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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, APRIL 14. 1961 c-a Spading Wet Soil Creates Hard Work ' (Editor Not: The follow ing is the second of three dispatches on gardening.) . By PATRICIA O'CONNOR Washington -fflPB-Spade in ': hand, you're ready for ground-' breaking ceremonies."; - But; : before digging " in, squeeze a handful of dirt tight ly into a ball. :Then- break it apart. If it crumbles, it's ready.: But" if "it's too wet, spading' only -will make the ground harder to work. - Spread manure or other or-" ganic fertilizer over -the soil ' and work it in with vnnr snnH. .7, ing. Remember soil just can't be too fertile. Old hands rec ommend spading to . about. .tU 1 1 1 Y-l - -1 upturning more than; an inch of the hard subsoil, Spading Is Alt , Even spading is an art. Be ginners often take too big a bite. Overturn a spadeful of ; . dirt and shatter it as you go. . .The city gardener may find manure too expensive for his , plot and turn to commercial fertilizers. These "can be sown and raked into the upper three -or four inches of soil. About ' 1 50 or 60 pounds of a nitrogen-" phosphorous - potash mixture are average for a 30 by 50 foot plot. Now let's say you're ready to seed. With the help of your local garden store or the coun- ty . agricultural agent, you ' have in hand the seeds or 'seedlings considered best for ' your climate and soil. . The end of a hoe handle s makes a good shallow furrow while the hoe edge is used for deeper planting of larger seeds. ' f i Don't plant seeds too close together or too deep. In gen eral, seeds need be only deep enough to lie in moist soil with enough . cover to keep from beinef washed out. 1 -; In heavy soils, plant seeds a little shallower than in very light soils.' After covering seeds, firm the ground lightly, but don't pack it. : Experts recommend buying plants - such as tomatoes -rather than trying to raise your own from seeds, if yours is a small garden. For. transplanting;' leave a mass of dirt around roots of the delicate plants and make, holes big enough so the roots won't be crowded. The soil should be in a fine, loose con dition. -Retards Growth - " . Transplanting doesn't stimu-, late growth, by;. the, way. It; retards it; You may want to use a starter solution of fer- Decoration Trends Avoid Plain Walls " "Recent trends n home dec pration have broken away from the monotony" of plain colored walls. To create the feeling of warmth and beauty in the homen wallpaper, grass cloth, silk and other kinds of wall-coverings are being wide ly used. -There ' are a : thousand dif ferent patterns of machine prints and the exceptionally beautiful hand-prints - many of which can be made exclu sively v for you! i ; Now, the wallcovering of your choice, can. be- made highly resistant to . greases, oils, soot, crayon marks, lip sticks, kitchen or - dining tav ble spatter, thanks to a custom-service called 'Resistane:' . 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