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| featuring Danie) Meunier (saprano)

Suddenly: it is almost
Christmas and I haven't
even made the Christmas
puddings! Today I'll shop
for the fruit, suet and nuts,
and on the weekend my

youngest daughter will
come out to help me with
the delightful task of mixing
the ingredients, and pack-

ing the bowls. The fra- {

grance of all those spices,
raisins and candied fruit
steaming for five hours
should put me in the
mood for this most impor-
tant holiday.

Next week I'll attempt
to give you a variety of sug-
gestions for things to buy
your favorite gardener.

A call from Don W. re-
garding ridding your. gar-
den of those invasive black-
berry plants. He had com-
plete success by cutting the

canes back to the ground’

during the winter, then cov-
ering the area with land-
scape cloth, followed by a
thick layer of soil (this
would make a “berm” which
would be great in a garden,
but probably not really fea-
sible in a large area!) ..

Wilma R. planted dahlia»

seed and wondered’ why

only a few plants made tu-

bers. These small bedding

- dahlias are usually consid- . -
‘ered to be annuals. They are »
. reasonably. cheap ..to : buy -
and they make a great show

for the one year.: :
Pearl T. wondered i she

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Vivaldi + Gloria in D (the other one)
and 8 program of seasonal music ~
come prepared to sing!

Norma Solwoad (mezzq-soprano) +
And the ia horalis,
Dec. 7", 8:00 p.m.

at St: Elizabeth’ a Church
: Tickers $18
Tickets available at the door and
Tanners Dookstare & Mainly

Music (Sidney).

The Thought Shop (Mrentwood)
Dave's Piano & Keyboard and

Long & MeQuade (Victoria)

could n move acamellia to the

North side of her home. Ac-
cording to. my reading in
THE NEW WESTERN GARDEN
Book, North is fine, since
the roots need to be cool.

It is suggested that a
camellia may be planted ina
large pot, with a two-inch
mulch over the top. This
could be lovely on a deck.

Joe S. of Parksville gave

us two types of pole bean
~ seeds to be planted next

spring. One produces long
yellow beans, and the other
purple podded ones. It will
be interesting to see what
transpires. I asked him if
they ever cross-pollinated,
and he says “not.” We'll see
what happens next year!

. - planted with a mixture of
-“greens” including broccoli,

: - arugula, bok: choi, -and a:

~~ couple of other: Chinese

. ‘vegetables, When they want

ciate your making donations
at the following locations.
The PCS main depot, rear
entrance, 9781 Third Street,
or Brentwood Bay Thrift
Shop, 7105B West Saanich
Road.

Sidney Lawn Bowling
Club, Iroquois Park winter
activities for members and
non-members: | Cribbage

“Mondays, 1:30 p.m.; Men's
darts Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Car-

Joe has: a:window box

-to» start

gift wares and would appre-

days :

a salad, or a green vegetable
for dinner, he goes out with
the scissors and nips off
what they need, leaving the
roots to produce further
leaves.

While we were up the Is-

Jand we had heavy frost one

night, actually ice on the

trunk of the car. COOL,

man!

Herb, my Nanaimo
brother, took my counsel
on how to defeat ivy roots
spreading through a large
bed. He has laid land-
scape cloth over bare soil,
topping this with ground
rock, with large square
stepping stones placed on
top. On these he is putting
wide, fairly shallow, clay
pots which he plans to fill
with summer annuals. If
this doesn’t work I'll be in
deep doo-doo, and never
again be asked for advice!

Marcie LeC. has one
rose that is subject to
mildew, which doesn’t .re-
spond to treatment. I think
I'd replace it with another
rose that is more resistant.

_She also chided me that I'd
got begonias “dug up, and

laid out to lose their foliage”
but had neglected to say
what you do next! Tubers
should be stored in dry peat
moss, in:a cool, but. frost-”

free location until February
when’ they may be put in™

damp peat, in.a warm spot,

growth. Sorry, Marcie!

as

net Bowling Fridays, 102 a.m.

Darts Fridays, 2 p.m. Pro-.

grams continue all winter.
For more info, contact
Grace at 656-7477.

Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 37: Tues. - Drop-in
Crib: 7:30 p.m., Drop-in
Shuffleboard, 5 p.m.; Thurs-
Thirsty Thursday
Happy Hour; — Saturday:
Meat Draws, 3 p.m. Closed
Sundays.

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UNITED CHURCH |

Sunday Worship
at 10:30 a.m.

Sanctuary choir in attendance

Church School

WH CHILD CARE PROVIDED AT ALL SERVICES a
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Music: Martin James
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~ wind, Saxophone players.

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Ginny C. wondered if
she might dig her dahlias
tubers while they still have
leaves. It is late enough in
the fall to dig them, Ginny,
but you could leave the
plants in the ground until
frost knocks them down,
(which could be any day
now).

Thank you, Mr. Godfrey,
for those delicious Butter-
cup squashes. We_ have
baked several big slices,
and the flavour is just won-
der ful!

Connie P. from Alberta
wondered when she should
prune roses. Bush roses are
usually pruned to about two
feet in height in late Febru-
ary or early March.

Interestingly Jack L.
also called to ask about
pruning roses, “climbers”
this time. If your climbing
roses only have one flush of
bloom they should be
pruned immediately after
flowering ceases. If. they
bloom sporadically through-
out the season, prune as
you do your “hybrid teas”
(late Feb. or early March)

~T'd like to give you a
recipe for an apple cake

_ which would make a good, -

lighter Christmas cake, not
like the standard fruit one,
that; if accidently dropped,

goes through the floor. into.
the basement. Recipe next #

week, for sure!
- Helen will answer your
questions. Call 656-5918.

Sidney Concert Band is
looking for Brass, Wood-

Also looking for local spon-
sors. Meet every. Monday
night, 7 - 9 p.m. at Saanich
Fairgrounds, Stelly’s  X
Road, to prepare for a vari-
ety of community/charity
concerts and have fun. Call
Keith at 360-4843 (pager).

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