BY RALPH STEADMAN MARCH 23, 1983 Plants don’t travel. Well, that’s for sure. They don’t join clubs and they don’t get into traffic jams. They drink, they sway in the wind, and they sing. “Be my friend,” they say, “don’t ask me to be a business associate or I will wilt.” Plants do not threaten, […]
GARDENING
DON’T FIGHT MOTHER NATURE
BY JANET SCHOEBERLEIN SOME SEEDING-LOOKING COUPLES WERE WAITING TO GET “SET UP.” SOMETIME BEFORE I PAID FOR A STRONG, EXPENSIVE PLANT LIGHT, I REALIZED THAT EVERYBODY ELSES THER WAS GETTING SET UP TO GROW POT IN THEIR CLOSETS. STRAIGHT, STUPID ME! AND THE PANSIES DIED. Unless you want to make extra trouble work with Mother […]
INDOOR GARDENING
BY JANET SCHOEBERLEIN January is a great month for indoor gardening. Sit in your easy chair and feast your eyes on the beautiful photos in the seed catalogs. When the weather is warmer, there won’t be time, so enjoy it now. If you haven’t already received a bunch of gardening catalogs in the mail, try […]