84-Lano«ter Fanning, Saturday, April 1, 2000 Just in time for this year’s spring planting season, we’ve come into some exciting, but rarely-publicized gardening tips. It’s unlikely you’ll ever find any of this advice in any garden ing publication we’ve ever seen, nor will any seed company print them in their catalogs. Though little-known, these tips come guaranteed to assure you a most memorable garden ing season. Instead of planting your run of-the-mill seed potato sets, first consider the primary end use of spuds in your household. If by chance that happens to be French fries, trim those seed sets to a uniform shape before putting them in the ground. The most desirable shape cut for the popular fries is about 1/2-inch by 3 to 4-inches, yielding you a har vest of dainty, pre-shaped spud fingers ready to pop into a kettle of hot cooking oil. The look on your gardening expert neighbor’s face when you dig up a few of these specialities will more than compensate for the extra peeling time they will take before French-frying them. Nutritionists have long told us that salads are good for us. And few things are easier to grow than lettuce. Providing you can keep the slugs away from nibbling them if it happens to be HEATMOR outdoor wood furnace Stainless Steel a damp spring. And the bunnies. And the groundhogs. To protect those baby lettuce seedlings from the early chilly weather and those maurauding pests, we suggest you wrap each plant carefully in a little suit and jacket as you plant it in the ground. While this may initially be tedious, think what a time saver it will be later on to have all your salad already dressed. Most of us, and especially kids, seem to get a kick out of raising those adorable little mini-tomatoes. And we should do whatever we can to encour age kids to eat their veggies. But while they’re cute, those little tomatoes take up lots of space for the actual yield they give, compared to the larger versions. Our solution? Plant an inde terminate (the kind that grow longer and longer stalks) regu lar-sized tomato next to a cherry tree. Train the vines up the through the fruit tree’s branches for cherry tomatoes that are really worthwhile for slicing in a sandwich. Not everyone has the space to grow com, since you really need to plant several rows of it to properly cross-pollinate and give you any decent sort of yield. But is you have the space and want to try some different types of corn, we suggest a couple of • Heat Home, Hot Water, Outbuildings • No Fire Danger or Chimney Worries • Forced Air or Hot Water Heating • 3 Sizes -18 Colors • Forced Draft - Ash Auger Clean-out • Wood or Coal Grates • High Efficiency - Clean Burning • 10 Year Corrosion Warranty • Financing & Dealerships Available Outback Heating Dist. 888-763-8617 alternate methods. Mash each com seed before planting for a harvest of pre creamed corn. A bit messy to husk, but tasty. Or toss your seeds before planting with a mixture of flour and yeast, for a handy yield of corahread. Or if you like succotash, that tasty blend of com and lima beans, plant one of each seed side-by-side for a cross-pollinat ed ready-mix you can enjoy fresh or freeze for winter dining Cucumbers are very popular and easy to grow around here. And, lots of folks grow extra to make their own pickles. But making pickles is a lot of work. May we suggest this shortcut: just water the vines regularly with a room-temperature blend of one part sugar to one part vinegar (sweeter or more sour, depending on your taste). Viola! Pickles, direct from the vine without the mess. Add dill or assorted pickling spices to your watering liquid for variety in your finished product. If you prefer to pick a peck of pickled peppers, pour this perky and piquant plant picker-upper on your pepper patch. 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