~ By Helen Lang: Have just finished pulling out the early broccoli and the remaining cauliflower are almost ready to be used, heading up nicely, thank heaven. I haven’t used any Diazinon for several weeks now on these plants, not wanting to take any chances on any poisonous residues. When’! pulled the broccoli the roots were infested with “root magots .’... how the plants survived I'll never know. I cut the roots off with my trusty hatchet and put them in the garbage can, and added the massive ‘leaves to the compost ‘heap. Now we have an empty bed, and I will treat it with a association What — transportation ~ service carried nearly 1,000 “people ..33,000 - kilometres . _ during the past year? If you oe “can’t: “guess, this is: the number: of: miles: logged: in ‘the. service of. the elderly “and. handicapped, by. those © wonderful ee si ind: enjoy. refreshments in B® this’ “pletsant Setting. The : “the : support : Sonic’ ‘$78 was "raised by the - . kids to purchase needed ab: equipment, For, ip formation. about, the. ‘many. - Community": elation fice at,9788 for furthers ine. You set the time ‘you have available and your “help. will greatly: add to the. soxlfieleney., at thes various a offices. Seen : ase, 168 sq." : : “tanks.” Tid Faationed Regular 424.98, . ‘a 000 B, 1. UL S per ‘Ne, sie sige THE REVIEW solution of Diazinon and then in a week or so plant it with lettuces and maybe a few more golden snap beans, since not all of the first seeding germinated. Some of the things that may still be planted in your vegetable garden during June are both runner and bush beans, cauliflowers, cucumbers, parsley, both edible podded and shell peas, winter potatoes and your winter crop of turnips. As I mentioned earlier I will plant our. turnips in the same cage as the carrots. We both love turnips, and never grow enough, but they are generally cheap to buy — its just nice to be able to go out into your.own garden and pull one when the spirit moves you. This year for the first time we are going to grow Altasweet, rather than that old standby Laurentian. This month, if you havea fig tree in your garden, and it is laden with fruit, you should pick off all the small ones, leaving the large ones to mature. We had a fantastic crop last year, but only a handfull ripened before the wet. weather set in and they simply gave up and withered on the tree. the two crops they bear in warmer regions. They go about their business blissfully ignorant that they aren’t in California or Turkey, cheerfully producing two crops, neither of which will mature if your don’t remove the small ones that comprise their second crop. We don’t have the problem this year since there are only half a dozen figs on the whole tree. Think ee it got fed up with us last year. At the moment the roses are simply glorious, and believe tanking area 21 Charny Rok hoquets oe relMetele f teks {nay Vida In this climate fig trees don’t have lone enough to ripen Page Bo ee TTT ono” me I say this with my fingers crossed. Ina week’s time they could be covered with black spot and mildew, with an army of aphids on every bud I confess to watching them like the proverbial hawk. Every leaf with a spot on it comes off immediately and goes into the garbage, and every. colony of aphids faces seseuction witha s0aF and water spray. Helen’ s “carrot cage’’ I suppose it is only a matter of time intl some mildew does show up, but if and. when it does the roses will be ‘sprayed with Fungenex as fast-as | can fill the sprayer. This won’t be news to most of you, but if you will ‘““dead-head’’ your roses at the point where a five leafed ummm .6 ere. stem-of-leaves is joined to the main crbraneli,- your. rose will put out new growth with flower buds on it from that point. It is so much easier to just snap off the dead heads right below the blossom, but this seems L tiols.: une AE sal ‘mor 387 nes HOOKIG. cared sand: POrNOUE Var burner: 1h, Ate J Regular $359.95 “carries ‘ike an attache cooking: area, used 14.102, is SPOS sable L., Pp, cylinder or “ager lab Pe _ SPECIAL ? | ae “SAT. UNE 1B from 2. to 4 p.m, fu awbeity ‘Shortcake $2, 0 per, parson oe veryanie poor PRIZE. Welcome: ae | SAVE "re - Propane Tank ‘Included \$ to really retard further flowering, so get out those secateurs and cut off the dead flowers down the stem. past all those Wednesday, June 15, 1983" three leafed clusters. (There must be a word for a collection of leaves joined together on a narrow sitm, but what it is escapes me, and the dictionary is no help), When you put out the house- plants for the summer, why | not use them as ornaments in your flower beds? They will do better if they are in partial shade, the best place being. under a tree where. they get lots of light but not too much: direct sun. How about placing the Jade plant so that its pot. is concealed by a shrub? Visitors will be. amazed that you are growing such exotic things out des the delphiniums and geraniums! This week I picked about three pounds of oregon grapes while the plant picked about 50 holes in my hands. It isa vicious shrub, but I got even — ‘pruned it way back so that there won’t be quite so much shade over the poor ".geraniums underneath. These Oregon grapes make a fine | deep purple jelly which is delicious with either.pork or chicken or good just spread on toast. ~The broad beans are ‘‘beaning’’ splendidly, another couple of weeks and we will be eating them, steamed until tender and covered witha white parsley sauce. There are Master Gardener Plant Clinics being held from 3-5 p.m. every Tuesday at Brentwood library. with two Master Gardeners in attendance, so if your begonias won’t flower, or your hydrangea is: looking limp, why. not consult. the experts? : PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS District of North Saanich =| Community Plan Review “The Council of the District of North Saanich en- courages the residents to participate in ne Official Community Plan review. Several public information meetinas are to be held : - throughout the plan review process. The dirst of such | meetings are as follows: JUNE 15, 1983 at 7: 30 p.m. “in ‘the Pavilion at the: Agriculture Canada. - Research: ‘Stat ion, 8801, Last: “Saanich Road; . “JUNE 21, 1983, at 1: 30 p.m. the: Royal “Canadian Legion Hall. i -Seanich ‘Peninsula ‘Branch, 1660 Mills ae “the original and still the best” |SPECIAL if : \ «