Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1943 — Page 14

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nip Arrange 1 Planting Schedule To Give a Continuous Supply

* SEEDS SCARCE

Garieners | Fill in With Little Known Varieties.

Gardeners will be able to get seeds this year, but they may have to plant brands with: which they are unfamiliar, i dianapolis seed Popular. brands| and the familiar standbys are fast disappearing from the -shelves of stores. Most of the less used varieties will be just as productive as the seeds which have been in popular use, one merchant reports, but a few .nay not. There are, however, definite shortages. Onion ets are scarce and dealers doubt that there will be

“enough to supply the demand. Onion

seed stocks also are running low, with few available through stores here. Beets, Carrots Scarce Beet and carrot seeds will be hard to get and some varieties of cucumbers will not be in stock. Another shortage in| seeds are those for the stringless| variety of green beans. On the other hand, plenty of seed potatoes will be available at a higher price than last year. Local retail merchants say seeds will be sold on a first come, first served basis. Gardeners. who shop before the rush: will receive more intelligent elp than those who wait until‘ the rush season. Seed buying already is on a par with purchases usually made during the months of April and May. One dealer reports that the store’s normal quota of seeds will not meet the demand. This dealer has reordered and has been assured that his contract will be fulfilled, subject to the necessary changes due to lack of favorite brands, Merchants point out that expeienced gardeners know that there e many different seed varieties = which will give them good crops, but that rew gardeners usually buy by name and are likely to follow popular garden trends. ‘When the seed shortage becomes acute, retailers predict that buyers will of necessity bécome acquainted with the advantages of different varieties. For example, expert farmers know that though the stringless variety of bean is|a great favorite, there are other varieties of beans to be used for different purposes.

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This is the 10th in a series of 12 articles of expert advice for victory gardeners this year. It is suggested that you clip and save each installment for future reference.

IN ORDER for the victory gardener to get the maximum .results from his underfaking, and to make the best possible contribution to our wartime food program, the planting schedule should be arranged to give a continuous supply of vegetables as long as the climate of this locality permits. ,It is obvious that if home-grown vegetables add to the nutritional value of the family diet during one part of the spring or summer, they will be of ,value as long as available. And protective, health-promot-ing foods are essential the year around. ” ” EJ

Quantity Is Big Need

FURTHERMORE, by keeping the supply @ntinuous from spring through the entire season until freezing weather cuts off ‘further growth, rather than planting and harvesting a single crop, the quantity produced may be -increased to a great extent,

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And quantity of food is something this nation now needs. Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard, the national food adninistrator, has said that we simply can’t have too much food— that it will play a vital role in winning the war and help straighten things out in a just. peace afterward. Victory gardeners should guard against planting so much of one vegetable at a single planting that it will result in surplus and waste. The plantings should be planned, in accordance with what can be grown successfully at various periods of the season, to have enough of the nutritious vegetables your

, family likes coming at carefully

spaced intervals.

Tilled Garden for 40 Years; Millers Right in Style Now

What has been a plain old vege-

table garden to Mr. and Mrs. Willis K. Miller during the 40 years of their residence in Indianapolis, will be put out this year under the title of “victory garden.” Gardening is their hobby. Rationing has turned the tables of their neighbors who have oh’d and ah’d at their industrious effort, but never quite gotten out of the flower stage into vegetable planting. Now the Millers will be a source of expert advice, Mrs. Millet’ says “I've been a farmer girl ever since I was knee high to a duck.” The fact is she

was born on a farm near New

Bethel and contends that the instinct was born in her. She doesn’t

have much on her husband either, for he was brought up on a farm near Clermont. Together they have managed to have a garden plot almost every year since they moved to the city. For a number of years they’ve been putting out gardens on their 30x100foot lot at 312 S. Downey ave. with remarkable success. So imbued with the gardening bug is Mrs. Miller that at one time following an operation she begged her doctor to let her out of bed to pull the weeds in her plot.’ In less time than it takes to tell, she was out pulling those weeds. She's con-

This will keep fresh vegetables on your table without waste, and will avoid gaps during which nothing can be harvested from the garden. Any surplus should be canned or otherwise 5 preserved for later use.

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Although some vegetables are suited to planting at intervals over a long period to furnish a continuous supply, others are suited to such a narrow range of changing season that successive plantings are not recommended. This means that some vegetables, or varieties of one kind, must be depended on to a great extent to keep the garden producing all the time. However, single plantings of lima beans, some pole beans, chard and tomatoes remain in a usable stage in the garden for a considerable time. It should be understood, of course, that successful gardening —and attainment of the goal of a continuous supply of fresh vegetables—requires continuous work and planning and faithful attention to the investment you make in fertilizer, seed, time and effort.

TOMORROW — Starting early plants—hotbeds and cold frames.

vinced that gardening is a good; health measure. | In addition to the health angle,

the Millers plant a garden because! they both like fresh vegetables and don’t like to go to the grocery store. They always have their own corn, onions, lettuce, peas, lima beans, tomatoes, beets, radishes and parsnips and a flower garden besides. From their produce they can nearly all the vegetables they use each year. Their prescription for a successful garden is to plant the seeds with a definite plan in mind, water the ground when it’s dry and go to work to keep the weeds out. Mrs. Miller says, “It’s no easy job having a garden, you have to work for it.” In the summer time the couple gets up early—4:30 or 5 a. m.—to do the work. They do it “because it’s fun to see things grow and have good fresh vegetables to eat.”

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