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Show Millard County Progress Annual Farm Supplememt, Friday, April vmiS Page 12 can best be condition happy reached by regular additions of organic matter, along with miner nutrients of your soil is inherently poor. Raised beds, either mounded up and leveled, or boxed in with frames, will multiply and simplify your production. Drainage, aeration and ease of weeding are imd proved. Because the soil warms up faster, plants grow more rapidly and develop to their full potential. The selection of modem, 18, 1980 well-draine- diseas- e-resistant, jVo space is wasted in intensive gardens. INTENSIVE GARDENING with nature. The foundation of intensive gardening is fertile, This biologically active soil. Intensive gardening enables your garden production and fulfill your need for recreation and involvement you to orchestrate well-draine- IfSE Beal Estate 960 acres with water for. 250 acres from 3 wells, distributed by side roll sprinklers. Large 20 ft. x 150 ft. shed. Land is fenced and cross fenced. Land not under cultivation used for pasture. Has some good alfalfa growing. Will raise small grains. Listed for $390,000.00. Can be bought on contract. acres of good fertile soil has some alfalfa planted. Will grow grain, corn, potatoes, vegetables. Fenced and cross fenced. 35 shares of Chalk Creek low water. Located on asphalt road. Electricity to property. Has domestic well for livestock and culinary use. Call office for price and terms. 164 varieties is a key element in intensive gardening. You may have a sentimental attachment to an old variety, but if you can specify a more productive and disease resistant modem variety that tastes just as good, do! Old varieties are often susceptible to diseases and lack the vigor necessary to tolerate insect attacks. Closely-space- d of planting some vegetables is an integral part of intensive gardening. Its ineffective, though, unless you keep soil fertility and moisture at near optimum levels. You can broadcast seeds by scattering them over beds, or plant them in broad bands. Thick planting is used mostly for small vegetables that can be eaten as they are thinned; little is gained by crowding plants of larger species. More and more gardeners are beginning to use inexpensive devices and structures to shelter vegetable plants from the cold. Bottomless plastic jars, canopies or hoods of clear plastic film, sheets of fiberglass and of used window sash are all effective. These shelters can add a full 45 days to the growing season. Orchestrating production from your garden requires planning. While some gardeners never draw up a plan, preferring to make up a plan in their mind's eye instead, planning will help you use every square foot of your garden to its full potential. cold-fram- One reindeer may eat 27 pounds of lichens a kind in one day. of moss Make successive plantings of bunching onions to insure a continuous supply. BUNCHA ONIONS BUNCHA MONEY Green or bunching onions are second only to tomatoes in garden value per sq.ft. Scallions can be planted thickly, grow quickly and you eat them whole, tops and all! Bunching onions differ from the bulbing kind you grow for dry storage from sets, plants or seeds. Seed catalogs and packets list them as Bunching Onions". Theyre the type grown by market gardeners for sale in bunches. These little green, pencil-size- d onions will not form bulbs for dry storage. Plant seeds of bunching onions as soon as your soil can be worked in the spring. Build up raised beds and broadcast (scatter) the seeds thickly. Cover with 'A inch sand, which will improve germination and survival. In cool climates, succeeding crops of green onions can be planted each month through midsummer. During warm weather onions are hard to start from seeds, especially when the soil is dry. Its best to wait until late summer and plant for fall harvest. acres in Hatton area. Has over 43 shares of Corn Creek water. Buy now and take immediate possession for this year's crop season. 117 We have much more than you see here, including some beautiful ranches in other western states. Consider these Idaho Ranches. This Southern Idaho Ranch controls some 97,000 acres with about 6159 acres deeded. Lots of water with about 900 acres of deep rich soil under sprinkler irrigation. Three Homes, including main dwelling of 2592 square feet. Machinery included. Excellent price, Farm Improvements good terms. Another working Ranch. This one controls approximately 41,000 acres with 6625 acres ml deeded. Reportedly will carry 1200 f Units. Gorgeous Owners Home containing 4600 sq. ft., plus three other Homes. Good corrals and other improvements. Cattle can be bought at market price. If you need a good working Ranch, see this one. $1 ,750,000. terms. LET US POUR YOUR CEMENT FOR Cow-Cal- Davies & Co. Realty 275 South Main Fillmore, Utah 84631 Ph. 743-687- MANGERS FOOTINGS CEMENT FLOORS OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS CARLING & COMPANY Depot Rd., Fillmore 5 743-696- TOT 3 Thick plantings will give you plenty of green onions early. Eat the small onions you pull out to make room for other seedlings to grow. Two packets of bunching onion seeds should be sufficient for broadcast sowing over 10 to 12 sq. ft. of bed. From this you can harvest 40 to 50 bunches of 10 green onion each. At a store price of 35 cents per bunch, thats more than a dollar per sq. ft. of onion bed. And, you can grow more than one crop per season. Buncha onions, buncha moneyl DONT TURN UP YOUR NOSE AT TURNIPS From their 15th place standing popularity, you might never guess that turnips are the fourth most valuable vegetable you can grow. That should tell you that some people dont know how to grow and eat turnips. Many people have been turned off by bitter turnip greens and or woody roots. strong-tastin- g This is due to planting at the wrong season, which throws the harvest into warm summer weather. Late summer is decidedly the best time to sow turnip seeds. Buy your seeds in the Spring so you will be sure to have them when needed. Turnip seeds are strong and will keep well in a refrigerator. In late summer, broadcast turand begin nip seeds thickly pulling plants for salads when leaves are only 4 to 6 inches long. Mix young fresh turnip and mustard greens with lettuce and endive for scrumptious salads. Cook turnip greens alone or mixed with roots and other greens. The highly nutritious greens of turnips are sweet and tender when you grow them for fall n harvest. And turnip roots are sweet and free of fiber, even at teacup size. The quick maturity, extended harvest season and multiple uses of turnips make them an extremely efficient and valuable But remember, vegetable. turnips grow better during the latter part of the season. in Only the bold get to the Publilius Syrus top. |
