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P: he same thing hap-
pens every year. The
first. day of -really

oaS spring-like weather finds
~ me in the garden. Working?
Nope!

Just ‘wandering around
- pulling a weed here, snap-
ping off a dead stalk there,
bending to examine: some-
~ thing: T don't recognize :
~ coming through’ “the
warm soil, smelling: the
_. daffodils, admiring the hy-
" acinths, listening to the
birds singing love songs
Sas - reveling in the glorious
"weather.

ing
- bloom, getting ready. to fling

den, but, do 1 yank i itout? =

“joy myself.
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“was only one, but the dainty
| flowers were the softest
shade of cream.

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: of thousands af bulls that produce rivers of;

dramatic colour,

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-. spread out most satisfacto-
oofily. These are just] hints, ing:
case you're’ looking 2 for -
things that are small and
beautiful.” ee
Alice, wilig brought usa
ed bar of. Belgian chocolate 1
-year. after a visit to her.
home land, arrived bearing
gifts again this: year. ‘Three
_grocery. bags: in.
~ Tilies of the valley,
“a large clump of perennial ‘
baby’s breath, and in the —
third, another large cluster.
of. what I'm pretty sure: are -
-ixias. Tam overwhelmed! ‘
~~" We have a small pot of i ix:
ias, and one.of them re-
cently flowered. Himselfwas. .
“so entranced he moved the.
pot into the greenhouse, in

aJ- know I should be work.
a. just. look at that :
~ darned. chickweed in full.

“its seeds all over. the ‘gar. eS

Again, “No.” I pat it on its
“pretty. head. and drift on,”
‘completely inebriated’ by
sunshine, and all the new.
life ‘swirling around me. Tl
“get to work soon enough, :
- but just for today I aim toen-

This year, to my delight, =
- there are two. distinct’

(erithronium) i in acorner of —
the garden. Last year there «

The ‘anentonies. Blanda

ones a vibrant blue, but a lit”

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Like so many things, this.

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could use animal manure on
blueberries,
course she can. if it is old:
_and rotted. I suggested she .

which, of

add some peat moss to the
manure as blueberries like
an acid soil.

We
strong plant growing in the

same type of leaf coming
vegetable garden. to pots

:to Worry.

‘Tasked Judith what she
‘thought it might be, and she.”
ok ketitupeaad “Tcame in wat :

plants: in” our: ‘daughter in.
law's well-kept garden. When
one were... I-asked her where she'd go
yothem, she said, “From YOU!” -
‘Horrors! Pl let one:or‘two™:
plants grow ‘to maturity just to |

see. what the flowers look

- like, but the other 20 have to.
ie GO! According tomy books.”
thisis one very invasive plant”
which spreads its seeds.
widely, as each seed’has a >
; parachute attached, much
jikea dandelion. Tcould be-

come the © neighborhood

“menace if these seeds get ;
away!

‘Himself is planting a hoe

_of wisteria seeds, hoping to

have some small plants

~ yeady for our GIANT Gar-

have..a beautiful 2

garden. I was. impressed,
* thinking a. bird: ‘had:
dropped ‘the. seed, “but — ¢
when I discovered . the —

up everywhere from the ©

-onthe front stoop. Thegan S
: difficult to transplant, so Tr-
: isha’ 's May or may not sur-
“vive, and ‘almost certainly
-will) not flower - this. yea :

bone méal sprinkled on sur
‘rounding soil twice a year, 7

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den Club sale April 29.
Trisha dug up some pe-

“ony roots in a garden whose
house had just been demol-
- ished. Unfortunately a lot of

the roots were severed, but
she thinks some are intact.
She will need to dig a size-

“able hole, filling it part way-
with Jeaf mould or compost
3 (NOT. manure, which could »

of bone meal before setting.

» the tubers i in so that crowns |
are no more than an inch

under the soil. ©
- Peonies are. ‘notoriously.

Sad, but true! .

starting NOW! :
There will bea free Eas-” :

“ier Gardening. Workshop. at.
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April 8 from: 10-a.m. until:

~ noon. Please call the centre:

to let them know: you re ins

; terested.

“Also, Saturday, April 8 the -
Horticultural Centre is hold-
ing a workshop on perenni-
als with Joyce Parker. Call
479-6162 for. further infor-
‘mation.

If you have gandening:

~ questions you would like an-.
-swered, call Helen Lang at

656-5918, She will-answer
those in this column.

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