Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1919 — A FEW MINUTES WITH “BUGS” BAER [ARTICLE]

A FEW MINUTES WITH “BUGS” BAER

(For the Edification of Gardeners) Don’t plant too much seed in your garden as over-feeding will kill the neighbor’s Wyandottes. Planting grass seed upside down will cause your garden to look like the wrong side of a Persian rug. Helpful tools are a corkscrew, can opener and a shoe horn. The shoe horn will help you to get a seat in the 5:15. When planting tomatoes be sure to open the can first. Peas should never be planted before they are shelled. The firm that manufactures rub-ber-set tooth brushes is now applying the same idea to a grass seed that defies the next door Plymouth Rocks. A three inch layer of solid concrete over the garden will protect the seeds against crows and sparrows. The proper time to plant seeds is between blizzards. A few glue plants will be helpful to assist in mending the cracked chinaware that comes sailing over the fence. A fractured dinner,set of 144 broken pieces makes a wonderful present for a dizzy wedding

anniversary. By putting graphaphone records over asparagus you can make the darned stuff play music while it is growing. j Sweet citronella, violet mignonette and vanilla nasturturtiums grow beautifully in the catalogue. Potato bulbs and carrots should he placed as near the ground as the pain in your back permits. Don’t be discouraged if your first crop consists of blisters on your mitts. . _ , Corn beans and an earthquake will give you a fine succotash garden.