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WINTER GARDENING • The wind may be howling the snow into drifts out-

side ... but »t’s already garden planning lime in hundreds of thousands of American homes. And, whether S ilr wiftter is snowy or mild, with the cost 6f store-

ught produce ah'high as it is today, we thought

you'd like to learn a fewetps from Jack Rqland Coggins of Raymond. Nebraska. Mr. Coggins claims, "l garden' seriously ... so sertously that I 've learned to grow ten times more vegetables in my organic produce plot than most other gvdeners can^ raise-on the same site ^What is Jack'ajjecret? Number one. he plants iumbo varieties of mostV the vegetables he cultivates. "When you harvest 20-pound cabbages. 60-pound squash. 40-pound watermelons, and 2-1/2-pound on-

ions." says Jack; "your yield adds up fast!"

Number two. Coggins concentrates cu heavy produc- - era when he plants fruita and vegetables that aren't available in giant sIml "In general.” he advises, "if the word prolific appearsbn a seed pack. I know I ve got a

winner oven before I begin putting in my garden. And. number three. Jack "double crops" mdst of hia

produce patch. "Fertile,'organically rich land will usually grow two or more crops during a single season, if you know how to start a second planting while the first is still ripening. Early beans, for instance, can be followed. on the same ground, by celery, com. carrots, or

So let it blow outside! This is the season to sit by the

fire, flip through a good seed catalog or two ... and

dream oftack Roland Coggins-sized yields! Of course, you could also follow the advice of John C.

Huckann, who does more than dream. "If you haven't started this year's garden yet. it's high time you began." he says. And John, who raises bountiful harvests on a small city lot in upstate New York, knows what

he’s talking about. >

"Instead of waiting for the traditional beginning of the gardening season—which falls around Memorial Day In my'area-1 started a few tomato plants in flow--er pots one January. I don’t have any fancy equipment for indoor gandaning. but the vines seemed to grow quite well wheffHmply placed in a large, southern bay

window.

"By mid-March, the plant* were 16 inches tall and suiting to bloom. I actually began picking vine-rip-ened tomatoes, indoors, in April. . and harvested my first ripe outdoor tomatoes on May 18. (This was about two weeks before most of my neighbors even set their planu outside!)” SUrt a garden next month? You'd better believe it's a good idea ... even If you live aa far north as upeUte New York! And while those tomatoes are growing In your southfacing window, it’ll also be a good time to make sure your gardening equipment is in top running order. Take advantage of the less busy season to oil,' sharpen, and otherwise cere for your tools, clean up your greenhouse. and- in general—Uke care of the myriad little chorea that you won’t have time for laUr in the year. For FREE aOdltlonal Inloonatlon on wlnUf Qantonlng V on THE MOTHER EARTH NEWS* magaiina. Mind your nam* and addraat to Doing MORE With LESS!, cata of thhi papar Aafc lot Raprtnt No S3®: "JamaMam Artichokaa"