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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Gab from the garden STAR GAZER' O ARIES MAR. 21 The Great Pumpkin (493 lbs.) may not be a myth after all V2 AF yf TAURUS Af. 20 , MAY I ft CLAY R POLLAN LIIRA Tour Doily Activity Guide According to the Start SEPr 23 OCT 22 Vfcvt.W 19 2 5 39 42, 173 74 75 To develop message for Sunday, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign. SCORPIO ocr 20 18 GEMINI MAY een. About a century and a half ago, the custom of Halloween was brought to America. The pumpkin, with its carved face and lighted candle, is a symbol of the of long ago when the chiljack-o-lanter- dren carved out large turnips and potatoes, cut faces on them, then set candles inside to light Halloween gatherings and to scare away the evil spirits. One gardener I know would write the names of the children of the neighborhood on the pumpkin when it was small. Then hed give them to the young people when the pumpkins were mature and the names larger at Halloween time. If you have a garden you should plant at least one pumpkin vine for residues just before spading or ing them under to hasten decomposition and to avoid a nitrogen till- HOY 20 DEC 63 68 85 OEC. 22 JAN 14 24 51 65 79 82 72 7678 JULY 8V1 CAPRICORN JUNE 21 LEO 57T AQUARIUS 23 20 AUG 22 EEJ II JULY , 44 48 61 41 CANCER kV 5 VM $ IS SFP7. 1 PISCES VIRGO AUG 23 Fit II HA. 22 59?-83-8- 8 '. 1 "GET THE REST YOU DESERVE" ADJUST-A-BE- t Tribune Staff Photo bv Dan Miller Zachary and Melisa Ostmark, both five years old from Salt Lake City, pose with a 90 lb. pumpkin grown by their grandfather, David Westley. your children so they can grow their own for Halloween. Train it on the fence if space is limited. Cut your energy bills with living plants. If youre planning to add more beauty of living plants to or next spring your yard now keep in mind that trees, shrubs, even lawn grass, can all help lower your energy bills. This winter they can soften the impact of chilling winds and next summer they can have a cooling effect on your house. Here are some examples as reported by the National Bureau of Standards: Shade trees have been shown to reduce exterior wall conditioner by as much as half when the house is fully shaded. Winter fuel bills can be cut as much as 20 percent or more with a windbreak of evergreens strategically placed on the windward side of your home. As for the lawn, green grass outside your windows can cool a deficiency in the soil. This is also a good time to add phosphate fertilizer, if it is needed, so it will be incorporated deeply in the soil Um Atlt'i i tiditl day s work ki the ust what th fit lu unit (' A S4rld Adjust B1 lias hh tiomcally ontfollwi head .ukI tool and 15 omplete with vihialnt COME IN AND TRY IT! YOU'LL BE IMPRESSED! RELAX LOUNGE READ SLEEP summer breeze coming off a hot street or driveway by ten degrees or more. The windbreak of evergreens you plant now could take some seasons to grow to the point when they really do their energy-savin- g job fully, unless you invest in mature trees. In either case, now is the right time to get started. A row of evergreens 75 feet to the windward of your house will be effective in reducing wintertime drafts inside by 40 percent, ac- D Puts you into every position even fiat out! i j. HOME FURNISHINGS KlUIRRAY 861 E. 6600 S. Ph. 262-667- R(i: QJUIille 1 STORE HOURS Open Weekday am to 7 30 pm 10 Ut 10-- 9 Sat 10-- dated Sunday OUR OWN CREDIT 5 wri III store redd d'' handle your tmani t needs lake up to 40 month It pay with mo lh 10 jrfy (, WE CARRY k L Willey Dept jrzIVaferJet 1Jhiripeol DatSi cording to research done at Princeton University. Those same trees may also direct cooling breezes into the house in summertime when the wind direction changes. The trees you plant with summer shade in mind, though, should be deciduous ones which shed their leaves in winter, so theyll let the sunshine through when you need it for warmth. Check with your local nursery for assistance in selecting trees, shrubs and vines for the maximum in heating and cooling savings, Prepare your soil now for earlier harvests 4 V 86-9- 0 It) M 20-5- SAGITTARIUS 4 SA4-5- 21 3- - - V62-67-6- 9 tJrJUNt 23 NOY C?V2 jack-o-lante- S-- 1 - 2- Tribune Garden Editor Continued From By r by Genevieve II. Folsom PUMPKINS ARE NATIVE to the Americas. They were cultivated by the Indians for food long before the Spanish conquistadors came in the 16th century. The Spanish took pumpkin seeds back with them because the plant was unknown in the Old World at that time. Today we grow pumpkins of most every size, from small ones for a just right for a little child, up to huge ones. The world record is a pumpkin weighing 4936 pounds grown from Atlantic Giant seed. The vines on this one will grow to more than 90 feet in length. You need a lot of space for something so big. The small pumpkins have compact bushes just right for a garden with limited space. Today pumpkins are associated with Halloween, and we have pumpkin face carving competitions. This was not always so. In ancient times, in Scotland and Ireland, the Celts held a special festival to honor their god of the dead on New Years eve, which was October 31. Bonfires were lit to scare away evil spirits that might harm the people, or more importantly, the cattle or sheep. During this time the souls of the dead were supposed to visit their homes on earth. Later in the middle ages, All Hallows, a feast in honor of the saints, was celebrated on November lk All Hallows Eve was the time when it was thought that witches, black cats and goblins would roam the countryside. 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