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Show 8D FOCUS jf i - 2 af Barrens Lets assume you have your garden planned. The soil is turned and cultivated to a depth of six inches under the surface, you have drawn out your rows and hills on paper and have fchosen the flowers for pest control and decoration. Your seeds are now in the ground and you suddenly hear a tapping sound just the beyond second row you just planted. Your arms and back feel very cool as you cover your last row of seeds with soil, at which point you look up and blink with the realization that you are being rained upon. By the time you are up and running toward the protection of the back porch, the rain has turned to hail and by that evening there is a half an inch of snow on the about your ' , : ' protectors, (chuckle). The first protector is a cold frame. You can make this as complicated or as simple as' you wish. Simply, it is. a clear plastic garden cover which keeps frost and damaging rain and hail off of tender plants. You can stack cinder blocks a foot ' high and stretch plastic sheets between them, held in place by more cinder blocks. You can even use plywood ' tops of rows and between - rows now to protect seeds combine a large quantity of from frost and tain damage fresh horse or chicken now as well as inhibit weeds manure with straw, dig a 2Vt from moving in. foot pit inside the cold frame will keep the soil Mulch for the mixture which is then is less need to so loose there covered with compost or soil for aereation cultivate later for a more efficient shelter. on. Here are some ideas In a few days, fermentation about how and when to will raise the temperature mulch. inside the structure and you 'When using grass clipwill have turned it 'into a' hotbed. pings, keep a layer about three inches high around the It seems like this would be a good time to tell you about seedlings after they are up. This means you will have to mulch and mulching. Mulch is a layer of organic material replenish them about once a week. Sawdust mulch, which is placed on the is good to use around surface soil to protect plants perennials and all types of and vegetables, conserve herbs, vegies and flowers. moisture, hold down weeds mulch will provide ..This and also fertilize' the soil. fertilizer for the soil as it You can use grass clippings,' decomposes and does not hay, leaves, sawdust, pine need to be replenished all needles, pine bark, weeds or summer if it is already even newspaper. Be .aware It should be that these substances will placed three inches deep guard seedlings against exalso around seedlings. treme weather as well as Shredded pine bark is serve as a cushion under J3id . you., know'- you can have. A box frame for each row with old window frames on hinges would be very nice. Always remember that you have to uncover the garden each morning and recover at night or during storms and -' . sun. . Here are some precautions; about mulch. Do not keep the humidity of the soil too high' nor the water so high that it stays soggy. Keep the mulch!; well ventilated or this soggi-ness may lead to "damping- -' diseases . off' or "crown-rot- " caused by fungus front.; d soil and mulch, v If you plant camomile around your garden, you will not only have a herb to dry-fosummer sun tea, soothing night tea or baby teething tea, but also you will have a ; good ground cover to crowd out weeds. Garden lore is a social art and a treasure to share, for this information is timeless and An American genius, Thomas Jefferson, once wrote of his love for gardening in his journal, No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comv water-logge- r . d. high-spirite- bags, has a luscious pine smell which lasts several weeks, and does similar things to the soil as rotted sawdust. Mulch has been emphasized as closing the g moist-unde- commercially marketed in ripening produce, Sudden frosts can heave and move the soil which could disturb the roots of tender growing plants, while mulch will keep the soil warm. You can sprinkle your mulch over well-rotte- '. d between spring1 planting and fall harvest. It will protect plants im spring from cold and keep; the same ones cool and the extreme summer - - ' work-gap- " well-rotte- d, covers, or whatever you l - coldest temperatures. ground. At about that time, I would start to wonder if all the forces of nature were'' against me. Well, I still think you are pretty brave for putting in your garden, anyway. But I want to share e some and natural methods of protecting your garden. The average frost-fre- e time period for Summit County is June 9 to SeptlA,.?-- . leaving us with 97 days to . play "nature lover". Now is when I tell you man-mad- By Mary 4, 1980 29-Jun-e May d. parable to that of the. . garden." 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