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Time to start seeds
This is the time of year that
gardens look their worst. Well,
neighbours, let's get rid, of the
winter debris. Use your spring-
toothed rake to remove fallen
twigs, papers and other material
that makes the exterior look
untidy. The light raking will give
lawns and flower beds a better
chance to absorb the warm spring
rains.
After raking, apply a fertlizer
which is specially designed for
lawns and is long lasting. You be
sure to read the directions for
application on the bag and you'll
have a lawn that will be the envy
of your neighbours. A good green
well-kept lawn will give your
home that extra "side-walk-eye-
appeal."
April, of course, is much too
early to mow your lawn but this is
a good time to discuss your
mower. If you didn't take my
advice in the Fall and have the
machine serviced, better get it
done as soon as pos'sible. A sharp
blade makes a good clean cut.
Dull blades will tear the blades of
grass and give it a "browned-tip"
Another important point I'd like
you to remember all during
mowing season is to attach a
grass catcher to your lawn
mower. Why? It will catch the
Cut blades of grass and prevent
thatch build up. The grass can be
put on the compost pile and
reused for your garden. The
catcher also will prevent the
spreading of weed seeds.
The time for seeding the n ,ew
lawn is very short in the spring.
However, if the seed can be
applied early and gets a chance to
grow it will be strong enough to
stand the hot weather to come.
Fall is really the best time to seed
'but if your lawn is sparse, better
'sow some good quality seed now.
The spring rains will be beneficial
for growth.
Start Seeds Indoors
Many varieties of flower and
vegetable seeds need starting
early indoors to get good sized
transplants for setting into the
garden in warm weather. There
are several reasons for this. In
many cases there are varieties
which require a longer-than-usual
growing period in which to flower
or bear fruit. In other cases, such
as hybrids, seed is too expensive
to sow directly into the.garden.
With other plants, such as
petunias, the seed is so tiny iti
needs indoor protection to
encourage a good stand.
If seed is started indoors now it
should be ready to set out when
the weather is reight, usually not
''before May 24. Remember that if
•ou transplant outside too early it
vill stunt, the plant's growth.
Play the gardener's waiting
,;ame. Wait until the weather is
your favour and the weather-
man says danger of frost is past,
hen go. I'll list a few of the most
lopular fruits and vegetable
-seeds for starting indoors and the
approximate number of weeks
teeded to grow healthy trans-
plants.
Seeds best started early
indoors:
No. of Weeks
Before Setting-out Time
Ageratum 6-8
i3egonias 12
Broccoli
8
Cabbage 8
Cauliflower 8
Celosia 4-6
Chrysanthemums 6-8
Coleus 10
Dianthus 6-8
Dusty Miller 10
Eggplant
8
Geraniums 14
Gloriosa Daisy 6-8
Hollyhock
6.8
Impatiens 4-6
Lobelia 10
Pansies (hybrid)
10
Parsley 8
Peppers 8
Petunias 8
Salvias 6-8
Snapdragons - 10
Tomatoes 8
Verbenas 10
The soil in your vegetable or
flower garden may be worked
when a handful of soil will
crumble when pressed in your
hand. Turn the soil over, and add
an excellent vegetable garden
fertlizer.
If you have any particular
questions about gardening, just
write to me at the Garden
Information Centre, 165 Univer-
sity Avenue, ,Toronto, Ontario,
M5H 388. And, don't forget to
ask for my new vegetable garden
;vide. Just send a self-addressed
'tamped envelope.
Soup is our versatile food
• I
Try as you may, you'll have a
tough time finding a more
versatile food than soups. That's
saying a lot, but just look at all the
ways soups can go, plain or,fancy.
A soup is any liquid in which
solid foods such as meat, poultry,
; cereal, vegetables or fruits are
cooked.Soups can be classified
into three groups:
.THIN, CLEAR SOUPS: bouillon,
broth or consomme.
