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MARTINI
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GROW WITH THE FLOW
After the long, harsh winter, students should be looking for any excuse to spend time outside. Well, what better excuse is there to do so than starting your own garden? Just make sure you have a few feet of decent earth and an open-minded landlord, and you're good to grow.
Jennifer Kongs, Topeka junior, grows her own garden. "It's like reliving that whole kindergarten experiment with the seed in a cup. Plus, food that you pick the day that you're going to eat it tastes so much better." Kongs says.
Kongs recommends starting out with tomatoes or bell peppers because they're moderately easy to grow and growing them is much cheaper than buying them at the grocery store.
Herbs are also a great item to grow. Freshly grown herbs are much stronger than herbs that have been sitting in a jar for months. Some easy starters are basil and mint.
"If you can kill a mint, you need help," Kongs says.
But you might need help, anyway. Berrigan Willmott, Lawrence senior; warns that many Lawrence yards may not be suitable for growing because of years of soil destruction from construction and pollution.
Thankfully, Lawrence has community gardens just in case you need that help. You can go to these gardens to help out, learn what in the cucumber you're doing, and possibly even take some fresh vegetables home with you.
For more information on community gardens or
help with your own, visit http://community.lawrence.com/kcpg/ or http://lawrence Sustainability.net.
- Travis Brown
THU 27 SHAMELESS IN KC:
A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A ROCK N' ROLL HOUSE
LOCAL SCHOOL BAND @ 9 PM.
MUSIC @ I10M W/ THIS IS MY CONDITION
WITCH & HARE • THE PIXEL MAMA
FRI 28 ZOLOF THE ROCK & ROLL DESTROYER
THE MORNING OF THE AKANES
SAT 29 THE APPLESEED CAST
THE DACTYL COAT PARTY-BANDIT TEETH
SUN 30 ROCK N' ROLL GAMESI
DISI PRIZEI COCKTAILS 9PM
MON 31 1950 DA
MARRY ME MOSES + KU BENEFIT FOR ENGLISH DEPT.
SAT 5 THE OLD BLACK
BLACK GASOLINE
SUN 6 EMERSON HEART TBA
THU 3 BENEATH HELL'S GRIP AT GRAVE'S END + TRUCULENCE
MON 7 A BENEFIT FOR THE WETLANDS
CLEARVIEW • SICK BIRD • DEADMAN FLATS • DEVICE
THU 27 CHEYNEEN
STUDENT FILM * WYNN WALENT
FRI 28 THE LIFE AND TIMES LITTLE BRAZIL
SAT 29 ARTHUR DODGE & THE HORSEFEATHERS
THE ROSELINE
TUE1 BODIES OF WATER BEZOAR
WED 2 THE BESTIES
TBA
FRI 4 GRAND OLE PARTY
TBA
Contact the writer:
tbrown@kansan.com
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VOL. 5 ISS. 25