Page 6B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, June 5,2024
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SPACE
ACROSS
1. House pest
6. Emergency responder,
acr.
9. Meme dance moves
13. Below, prefix
14. Swimmer’s distance
15. Not urban
16. Take a base
17. Grazing spot
18. Stressful or unnerv
ing
19. *Clint Eastwood’s
“Space ”
21. *First U.S. space
station
23. Salty dog’s domain
24. Fail to mention
25. Spermatozoa coun
terpart
28. Ukrainian person,
eg-
30. State of submission
35. Network of nerves
37. Muscle or strength
39. Mara, Africa
40. Shapeless form
41. Cliffside dwelling
43. *Saturn’s environs,
sing.
44. Poetic feet
46. Darn a sock, e.g.
47. Per person
48. Rendezvouses
50. Mine entrance
52. After-tax amount
53. Litter’s littlest
55. French vineyard
57. *Sun’s outer layer,
not beer brand
60. *Second S in ISS
64. Ancient Celtic priest
65. Sun kiss
67. “Mea ,” or “my
fault”
68. *”From the Earth to
the Moon” author
69. In the past
70. Judge
71. Education station
72. Order’s partner
73. Food between meals
DOWN
1. Reduced Instruction
Set Computer
2. “I’m you!”
3. Not many (2 words)
4. Dungeness and snow,
eg-
5. *Circles of light
around sun and moon
6. 90-degree pipes, e.g.
7. * Jamison, the
first African-American
woman in space
8. Tetanus symptom
9. Two-fold
10. Diva’s solo
11. Prickle on a wire
12. Sylvester Stallone’s
nickname
15. Johnny Cash’s “Get
99
20. Churchill/Roosevelt/
Stalin meeting site
22. Model-builder’s
purchase
24. Gorge oneself
25. *Planet’s path
26. Type of consonant
27. Skeleton, archaic
29. Attention-getting
interjection
31. Like pink steak
32. Of the Orient
33. Jousting pole
34. * -year
36. Opposite of flows
38. * Solar , sun’s
emission
42. Authoritative procla
mation
45. Walked with long
steps
49. * Solar System center
51. Parcels
54. Birth-related
56. One-eighty
57. Manitoba native
58. Couple’s pronoun
59. Dorothy Hamill’s turf
60. Jon of “Game of
Thrones”
61. Pelvic parts
62. Petroleum-exporting
grp-
63. Police informer
64. VHS successor
66. Palindromic title
Grow Fast, Fun, and Easy Microgreens
Photo courtesy of True Leaf Market
Any microgreens can be grown in soil and most
varieties can also be grown hydroponically.
Special to the Ledger
by Melinda Myers
Have fun growing
some delicious and
nutritious microgreens
on your kitchen counter,
in a sunny window, or
under lights any time
of the year. In as little
as a week to ten days
you’ll be making your
first harvest to use as a
garnish, snack, or add to
your favorite sandwich
or salad.
Simply purchase
seeds of lettuce, greens,
mustard, radishes, beets,
peas, and even sun
flowers. Buy organic
seeds or those labeled
for sprouting or use as
microgreens to ensure
they have not been
treated with harmful
chemicals. Or purchase
a microgreen kit that
contains all you need to
get started.
You can grow any
microgreens in soil and
most hydroponical
ly. Sunflowers, peas,
buckwheat, chard, beets,
and cilantro grow best
in soil. Soak the seeds
in cold water for 12 to
24 hours for faster and
greater sprouting. Plant
the seeds in a shallow
container with drain
age holes filled with
a moist well-drained
planting or seed starting
mix. Gently tamp the
planting mix to remove
air pockets and create a
flat surface for planting.
Mist the soil surface
and evenly sprinkle
the seeds over the soil.
Gently tamp the seeds
or mist them to ensure
good seed-to-soil con
tact. Planting seeds this
way makes harvesting
a bit less messy. Or you
can lightly cover the
seeds with soil.
Use a fast food con
tainer you’ve cleaned
and added drainage
holes to or invest in a kit
like True Leaf Market’s
Organic Mini Micro
greens Kit to get your
microgreens off to a
great start. Then make
additional plantings ev
ery few weeks to have a
constant supply of fresh
microgreens to enjoy.
Set the container on
a tray to protect the
surface below. Once
planted, cover the con
tainer with a lid to boost
humidity and reduce
the need to water. Some
gardeners use an opaque
cover to trap humidity
and keep the seeds in
the dark for sprouting.
Check soil moisture dai
ly and spritz with water
as needed. Remove the
cover in two or three
days once the sprouts
break through the soil.
Then move it to a bright
location or under artifi
cial lights.
Or skip the planting
media and go hydro
ponic using a growing
pad instead. This makes
harvesting clean and
easy and works well for
broccoli, kale, arugula,
cabbage, cauliflower,
mustard, and radish
seeds.
Cut the grow pad
made of jute, bamboo,
or similar material to fit
the container as needed.
Thoroughly moisten the
grow pad fabric. Sprin
kle the seeds evenly
over the pad’s surface,
leaving about twice the
size of a seed between
each. Use a spray bottle
to water and firm the
seeds in place.
Use an opaque cover
over the top of the tray
to provide the needed
darkness for the seeds
to sprout. Check the
seeds twice a day and
mist them as needed.
Remove the cover in
three to five days once
the seeds sprout and
start growing. Move the
sprouts into a bright lo
cation, a sunny window,
or under artificial lights,
and continue to water as
needed.
Your microgreens
are ready to harvest
See Myers,
page 7B
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Dave Says
(There’s Nothing Pas
sive About Real Estate)
Dear Dave,
We sold our rent
al property recently.
