Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, March 17, 1950 7
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Practical Design Keeps Home Cost Low
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Every home gardner should
know how to start seeds in a
seed box, which ilorists call a
"flat," and move the plants
when large enough to their des
tined place in the garden.
In some sections whole gar
dens are made of such plants,
usually purchased. But your own
plants can be grown easily at
far less expense, once a few
simple methods are learned.
There are both advantages and
disadvantages in starting seeds
this way. It takes longer to grow
either vegetables or flowers, be
cause of the set-back which is
caused by transplanting. But
when the seed box can be start
ed weeks before seeds could be
sown outdoors, an earlier har-
Snug-looking and low, this
house was carefully designed to
permit economical construction
without neglecting any of the re
quirements for comfortable, en
joyable living. The dwelling has
been selected by American
Builder magazine, 30 Church St.,
New York 7, N. Y., as its Plan
No. 36.
American Builder says that
Walter T. Anicka, the architect,
has adopted practical design,
sound planning and simple fram
ing as architectural principles
and thus 'comes up with a house
that can be reproduced in per
manent materials at an absolute
minimum cost."
The large, divided front win
dow is a feature of Plan No. 36.
With the adjoining plywood pan
els, a striking central motif is
created. Even more interest can
be added by the use of dark,
contrasting colors near the en
trance way.
Contrasting materials also are
used on the gable ends and the
garage door. For the roof, the
architect suggests shingles of a
color which will harmonize
pleasingly with other exterior
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hues of the house and with the
colors of neighboring dwellings,
the dwelling has three bed
rooms, each of ample size. The
dining alcove is an extension of
the living room, in the modern
informal manner. The kitchen is
situated for convenience to the
dining alcove.
(Detailed estimating plans and
a complete home planning packet
of building information are av
ailable from American Builder,
30 Church St., New York 7, N.
Y. Refer to Plan No. 86.)
Win Fame for Your Salad
By Growing These Greens
Save and Have Fun by
Growing Your Own Plants
LEAF LETTUCE CO LTUa BROAD LEAVED CURLY LEAVED
OR ROMAINE. ENDIVE. ENDIVE
CHERVIL CHIVES CORNSALW CURLED
I I GARDEN CftESS.
Give Each Seed in the Outdoor Seed Box Room to Mature
Home gardeners have a won
derful opportunity to enjoy
tasteful, tempting salads all sum
mer long. The fact that green,
leafy foods stand at the top of
the list which nutrtionists say
you should eat daily, may be
ignored, if you feel that way
about nutritionists.
Healthful they may be, but
alads also stand high with gour
mets. Many a popular restau
rant gained its reputation by
specializing in a fine tossed salad
with well-mixed dressing. This
is a man's dish, and much more
suitable than cooking, as a spe
ciality. The dressing is important, but
this discussion is about the green
leaves which you can grow all
summer long, and pick fresh just
long enough before the salad is
eaten, for the leaves to be wash
ed, dried and chilled.
Lettuce starts the list, and not
the tight, white, head lettuce of
commerce. Any salad chef will
tell you that it is tasteless, and
"does not take the dressing
well." What he prefers, if he
can get it, is cos lettuce, also
called romaine, which catalogues
list in several varieties.
Loose ' heading varieties are
also excellent, with Bibb or lime
stone lettuce possibly a favorite.
You can grow this in the early
spring, and fall, but it goes to
seed in hot weather. Leaf lettuce
is also excellent in salads, and
can be grown for a much longer
period than the heading types.
Use leaf lettuce as soon as leaves
are two inches across, but be
sure to thin out plants, so that
they will mature.
Endive comes in two types,
broad and curly leaved. Both
have a distinctive flavor. They
stand both hot weather and frost.
A late sowing should always be
made to mature in the fall, when
frost improves the flavor.
Corn salad has a fresh and
spicy flavor which makes it a
welcome ingredient of the bowl
salad, and is grown easily in
spring and fall. Curled garden
cress thrives with ordinary gar
den culture and imparts a pun
gent flavor to the bowl salad.
