The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, May 3, 1962, page 62 (of 73)

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The Compleat Gardener

BY ROY DOTY Blinders to block out neighbors' yards where the grass is always greener Two-way radio to local nursery and small-loan section of local bank Stethoscope to hear earthworm activity Instruction book on Indian rain dances New set of hand tools to replace last year's new set of hand tools Insect repellent Spare green thumbs Birdseed GRASS SEED Last year's eradicated poison ivy Green dye for brown crab grass Seed packet—carefully torn so that pertinent planting instructions are missing Well-thumbed seed catalogues Map showing where mulch heap should be Little white sticks to be filled with Latin names and used to mark bare spots Garden hose just two feet short of work area Knee pads Site of underground celebration by moles, voles, grubs, etc. DOTY Suburbia Today, May 1962