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SUPPLEMENT TO McHENRY PLAINDEALER - PAGE 12 - FRIDAY, MARCH 10, I»78 New victory for backyard gardeners is right at hand! There's a garden revolu­ tion going on in the back­ yards of homes across the country! The old-time "victory gar­ den" is quickly becoming the most popular new hobby of homeowners (as well as apartment dwellers with ac­ cess to land and back-to- b a s i c s i n s t i n c t s ! ) , w i t h azaleas moving over to make room for asparagus and roses relinquishing apportion of their honored position to r o w s o f r a d i s h e s a n d rhubarb. Today's homeowner can find a great deal of pleasure in cultivating a backyard vege­ table garden--for the good quality of home-grown pro­ d u c e , t h e e c o n o m y o f "planting-it-yourself," and the pride in w^^ftng a small personal "bumper crop" sprout up. 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Now, at last, there's a handy one-source basic planting guide for backyard home gardening that contains all one needs to know about planting depths and spacing, when to plant for proper har­ vesting, the tools to be used for all the various gardening tasks, and instructions on soil testing, pest and disease control, fertilizing and watering--all on one card that slips conveniently into a shirt pocket. The Backyard Garden Guide is a "slide rule" encyclopedia of gardening facts for the backyard "farmer," with planting in­ formation on 35 of the most popular vegetables from as­ paragus to tomatoes. On the front of the chart, each of the vegetables ap­ pears with its corresponding "vital statistics" in view-- the depth in inches at which it should be planted, the plant­ ing distance in inches re­ quired both for within rows and between rows, and the approximate number of days until maturity. There is a complete guide for planting times of the vari­ ous vegetables given, with a map of frost free planting dates for the entire U.S. illus­ trating regional differences. For example, if a home gardener wanted to plant car­ rots, he would merely have to slide the Garden Guide to its carrot listing to find out all about the planting specifics of this vegetable. Carrots should be planted lA" deep in the soil, with a 3" distance in plants within the row. Leave 18" of space between rows. Carrots classify as a hardy vegetable according to the chart, which means that they can, be planted two to four weeks before the regional frost free date. Their ex­ pected date for maturity ranges from 55 to 75 days. With such complete informa­ tion on hand, any gardener can harvest a crop to be proud of the very first time around! 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