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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1996 PAGE 27.
Landscape design
By Janice Becker
Are you at a loss? You've just
purchased a new home and the
front yard consists of dirt and rock.
Or is it an old country home with
flower beds overgrown with bram-
bles? Where do you start?
The first and most important step
is to develop a plan for the entire
yard, says master gardener with
Maitland Manor Nursery, Allan
Carr.
"Particularly for a new home,
have a plan set out before the sod
goes down. I have gone to new
homes where the sod hasn't even
rooted yet and it is being torn up
for a flower bed."
When designing the landscaping,
start with the largest items first, the
trees. Placement is different for
each site obviously, but Can says
there are certain guidelines to fol-
Every year, Canadians spend an
estimated $85 million dollars on a
number of cleaning and
deodorizing products for the home
and cottage. With spring cleaning
and cottage season quickly
approaching, it's a good time to get
back to basics and remember that
pure and natural baking soda makes
an effective and environmentally
sensible cleaning and deodorizing
solution.
"For over 150 years, baking soda
has been one of nature's best kept
cleaning secrets," says Michael J.
Elliot, director of Marketing for
Church & Dwight, Ltd./Ltee.
"Earth-friendly baking soda,
straight from the box, or prepared
in a paste or solution, makes a non-
abrasive cleanser to gently scrub
away grime and build-up without
scratching or damaging most
surfaces." • In fact, Canadians use over
4,800,000 kilograms (9,600,000
Gardening
for the
21st century
Continued from page 26
with us a long time. Many 'less
artistic' gardeners will turn to pro-
fessionals for help and permanence.
This (new style) won't happen
overnight. But very exciting things
are going to happen. Structure will
organize but won't limit our
gardens. We'll find new unique
ways to use containers, patios,
pergolas, statuary and ornaments,
topiary, ponds and foundations, and
so on," she laughs, repeating the
elements of a formal garden.
"The current 'Dada-ism' is a
craze, but people will tire of
disorganization. We can still have
nature in our gardens, but the idea
is not to recreate the wild, but to
allow nature a place to dwell in our
lives."
low. "Plants work better in gr up-
ings."
When selecting trees, the mature
size must be taken into account. "I
prefer to plant large trees at least 25
feet from a house," he says. Roots
can be very invasive and he says he
has known situations where the
roots have drawn so much moisture
from the ground near the founda-
tion, it has caused the foundation to
crack.
These considerations hold true
for shrubbery as well. Bushes
should be placed at least three feet
from the foundation, thus allowing
the plant to mature properly, avoid
a flat back and be in a higher mois-
ture area away from the protection
of the overhang. Correct placing
permits the plant to have proper air
and light.
lbs.) of baking soda every year, in
part for household cleaning and
deodorizing. A food-safe product,
baking soda is also child-safe and
pet-safe and is widely recognized
as an environmentally sensible
alternative to commercially
produced cleaners. Derived from a
naturally occurring mineral called
trona, baking soda is non-toxic and
won't disrupt plant and animal life
in our waterways.
Over the past 150 years, a variety
"Shrubs should be planted
beyond the driplinc of the roof," he
says.
When choosing appropriate bush-
es, gardeners should also consider
the soil quality and drainage, the
amount of sun or shade and even
the wind factor.
In preparing any bed for new
plantings, Can says the soil should
be prepared at least to the depth of
a shovel with wetted peat most
mixed in to balance the soil.
"Peat moss is good for both
sandy and clay soil, adding sub-
stance to sand and breaking up
clay."
If unsure what type of soil you
have, the University of Guelph will
mail kits, at a cost of approximately
$25, to allow home gardeners to
determine the correct remediation.
of environmentally sensible baking
soda applications have become
popular with Canadians. As a
cleanser and deodorizer, baking
soda is most often used in one of
three basic forms" dry baking soda
- sprinkled straight from the box; as
a paste - three parts baking soda
combined with one part water; and
as a solution - 50 ml (four
tablespoons) of baking soda
dissolved in one litre (4 cups) of
water.
The wind factor is one not often
considered when selecting shrubs,
however, some are more suscepti-
ble, says Can, such as rhododen-
dron.
Once the trees and shrubs are
chosen and placed, the next step is
to fill in the spaces. "Many people
are going to perennials," says Cam
"They are very popular because
they spread, can be split and are
especially good for large yards."
The maintenance, both in time and
labour, is reduCed with perennials.
Low or minimal maintenance is a
feature many busy gardeners are
looking for today. To slow the
growth of weeds, Carr recommends
adding a mulch to the bed. "Shred-
ded bark (unlike its predecessor
nugget bark) mats well together
and discourages weed growth."
"For no weeds, landscape fabric
does a good job and can be topped
with a variety of products, such as
white or red stones, and can be
matched to existing brick work."
As a final note, Can says, "Seek
advice. People at garden centres are
there to provide service and infor-
mation."
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