features PLANTS OF CHINA a select group of broadleaf i nj evergreens, deciduous shrubs and trees - FINAL SALE 20” OFF ALL AUTUMN Colouring Trees & Shrubs ee * Landscape planning & design * * Supply & installation of plants, landscape stone * work, and garden decor, statuary, pots, etc. NURSERY & DESIGN 1514 Hovey § Road, behind Saanich Fairgrounds “CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Annual e uUCTION ae Sc) Dance : Auction starts 6: 30 p: me. "Followed 2” dance ary Pe mi: Silent Auction Live Auction 2 . : Dance to the Pony. Clubs Food and Fun! GD) . ~ $15 per person - Get your tickets early! Available at Chamber office or any Chamber director pea oats oer nm reamnes teeter eee doers een rw tr ee event een (on meene rete Sermeruenae pits. ret mente wean Sry Aten i werner a1 HN Harwyn mae 652- 8979 ____ GARDENING Wednesday, October 21, 1998 Wintering geraniums and green tomatoes Himself went off to Alberta to visit his granddaughter, and was away for FIVE long days. | hate being home alone. I hear things go “bump” in the night, and can lie for hours, twitching with nerves, trying to place the noise that wakened me! Probably some wandering cat, or dog, has set off the out- side lights, or a wayward breeze has disturbed the wind chimes, or'a neighbor's dog starts to bark at the moon, and there I am, eyes wide, ears straining, heart pounding, wait- ing for something to happen. Who knows what? Too much TV, that’s what! . Time now to plant your gar- lic, shallots, fall rye, and to re- plant brown patches in lawns. If you leave it much longer you'll-run into danger of early frosts which won’t hurt the garlic or. shallots, but could ~ damage the grass and tye seed, ‘Plant. garlic cloves and sin- gle cloves of shallots about five inches apart, in well-fertilized and composted soil to which you have added lime. Plant in an area where water won't lie “over winter. Plant each one’ “fatend” down, with the slender tips just - at soil surface. Press. earth — - firmly. down around them so =. that they, aren't. popped. out by. - ~ heavy rains before they've put — -down anchoring roots... ~ wd adi Some. questions. now, with oe can attempt at answers: PAM ‘P.. wonder ed: about ce wintering geraniums, but since . .T.covered that - recently: Te i spare youa repeat. ae ct Hazelmere Farm Market . -jFamily. 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Produce _ Time now to plant your garlic, fall rye, and to replant brown patches in lawns If you leave it much longer you'll run the risk of early frosts... Another caller wondered how deep to mulch alstroeme- ria for the winter. When the top growth has browned, cut it off and lay four or five inches of leaves over the roots,.and se- cure with netting or similar. Rake these leaves off in Feb- ruary, (weather permitting) or at least. before new growth shows. mulched plants. Mrs. B. called about stor- ing green tomatoes. . Wash them off in a weak solution of bleach (two tablespoons in a gallon ice-cream bucket of » tepid water.) Rinse them off and allow to dry before wrap- ping individually in pieces of newspaper. Store in a single i layer. ina box:.(?):in-a.shed where it’s cool, but where they won't freeze. Bring in several at -a time, and put in a closed. brown paper bag containing an. “ripe: apple or: pear, to hasten : pores ates a ei 5 om Sa Gare ——< Year Round: Sg aS ee a ee SEN sera) ji 4} , iY ae i ie cihactenl mpinenimiyetierdnpineen Meieonynipren Cvneestteiomenctind | “tings, since this method does- This caution ‘applies to all - spring, and then bend over and ‘a foot in from the growing tip, _buried section contains.a leaf “node: Anchor the buried piece - witha large rock. eee beyond . ‘the buried section, ° -(sometime. during the sum- = mer): carefully. dig “up,” cand: : _ sever the vine from. its parent. | “are transporting it to another. _ piece doesn't dry out. Sper. who, in late September, _ still had a wonderful crop of : “blight”. . » mer, ~ she might lift a clematis and “wait: until it is. dormant, it ~ that she had s seen a rhodo llow- before sinking it deeply enough to cover a leaf-node in sand, (or half sand and half pot- ting soil). Leave on the North side of the house where it will get rain, for the winter. By spring. your cutting should have roots. Make several cut- ering. This.seems to happen each fall, especially after such a. summer. The. plants are stressed; and fearing they may die, try to bloom and set seed. ELEANOR wondered what to do with sunflower heads that have bent over and are being soaked with rain. She-wants them to feed the birds. I'd cut them down and bring them in- doors to dry, putting them ina barely warm oven for up to two days, so that. they: are thor- oughly: dry. At that time she may rub her. hands over the seeds, loosening thei, or she could put out the whole flower - head under a roof of some sort,. n't always work! . Grape cuttings may be done: now, sinking portions of the woody vine (after dipping in rooting powder) in sand for the - winter, making sure’ that: at ” least one leaf node is under the soil. Asurer method is wait until bury a section of the vine about... covering this with three or four: - inches of soil, making sure the. & seed without it getting wet.: The Horticultural Centre of. the Pacific is holdinga'work-* -When new gr owtha appears gation:. of Houseplants”: “by Re plant immediately, or ifyou. =7. from 10am: until 12; Call ~ place, make sure the upr ‘ooted:* ‘tion. i) “Brentwood. Farms urge: ae “JOHN: D. reports a neigh- ~ session on Dormant Pruning. of Trees and Shrubs by an ar-: borist, on Saturday, Oct. 24, wakened one morning to find _ starting at 10 a.m, Call 656- the entire planting black with (384 to reserve a place. Also on Saturday, Oct. 24 ~ from 10 a.m, til dusk, there will bea pumpkin sale, by donation to the “Save the Children Fund.” Sale at Smythe’s Farm, corner of. West Saanich and Downey Roads; The sale will be repeated on Sunday if the... pumpkin supply holds out, and the Smythes haven't collapsed from exhaustion! These are re- markable people! tomatoes on his vines: who There have only been two cases that I’m aware of, so we have been very. lucky this sum- AUDREY. M. wondered if © hill up underneath it, If she will should be OK... ISOBEL F. called to tell me | CHAIN SAW ; CS SERVICE : fey ok Sharpen Chain ok Lube Bar Tip. | ok Clean Air Filter a ok Check anton, ee Road, 6 Pe Ra AL DTA th abt, ffah eH at taaeh fy ae h pt ae . where the birds may find the. « ~ shop on the “Care and Propa-: _ Dave DeSahane Saturday, Nov. ie _ 479- 6162 for further informa- ss 1370 Wain Road is providing a.