The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-01-19
GARDENING
and FARMING
M DARE
Rx LII REA. Co. An.
All News

The Dare County All County
Council will have meeting in the
Courtroom in Manteo this Saturday
beginning at 1890 Am. Miss Caryn
Gray, of Buxton, will be acting
Chairman of the meeting. Several
important items of business will
be discussed and a Panel discussion
on Community All Clubs will be
led by Nancy Coles Basnight. New
officers will be voted in and the
remaining years All program
will be discussed and planned. All
of you who are interested are urged
to attend.
All Programs
Several interesting film have
been shown to Alters throughout
the county in the past several
months. All have been 16 I'M
color film and very interesting. One
film on forestry was shown last
month. "Tomorrow's Trees, was
the title and it was produced by
Weyerhasuser Timber Company.
This film is pictured in the Pacific
Northwest and shows the impor-
tance of marketing trees from the
land carefully and then replanting
for tomorr0w's trees.
The film shown this month was
"4-H Here and There. 1t pointed
out vividly the stories behind sew
eral 4-H members throughout the
country.
The older Alters also saw film
on insects, filmed by a chemical
company. This film pointed out the
desperate struggle between scien-
fists and insects and leaves some
doubt as to the final ruler CT the
earth.
Gardening
Even though we are in the midst
of winter you have no doubt re-
ceived your garden catalogues and
have had a chance to browse
through them on these winter days.
It is true that vegetables look very
pretty in seed catalogues and gar
dening looks very interesting. Al
times during the hot, humid days
in summer when / am working in
the garden l think about the pretty
seed catalogues and wonder if
have optical illusions on things
But, those of us who have families
and a place to garden realize the
Importance of having a vegetable
garden and how tasty fresh vege-
tables from the garden are when
placed on the table. Many of US
shout with joy if our employer
sent word to us that we were get
ting a five hundred or six hundred
dollar raise in salary. Yet, special
list say that a good garden means
this much or even more when we
raise our own garden vegetables.
l have noticed that our goot
gardeners in Dare County begil
gardening early. Vegetables started
early get the benefit of cooler
weather and additional moisture
Julian Austin of Frisco told me the
other day that even though he hae
a pond to irrigate his little garder
he found it most necessary to STAR
his garden early. Austin says it is
remarkable how he has been able
to grow so many vegetables on 8
small plot Of land near his home
on the Outer Banks.
Having an outdoor hobby is al
most necessary fad these days
with our fast mode of living. Many
people specialize in playing golf
Bowling, riding in Go-Carts, etc.
but there are other people who hav'
gardening as a hobby and enjoy
this outdoor sport as well as tht
people who follow the other sport.
and have much more benefits from
their efforts. So, why not try grow
ing a garden this year. Good gar
dening does have some skill anc
actually no one can really sit dowr