Want to enjoy your own fresh garden
produce, but haven’t got the time or
' space for a conventional garden? Take
a look around the yard and chances are
you'll see places where you can plug in
started vegetable transplants — in that
flower border for instance! Garden sta-
ples like tomatoes, peppers, cabbage
and cauliflower are decorative, a5 well
as delicious, and make natural growing
companions for flowers. Vegetable gar-
dening this way is fast and simple.
«Okay to start late in the season:
Except in very cold climates, you can
plug in many vegetable transplants right
up until mid-summer and have a reason-
able expectation of a crop before frost.
Hot-weather crops jike tomatoes and
peppers, in Fact, will be stunted if they're
planted out too early. The trick is to look
for early-maturing varieties and buy the
biggest, sturdiest transplants you can
find. Many garden centers now offer
large plants in one-gallon containers,
often already starting to bear fruit.
*Good varieties to try: Vegetables
for the flower border should have a
compact, bush-like growth habit. You
_don’t want vines snaking across the
‘lawn. Tomatoes to look for include
_early-maturing “Bush Beefsteak” and
“Celebrity.” Good sweet peppers to try
are "California Wonder” and “Stokes
sEarly Hybrid.” You can grow hot pep-
_pers like jalapenos for salsa, too.
«Where and how io plant: Pick areas
that gel full sun for at least six hours
per day. Foundation walls facing south
are great because they offer protection
and reflected warmth. Clear a space
and apply a weed preventer with plant
food, like Preen 'n Green. Scratch it
_into the soil surface then plug in your
-transplant, Plant tomatoes (especially
leggy, late-season transplants) ‘deep,
right up to the first set of leaves. Then
walter thoroughly. Four weeks later,
_make a second application of Preen *n
Green. Two applications will prevent
competition from new weeds for three

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«Water: Letting your sprinkler do
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