Green Fingers unfolds potato lore and home growing tips
A 1976 piece recalls Sir Walter Raleigh and Hieronymous Cardan distributing potatoes in Europe and the Americas. It then shifts to home gardening advice, showing five gallon container methods, seed potato preparation, fungicide options, soil guidance, and nutrient feeding for large tubers. The author encourages sharing seedlings with neighbors to build community.
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Tom Nickerson
Walter Raleigh
Hieronymous Cardan
Sir Walter Raleigh
Cardan
South America
Spain
Andes
Peru
Europe
Carolan
Ireland
Cork
North Carolina
Raleigh
United States
C.H. Kelley
Big Creek
Wildlife official pushes coastal land use goals adoption
Fish and Wildlife Director John McKean urges quick approval of LCDC coastal land use goals. He cites land management as key to wildlife health and warns that late objections could delay adoption amid opposition to development restrictions.
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Wildlife’s
McKean
Fish and Wildlife
John McKean
Department of Land Conservation and Development
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon Coastal Conservation and Development Commission
LCDC
Yauma Bay
Lower
Willamette River
Bridge Church Activities and Community Notes
Non denominational Bible study for women meets Wednesdays at 1 30 at Johanna Van Winkles home studying Learning to become a Woman. Babysitting may be provided. For info call 572 2857. Work day March 13 9 am Grange meeting 7 30 pm. Lottie Waterman and Gail Wester relations noted. Bridge Community Church mission guests include George Insley Bob Wiens Cliff Brockman Jack Smith. Birthday list and Garden Club note. Call 572 5903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna van Winkle
Kenneth and
Iley Smith
Johhanna
The
Bridge Church
Grange
Lottie Waterman
Eugene
Gail Wester
Bay Area Hospital
Bridge Community Church
George Insley
Porto Velho
Brazil
Bob Wiens
Gospel Missionary Union
Mali
Africa
Cliff Brockman
Flagstaff
Arizona
Jack Smith
Wilderness Trails
Medford
Young Trouble
Koral Martin
Bob Kinney
Warren Hathaway
Jeanetta Ernst
Bridge Garden Club
Dinah Smith
Dora Sitkum News Roundup March Activities and Weather
Sitkum weekly rainfall reached 36 inches for the period ending March 5 with no rain on March 3 4 and 5. High 59 low 20. Obituary note Edward Johnson of McKinley. Sitkum travelers include Mary Peats and Diana Sheldahl planning a March 13 to 18 California visit. Local events cover the Dora Friendly Club Crab Feed March 5 and Christian Women's Club Banquet March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapris Combe
Sitkum
Edward Johnson
McKinley
Mary Peats
Diana Sheldahl
California
Peats
Susan Hammond
Rancho Cordova
Judy Kisase
Saratoga
Esther Adams
Templeton
Richard Sheldahl
Ash Valley
Eats
Forest Easton
Ron Mason
Ashland
Malaysia
Dora-Situm Pta
Steve Crosby
Charles Kasper
Tualatin
George Kasper
Stan McCurdy
Heather Heather
Keli
Kay Kellikoa
Kai
Maile
Coos Bay
McCurdys
Heather
Kristen Wibek
Ethel Abernathy
Alberta McGeorge
Christian Women’s Club
McKinley Grange Hall
America
Joann Johnson
Lou Grace Heyman
Richard Curtis
Eugene
Hagmiussan
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the Herald
Mrch
Community News
Pam Brummel
Myrtle Pointe High School
New Vibrations Oe
Nets Neo
FIPHS
By Lee Heehne
Fuller Paint Sale
Albers
Spruce St. Myrtle Point
USDA
ALT
FORD
Lounsbury Ford
Sapartment
Ueed
East Third
OWO
Bud Leep
Leon Howell
Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point Florist
the Bootery
East First Coquille
Bayside Heating
Virginia St
North Bend
J & J Salvage
Roseburg Road
ACM
Woor ‘Products Company
Frutzperick
Central Avenue
Oregon
Gees
Jan’s
Damis Myrtie Point
George's Taxidermy
George
Ven Coe
Dora, Sitkum News
National Guard Armory
W. Park
Hilo’s
lAleo
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