When we bought it, we
thought it would be a
good source of passive
income. But owning it
wasn’t passive at all. It
got to the point where
the work and hassle
became too much.
We have
$240,000
from the
sale, and
we’re
debt-free
except for
our home.
We owe
$140,000 on
our house,
and could
pay it off
instantly,
but part of
me wants to
invest the
proceeds
from the sale
of the rental property.
Is it better to become
completely debt-free at
this point, or should we
invest it so we can have
even more money for
retirement?
Anthony
Dear Anthony,
You mean you had to
actively manage your
rental property? Listen,
anyone who tells you
real estate is passive in
come is full of crap. It’s
a natural extension of
the garbage people spout
about how it’s okay
to go into debt to buy
real estate, because the
renter is making your
payments. No, it’s your
payment. And when the
renter doesn’t pay, or it
sits empty, guess what?
You have to pay it.
If you want passive in
come, buy an S&P 500
index fund. Set it and
forget it.
You won’t
have to fix
a leaky
roof,
replace
worn out
appliances
or try to
collect
from
deadbeat
tenants.
Real
estate is
a great
way to
invest, if
you do it
the right way. I love it.
It’s anything but passive,
though.
Let me ask you this
about your situation.
If you had a paid-for
house, would you bor
row $140,000 against
it to invest? Of course
not. It’s pretty much the
same thing, and that
would be dumb. Pay off
your home, brother. Just
See Dave,
page 7B
Happy Birthday to:
June 6: Grace Lawrence, Teresa Carmon, Cody
Mark Young, Cody Lierce, Zack Thaggard, Melvin
Crain, Jeff Parrish, Park Cannon, Jimmy Courson,
Mike Godfrey, Jarrod Mark Brooks, Ashley Jones,
Virginia Douglas; June 7: Michele Harris, Miles
Pitts, Nick Lokey, Gerald Cordle, Mary Faison,
Kelsey Harper, Kaci Crawford, Sherry Kennedy, Sar
ah Harris, Samantha Harris, Cherie Long, Michele
Harris, Betty Jean Griffith, Jesse Espinoza, Lara
Francis, Jim Henderson, Thomas Bruce, Samantha
Kawalek, Pete Shead; June 8: Thad Krikorian, Mag
gie Tucker, Conner French, Keithon Heard, Michael
Manley, Gabrielle Hart, Kyle Taylor, Cleve Taylor,
Morgan Sumners, Murin Ahmad, Stan Ruffin, Laura
Mclendon, Wendell Ware, Alice Hayslip-Robinson,
Adair Duke, Shawn Skandamis, Wesley Blackburn,
Mary Jane McGinley, Justin Walker, Alice B. Jones,
Amy Styck, Jerry Coffee, Shelley Wingfield; June
9: Stewart Champion, Lauren Morgan, Ginnie Jones,
Adriana M. Link, Julian Strickland, Brandon Kreish-
er, John Sandefur, Chris Beasley, Elizabeth Morrow,
Bert Baranko, H.C. McGough, Jamie Long Troup,
Terry Sigley, Roy Barbee, Bobby Black, Jennifer
Hurst Krikorian, Samantha Posey, Debbie Breneman,
Prescott Barber, Campbell Barber, Tara Morgan,
Chris Faulk; June 10: Ashley Smith, Kelly Smith,
Amanda Draper, Donna DeReus, Ashley McLendon,
Joey Inlow, Emily Dearing, Mike Fullerton, Jane
Nichols, Steven Wallace Jr., Sue B. Wills, Debbie
Thrower, Jimmy Faircloth, Bobby Dowdy, Donnie
K. Dixon, Travis Hardee, Heath Richter, Martha Sue
Collins, Jimmie Allen; June 11: Georgette Young,
Kelvin Hanratty, Alisha Stabler, Karen Askew, Kati
Holmes Bussey,, Devontavious French, Santoni
Hawkins, Allyson Spillers, Ruby Fulton, Babs G.
Brim, Cheryll Lamkin, Kathy N. Reese; June 12:
Nike Goodwon, Caleb Hurst, Niko Goodwin, Lisa
Chaffee, Irvin Dorminy, Garrison McNeal, Sheila
Wheaton, Karly Crawford, Charles Wright, Rosario
Brown, Teresa Neff, Richard Hun, Amanda Cox,
Marinan Schramm, Allan Orton, Raymond Lockett,
Chad Arnold, Ronald Rowe, Sr, Precious Romero,
Mary Sagendorph, Kyle Keen, Dawn Bryant, Todd
Kearbey
Happy Anniversary To:
June 6: Mr. and Mrs. Nick Lokey, Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart Champion, Mr. and Mrs. James Arnold, Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Kent Dowis,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Tye,
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
“Buddy” Douglas; June 7: Mr. and Mrs. Casey Erd-
mier, Mr. and Mrs. Brad Berisford, Mr. and Mrs. Eric
Tabor, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gillis, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Whiedon; June 8: Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Doggett, Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Don Daniel,
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Kistler, Mr. and Mrs. Randy
Jackson; June 9: Mr. and Mrs. Philip Henry, Mr. and
Mrs. Donnie Worrell, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lindler,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ken Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Marlin
Poole, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jim Henderson, Mr. and Mrs.
Jay Becker; June 10: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kimbrel, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bea
mon, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Durham; June 11: Mr. and
Mrs Ronnie Holt, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Crosby, Mr.
and Mrs. Jeff Parrish, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Edwards;
June 12: Mr. and Mrs. Jason Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Askew, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson, Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Young
