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Vol. 1, No. 12—SEPT.-OCT., 1945—Laura D. Cole, Grannis, Ark., Editor. 

Being on the borderline between 
the cyclonic climate to the north and 
the monsoonic to the south, this re- 
gion, is normally subject to a summer 
drought, frequently extending from 
late June to late July, sometimes mid- 
August. This year we had only a 
mild taste of dry weather in that pe- 
riod, just enough to make us hope 
for rain. 
Now is time to plant a fall garden, 
and most of the spring vegetables can 
safely be planted now, since we do 
not expect light frost before late Octo- 
ber or early November; nor killing 
frost for .some time later. Toma- 
toes, pole limas, melons and _ similar 
full season crops in the north need 
to be supplemented by June seed 
plantings, as early plantings will be 
through bearing long before frost. 
As an example of the practical pos- 
sibilities of such a season, Mrs. Ham- 
by, one of my neighbors, regularly 
planted Irish potatoes in mid-Feb- 
ruary. When these were ripe and 
dug, ground was promptly replanted 
to Mexican June corn, interplanted 
with cowpeas and pole beans. In 
September, when a rain was just be- 
ginning, she broadcast Big Boston 
lettuce seed and a nice variety of mus- 
tard seed, among the tangle of vines, 
letting the rain do the covering of the 
seed. The stalks and vines were left 
to stand or fall at will and furnished 
a valuable mulch. She had lettuce 
and mustard for salads all winter. 
She planted onion sets in a long, 
wide bed. As spaces became avail- 
able, where green onions were pulled, 
she set fall cabbage plants in two rows, 
lengthwise of the bed. Jn August win- 
ter Irish potatoes were planted in three 
rows, lengthwise the bed. 
Winter potatoes should be planted 
much deeper than the early spring 
crop. They make less tops and are 
usually left in the ground. Some gar- 
deners, in early December, run a big 
turning plow along each side of the 
bed, throwing the dirt over the plants. 
We think a row neglected which 
does not bear three crops in a season. 
But my summer garden is a wreck—- 
a neighbor's cow smashed through the 
fence three nights and ate it. I no- 
tified the cow's owner but he took no 
notice. You see, Arkansas laws are 
framed to favor the stock owner. If 
you ever figure on buying farm land 
in Arkansas, beware the siren song 
of “free range.’’ That is, unless you 
figure on sponging for stock feed. 
PARTRIDGE BERRY (Michella 
repens). Hardy evergreen, ground 
cover. Needs acid soil, deep shade in 
the south, berries edible, ideal for ter- 
raniums. 
RED TRADESCANTIA, | so-called 
from cold weather coloring of the 
leaves. Color of blossoms seems to 
depend upon the nature of the soil 
and amount of the sun. One of the 
spider worts. Hardy perennial. 
GREEN BRIAR, vine © stickery; 
medicinal vine, with rather attractive 
foliage and yellow flowers in early 
summer. 
