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squash, carrots, parsnips and the like.

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GARDEN FENCE |

HELEN LANG
656-5918 -

That rain was a bit of a shock, wasn’t it? Badly needed, of
course, but now it is really beginning to feel like fall. Per-
sonally, Pd like to put on the furnace, but “‘himself’’, who is
more practical, rudely suggests that { put on a sweater in-
stead. I did, and I’m still cold. Phe fireplace would be a nice
touch, but the Boston ivy has grown right up over the
chimney- -pots, and should be removed so that we don’t end up
burning the place down. Now that’s a job that doesn’t appeal
to me, but J.J. can’t do it with his -hip being so shaky, so |
suppose I'll end up gritting my teeth and Boing up and preten-
ding to bea mountain goat for the few minutes it will take.

We have been aw ay fora few days awitin, this dine up.te the
Okanagan to seve some friends, and now can say, ‘We drove
the Coguihalla!’’? What an enytieering feat that highway is

- not as spectacularly beautiful as either-of the other routes

to the Interior, but all rather magnificent. What a wonderful
country we live in!

- Some of the things Enodeed wh nlc away were the miasses of
golden rod, the flaming teds of Uyeowild vine muples, beds of
lilac-colored fall asters. uneldoty and lots of chrysanthemums:
There were also wonderful beds of geraniums. They reaily
make a dramatic display al on iuhei: own, dot they, not
minding the heat and the dry wearher one bit. :

Now that we are home again i'n) going to have to de
something productive with afl the tomutaes | had picked and
put in closed boxes to ripen. PH also have to move the
houseplants back inside, some into the greenhouse, and what
{ can smuggle back indoors. We always have a ‘fuss’? over
their numbers, and it takes &@ month or so for “himself? to
quit muttering things like “might as well live in a blasted -
jungle’’ before he settles down for the winter, accepting the
Hoya poking gently inone car, and the fight to get through io
the mantle-piece to pick up his pipe.

Had aphone call before we left about stor ing vegetables for
the winter. The caller had already taken up his turnips, a large
crop of big beauties with no. root maggots in sight. How does
he do it? 1 know thai you cun eliminate these horrors by
covering growing turnips with ‘‘reemay cloth’’ but the foliage
gets so. huge eventually vou end up with the cloth delicately
balanced over the plants somewhat like a stray cloud. with
room underneath for masses of insects to invade: |

I usually end up leaving turnips (Swede) in the ground,
where they develop a delicate nut-like flavor as. they are nip-
ped by frost. We ignore the root maggot damage, just cutting
it off before cooking them. | had intended to go into the
business of storing root crops, but 10 save my soul I can’t find
my-book on English vegetable gardening: It. deals with this
subject: at length, using - something called ‘‘clamps.’’. These” |
seem to be a variation on ‘‘root-cellars.’* which people used
‘to use in this country. By next week.V]l be able to deal with it
with some authority, meanwhile Jets talk about Storing:

’ Squash should be picked: with the stem still nuached, if you os -!

break some off while harvesting, tise these first. Wash squash |
off ina solution of bleach and waer, using one- quarter cup of

‘bleach in two,gaflons of water and making sure thateach) -f
. squash: is: well washed, especially - ea the stem. At this»

«point: it is important thar ee ‘cured’? which -means
‘putting them in as warm a place as vou can find, such. as-a.
cupboard above the stove, for ten days to.two: weeks. After:
that we store squash on a high s shelfinthe utility room, which
is quite warm. See EE TD an ee

‘Carrots we store in a large container of damp sand out in
the garage. Please, not wet sand, justslightly damp, so that |
the carrots don’t wrinkle and shrink... You could. use slightly
dampened peat ina box, if obtaining sand isa problem. Make’
sure that thre isa layer of peat between each layer af carrots,
and some peat between each ones Hf rot develops in one, this.
way, you won't lose the whole lot.

. They taste better after’.
d (sounds fike a'cake doesn't it?) More

Parsnips we leave in the gronnd.
they have been froste
on this next week.

USTED
CONTACT
LENSI is

“BONUS & GdR V AL. Lt rE

Tinting na bets che ANO wilh any. new
~ Cantacth Lenses

WOW O OPEN

SAT IRDAYS |

y

Storrier r guides PCA volunteers

The Peninsula Community
Association spent more than it
made in the past fiscal year. But
surpluses from previous years
kept the service organization in
the black.

Peninsula Old and New shops
thrived in 1986/87. Sales in one

shop reached almost $50,000 _.

and $14,500 in the other. The
surplus. was so large, $32,000
was transfered to the general
fund.

The shops have stocks of
donated goods and consignment
items from handicapped and
seniors groups. The less pro-
litable store in Brentwood clos-
ed last spring. .

Youth services and the Job
Club both ended the year with
surpluses, thanks to grants and
donations.

The: Volunteer Service pro-
gram, the Community.
Counselling Centre and the new

Grief Support Service. all held |

their own financially.

However, Home Support Ser-
vices and Stelly’s Rehabilitation
Program lost money.
Homemakers’ salaries took the
biggest bite out of the PCA
budget.

PCA held elections at last
week's annual general meeting.
More than half the 15 directors
are new to the board.

BARB STORRIER

Margaret Teldie, Lois

and Ken Wyse

- board.

Don Amos,

Walsh -
tO are joining the

Rod Clack, Vie-

VW CUICS UGS

*, UPLCHIVEL 2.9, LIO7-
tor De Cambra, Terrence January, 1988.
Moore, Giles Perodeau and ‘We will continue respon-

Don Tarasoff remain on the ex-
ecutive for another term.

The board will select a chair-
man Sept. 24. Barb Storrier was
acting executive

the .end= of

confirmed as
director

until

A renowned singing
gospel family is coming to
Brentwood Bay. —

The Musical Larrings;
known for their ministry in
word and song, will be a
Brentwood United Church
Sept. 27-30.

Johnny and Ruth

Larring
often) perform

with their

Gospel family sings

SARE COMI

*EASY LISTENING
*COUNTRY & WESTERN
*LIGHT ROCK

e JAZZ

ding directly to the communi-
ty’s needs,’’ Storrier said last
week. ‘“‘But we will perhaps be
more aggressive in not: sitting
and waiting for programs to
come to us.”’

two boys on radio and.on
recordings. The California-
based family has - helped
establish Christian = televi-
sion in Norway.

Their ‘meetings at Brent-
wood United Church. are
jointly sponsored by the
Anglican Chapel and Chris-
tian. Assembly -in) Brent-
wood.

NG OD SOUS

Tom
McKimm,

oxygen.

SONOS

Dee Bailin,
Lebbetter,
Albert

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Hartland fire
7 .
extinguished
A fire
smouldered
Avenue
several
tinguished, said the manager of
engineering
Capital Regional District.
Seamus McDonnell said clay
was placed on
smouldering fire, starving it of
Leachate

_ landfill was pumped on top of
- burning stumps: -

weeks

Donations:

Juanita Claxton,

which
at

garbage

has

services

Saanichton Fair: This year was our best

Closing Hours: The Branch

burned and
the . Hartland

top of

Mayland
‘Smibert,

for
ex-

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