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April 11, 1974 PHOENIX Page 9I 1 /\n u u o r . I S L C ^ 4 ^ T U M U Li'NGardening for Food & FunBYGAYESIBIRSKYLie back in that comfortable chaise longue under a shady tree, cool drink and a book close by: enjoy the muted shrieks and laughter of children playing under the hydrant spray. How marvelous to relax after all that traumatic renovating!Beautiful picture, isn%u2019t it? How to achieve the realityaye, there%u2019s the rub, as somebody once said. Well, I am not really a gardening expert; it%u2019s more years than I care to count since I last had a garden. But there are plenty of gardening books in the library; there are the agricultural extension departments; and there is %u201c Organic Gardening and Farming.%u201d I would just like to tell you about what I am trying to do, and why.As most people, I am greatly concerned at the lack of green space in the City; greatly concerned at upward-galloping food (and other) prices; and especially, terribly concerned at the deterioration of food, fresh or packaged. I also want to do whatever I can about the colossal waste that goes on in our society. So when we bought our house last year, almost my first thought was: %u201c Nowwecan grow our own food!%u201d And I can recycle some kitchen wastes instead of wasting them.I am sure you all know how many bricks, bottles, sheets and pieces of glass, plastic remnants, rags, etc., have to be excavated and somehow disposed o f - l%u2019m still doing some of that. But I have so far achieved somehealthy grass, two brick paths (guess where the bricks came from!), and some bare earth which has had some stable manure, grass and leaves dug into it over the past several months. I%u2019ve even managed to put in some hyacinths and some garlic! I wantsomething pretty to look at as wel I as someth i ng good to eat. In the next few days I will be digging in, fairly deeply, some more manure and I hope some locallygathered seaweed. It will be put deep enough for me to be able to plant seeds and/or plants above the manure without the plants coming into direct contact with it and so being burned.I will be growing: lettuce, onions, garlic, carrots, golden beets, Swiss chardand various herbs, plus hyacinths, anemones, clematis and ivy (to cover a perfectly hideous wall), and a dwarf apple tree and a berry bush or two.So you can see that I%u2019m definitely an amateur and somewhat late in getting going but I can look forward to something relaxing to look at and something good and safe to eat. I hope to have enough of some things to freeze for next winter.I don%u2019t have a lot of space%u2014but it %u2019s amazing what you can squeeze into a small space with careful planning-and my baby son w ill have room for his paddling pool and slide. Now if anyone has an infallible method for keeping small children off vegetable patches . . .&T T T r r n ,VO 'SPRING IS JU S T A R O U N D T H E C O R N E R , B U t |VT EA RTH W O R K 5 IT S S P R IN G ALREADY,ALL|Y E A R 'R O U N D . C O M E S E E O U R CO LLEC TIO N|O F F IN E h o u s e PL A N T S , T E R R A R I U M S ( $Jour f u l l l in e o f p l a n t s u p p u e s .a l l a t [{r e a s o n a b l e p r ic e s , o pen m o n / sat n -ylIndoor - OutdoorGardening GearPots - Soil - Seeds - M s - Window BomPost Moss - Fertilisers - Insecticides193 7thAve. 788-4120Ban kamet icard M asterch arge 1lumen-kraftHeadquarters for window design.,.New narrow -siat- fapeiess blindavailable m 80colors, includingchrome bronze \\ ora5sWoven wood custom shadesFree Estimates i installationsConvenient Parx Elope showroom6 5 6 - I 5 S O145 seventh avenue, brooUyn, n. y. 11215From the Gift Shop of the >OKLYN BOTANIC GAR]Available by Mail1. Colorful posters of American plants by Eva Melady, 24%u201d * 36%u201d $2.50 eachA. Garden Flowers C. Bulbs E. Woodland TreesB. Wild Flowers D. Flowering Shrubs2. Wlldflower Playing Card Deck S2.50A different wildflower pictured and identified on each card.3. From the Middle East, two Identification games playing-card size, with beautiful photographsidentified in Hebrew and English $2.50 eachA. Animals of Israel B. Flowers of Israel LIMITED SU PRY4. Bird Friend identification Game $2.50Riddle game on adult level, playing-card si/c. Excellent for learning native birds.5. Pronouncing Dictionary of Plant Names 75^A 63-page booklet that unravels the mystery of pronunciation. Paperback.6. Language of Flowers $2.75A charming little book with the original Kate Greenaway illustrations, hoik meanings of various flowers, in dictionary form. 60 pages7. How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers $1.35Delightfully comic illustrated poetry mixing the birds with the flowers. Paperback reprint of the R.W. Woods classic. 54 pages.8. Flower Arranging SI .95A 160-pagc paperback, beautifully and profusely illustrated in color. In Viola Stevenson. How to do it,9. Gardening with Terrariums $2.00A clear, concise introduction to an increasingly popular subject. b\\ R Mabe. -t.H pages, paperback.10. A Secret of Japanese Gardens $1.00Attractive booklet explaining the background and meaning of various elements of Japanese gardens. Many photographs. 64 pages, paperback.Order from the Gift Shop, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn,New York 11225Circle entries desired. 1A. IB. 1C. ID. IE. 2. 3A. 3B. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.Make checks payable to Brooklyn Botanic Garden. New York State residents add 4\I C N IU C 'lllN UUW i. 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