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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 2011
Page
20
The fourth Sunday in August marks International Kitchen Garden Day, celebrating home grown foods and herbs in decorative kitchen gardens. Gardens blend vegetables with herbs, fruits, and flowers, serving as a focal yard feature and bringing harvests close to mealtime.
Readers get practical ideas for a kitchen garden including edible flowers such as lavender shortbread ingredients and violet petals. Advice covers plant grouping, recurring motifs, corner tomato placements with peppers and basil, interspersed oregano and thyme with strawberries, plus fences and raised beds to maintain neat, productive spaces.
Engage in garden tours and home planting parties. Build raised beds with cedar or other durable lumber, or use recycled materials. Fill beds with soil and compost, avoid pure compost. Try Italian or salad garden themes with herbs, tomatoes, greens, and edible flowers. Jennifer Smith of K State Extension offers guidance.
Kovel notes beer steins arose from health laws in medieval Europe, with Gerz 3-D heads popular and a Smiling Face stein selling for 529 dollars. Hoosier style cabinets by Hoosier Mfg Co and G I Sellers shaped kitchen furniture from 1900 to 1930s. Colonial Homestead dishes by Royal China Co designed by Gordon Parker circa 1951 to Sears through the 1960s.
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