Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1917 — GARDEN NOTES. [ARTICLE]

GARDEN NOTES.

Don’t forget to thin out the beet rows. Our women-folks pickle the tiny, tender beets for immediate use, or serve them with salt, pepper, butte rand a bit of sugar. They taste like “roastin’ ears” served this way. The plants left in the rows also have a chance to develop into well-formed roots for later use. Plant some Stowell’s Evergreen sweet corn for late table use. Corn will come in more handy this year than ever. It will help save the potatoes, to\>. Don’t pass by the last chance to plant turnips and rutabagas. They make great yields if the season is moist. They keep well, too, and are wholesome food properly prepared. Set out a few bunches of head lettuce, from the old bed, in a moist shady spot, and have crisp leaves for garnishing all summer. A two or three-foot row of pepper cress planted now will be ready for use in a few weeks. It’s mighty good seasoning. There’s too much flat and tasteless cooking.