HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-05-28, Page 1Ruth and John Norman of R. 1 Ripley; have opened a market garden
on their farm just south of Ripley: They planted 60,000 boxes of
bedding plants which they sold to area customers, nurseries and
garden centres. This summer they plan to add to the Six greenhouses
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they already have, so next year they can offer geranium's as well as
the many 'Varieties of flowers, and vegetables they bad this Year.:More
pictures: appear inside today's Sentinel, Page 19;
'Sentinel Staff Photo]
,Three people died in " a weekend car
accident near Molesworth which left two
other, people injured,
' Catherine Adams, 59, R, 2 Bluevaie,
Donna Thempson, 15, Bluevale, and Lor-
raine Perry, 18, muevaie died in a headon
collision between the "car driven shy. Mrs,
Adams and the car. in which the. Thompson.
and Perry girls were passengers,
Lorraine Perry is the daughter Of111"—., an
Mrs. Robert Perry of Bluevale, Mr. Perry is
the student minister at the Whitechurch
United. Church,
The driver of the second car, Kenneth
Warwick, 19, Bluevale: and another passen-
ger, Richard' Brighton, 19, R. 1 Winghani,
are in fair condition in UniVershY HOspital,
The accident occurred about 11.20 p.m.
Friday night about-four kilometeres west of
o
The Warwick vehicle was eastbound and
proceeded into the westbound lane to pasa
another westbound vehicle, when it collided
with the, Adams car which was eastbound.
Mrs. Adams and Miss Thompson were
pronounced ,dead at the scene and Miss
Perry 'was dead on arrival at Listowel
Memorial Hospital,
Mr. Warwick and Mr. Orighton were
taken to Listowel hospital atuttransferred to .
University Hospital on Saturday.
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• Lucknow and District Swimming
Pool is holding registration, for their
summer switn 'programs at the Luck-
now Town Hall on. Saturday, May 31
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.M. and on Saturday,
June 7 from 9 am.. to 12 noon. The
size of the beginner swimming biasses
is limited. So come early to, get the
time of your choice. The Junior,
Intermediate and Senior classes are
not restricted., Please know the
swimming leVel attained when you
come to register. Do not enroll
children who are less than 44 inches
tall.
Open market garden near Ripley
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Russ and Freda. Button of Kinloss
Township received word last week
from their daughter, Peggy, of
`Sate; whose
town is in the lath of the volcano
"fallout" following the *eruption of
Meunt St. Helens a week ago Sunday.
A large black cloud loomed Over
Ritzville on Sunday following the I mountain eruption and it was dark
enough that street lights came on
during the day, By Thursday of last
week, four inches of volcanic ash,
much like black talcum powder,
covered everything..
Some 3,000 people are stranded in ,
Ritzville, a town the size of Lucknow,
about 60' mileS west of Spokane,
Washington, and 300 miles from
Mount St. Helens, People travelling
on a freeway running near the town
were stranded when the roads were
closed as the volcanic ash moved over
the area. The people are billeted in
homes an&schoels while they wait for
roads to be reopened,
Road crews are putting water on the;
ash which turns to a mud-like sub-
stance and then ,use snow removal
equipment to, clear 'the reads. Ash is
piled in four foot drifts along some
roads.
Peggy, a registered nurse and her
husband, Jerry Klettle, who works in
the hospital laboratory, say the Ritz-
' Ole hospital is extremely busy treat-
ing people with lung ailments and
breathing disorders brought on by the
choking ash in the air.
Later last week Ritzville received ;
rain and the ash turned to a Mud-like
substance.
This past Sunday following a second
eruption by Mount St. Helens, a cloud
of ash is moving northward along the
coast. In Everett, 25 miles north of
Seafild where Mr. and Mrs. Button's !
daughter, Linda Bilderback is living, f
there is no evidence of the 'volcano as
yet.
.Market gardening in this area is relatively
rare but this spring many area people have
enjoyed a trip to the greenhonses on the
farm of John and Ruth Niiman, south of
Ripley on Bruce County Road 7.:
Customers can choose from 60,000 boxes
of bedding plants grown in six greenhouses
over the past winter, People have been
impressed by the sight of greenhouses laden
with so many plants, Business has been
good this spring and as of last weekend there
were very few boies remaining.
The Numans supplied flower and vege-
table plants to nurseries and garden centres
in the Hamilton area where they had a
market garden before moving to Ripley last
October, They supplied, some nurseries and
garden centres in this area this spring and
will be contacting more .prospective custom-
ers for next year to build up their clientel.
John and Ruth and their four children,
Denise, 6, Dehbie, 4, Seven, 2, and Michael,
8 months, moved to the Ripley area when
they deeided io purchase the farm of John's
parents, Ralph and Jenny Ntiman, who had
farmed here for the past eight years.
John has always worked :on a farm and
when his parents inoVed to Bruce County he
stayed on in the Grimsby area to work, at
market gardens. He later purchased land in.
the Dan* area and -birth his first green-
house. When he decided to come to. his
father's farm, it was with the intention of
building- a market garden. —Last October
shortly after he moved his family to the
Huron Township , farm, he built six green-
houses. ,
"John loves to grow things," says Ruth,
"and it shows in the plants." They supplied
beddingplants to the Cedarhill Garden
Centre locally and the. Customers at Cedarhill
were extremely pleased with the p,lants from
the Nutnan's market garden.
The seedlings are planted in wooden flats
starting in January. Transplanting begins in
February and continues through to April.
During this time, and through April, the
plants, are thinned, trimmed and cleaned and
fertilized at least once a week. •
The most important thing about caring for
the plants is watering. "You have to be
careful not to over water a plant," say's
Ruth, ''becauseif You do, you will never get
flowers." The plants are watered once a day
with care.
The greenhouses are heated with oil
furnaces and working in' the greenhouses
through the winter makes the winter go
quickly. Transplanting keeps you busy and
you don't notice- the cold when you're
working in the greenhouses, says Ruth, so
the winter just flies by.
The Nurnang raise Iambs as well and
lambing time is just finishing when' its time
to transplant the plants, so winter is a busy
time, on their farm. They own 100 acres
where they graze 80 ewes and their lambs.
Some of their land is rented out for grazing
to a neighbouring farmer.
The market garden is a family operation.
John's, sisters, Ida and Mary Piel and their
sister-in-law, , Corrie, as well as John's
parents, all help with the work in the
greenhouses. It's a lot of fun, says Ruth, and
you really get to know your family when you
work with them. It's wonderful, she says,
that they can all work together without
taking advantage of one another because
they're family.
Over the summer they will ,build more.
,greenhouses and &barn to provide space and
work.area for soil preparation. They plan to
have geraniums for next year which they,
could not grow this past winter. Geraniums
must be started in. October and November!
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