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1.4 PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW we

Wednesday, February 10, 1999

re-
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ye have
cently —

house-sitling
a son’s Bed and Breakfast

. an interesting interlude
in our rather dull winter ex-
istence. You meet some of
the nicest (and some of the
strangest) people in such
a place, and you never
know just who will turn up
to order scrambled eggs
in the morning!

I was told about an inci-:
dent that took place dur-

~ ing last summer's rush of.

people. One man turned up
three mornings running be-

fore it was discovered that -
he wasn’t even a paying:

guest, just a opportunistic

- fella: who’d dropped in to

sample the food!: -
Paul (my gon) has asked
me to plan. his. semmer

~ flower garden but the look
‘of his soil makes me shud--
der. It.is faintly. gray and —

completely lifeless looking

-... even the weeds look old.
and tired! It's a. heritage
dese house sO: maybe that: eX:

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and to my horror: doesn’t: .
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Geraniums are pretty for:

giving, and yuccas don’t ob-

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: Hy Ly ld
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give them a little TLC be-
fore they. go back to face
the drought. -

There were two Spi-
derwort (TRADESCANTIA)
plants trailing along the
walls, which, having felt

their “soil” | decided must
be artificial, but; on closer

examination realized. that.
--most leaves were ‘brown on
their tips ... a-sure sign of
dryness in a:living. plant.

When I watered, I’m pretty.
“gure I heard'a groan ‘of relief :

from one of them!
Not. so many Calls since

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. on closer examination, iI ] veal:
ized that most leaves were brown on
their tips ... a sure sign of dryness in a
living plant.” |

my trusty books warns of
planting grapes in clay soil,
and urges the use of com-
post and manure to beef up

~ the soil around the roots.

C. Brown wondered if
he should move his peonies
now. The time to divide and
move these beauties is in
early fall. Peonies hate to be

moved, and often sulk for a.

couple of years before
blooming again, so beware!

‘Peggy N. has three Nor-
folk Island pines growing in
a single pot. One of them ap-

: pears to be dying, and she ©
- wondered if she should re- -
we were away, but, the: day.
before we left, some of the
= Newcomers: ‘group’ had.
questions. Twas unable to

answer with certainty with-..
: ‘ut consulting my books.

pot the remaining two. I.

“would myself, using-a-soil”
~ augmented with peat moss. -

-To do well these hand-
some pines should be. kept

j constantly moist, and:in:a
=. cool: shady. location. Keep.
ee s your pines away. from heat -
of registers, especially...

> Peggy. also: wondered. ifs
we could identify. some cut
flowers: ‘she’ had seen. in,
restaurant. They’ were pul
ple, about: 8-10. inches: tal

: plant: = vand, had dull ¢ green leathery
-. whose soil contains fungus we
"gnats. If she would dust the
soil with -Rotenone,.. or -
=f ‘Pyrethrum, this should: give
them: something to. think
about! These pests: are a
"nuisance, rather than being
harmful: 2,
Beryl has a grapevine
‘that produces only.a scant

Tm pretty sure her flow.
ers are HELLEBORUS. The va-

riety: niger flowers at this
time of year: For this reason

they are often. called Christ-
1S Roses.

If you “have ganleniag.
questions for Helen Lang,
call her at 656-5918.

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