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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1964

Page

21

Dangers Lurk In Every Yard By Kirtley W Ervin

A cautionary piece from the Men's Horticultural Society warns that home lawn care causes many injuries. It cites 70,000 power mower accidents in a year, with 50,000 toes and 18,000 fingers lost, including bystanders. It details the ten mandatory mower safety rules and notes other tools share the risk.

Kirtley W. Ervin

Grounding and safety tips for garden electrical use

Garden safety note stresses grounding outside devices including grills lights fans and radios. If a regular grounded cord cannot be used, attach a bare copper ground from the appliance to a well grounded object. Emphasizes checking cords and following safety rules to prevent accidents and potential fatalities.

Peat Moss Pots Change How Garden Plants Grow

A guide to peat moss pots and strip pots for home gardening. It outlines using peat moss with nutrients in seed starting kits, planting seedlings in peat walls, and transplanting to garden locations after frost danger. Emphasizes sunlight, steady moisture, and choosing varieties for borders, screens, cutting beds, window boxes, or planters.

Some Varieties Give More Bloom

Edna King Mandville notes color drives garden impact with blooms. She highlights zinnias like Pink Buttons and Thum betina, lilliputs such as Little Red Ridinghood and Mahogany Gem, and variegated zinnias like Persian Carpet. She lists easy bloomers across many species and promises next week’s fence line planting guide.

Edna King Mandeville Valencia

Petunias and Kochia in the Home Garden

Petunias are reliable in most gardens and bloom well except for fringed varieties. Seed propagation is easy if sowing depths are followed and soil kept moist until seedlings establish. Fertilizer is unnecessary for good garden soil. Kochia, though nonflowering, remains popular for its big feathery green bush.

Fountain At Airport Big Coin Draw

Visitors at Dulles International Airport toss coins into a terminal fountain, averaging 222 dollars monthly since opening 18 months ago. Congress directed the FAA to hand the funds to charitable groups aiding travelers, a program now recommended to become permanent after about 4000 dollars collected in 18 months. Bamboo species survive cold to seven degrees below zero.

Washington Dulles International Airport Congress Federal Aviation Agency House Appropriations Committee United States

Tulips Come to Holland via Austria in the 16th Century

The term tulip derives from a Turkish word for tuban. Early Turkish gardeners hybridized wild species. The spring flower was introduced to Holland through Austria in the latter part of the 16th century.

Holland Austria

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