiuO (Jicq jo Xpoiaui jo — at payew ipatjna jo uied iou) jji-- j 3uos iou) t96i (5) yja v spinach can be planted outdoors in early spring — four to six weeks before the last frost Others such as tomatoes shouldn’t be planted until warm weather Tomatoes melons and other vine crops can be trained to grow up in the air on fences and trellises to save space Small garden plots and containers need more careful watering and fertilizing than large gardens “Use a fine spray to get the garden started and then water two or three times a week — more often in sandy soil” the institute advises in its gardening pamphlet “It is better to water less frequently and for a longer time than to water frequently in short bursts This enables the plant roots to grow deeper producing a bigger and healthier root system which in turn will absorb more nutrients to make a healthier University The institute has done considerable research on techniques for gardening in small areas It has produced “how to do it” pamphlets which are widely used by the Mormon Church owner of the university Ellsworth said old tires filled with plant” soil make an excellent substitute for a small plot of ground The tires should “You have to water your containers be turned inside out to provide more on a more regular basis and more growing area He recommends cut- often because they dry out quicker” ting a piece of plywood to make a solid said Ellsworth “The containers bottom warm up faster in the spring but they Another space-savin- g garden con- also cool off faster so you might have tainer is a commercially manufac- to put plastic or straw over them to tured pyramid two feet square at the them from freezing” base and four feet tall Ellsworth said keep It is also important to give the it can be purchased at most home and centers plants the right amount of nitrogen garden But any container will work as long phosphorus and potassium For the as it can be filled with inches of city dweller commercial fertilizers soil and has proper drainage Even are usually the easiest to acquire and large plastic garbage sacks filled with apply soil will work if holes are punched in Ellsworth said soil conditions vary the bottom to allow water to escape with the location but garden stores The institute recommends growing and extension service officials should foods with high nutritional value know the best fertilizer mix Gardens especially leafy green vegetables should be fertilized once or twice a which contain vitamins A C and folic season acid along with many minerals The BYU official said he is convincThe seeds can be planted directly ed small — either those in But a more efficient way to grow containers gardens or small plots — are the vegetables is to germinate the seeds most successful and then transplant the tiny plants “Most people plant too big of a into the garden container Egg cartons filed with a half inch of soil make garden and then they get discouraged trying to take care of it” he said good sprouting trays “They just throw up their hands and Sprouting allows the gardener to quit But intensive gardening works k get a jump on Mother Na- You can grow an awful lot of food in a ture The plants can be started in small space ”D U3u JO bage lettuce onions peas and JO isng pstuiy 10-1- 2 ooj ajavi aui) aqi 3ui pue )ja do) am uiujj Suiijeis suoi)nos pajjoa aqx Films and exhibits mark the celebration of Space Week u Space Week opens July 16 and the Hansen Planetarium S Salt Lake City is planning a series of films exhibitions lectures and special programs to celebrate Space Week is a na- tional celebration to mark US achieve- ments in outer space It is celebrated on the anniversary of the first moon landing by Apollo 11 “The purpose of Space Week activities in Utah is to make the general public aware of the benefits of space and what the future in space niay hold for all of us” said Pam Bcndio Space Week Coordinator at the Hansen Planetarium T he II a n s e n Planetarium and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics are Space Week in Utah with cooperation SA flybys which six-wee- pro- Without advertising a terrible thing vided the first “close up” views of worlds about which we knew relatively nothing Q Chain happens Nothing T LinEi from NASA and the ZCMI Center Exhibits prepared by high school and junior high school students NASA and local aerospace corporations will C©M 4 fr be on display at the ZCMI Mall July 15-2- 1 The Planetarium will offer free films each day during Space Week at 10:30 am and 3 pm along with special sci- ence demonstrations and the star program "To Worlds Unknown” The star program explores what man has learned about the solar system from recent NA- - TV is Enjoy TV’s Best INSTALLATION Galvanized Posts Top Rail and tie Wire Eye Tops 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