Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- January 20, 2004

Pre-season planning is important for backyard vegetable gardens (:36)

Suggested Intro:

IT'S STILL TOO COLD AND SNOWY OUTSIDE TO PLANT VEGETABLES, BUT A SPECIALIST IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO DREAM -- OR AT LEAST TO PLAN YOUR GARDEN NOW FOR MAXIMUM YIELD. MORE FROM GARY ABDULLAH:

Story:

(:12) GOOD GARDENS DON'T JUST HAPPEN, AND NOW IS THE TIME FOR GARDENERS TO DRAW UP A WRITTEN PLAN FOR WHAT VEGETABLES WILL GO WHERE. PENN STATE HORTICULTURIST JIM SELLMER SAYS HE SAVES HIS GARDEN PLANS FOR SEVERAL YEARS:

Sellmer Actuality:
(:16) "I HAVE MAPS BACK FROM 1998 OF WHERE THINGS HAVE BEEN PLANTED. THAT WAY I HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT DID WELL WHERE, AND THEN I KNOW WHERE TO GO NEXT TIME. AND THEN ALSO I GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES: ONES THAT DO WELL AND ONES THAT DON'T, AND ONES THAT MAYBE I SHOULD JUST GIVE UP ON."

(:08) PLANNING OUT YOUR GARDEN ALSO HELPS YOU ROTATE YOUR CROPS, SELLMER SAYS, TO REDUCE PEST AND DISEASE PROBLEMS. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.

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