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THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, February 14, 2013 - A5
Think edibles when planning your
spring and summer landscape
By Trisha Gedon
Even though it is still
winter in Oklahoma, it
is not too early to start
planning your spring and
summer landscapes.
When thinking about
landscapes, colorful
flowers easily come
to mine. Something a
gardening enthusiast
may want to consider is
combining those flowers
and shrubs with edible
plants.
Kim Toscano, Okla-
homa State University
Cooperative Extension
consumer horticulturist
and host of the popu-
lar television program
Oklahoma Gardening,
said edibles do not have
to be planted in a tradi-
tional row garden.
"Edible landscaping is
the practical integration
of food plants within an
ornamental or decora-
tive setting," Toscano
said. "Gardeners use the
same design principles as
they would with an orna-
mental landscape while
substituting lettuces,
blueberries, herbs, edible
flowers, vegetables
and fruit and nut trees
for what are otherwise
known as unproductive
plant material."
While edible land-
scaping is a mixture of
beauty and utility, it
does not have to be
all edible. In fact, filling
the yard with nothing but
edible plants would likely
result in too much food
for most families, not to
mention all the work it
would require. Instead,
careful planning and the
wise use of fruits, herbs
and vegetables results in
a yard that is flavorful,
practical and visually
pleasing.
Toscano said there are
a number of reasons to
include edible plantings
in your garden. First,
gardeners will be able to
enjoy the freshness and
flavor of home-grown,
fully ripened fruits and
vegetables.
"Gardeners also are able
to control the amount and
kind of pesticides and
herbicides used on the
plants," she said. "Grow-
ing some of your own
food can help cut down
on your grocery bill, as
well as increase food
security of your house-
hold. You also may
be able to grow more
unusual varieties that
may not be available at
your local grocery store
or market. And besides,
being outdoors and
interacting with nature
is a lot of fun."
When selecting the
edibles for your garden,
make sure your landscape
receives the required
amount of sunshine and
shade for your choices.
While many common
ornamental plants can
survive with minimal
care, most edible plants
do require a certain
amount of attention in
order to produce well.
This can include a little
extra watering, pruning,
fertilizing or pest man-
agement.
"Another great thing
about edible landscaping
is you don't necessarily
have to have a large
space for the plants,"
Toscano said. "A trellis
of cherry tomatoes cas-
cading over an entryway
works in both large and
small areas. In addition,
pots of flavorful herbs
could line the sidewalk.
Using just a little bit of
imagination can produce
a landscape that is visu-
ally pleasing and tasty,
tOO."
This photo was furnished
by R. L. and Ynona Bene-
dict and published in the
Perkins Journal, May 26,
2005, in the hope that it
could be identified.
R. L. and Ynona knew
that it was the Perkins
Methodist Church and
taken about 1939 to 1941,
but they wished to learn
the identity of the per-
sons.
Harriet (Carson)Rober-
son of Tulsa has sought to
identify the persons in the
photo. She knew some of
them. She sent what she
knew and a copy of the
photo to Edna (Westfall)
Lee and to me.
Harriet, Edna, and I
are the same age, and we
were all in the Methodist
Church at that time.
Edna had her grand-
mother Zula Hullers
cookbook which had a
photo similar to the photo
in the Perkins Journal of
May 26, 2005. Grandma
Zula had made a list of
those in the photo.
I took what Hariet and
Edna shared with me and
looked up some informa-
tion that my pa]rents had.
My information :onfirmed
what Harriet and Edna
had furnished. So now
we believe we have both
photos identified.
George A. Strovase was
pastor October 1 941 to
December 1943.
The Women's Soci-
ety of Christian S ervice
cookbook was prin ted in
1941.
The weather on photo
day appears to be mil d, so
we would estimate Fall
1941.
Another similar ptloto
was taken at the same
time, and it was prin ted '
on the cookbook.
Thanks to Harriet amd
Edna for their informati()n
in identifying the photo.
Front row (I to r): Gay Clark, Bella Peters, Cora Wagner, Emily Hubbard, the child is
Edna Westfall. Left side, ground level, flowery dress - Rose Hickman; head only shows
- Margaret Martin. Behind Gay Clark is Anne Ricketts (Only the top of Anne's head shows).
Second row: Rhoda Hulley (white blouse), Pastor George A. Strouse, Della Strouse, Lydia
Williamson, Mary Kinkade (white dress). Back row: Massie Rentfrow (white collar), Leona
Baker (striped blouse), Lillian Westfall (head only shows).
Moments
In tlme
• On Feb. 21, 1828: the first
printing press designed to
use the newly invented
Cherokee alphabet arrives
at New Echota, Ga. A
young Cherokee, Sequoyah,
had invented the written
language, consisting of 86
characters. Within months,
the first Indian language
newspaper in history was
printed. It was called the
Cherokee Phoenix.
• On Feb. 24, 1836, in San
Antonio, Texas, Colonel
William Travis issues a call
for help on behalf of Texan
troops defending the Alamo,
an old Spanish mission and
fortress under attack by the
Mexican army. Only 32
men from the nearby town
of Gonzales responded to
Travis' call for help.
• On Feb. 23, 1885, a 19-
year-old man named John
Lee is sent to the gallows
in Exeter, England, for
the murder of a rich older
woman. After the noose
was put around his neck the
lever malfunctioned three
times. The authorities,
mystified at the gallows'
inexplicable malfunction,
decided to ascribe it to an
act of God. Lee was sent to
prison instead.
• On Feb. 18, 1930, Pluto
is discovered at the Lowell
Observatory in Flagstaff,
Adz., by astronomer Clyde
W. Tombaugh. In 2006,
however, the International
Astronomical Union
announced that Pluto would
no longer be considered
a planet due its relatively
small mass, just one-sixth
that of Earth's moon.
• On Feb. 22, 1959, Lee Petty
defeats Johnny Beauchamp
at the just-opened Daytona
International Speedway in
Florida to win the first-ever
Daytona 500. The race was
so close that Beauchamp was
initially named the winner.
Three days later, with the
assistance of news photo-
graphs, Petty was officially
named the champ.
• On Feb. 19, 1974, Alex-
ander Solzhenitsyn awaits
reunion with his family after
exile from Russia. Publica-
tion of "The Gulag Archi-
pelago," a detailed history
of the Soviet prison system,
prompted Russia to exile the
55-year-old author.
(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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