ship passed on th e horizon. It
w ould do y o u r own soul and th at
THURSDAY, MAY, 6. 1954
of th e one to whom you w rite a
le tte r, good ju s t to m ention w hat
you had seen o u t y o u r window
th a t day. One person says she
m akes a habit of looking o u t a t
By R U TH B. S M IT H
th e sea and sky in at least tw o
Som e |M‘ople go by th e ca le n d ar directions both m orning and even
and suddenly discover it is high ing w hile a n o th e r says th a t he a l
tim e to g et o u tsid e and feel the w ays has to check on th e heavens
e a rth on o n e’s hand. But up in before he goes to bed. Even
W ash in g to n th re e w eeks ago the though on bended knee in the g a r
n ig h ts w ere still down to fr o zing den, it pays to stop th e digging
and th e daffodil gro w ers w e ren 't once in a w hile and appraise the
ev en w illing to p redict w hen th e ir ch an g in g world aro u n d you.
bloom s w ould lx* ready for the
Do you know how m any g a r
an n u a l p arad e and showing. This d en e rs th e re a r e ? No one ac tu a lly
h a rd ly seem ed possible w hen those does, of course, but the national
in o u r area, for th e m ost p a rt ¡e s tim a te is th irty m illion and
h ad been gone so long. W e do live th a t is an increase over the e s ti
in a m arv elo u s clim ate, in sp ite of m ate of only five y< ars ago. T h ere
w inds an d ra in s and a re plenty has been a shift from the crow ded
lucky to be here!
cities into th e country, w ith the
R ecen tly a w om an com m ented, 1 re s u lt th at even sociologists o r
“ H ow blue th e sky w as to d ay !” politicians professional people and
an d th e an sw er, “W as it? You laborers, who d id n ’t m uch c a re to
m u st hav e had tim e to notice but | know the difference betw een a
I w as too b u sy !” No one in B rook d aphne and a dahlia a re now’ fast
ings, home* m aker, logger, office- | becom ing g ard en ers of prom ise.
m an, g ard en er, n or “in the lilies”
N ever has the g a rd e n e r had so
sh o u ld ev e r be too busy to look m any aids a t his disposal. T he
sk y -w ard o r sea-w’ard. T oday the ru le of th u m b used to m ean th a t
w h ales w ere s|>outing and a big th e g ard en er got from his garden
ju st w h a t he put into it, in p la n
ning. backache and blisters. B ut
now th e p ictu re is changing. The
bew ildering p ro d u cts of th e chem i
cal laboratories, m an u fa ctu rin g
Interior and Exterior
p la n ts and professional seedsm en
all help the lazy g ard en er to
A. H. ECKETT
secu re am azing results. It is a l
m ost as h a rd to choose am ong
Box 551, Brookings
th e chem ical “assists" as it is to
6 Brookings-Harbor Pilot
Along Azalea Row
P L A S T E R IN G
ADAM S
CH EV R O LET
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choose th e colors and kinds of
p lan tin g s you w ant.
B ack to th e original th em e cf
p lan tin g tim e. Did you know th e re
a re really those who still sw ea r
by according to th e phases of the
m oon? In spite of this ch e m ic il
age and the m odern scoffers, th e re
a re those who cling to the theory
and can prove it. I had to find
out why, and w hich moon phases
to follow, and here it is in a nut-
' shell.
W ell it seem s th a t m o istu re is
necessary for a seed to g e rm in a te
¡and th moon, as it appro ach es
the “ fu ll” phase “pulling,” ju s t as
we know it does affect th e tides,
also pulls m o istu re tow ard the
e a rth 's surface, nourishes the
seed and here c o n n s th e g e rm i
nation. S im ple enough, isn't it?
It seem s th a t, w ay back in 1926
an ex p erim en t w ith m aize w as
first conducted by a G erm an
society, t h e A nthroposophical A g
ric u ltu ra l F oundation. O ne plot
w as sown tw o days before th e full
of th e moon, th e second a t full
moon. C are fu lly w atched, the
N um ber O ne seedlings broke
th ro u g h th e ground in sh o rt o rder,
but tw o days la te r th e a n ticip ated
P lo t II seedlings did not show.
N ot un til eight days had elapsed
did an y th in g appear. T hose tw’o
days difference in sow ing, w ith
th e aid of Mr. M an in th e Moot,
m ade a difference of eight days in
th e g erm in atio n and th e second
ones never did ca tc h up. E x p e ri
m en ts continued over a period of
nine y ea rs; the finest seeds a v a il
ab le w ere used and p ractically
every form of v eg etab le and
flow er w as tried . T his re ally
seem s conclusive proof th a t moon
p lan tin g pays off in th e end.
In case you, too, w an t to ex
p erim en t fo r fun o r in e a rn est,
th e next full m oon will be May
17 so y o u r seeds should go in on
May 15. S and th e re su lts of y o u r
ex p erim en t to the new G arden
C lub president, M rs. H arv ey or
ti e r still, m ak e a specim en 01
contrasts for the Flower Show.
W ell I had intended w ritin g an
e ru d ite a rtic le on a v ery heavy
topic but “ju s t like a w om an”
ram b led rig h t off g arru lo u sly .
N ow th ere’s only space to pass on
can Collins reco m m en d atio n s for
a ttra c tin g th e hu m m in g birds to
you 1 garden. P la n t M onarda ( “Bee
aim " o r "horse m in t,” so-called.)
I t h as a red bloom full of honey,
a ttra c tiv e to th e hum m ing bird.
F u chsia, h elio tro p e buddleia also
a i t ract them as does th e cu rran t
rihes san guineam . S ta rt p la n t
ing now for th e joy of seeing the
b um m ing bird at close range.
Crescent Dance
Recital Features
Brookings Students
B onnie K ay M incer’s dancing
pu p ils of B rookings will tak e
p a rt in a dance re cital to be given
in C rescent C ity, F rid ay evening.
M ay 14, in th e C rescen t-E lk au d i
to rium .
B onnie K ay is th e in s tru c to r at
F ik e ’s D ancing School in C rescent
City, and th e re cital will include
h e r stu d e n ts from th e re as well
as from B rookings and K lam ath .
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