Watercress is highly prized and
easily grown where there is a
good supply of fresh water to
keep it constantly moist.
Chervil is an aromatic plant
somewhat resembling parsley
but superior in flavor; and can
be used both in the bowl salad
and as a garnishment for meat.
Like parsley, the seed is slow to
germinate. Sow it with a few
radish seeds to mark the row.
Chives is a most useful salad
vegetable. It is a cousin of the
onion of which the leaves are
used. They have a delicate onion
flavor, just enough to season the
salad. Chives gdow from seed
easily, and a plant lives many
years, it Bears an attractive
lavender flower and is often used
as a border along the garden
path.
At least two sowines should
always be made of these leaf
vegetables, one in the spring and
one in midsummer for the fall
crop; and as many as four sow
ings may be made with ennrf
results.
New Terminal
For Bus Line
Albany Soon to rise on the
site of the old John Foshay resi
dence at Fourth avenue and Ly
on street is the new Pacific
Greyhound bus terminal build
ing, to be erected by O C. Kar
stens. who purchased the prop
erty two years ago from Mrs.
Lee Roberts.
The new one-story structure
will be of concrete block con
struction on a concrete slab 8114
feet long and 20 feet, 4 inches
wide, accommodating an 11 by
16 foot barber shop. 18 by 20
foot restaurant and a 20 by 35
foot waiting room, the whole
fronted by an 82 by 32 foot bus
driveway, opening at the inter
section and extending eastward,
with its exit on East Fourth ave
nue. Extending along the north
side of the building will be an
8 foot marquee hanging over the
driveway.
Estimated cost of the building
is $12,000. Karstens will retain
ownership under 10-year lease
to the Pacific Greyhound com
pany. Start of construction work
is scheduled for April 1. Con
struction will be done by Oliver
Fritch. The building has been
designed by L. D. Stokes, who
will also supervise construction.
The new terminal will also
serve the Pacific Trailways Albany-Bend
bus line.
Improve Amity Streets
Amity The city streets have
received some improvement this
week. A county grader was used
to level the streets and in some
cases a new coat of gravel was
used. Besides a neater appear
ance the streets are more com
fortable to drive over.
vest is possible, even though
growth takes longer.
Some plants are difficult to
transplant, all the vegetable
root crops, for example; and
many flowers such as poppies,
and salpiRlossis. But skilled op
erators can transplant almost any
subject .
An advantage of the seed box
method is that seeds go farther,
since all can be grown to plants,
if desired; and the plants are
placed in the garden in the ex
act position where they are to
mature, and require no thinning.
It is easier to grow very small
seeds and difficult subjects in a
box; and when the weather is
too wet, or dry, too hot or cold,
the box can be moved about and
sheltered from damage.
While professionals usually
sow seed in one box, rather
thickly, then transplant the seed
lings when very small to pots,
or another .flat where they are
widely spaced, the amateur can
save time and make his plants
grow faster by sowing the seed
thinly in the first place and
thinning out excess seedlings to
give ample room for the others
to mature, without being dis
turbed. Precautions against disease
should always be taken. This is
easily done by using soil sub
stitutes rather than soil. Sphag
num moss and vermiculite are
substitutes widely used and easi-
Green Leaves Rich In Vitamins Easily Grown at Home
ly obtained. Both are sterile and
sphagnum moss actually destroys
fungi. v
A thin layer of sphagnum
moss, passed through a sieve, and
spread over the soil in a flat,
can be used to sow the seed in;
covering lightly with similar
moss. This will prevent "damp
ing off," and similar diseases,
which sometimes destroy seeds
as they are sprouting, or soon
after.
The entire box may be filled
with sphagnum moss, or ver
miculite, and the seedling 'plants
grown in these substances up to
transplanting size. But in that
case some fertilizer must be used
when the plants have reached
a sufficient size to need it.
This will be about when they
have made their second pair of
leaves, called the "true leaves."
Stir a level teaspoon of bal
anced chemical plant food into a
quart of water and use this to
water the plants. One applica
tion weekly should be sufficient.
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