Bouillon - a broth made by
,simmering meat, fish or
vegetable, in water to extract
their flavors, and then strained to
keep just the liquid.
Broth - a term used inter-
, changeably with bouillon.
Consomme - a broth that is
sparkling clear and free of all
floating particles.
LIGHT, DELICATE SOUPS:
bisques, thin cream soups or
Cheese soups.
Bisque - a rich cream soup
.
generally made with vegetables
Or shellfish.
0EARTY, THICK SOUPS: meat
Or fish soups, chowders,- and thick
cream soups.
Chowder a hearty soup that
was originally made with fish,
vegetables and milk, but that now
uses practically any meat, poultry
or fish in a variety of liqnids.-
When is the best time to eat
fl 'soup? Any time.. If you want to
chase away those "betWeeii-nieal
iningries" without getting into
:he heavy foods, have bouillon or
" :onsenithe: They're refreshing,
lot or cold and low in calories.As
in appetizer or first course, serve
;mall .portions of a light ,,:reatn
;Oup, btoth or fruit soup. or a
great Change of pae0 for lunch or
i light supper, try a hearty soup
with a salad and desSert.
I Getting a soap together can be
in interesting experience. Almost , . fi everything in t he refrigerator can
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go into it. For liquids, .try.
seasoned tomato juice, chicken
broth, beef stock or liquid from
canned vegetables. The list of
vegetables is endless - tomatoes,
carrots, celery, parsley, rutabaga,
peas, mushrooms, corn or
cabbage. Since different soup
ingredients . 'have different
cooking times, the trick is to add
the quick-cooking ingredients at
the end, so that everything is
done at the same time. Use this
guide as an indication for cooking
times for several soup
ingredients, simmering in a
covered pot.
Soup bones - 2 to 3 hours
Waiting for a "safe cigarette?
Better quit.
There's no such thing as a safe
cigarette. And little hope for one.
There is some evidence that
cigarettes with Lower tar and
nicotine levels may be less
'hazardous than those with higher
levels. But anything that burns -
tobacco, letfuc, Kentucky
bluegrass -- creates- gases that
assault the lungs.
Insurance companies know the
ta.tistics. About two dozen U.S.
life insurers provide discounts to
people who don't smoke. Sonic
companies offer lower rates to
nonsmokers for automobile
insurance, homeowners
insurance, and disability interne
itistitante. Smokers are involved in inore traffic accidents, cause
more home fires, and Suffer
greater disabilities than
nonsmokers.
Before granting lower rates i
some companies require that the
person has never smoked.
Generally, though, the emphasis
APRIL 0,105
Raw 1-i4ch beef, lamb or pork
cubes - 1 to 1 1/2 hours
Whole vegetables' or large
vegetable pieces - 45 minutes
to 1 hour.
Sliced vegetables or small
vegetable pieces - 30 minutes
Vegetables when shape is
important - 10 minutes
(mushroom. slices, zucchini
slices)
Canned or cooked vegetables -
heat till soup returns to a
simmer.
Cheese - Add at end of cooking
period and stir until melted.
Heat thoroughly but don't
boil.
is on present smoking habits. At
least three major companies
require only a simple statement
that the person hasn't smoked for
one to three years. Several others
rely on ntervieWs and inspection
reports.
The benefits of quitting
smoking can come quickly. One
experiment in Canada showed
remarkable improvements in lung
function after only six Weeks of
stopping smoking. Sensitive tests
showed there had been a reversal
of the king ddmage -- blockage of
the small breathing passages
done by Sri-taking. Even in one
subject Who had smoked for 46
years!
The benefits are usually
permanent, ton. Staying off
cigarettes for ten years forces the
premature death rates or smokers
dawn to the levet for nonsmokers.
To find out ways to -quit
smoking for yourself and those
you love, contact your Christmas
Seal Association, It's a rater of
life nd breath.
No smoking is insurance
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