Gardening TheReview Wednesday, January 30, 1991 C12 - Sunny days make a difference We have had a merry and musi- cal morming in the Lang household . actually outside the house. Never before have we had such a variety of birds singing their hearts out. “himself” observed, “Doesn’t a sunny day make a big difference to everybody? Even the birds are happier than usual!” They were a strange combina- tion of shapes and sizes, from sparrows, through red-winged blackbirds mixed in with lots of starlings; dozens of robins; a wood-pecker; a varied thrush; a few crows looking interested but not taking part in the chorus, and even a sprinkling of waxwings. Many of the birds were drinking from the bird bath, but most of them congregated around the fish pool, some of them drinking, and the others trying to get up the nerve to have a bath. One robin sat on a juniper bough, hopping slowly down to the tip until it was underwater. He then proceeded to have a combined bath and shower. All this activity took place over a period of about half an hour, then suddenly everyone had gone. Although the sun still shone, somehow it didn*t seem as warm and springlike. Do enjoy those crazy boids! A call from an indoor gardener who is seeking a large Aloe Vera plant. She had tried various nurs- eries, but none of them had a large specimen. You might give me a call if you have one to spare, or one you might care to sell. Another caller wondered if it would be safe to add leaves from a Japanese maple, on the ground until now, to her compost heap. There won’t be much nourish- ment left in the leaves, but they should add bulk to the compost, and a sprinkling of urea, or some green weeds, or some grass clip- pings should get her compost working again. If you have the energy, you could always use some of it to aerate your pile, either by turning it, or driving deep holes down into ‘its heart, and pouring in some urea (40-0-0), then wetting it down. I am shipping off two seed orders today, one to Territorial Seed in Vancouver, and the other to Dominion Seed House in Geor- getown, Ontario. Stokes Seeds I'll get from one of the local nurseries. I could also have got Territorial locally, but since the order is all ready to go, I'll mail it. This year we will grow Musica, a red pole bean, and Scarlet ‘All this activity took place over a period of about half an hour, fhen suddenly everyone had gone’ 2 Nights for Price of 1 _ #7-9764 5th: St. _INSIDNEY CENTRE This Month’s Special NINTENDO GAMES (next to STANDARD FURNITURE) — ¢|655-1984 * to be released — Jan. 31/91 Emperor, a scarlet runner, both on the same teepee-like structure. I ordered Oregon Sugarpod peas (edible-podded) plus Maestro green peas, since both these varie- ties are disease resistant, and in recent years we have been having our difficulties with pea enation mosaic Virus. This may sound grand, but it is truly the PITS! I ordered Early Cal Wonder peppers and Amira cucumber seeds, all the above from Territomal Seeds. From Dominion Seed House I ordered Limelight lima beans, which supposedly will ripen in a climate such as ours. It will be a first, for us, if these make it. I sent for Amsterdam coreless carrots (Short ones, as our soil is shallow), lini Early Xtra Sweet corm, a cucumber called Swect Success (this is a delicious vari- ety), Sweet Sandwich onions, Tyee spinach, a Zucchini called Gold Rush, another tomato called Sweet 1,000,000, one called San Mar- zano, and, of course LongKeepers. The remainder of these seed orders were made up of ordinary lettuces, radishes, etc. good, but uninteresting! Next week maybe we could discuss flower seeds? °20 Kitimat hosting 93 Summer Games The 1993 B.C. Summer Games have been awarded to Chilliwack, Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture Minister Lyall Hanson announced last week. 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