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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 • Vol. 130, No. 48 • Free
Spring City Elementary Christmas Program
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Christmas Traditions “I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand.” — Baruch Spinoza, philosopher – 1632 – 1677
Family and friends enjoyed the annual Christmas program put on by the students at Spring City Elementary School. The teachers and students
worked hard to learn the songs and their parts. The program opened with everyone (audience included) singing “It’s Beginning to Look Like Christ-
sun protection. Gardeners need sun protection even when the weather isn’t hot. A kneeling pad. Some are simple foam pad but there are also kneelers that have hand grips that make it easier to stand up again. Plant tags. Small ones for gardeners who like to start their own seeds or larger ones to identify varieties in the garden. A gift card. Nurseries, seed catalogs, retail greenhouses and florists are all options. New tools. A good hoe, rake, shovel, or set nice trowels. Good tools make gardening easier. Please see GARDEN, Page A4
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mas.” Each sixth grade student had a speaking part and each grade performed a song. The whole school sang several Christmas songs together.
Thank you to the high school for the use of their auditorium for this event. Everyone was grateful to be able to be in person for the program this year.
GARDEN HELP DESK
Garden beds and green thumb gifts Q USU EXTENSION
uestion: I am putting in a 17” high vegetable bed in my yard. I have seen that some recommend putting small logs in first to take up some of the space and then adding good garden soil to fill it the rest of the way. What is a good way to fill our new raised garden bed? Answer: Raised beds are a great way to upgrade a vegetable garden. It’s easier to control weeds, thin seedlings, and conserve water in a raised garden bed. The best way to fill your new bed will depend on why you want a 17-inch bed. Is it to raise your gardening to a more comfortable height? Or to give your larger vegetables more rooting depth? If better rooting depth was your goal, you wouldn’t want to use logs in the bed. Instead, you would till the native soil in the bottom of the bed, then till in a few inches of new soil before adding the rest of your new soil to the bed. You’d be using more soil than you would if you added logs in the bottom of your bed, but you would have exceptional rooting depth for your vegetables. If you simply want to raise the height of your garden bed to make your work more comfortable without spending extra money on soil, adding logs is one way to do that. It’s a common practice, and your vegetable plants should do well, but you’ll want to make sure you leave at least 8 to 12 inches of rooting depth to accommodate larger, deeper-rooted plants like indeterminate tomatoes and squash. Over time, the logs in the bottom of your bed will break
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There are many salvaged and repurposed materials that can be used to make raised beds. This raised bed is made from old guard rails. down and you’ll need to top off the soil. You can fill your raised bed with a mix of compost and native soil collected from other areas in your yard, or you can use a combination of soil and one or more of these amendments — soilless grow mix, vermiculite, perlite, compost or other organic matter. Today we’re sharing some gift suggestions for any gardeners on your list. Once you’ve looked through this list, you’ll probably be able to come up with several ideas of your own. Garden wear. Gloves, wide-brimmed hat or even a lightweight, long-sleeved shirt for
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read that quote and thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be nice if we all adopted that philosophy in our lives.” If our first priority was to “understand” rather than to “judge,” what a difference there would be in our communications and feelings one with another. The Christmas season is a good time to focus on MERRILL understanding peoOGDEN ple. It’s a time when we’re supposed to be remembering, even if not exactly practicing “peace on earth – good will to men.” In this day and age, those concepts often seem like unattainable goals. In church a few years back, we did an interesting exercise during the “guy hour.” (Otherwise known as priesthood meeting.) We went around the room and each guy introduced himself and then said something about a Christmas tradition they had in their family. There were the expected comments of the tradition of reading the Christmas Story from the Gospel of Luke in the bible. Some families wear bathrobes and wrap towels around their heads to actually act out the parts of wise men and shepherds for a family nativity play. Some of the comments were not as traditional. One of the men said that on Christmas Eve they usually have a big family fight of some kind. Then they eventually all make up and everyone is happy for Christmas. I suppose the tensions of preparing for the holiday require some “letting off of steam” for
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