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6— SANOV (O f« .) POST Thwr«.. July 11. 1971 (S«c 3) Home and Garden Water key to good harvest Bits and Pieces Nasty strings “ Turning on the sprinkler With warmer weather and less frequent ra in fa ll, for ten minutes or watering w atering the vegetable by hand or with a spray garden is crucial to a suc nozzle on the end of a hose cessful harvest, according to won’t do the job,” says the Oregon State Extension Thompson service. Place a coffee can where it “ In general, established w ill catch water from the gardens should be watered sprinkler When an inch thoroughly every five to accumulates, you can stop seven days,” said extension watering agent Gray Thomas. Frequent light waterings D ry topsoil is not w ill cause roots to grow near necessarily a signal to start the sprinkler. Examine the the soil surface, making the soil near the plants. Scrape roots more susceptible to back the soil to get a look damage during hot, dry days below the surface. If the or when weeding. Early morning is the best moisture level is within an time to water. With less wind inch or so of the surface, and lower temperatures more water is not necessary. evaporation is kept to a If watering is in order, M o re o v e r, apply at least one inch of m in im u m . watering early in the day w ater. Most garden sprinklers deliver about one gives the foliage a chance to quarter-inch of water each dry out before cooler hour, so proper watering nighttime temperatures set in, thus reducing the requires adequate saturation time. possibility of plant disease by Margaret Schmale special writer There's no doubt that a very talented designer must have stayed up nights figuring out the various methods used m opening containers found on supermarket shelves these days There are several that have in furiated the basic housewife, myself included, over the years. The oldest container opener is probably the string. I t ’s not the most complicated around, but this simple invention has drawn me close to the brink of nervous disorder on many occastion. The particular string that initiated me to a life of agitation was tightly sealed and covered with tin foil and paper It was on a roll of Life Savers. I t ’s a good thing my life didn’t depend on them because I could never find the beginning of the string I always won dered as a kid why they even bothered wadding it up and packing it on the top of each roll. Then there is the thread that runs the length of a adhesive bandage As the blood drips down my hand and onto the bathroom rug, I repeatedly end up with a little red thread in one hand and a hermetically sealed adhesive bandage in the other. Even when I ’m trying to get one unwrapped for a wailing child, the cute little string fails to cooperate. Every box of oatmeal is a headache. The string on the fa m iliar container has a habit of see-sawing around the lid leaving a shredded label with the seal still in tact. When force is gently applied by means of a foot in the old man s face the lid has a way of quickly detaching itself It may take only a minute to cook, but it takes ten minutes to open. Bird Cage Theater Peanut butter, pickels, catsup and most other items in a bottle are so vacuum packed that it takes two men and a boy to unscrew them. I have tapped, run hot water and taken a pair of pliers to the lid of a ja r I end up with something that shows no sign of leakage, but would be rejected by the recycling center Plant now for fall gardens Vegetable gardens can be productive for at least four more months by planting hardy crops now, according to extension agent Ray McNeilan. Many tasty vegetables can be harvested in the fall by planting in July. Bush beans can be planted in early July and w ill usually produce a good crop before frost. The growth of beans during the warm summer days w ill be much faster than the early crop Warmer soils and w arm er a ir tem peratures speed up the rate of growth. Most root crops can be seeded during July for fall Crackers, cakes, cereal and other boxed items have the dotted line that leads to a note which tells the purchases to gently press and l i f t The Bionic Woman would do well to perform such a feat! P ill bottles have to be the epitome of clever openings They are now child-proofed to such an extent that a healthy person has to use all his mental and physical prowness to remove the cap. A sick person seeking immediate relief is out of luck. A man suf fering from heart trouble could expire before he got his glycerin tablet. The latest addition to assist the public is on pop cans. Two openings require the customer to press in one, then the other. If th e flp ©Pyoqr finger is not lacerated in the process, the spray from the second hole wffl drench you. I ’m sure glad I live in this era. How would I have ever gotten anything open in the past? Strawberry beds need cleaning The Birdcage Players performed a take off on our old King Arthur story in a skit for the Sandy Mountain Festival Sunday afternoon. The skit, entitled "King Arthur’s Calamity,” delighted an enthusiastic audience at Meinig Park. use Beets, carrots, kohlrabi, Cole crops thrive in late onions, rutabega. shallots summer and can be har and turnips all can be vested u n til the heavy planted in July and harvest freezes of winter. Broccoli, can begin by late summer. Brussels sprouts, cabbage, Most root crops can be left in and cauliflower can be direct the garden through the fall seeded in early July or and winter and be used as planted as transplants by needeu. This allows use ot late July. the garden as a storage place The garden plot is a for root vegetables. Many leafy crops w ill do better in the garden with m id -s u m m e r p la n tin g . Spinach w ill be less apt to gr to seed planted now. Chard, endive, kale, lettuce, John Knapp of Sandy was mustard greens and spinach elected as one of three w ill supply greenery through d irectors of the Oregon the fall and into early winter. Junior Angus Association at valuable part of the yard, McNeilan said. Keep it p roductive by careful planning. Selecting the proper crops and planting at the correct time w ill yield food from the fall garden to help lower the food bill in fall and winter. Knapp elected "CD CD 01 1OC=30 r - BENEFITS ALL... THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE CANDLESTICK M AKER the organization's annual meeting earlier this month Knapp is a 1978 graduate of Sandy Union High School. W hen J u n e - b e a r in g ot row. strawberries are no longer Established strawberry producing, the strawberry plants should be fertilized beds should be cleaned up. only once a year — in July or “ It is important to remove August — to get good fruit old and dead plant bud formation for the next m a te ria l,” according to year. Oregon State U n ive rsity I f this year’s plants had extension agent Gray excessive foliage growth and Thomas. poor fru it production, fer The clean-up can be done tilizing in the spring could by hand, or with a rotary have been the cause mower set at the proper June-bearing va rietie s height. (Set the mower so it (Marshall, Northwest, Hood, cuts just above the crown of Shuksan, Ranier) bear fruit the plant.) only in late spring or sum Remove any leftove r mer. They are distinguished strawberries, especially if from everbearers (Quinault, they are rotted or damaged, Gem, Ogallala. 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