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
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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
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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.
And, finally, when you are fin
ished planting your garden for
these unique yields, take what-
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