HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976 08-11 Hard work pays off in "garden goodies" REVIEW ..c v icvv Wed.,Aug. 11, 1976
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Six foot high corn and zucchini and vegetables, it does seem to helpweeds
string beans good enough to enter in the Weist said. "Caring for plants is good
Ramsey god r aretheproductstern a prosper. Hoeing, hand-pulling and "hand exercise,an easy way to get a good suntan
1 cal garden and loads of ork for the blisters" are common for family mem- and rewarding with the yield of produce."
James Weist family. bers.
Is it worth it?
The Weists, 1958 Maryknoll, Some
Maplewood,each year rent agardenplot peopleamight say no.
But last year,the Weist garden yielded
from the Maplewood Community Services "delicious sweet
Office and pour lots of water and hardcorn for the famed
dining
work into that piece of ground.Each 1able.' The Zucahbi produced
ear,
they have been amply rewarded, y nearly 100 squash and cabbage started
indoors from an eight cent package of
This year is the second the Weists have seeds yielded cabbage for salad and 25
paid$3 for a 25 by 40 foot plot.The garden pounds of sauerkraut.
is located off English at Burke. Over 100 quarts of vegetables,including
The planting started Saturday,April 24, pickled beets, stewed tomatoes and
when corn, a gift packet from Lincoln pickles were canned, and the family
Federal Savings, and other vegetables freezer was stocked with corn, string
were seeded. However,the warm, balmy beans and squash.
weather of that day changed to cold, "We enjoy our garden immensely and
nearly freezing temperatures. Tomato are looking ahead to a garden next year,"
plants had to be covered each night and
uncovered each morning. Finally, the
plants were taken indoors until the Weists
could be sure Mother Nature meant
summer to come.
The dry cold spring created many
problems.Plants did not germinate well.
P4actically all of the garden was seeded
Wee, and carrots were planted three
different times.
Then,with the arrival of summer,came
water problems. Four water barrels at
i the site are often "bone dry," according
to the Weists,and the family has hauled at
kkmst 21 gallons of water to the garden
every day.
Two hours work has gone into the
garden each day as well. While the hot
weather doesn't seem the best for
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TENDING TO CROPS-.Mrs.Mar j a 'p ^ w• x
plot rented from the Maplewood Community Services Dept waters her corn crop in a