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Show NUANCE Thursday. May 3 2 I .. . A'." Spring gardening Praictiocap flop foe ftlto imowDC As winters final cost of snow and ice slowly melt, the first sight of bare ground is a signal. that the arrival of spring is not far away. There is a different feeling in the air as spring approaches. As the barren fading of winter fades, you can fed and smeQ the new life that has begun taking root around you. The snow has served as a sort of blanket for your property. Unfortunately, hidden beneath all the white covering, lays nothing but dark, hard, cold earth. Nothing living and nothing to take care of. . But as those last patches melt away with, the warm weather, you are left with the same dd dilemma about what to do with your garden. Like many of us, you do not have the time or the resources to put a lot of work into your property. You would, however, like to enjoy the benefits of having a beautiful garden to enhance your home. If you fed capable of more than just mowing your lawn, but are not sure where your knowledge of gardening expertise begins. The (Low Maintenance Garden (The Viking Press) by Graham Rose is a wise investment. According to Rose, when considering any type of garden, you must first realize that no matter how low maintenance you want your garden to be, there are certain child-pro- - . : ' Pasture renovation. page 8 page 8 page 10 page 11 PUBLISHER CRAIG ASHBY EDITOR BOB GREEN REPORTER GREG DUERDEN JOAN Z. CROZIER. BUSINESS MGR. STEPHANIE BETTS. ..CIRCULATION ELDEN RICH ADVERTISING TYPESETTER ANGIE MATHEWS .TYPESETTER NUANCI Is published Standard, woakly magazine by tha: Uintah Basin Itl South Main Roosavalt, Utah lltU, Wa welcome suggestions for future stories. For Land that is around your home and receivee more than the average wear and tear is the perfect candidate for hard surfaces such as paving, bricks or tiles. ' They are aesthetically - pleasing and t useful as well- ' The low maintenance garden is a fulfilling way to enhance your home. Planting beautiful .flowers like these or delicious vegetables is a satisfying way to spend the spring season. . - ' Carrots are good news Did you know that 1984 is the year of the carrot? At least so it has been named by the National Garden Bureau. Whether, growing or eating them, you can enjoy the best in carrot quality throughout the year, says Bill Varga, research horticulturist, Utah State University. r Varga reminds that you can enjoy most success in growing carrots if you ' low maintenance size e For the average will select a variety of the type best suited to your garden sad. Choose from ' garden you need only a small area of cleared lawn space that must be mowed among toe four bask shapes: or pointed, stump rooted or blunt, often. Ground cover plants, well chosen, will grow quickly and cover the ground cylindrical, and ball shape. The long varieties grow well in , fully with much less effort than the traditional lawn. garden soil that is sandy or light and loose. For heavy or stony sods, you will do better with shorter varieties. - The e And for those most .ambitious gardeners as wdl as those with money to , stump rooted or cylindrical types have spend, a beautiful addition to your new performed best in the sod at the USU trials. greenery is some type of water feature. , Farmington The real proof of good garden-growNot only does it require far less effort comes in the eating. Varga lists than greenery, but even the tiniest of carrots five varieties grown at Farmington that' ponds adds an unmistakable., rated highest In flavor tests. These are .. mood to your garden. .. PkmeerHybrid, Short N Bweet, Scarlet However, the warning that must go v Nantes Royal Cross Hybrid and Lance with this, is that an unkept garden can Hybrid. . become a puddle of muck and provide i Certainly color also has something to ' do with carrot appeaL Slice crosswise" terrible water gardening problems. and observe the color fatenufty of the Of No mater which type. garden you different rings that constitute the phloem choose and no matter how you choose to or cortex, the xylem or core, and the into your cambium. The brighter arid more design it, the more you put garden, the more pleasure you will derive consistent the orange color from the from it and the more the beauty will outside through the core the better the enhance your home. carrot, Varga says. .. a sa . . Water garden Mulching soils Classified . .l - Novice gardening. . .page 2 Year of Carrot... . . .page 2 Exotic cattle page 3 Ground covers page 3 . . .page 4 Salinity report. . . . .page 5 Backyard grain. Greenhouse expert. page 6 , . Roee offers some extremely useful tips for the garden novice. a Shubbery usually requires far less work than a herbaceous border. But remember to choose your shubbery .carefully, looking for the plants that require the least amount of upkeep (less trimming). It should be noted in this category that evergreens srs always a smart choke. They pro vide greenery all year long and are lees susceptible to .pests and .diseases. Farm Edition"" . ' . Nuance VICKI HERKIMER of Unkept garden can pose terrible problems' rMDonaibOitiMthatoii'annotaMcag& Table of Contents The Low Maintenance Garden reminds you how important it is to consider the needs of your family as an important factor in choosing which type of garden you want Where small children are a factor the amount of apace you deeignate for than is consideration, as wdl as what types of water fixtures you may want in your garden (they may have to be to ensure safety). It is also important to keep in mind that, although a consideration, as your children get older their needs will change, but a garden .will only - corftinue.. to flourish over, the years, r No matter which type of garden you choose to grace your home, all of the land will have to be cleared of the annual and weeds. ',. ', n ' perennial - the' land has been thoroughly; After cleared, there is the: matter of laying down a mulch of fertilizer, followed by a complete and constant use of pest and disease control, and only then .can you begin to plant your garden. . - . taper-roote- - taper-roote- d . - n well-ke- pt , j . advertising Z22J22- L- rates call . d For nutritious, healthful eating, carrots rate high with the National Research Council. Based on evidence so far, the Council. has advised Americans to eat more foods that are high in vitamin A and carotenes. Studies to date hove even shown. a decreased rate of cancer in people who eat larger quantities of foods such as carrots, cantaloupe, chard, apricots, peaches, squash, broccoli ana other firufta and vegetables and liver, high in vitamin A. same benefit was not found from popping vitamin pills. In feet,: the Council . recommends against people taking large amounts of vitamin A pills. "Taking too much vitamin A can be dangerous, says Dr. Richard S.' Rivlin, chief of the Division of Nutrition, .New York Hospital, and professor of medicine, Cornell University Medical College. Citing the Nutrition Council recommendations, he said, Excess amounts of this vitamin are pot easily eliminated by the body. Rather, they tend to be storm in the body. If high levels of vitamin A build up in the body over time, they can cause a whole spectrum of. unwanted ' effects ranging from aldn problems to stomach upset- to increased pressure inside the skull to liver disease.1 i The Council assume that you can gain the health benefits without the risk at those bad effects. Include carrots and other foods high in vitamin A in a diet containing lots of fruits, vegetables and ' . whole grain cereal products. . skseismesMMesJ |