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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, November 1, 1953
Buds
AND
Blossoms
By
MAMIE MILLER
•‘Fear thou not; for I am with
thee; be not dismayed; lor I am
thy God; I will strengthen thee;
yea, I will help thee; yea, I will
uphold thee with the right harel
of my righteousness."—Isaiah
41:10.
We are all familiar with
artemlsla or Silver King, but
there are many grays to add to
your border. Sliver Santollna
Is a ferny plant that survives
during heat or drouth. Sliver
Mound Is another gray that Is
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perfect for walks. Plant these
In the full sun.
Stachys lanata Is a rosette
plant sometimes called "lamb’s
ears.” Sedums add Interest to
all of the grays.
We are glad Glnny didn’t get
here to cause us to have lots
of broken limbs and a great
deal of clearing up to do. How
ever, It Is time to do away
with unwanted limbs and shrub
bery.
Put ashes, pebbles and sand
around dlgltidls or delphinium
to prevent rot. Put lime around
sections of the garden that need
It every November.
Plan now to give dish gardens
to friends who are forced to
stay Indoors. They make good
Christmas gifts. Some plants
from the garden, a few rocks
an awTroprlate container or a
frog, bird or turtle will make
them very happy In the middle
of winter.
Many gardeners plant on the
“Moon". Some plant on the wane
of the moon, others on the full
moon. Each one has his reason
for planting. At one time the
plant will produce more flowers
and less foliage. At another time
we get more flowers and less
blooms.
However, It Is Interesting to
note the growth. Personally, I
think they should stop aggrava
ting the moon, because we will
not know whether It Is even a
wet or dry moon.
Once more we turn to Edgar
A, Guest for our Buds and
Blossoms poem. This one Is
titled “The Home-Town.”
Some folks leave home for
money
And some leave home for
fame.
Some seek skies always sunny.
And some depart In shame.
I care not what the reason
Men travel east or west.
Or what the month or season—
The home-town Is the best.
The home-town Is the glad town
Where something real abides;
‘Tls not the money-mad town
That all Its spirit hides.
Though strangers scoff and flout
It,
And even jeer Its name.
It has a charm about It
No other town can claim.
The home-town skies seem
bluer
Than skies that stretch away.
The home-town friends seem
truer
And kinder through the day;
And whether glum or cheery
Light-hearted or depressed.
Or struggle-fit or weary,
I like the home-town best.
Let him who will, go wander
To distant towns to live,
Of some things I am fonder
Than all they have to give.
The gold of distant places
Could not repay me quite
For those familiar faces
That keep the home-town
bright.
New World that they got sick
and tired of such a fare. When
times became better, and other
crops were more readily avail
able, the pumpkin was treated
with disdain and generallv be.
llttled,
However, its use In obser
vance of the first Thanksgiving
evolved Into a solid tradition
then has seen It grace most
American tables, even In homes
where enthusiasm for pumpkin
pie Is at a decidedly low ebb
And that Is as It should be'
In New Bern and throughout
these United States.
FAMILIAR LANDMARK—Pictured is the Judge Henry
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about it today in Elizabeth Moore’s Historical Glean
ings.
What's
COOKING.^
New Bern housewives dis
agree widely on methods of
preparation and types of In
gredients best suited to the tra
ditional American dessert for
Thanksgiving—pumpkin pie.
Seasoning ranges from clna-
mon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger
to allspice. Some prefer the ad
dition of nuts, and you’ll find a
difference of opinion as to which
Is better, a cooked or an un
cooked shell.
The pumpkin, although as
sociated In history with the first
white settlers In this Land of
the Free, was a favorite deli
cacy of the Indians before the
palefaces arrived here. General
belief is that It Is a native of
South America, and was first
grown for food bythe Peruvians.
Our forefathers. In large
measure, owed their survival
In a strange and formidable en
vironment to the pumpkin. It
was easy to grow, and early
settlers took their cue from the
Indians, They boiled It with
beans and corn, made pumpkin
patties, and used the meat In
stews and soups.
No one knows for sure when
the white man got the Idea of
using pumpkins as a filling for
pies. It has been established
from early writings that pump
kin pies dateback more than 200
years.
New Englanders depended so
much on pumpkins for food In
their first crucial years In the
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