Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 40

40 lincoln Journal and Star Friday, April 12,1974 Flowers, Vegetables Abound At Luxes By Betty Stevens Broccoli is the only vegetable the Elton Luxes had to buy this past year. Everything else was raised in the same ground they have gardened for 49 yeare at 5204 Colby St. No slouch when it comes to gardemng, Lux, 76, knows it all and does most of it. quick tour of his one-fourth block of land and you see everything from radishes (which will be ready to eat by the time this is printed) to geraniums being rooted. There are tiny pepper plants, strawflowers and tomatoes, getting their start under a light in a shed that used to be a chicken house.

There are compost bins, with the shredder u.sed to make compost housed in the old horse stall alongside a Rototiller In spite of the latest motorized his handiest tool is the putty knife he keeps in a back pocket. for cleaning the dirt off his hoes and shoes. Lux has peas, potatoes, onions and lettuce already growing But in addition to vegetables, there are passionflowers, iris, quaking grass, tuhps and a rose bed been in place for 40 years. Is gardening worth afford to be without he said. Through the years, it has provided minerals, vitamins and a place for six children to expend some energy During those years Lux worked for the Extension Divison of the University of Nebraska in an administrative job.

garden was wonderful therapy. You know how the problems of a desk job can leave you feeling Well, come home, spend two hours in the garden and come away with a whole new Lux says every gardener needs to realize that no two growing seasons are alike. You plant what you think need, take what you get, get along with whatever shortage you might experience and utilize the surplus. AV 'vW. Elton Lux labors over early radishes growing in a cold frame.

He gardens organically within limits. Those limits are when the aphids come or the leaf spot hits. Then he turns to insecticides and herbicides. are only controlled by Lux said adding that the trick to using both chemical preparations is to follow the instructions. lot of gardeners get in trouble because when it says one tablespoon to a gallon of water, they think three tablespoons would be three times as Garden Club On the board of the Lincoln Garden Club, the Luxes are responsible for publication of the Club News," published nine times each year.

The club meets the second Monday each month and has garden tours in May and July. Club members are planting gound cover beside the 4-H building on the State Fair The toughest tractors on earth. Seven new tractors from 8 hp up to 19.5 hp. Offering a lot more than a choice of horsepower. You pick the tractor with the work features you want.

From hydrostatic drive to 3-speed geared transmission. Twin cylinder or single cylinder engines. Hydraulic or mechanical attachment lift. Power locking collar or lock-pin for easy attachment hook-up. And a choice of speed ranges, brake systems and attachments to accomplish any lawn and garden chore.

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432-1047 Dorsey Labs Gardens Fringe grounds in redwood frames. At fair time, they plan to be on hand to explain the project to fairgoers. When you talk with the longtime gardener, you get the impression that gardening is a whole lot more than cultivating, planting, hoeing and harvesting. a whole a lot of little things that you learn over a lot of growing seasons. knowing importance of speed in moving produce from the garden to the freezer.

knowing that to keep geraniums from rotting while they are rooting, you need to add a little chlorine to the water knowing how far apart to make successive plantings so that production will be continual. knowing that sweet com needs to be planted in blocks, not rows. Gardening requires a certain philosophy about the natural order of things. Jack Frost wins, so Lux asks. blessed fringe That is how Keith Heidemann describes a project of the Lincoln branch of Dorsey Laboratories.

not your ordinary fringe benefit, either about 60 employes with green thumbs have been provided with garden plots on company land. Heidemann, research pharmacist and president of the garden club, explained that the company polled workers last fall to determine interest. After about 50 of the 250 workers committed themselves, the pharmaceutical company plowed up two acres of land east of the plant at U.S. 6 and Interstate 80 in northeast Lincoln. Dry Annual Flowers for WAnter Bouquet Some annual flowers can be dried for use in winter bouquets.

Remove the whole plant for drying at the time specified below, hang the plants upside down in a shady place to dry. Plants and times to cut: when flowers are well-formed. when in color but before seed sheds when in full color but before petals dry. when mature. when the oldest floret matures, plant forms a spike.

when buds begin to open. when in full color but before petals begin to dry. By spring, a few had dropped out of the program and a few more had joined, bringing the gardeners to about 60. The plowed ground was disked early this spring. "We had to do some raking, but it was essentially ready to Heidemann said.

The 30 40 foot plots are separated by 10 foot walkways so nobody has to squash his squash to hoe his com. The company piped water to the garden sites, one faucet for every four plots. Interest was the only qualification for getting a plot, Heidemann said. For instance, there was no requirement that the company fanners had no gardening ground at home. No doubt some ambitious folks grow vegetables both places, he said.

The garden club brought in guest speakers to provide some expert information on gardening Elton Lux, longtime Lincoln gardener, explained the does and County Extension Agent Emery Nelson told about available printed information. A club committee established some rules for the operation, such as, people who have been working in the garden are not allowed in the laboratory or production areas of the plant in order to avoid possible contamination. That is why the gardening is done after work or on weekends, not during lunch hours, he said. So the Dorsey Lab gardeners manned their hoes and began digging in the earth. "You can grow a lot of in a 1,200 square foot plot, Heidemann said.

They are large enough to provide room for sprawling potato plants as well as plenty of other vegetables, and most of the gardeners have already planted their potatoes and peas, he said. a blessing from the company" to help their workers fight inflation, he said. Carrot Aids Sprinkle sand over carrot seed so the little plants can come up if a rain crusts the top soil. Dust the little carrots with sevin every five days from the time they come up until they are three inches tall. Planting some seed in June may avoid carrot worm damage.

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