- Today let's start off with a
~ reminder that the Horticul-—
tural Centre of the Pacific
(on. Quayle- Road» in .
Saanich) is holding its semi-
“annual Giant. Plant Sale
(featuring several varieties of
- hardy fuchsias, day. lilies,
Oriental lilies, and lots of
other perennials) Satur-
day, Sept: 16 from 9 a.m.
until 2 p.m. Admission. is
free, both for ai sale and

ts into the gardens. -

_omething - that
“seems both inter-
Ww esting and rather dis- -
turbing i is the lack of insects
_- this year. I think P've seen
three: house © flies, two
wasps, heard two mosqui-
toes, seen one earwig, spied»
aphids on one dahlia, found -
. only'a few white flies in the
- greenhouse, and.seen a

kitchen.

es gone, the: ‘bugs, -] mean?
-: They must be a part of th

“ gets worse.

~ fore the heavy rain started,

gar age, Now, with all these

~ modest number of fruit flies —
“hovering over a bowl of ba-**
‘nanas and. apples in the.

Where... have. they al

This afternoon, just. be: i

himself helped ‘me cut. off.
the tomato plants, pick any —
almost ripe fruit, then hang: »

+. the.vines from nails driven: ,
BO into one of the rafters in the |

tomatoes I’m going to have.
to make that..uncooked .
tomato relish that is so pop--

ular in our family. I’ve just -’

finished making strawberry
jam from berries I froze ear-.
lier. I won’t do this again. I

froze them with. the hulls
‘still attached, and trying to...
remove those stuck -hulls. ~
nearly paralyzed 1 my. thumb,
_and the stain under my nail
~is probably permanent! ;
Never mind, “it’s. done,

tg and the j jam tastes wonder-

at chain” and ‘important —

‘seed, -and fat, to. get. any _ later
- passing bird interested i ina:
_ regular food ‘source. when»
our present’ foul. weather:

: planted very late this year .
have been very successful .
in the garden this fall. They.
“have just started to flower, .
and look so fresh and lovely,..

in colors from pale yellow to
mahogany. They are in the

insects gone?

blooming. A real treat!

“appearing on plants, espe-

_ baking soda and water solu-

~ worked beautifully (1. tea-

on _ I didn’t add. any soap,

-» honest I'm a bit sick:of jam,

pots on the deck, mixed in.
with everything else, crawl-
ing up and over. plants that.
have long ‘since: finished.’

GARDENING

There is a lot.of mildew

cially tuberous. begonias. I
sprayed them today. with a

tion that appears to have -

spoon of soda in about a cup
of water in.a spray. bottle.

since I’m not sure how be-
_gonias: feel about a soapy
bath.)
Himself picked about 30
“pounds of Italian prune-
“plums the. other. day. I
‘made: plum’ chutney. with
five pounds of them and we
_ shared the rest with various
friends and family. They
don't last long after they are -
picked. We have some (not __
Many) greengages which
‘are ripe and should be har-.
vested, and more jam made.
Forgive my sigh. To be-

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and making it has somehow
‘ost its appeal. ‘We usually
end up giving it to. the kids.
anywa ‘They are much too. -

lf “you -are. growing:
grapes, you really should.
cover.them with netting .be-:
fore the starlings discover
the luscious bunches: ©.
... Actually I haven't: seen ©.
any starling lately, either. |
“Where are they? All we
seem. to have left are the.
crows. I. seem. to. need:
something to worry: about,
Hontle

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