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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1992
Page
25
The rise in home vegetable gardening spans Maryland and the nation as households trim costs and seek fresh produce. Experts cite recession-driven motives, growing interest from first timers, and a surge in plant and seed sales, especially tomatoes, peppers, beans, cucumbers, squash and cabbage.
A humorous column describes starting a backyard garden as a stress reliever, from hiring a digger to buying plants with fanciful names like Green Comet and Starburst. It highlights the contrast between the relaxing dream of gardening and the practical, sometimes chaotic reality, ending with a note on seed thinning and a puzzled question from the narrator’s wife.
The article explains nitrogen’s central role in plant nutrition, noting most plants rely on soil nitrogen via organic or synthetic fertilizers. It contrasts rapid, potent synthetic nitrogen with slower, costlier natural sources, and highlights factors like formulation, availability, soil health, and potential plant burn from excess.
Help children enjoy growing vegetables at home with scaled down plots two feet by four for preschoolers or ten by fifteen for older kids. Involve them in choosing crops, prefer quick germinators and colorful plants like radishes and lettuce. Start slow growers from trans plants to cut weeding and time to harvest and try root crops mysteries under soil.
The third annual Rose Society show took place Saturday at the Francis Scott Key Mall with hundreds of entries judged by Al Ford of Timonium and Jim Diggs of Richmond Virginia.
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