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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1973
Page
6
A soil heating cable called Gro Quick offers gardeners an early start by acting as an underground sun. It speeds germination and growth in seedbeds flats and pots, enabling earlier flowering and vegetables than neighbors. Place cable under a flat cover with sand or gravel and move as needed.
Quick menu idea for unexpected guests uses 10 ounce waffles topped with hot apple pie filling and grated cheddar. Also suggests corn bread from enriched corn meal and a hearty soup lunch. Frosty mornings feature oatmeal with stewed prunes and brown sugar served with milk.
Guidance on pruning pines firs and spruces for compact growth and better greenery. Use proper tools and make clean slanted cuts back to buds. Prune to desired height keeping symmetry and avoid cutting beyond green needles. Holiday greens from holly laure l azalea and magnolia can be gathered for decoration.
The article describes making wreaths on heavy wire like coat hangers with greens attached by light wire. It also covers a foam method using pins or U shaped pipes to secure greens, noting foam yields a flatter ring and advising paint compatibility on foam cutouts.
Dear Ann Landers prints reader letters about premarital sex and its fallout on self esteem. A 20 year old recalls virginity loss at 15 and a second affair, urging honesty and caution about relationships based on sex.
Instructions for selecting a live Christmas tree with a root ball six to nine inches, keeping it moist, and cooling it during the holiday period. Guidance on storing, mulching, and planting after the holidays, plus tests for freshness and a DIY evergreen rope decoration project.
Mr and Mrs Gregory Barkett of Trinity 2 welcomed daughter Kelley Maria born Dec 10 at Decatur General. Grandparents include Clarence Lowther and Preston Scott with late Joseph Barkett. Great grandparents J C Clem Bernice Darnell Phillip Hogue attended funeral of Maude Butler in Milam Tenn.
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