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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-03-29, Page 17T. Pryde & SON LTD. MAIN ST. Exeter 235-0620 Over 250 Monuments on Sale With A Variety of Colors, Styles and Shapes To' Choose From' Many Are Priced Well Below Current 1973 Prices . . . SAVINGS $100P° ALL MONUMENTS UNDERCOVER AND AVAILABLE FOR YOUR INSPECTION 1 Lettering and Designing Done By Trained Craftsmen At Our Plant In Exeter Contact Jack Pryde: Office 235-0620 or Home 235-1384 Order Now For Delivery As Soon As Possible In The Spring DISPLAYS ALSO IN GODERICH, CLINTON and SEAFORTH "OUR BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 1919" • 9,4'..4 '9,..'"oi; ot? inE MMALS ""g ' er. TFAVIIC FAI AfT RICER with a eheek-up and a cheque I'. CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY EXETER BRANCH SOUTH HURON AREA Door-To-Door Canvass c7antie#MARKET exeler frozen foods _...00004•14 ! GROCERIES • FRESH PRODUCE ,' FRESH E. CUIAD MEATS 34-04o0 I. I Titres-Advocate, March 29, 197.3 Pap. 17 Built his own 9rpenhoysg. 1 Has year-round flower power What would you do If you liked flowers but got fed up in the winter because you didn't have enough..room in your house to grow them and fed up in the summer because you couldn't count on the weatherman for good weather anyway? Well, if you were Bill and Lee Baker, William St., Exeter, you would butild your own greenhouse. Right now the Bakers have about 50 boxes of seeds ger- minating in their bedroom, and more than 325 plants in various stages of development throughout other parts of the house. The project is mainly the result of Mr. Baker's initiative. Mrs. Baker says she likes the end result of the work but isn't too enthused about the work leading up to the end result. Not so with her husband. He has 16 feet of linearshelving set up in the basement with many different varieties of flowering plants under special fluorescent bulbs. He said he has been reading just about anything he can on all different aspects of planting, growing and building a hobby greenhouse. And for him it is strictly a hobby. He is on shift work for the Ministry of Environment at Grand Bend and said that this type of hobby is something he can do through the day if he is home and can do all year round. Ile has been interested in flowers for some time and said he has had a friendly competition going with a neighbor for a few years. A couple of years ago he had really good luck with roses in his yard. In fact he had 55 rose bushes, But last year the weather wrecked havoc with his flowers. So now he had decided, since he is running out of room in the basement anyway, and since his is tired of fighting with the weather, to build his own greenhouse. "This way I'll have Jots of room and I can control the en- vironment," he said. "As it is now," he said, "we are trying to hold back all the plants downstairs until we can get them into the greenhouse and give them room to grow". The building itself will be 40 feet by 18 feet with the greatest part of that, 32 by 18 feet as greenhouse and an eight-foot workshop in the front. It is constructed with a cement base and will be covered, right to the ground with excelite fibreglass with cedar supports. Eventually he hopes to have benches down each side, about 36 inches off the floor and suitable for potted plants and a bench down the centre, about 14 inches off the floor for growing larger plants right in the soil. Mr. Baker explained that fibreglass has the advantage of appearance over glass and should considerably reduce the risk of vandalism. He said that it is "supposed" to be superior to glass as well but said that anyone he has talked to is satisfied with either, The fibreglass will work on the same principle as the fluorescent bulbs in his basement, screening the light so that only the most beneficial or the 'red and blue light rays get through to the plants. "The ideal thing for support is supposed to be cypress wood," said Mr. Baker, "but it is a little difficult to get around here", He added that the fibreglass was a little more expensive than glass but he figures the extra money will be worth it. "We are going to finish it gradually, as we can afford it," said Mr. Baker. "We're not going to dolt all at once," In addition to the original investment, he estimated that it would cost him about $400 per year to operate his greenhouse. "But this investment isn't that big when you start comparing it to other hobbies, such as snowmabiling," he said. "And there is no noise from flowers," he added. "It is a progressive, rather than a regressive hobby," said Mr. Baker. "You can grow into it. With a snowmobile, for example, its value goes down every year, Flowers aren't like that", "Besides, it is something we can do together," said Mrs. Baker, "And it will be really nice if we can have fresh tomatoes, lettuce and green onions all year round," she ad- ded. Although Mr, Baker said he is going to grow flowers almost exclusively, he is going to try a few vegetables, just for their Own use. He stressed, though, that his project is very much ex- perimental and that he is lear- ning as he goes. He said everyone he has talked to has been more than willing to help, and the seed catalogues and other books he has read have been a great help, but that it should be quite an experiment and lots of fun". He said one of the main questions he has been asked he why he is building the greenhouse so big, "I want room to ex- periment with different things," was his answer, "And we want it big enough so that we will be growing into it, rather than out of it. Besides, it really sounds bigger than it actually is." Mr, Baker doesn't think that a "green thumb" is necessary to make a success of growing flowers. "All you need is the interest and some knowledge of what you are doing". HOLDING THEM BACK — These are just a few of the over 325 plants Bill Baker has in various stages of development throughout his house. Only a few are in blossom though, because he is trying to hold them back until he finishes building his greenhouse. T-A photo AND WE EXTEND ALL 02TESIES WE'RE HERE TO SERVE, WE WANT TO PLEASE rAIR psacEr As far as recent reports suggesting that plants respond much better if you talk to them. Mr. Baker said he didn't know about that, "I think all the time you're holding them and talking to them" he said, "you are looking at them and judging whether they need watering or whatever, This is where the extra care comes Mr. Baker said that the only real problem with having a greenhouse is this; "If we ever want to go away on a holiday, we will have to get somebody to babysit the greenhouse". Former priest to visit Exeter Rev. Angelo Lo Vallo, an of- ficial representative of Christ's Mission, Inc., Hackensack, New Jersey, will be the guest speaker at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Huron St., Exeter, at the 8 p.m, service, Monday, April 2. Rev. Lo Vallo was born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, at- tended public schools there and afterwards studied at the University of Scranton, and St. Maryland. In Baltimore, In 1936, Rev. Lo Vallo was awarded a full-paid scholarship to matriculate at the Inter-' national Seminary of the Collegio' Brignoli Sale Negrani located in Genoa, Italy, After being or- dained in Italy on May 18, 1940, he returned to the United States and served as assistant pastor and administrator in the Scranton, Pennsylvania Diocese. Later, after several years of restudy, certain serious theological doubts were resolved within the context of Scripture alone and Rev. La Vallo resigned from the Roman Catholic Church and priesthood. He is currently a member of the editorial staff and Director of the Extension Department of Christ's Mission, Inc. The Mission (founded in -1882) is a place of refuge devoted to helping former Roman Catholic clerics, a center for Protestant- Catholic information, and publisher of Christian Heritage magazine which deals with relevant theological questions from both a scholarly, evangelical, and popular viewpoint. 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