Garden Hobby: Hollyhock Dolls and Beets Planting Tips
The article offers playful garden craft ideas using hollyhocks to create doll like shapes from flower spikes and vines to frame facial features. It shares planting notes on beets including transplant timing after rain and soil checks with rivets and acidity indications. It notes beets may mature about 100 days later when transplanted versus direct sowing and describes simple steps to assemble the doll kits using grass, ink, and Kudzu vines for facial details.
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Finners
Choose Right Vine For Right Place
When a garden is a small zone bordered by neighbors sewers and garages a vine can form an interesting background. It takes less space than shrubs and a hedge and can cut costs. The right kind of vine matters for good views and long lasting effect.
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Chile
Agricultural Extension Office
Garden Fragments From An Otter Creek Almanac
Large lobed leaves three part and free of insects and diseases. The silt vine is another hand sone climber with dark green leaves. Vine grows from 30 to 40 feet and belongs to the mulk. Seeds sown thinly for better sprouts. Olympia Washington notes Douglas fir clusters and removal front grade mountains. Beds transplant easily and can be replanted regularly. Daily attention may be needed.
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Olympia
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Prin
Poison Plants Attract Ants At Picnic Time
A writer warns readers that common garden plants and wild species can be highly toxic to children and even adults. The piece lists plants such as deadly nightshade, mountain laurel, hemlocks, foxgloves, castor oil, and jimson weed, noting their poisonous berries, leaves, or sap. It cautions parents to avoid inviting danger into yards and picnics and suggests sticking to safer plants and canned foods.
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Marjoniz
R. Vernon News
Indy
Sumae
Garden Club
Jimson
Fallout dangers and farm management lessons from radiation risk
The text explains external and internal radiation hazards after fallout, including contamination of crops and livestock. It covers protective discrimination factors for calcium and strontium, and notes that milk and meat largely exclude strontium. It ends with farm guidance on manure, facilities, and management practices to improve milk production and herd safety, urging careful records and equipment choices.
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Calleman
Chile
Disease resistant vegetables guide gardeners can use
Gardeners should seek disease resistant varieties on seed packets and catalogs to improve success. Examples include cucumber hybrids Challenger and Sensation resistant to mosaic and downy mildew, cabbage types Golden Acre Resistant and Jersey Queen, and greens like Mary Washington asparagus and Toparop peas showing resistance to common diseases. Choose varieties suited to local disease pressure.
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Marion
Wisconsin Hollander
Radiation hazards and agricultural notes in wartime beekeeping and crops
This compilation covers radiation fallout estimates from a large hypothetical attack, civil defense drills, and decontamination plans. It also includes bee management tips, a Penn State correspondence course in beekeeping, and guidance on crop protection and disease-resistant varieties, with practical cautions for gardeners and farmers.
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Civil Defense-4
Sven
Erie
Penn State University
Ten Jessons
University Park
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University
Cascading Mums and Terrace Plant Styling
Cascading mums offer decorative options for terrace living with hanging walls and brackets. The Anticultural Extension Service notes mix tents show cascading forms thrive in sunlit areas with proper watering use. Avoid midday watering to prevent disease and keep pests away with safe methods rather than harmful dusts or sprays.
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Anticultural Extension Service
Farm mortgage trends rise with longer terms and higher rates
Agriculture Department findings show farm mortgages grew from 4500 to 10000 dollars between 1940 and 1950, with terms lengthening from 8.5 to 10.7 years and rates rising from 4.77 to 5.41 percent. Regional differences reflect lender mix and farm size, life insurance loans extending longer than bank loans. overall shifts marked by broader financing changes across sectors. Exports projections for U S wheat and flour for 1961 62 also hint at strong shipments, while pests and January freezes disrupt crop yields in parts of the Southeast and Atlantic states.
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Gaylord
Godwin Wallington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Appalachian
Southeast
Delta Regians
Mort
Trees Speak Through Signs of Health for Home Woodlands
Read the signs in your yard to judge tree health and plan plantings. Experts urge mixed hardwoods and flowering varieties, frame the house with evergreens, and monitor for winter damage, pests, and soil issues to sustain a thriving landscape.
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Shoul
St Swithin’s Day Rain Forecast Folklore
London weather lore recalls St Swithin’s body being exposed to rain and a 40 day rain saga. A storm follows, the superstition predicts continued wet weather for 40 days after the saint’s day, with variations insisting 30 or 40 days of rain.
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London
St. Swithin
Winchester
Wuried
Woodland Tract Possibility On Half Acre
The text promotes a half acre woodland tract highlighting benefits of a wooded lot. It notes reduced lawn maintenance, shade from trees, and the potential value increase of the property. The spelling is garbled but centers on a home grown forest and its practical advantages.
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