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THE YELLOW SHEETS 
VOL. 2. NO. 10 
March was not a pleasant month 
for me. No severe cold but much 
piercing wind. [ was laid up with an_ 
old assé rtment of, ailments, compli- 
cated this dime, by a deep cold and 
lumbag 0, can d no doctor for miles 
and milés. Fortunately I remem- 
bered the routine treatment for the 
old trouble, and dry heat is fine for 
colds and lumbago. Was up one 
day and then down three. Managed 
to preserve the house plants but out- 
door losses heaviest in years. 
Until young plants are ready, am 
sold out of Coleus, Sempervivums, 
Caladiums, and Billbergia nutans. 
Had only a few of each and they 
went like hot cakes. 

Very early this month was able 
to get out into the woods near here 
and found Toothwort, Woolly Vio- 
lets, Spring Beauty, Viola Rafin- 
esque, Houstonias in full bloom and 
Spurge just beginning. Bad weather 
has kept me close to home since 
then. Now, early middle of April, 
Confederate Violets a lavender 
grey carpet among the Bermuda. 
White Violets coming into bloom. 
Japanese Quince began blooming in 
March and still at it. Amaryllis 
which have been in storage or a cool 
room, budding now. 
Unfortunately, Kalph was_ sta- 
tioned in Africa and ltaly, where 
his normal lordly male complex was 
boosted. He decided that if we had 
a vegetable garden, I would be sure 
to work too hard. Therefore, he 
would not hire a man to plow the 
garden. I tried 'to hire the man | 
know will do as good work for a 
woman as for a man, but naturally 
he was too busy. Mockery. for a 
woman to pray, “Lead us not into 
temptation,’ and then herself try to 
hire a man to plow her garden. Too 
much temptation to profanity, hence 
I’m doing my gardening in tubs and 
MAY-JUNE, 1947 
L. D. COLE, GRANNIS, ARK., EDITOR 
30c FOR 12 ISSUES 
dishpans. Fi irst green onions yester- 
day, and thisik*we can begin on the 
Yougs the.13th. Late but 
¢ tharr geyers., Last year | 
¥ the eouble Mis... Clinton 
Yad had with wa nit 
heavyftops and/¥ Mile root. ) 
I doe fine to smpost trae “ny 
tub, and radishes ari ts $e PC i? 
be doing Sry I ges #7 A>soil “was 
the trouble. , #8 
I wrote of Mr. ‘Caley’ custom é 
planting peanuts down the “middle 
of his cucumbers and melon’:../Mrs. 
Ross, of Wickes, went him one bet- 
ter. In addition to the peanuts, she 
planted okra between the hills. 
Ckra is common in the South but 
not well known in the North. Rich 
in vitamins and calories. Related to 
cotton, it is a warm weather crop 
and should be planted when apple 
blossoms fall. The tender seed pods 
are edible portion. Pick out the best 
plant, choose one pod from that for 
seed, and remove all which get too 
tough to be easily pierced with a 
finger nail. 
The most common way to pre- 
pare it is to slice and stew with sea- 
sonings and butter but none of my 
gang will eat it that way. Mr. Cole’s 
favorite recipe was to slice, roll in 
seasoned corn meal and fry in bacon 
or ham drippings. My boy preferred 
I'd mix up the sliced okra with 
sliced onions and green tomatoes, 
any proportion that is handy, roll 
in the seasoned corn meal and fry, 
My favorite is to add the whole 
pods to green beans when latter are 
half done and boil together. Needs 
no further seasoning. 
Seems odd to me to read of cu- 
cumbers and tomatoes being full 
season crops. Cucumbers are out of 
the way in time for late tomatoes to 
be set in the hills, for the winter 
storage; and the early tomatoes can 



