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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1964-11-05, Page 8" fit L., Tiw Goderich Signal -Star, j'hursday, November 5th, 1964 , T.he green Thumb( by G M1cLEOD ROSS WHY NOT A' ROCK GARDEN? QUICK- CANADIAN QUIZ 1. What was the birth place of Canadian poetess Pauline Johnston? 2. What proportion of Canadian , homes have electricity, run- ning water, radios, television sets, mechanical refrigerators? 3. Before it becomes lawca bill must be "read" how many ° times by the House of Com- mons? 4. In a year how much do em- ployers contribute to pension and welfare plans, tulemploy- ment • insurance and work- ._ _ men's compensation funds? 5. In 1939 government spending in Canada was $98 per capita. What was the amount for 1949, for 1963? ANSWERS: 51n 1949 $283 per capita, in 1963 $738 per capita. ,3, Threetimes. 1. Pau- , line Johnson was born on thcl. ..Six Nations Reserve near Brant; ford, Ont. 4, In 1963, $367,- 000,000. 4. Electricity 99 per cent, running water 93 per cent, radios 96 per cent, television sets 90 per cent, mechanical re- frigerators 94 per cent. AilM,Noolp.anaNS The pros and cons of a rock '0 t.ik eaire of the ,11.e:a reticulata ,harinuny, ask> garden are Jortgion and tizq1:11,\ shou:d 11L'oitole„, be tor the blue w itleh L partieularly good the cons have it. Some. excuse wedze d slope. use 110.;ow Oto 4,Ji• one higher than six .410 themselves because they c ni ct block and an. dra:11,, ;bele, to 1, iii.stoi•ioicles Major, no c o n v n t s 1 0 p t..l.n er bs'eomes utilicce„,ary. kri,2,ht hluo or 1. daptordiac> a .others are toO tirod t u J really 111L'a 0 to try _t.1!00., Crocus, u.se Chrysanth-. collect the -1 oA.."; but in alpine plants the gard.n u blue pearl, Winter aconite, neither slop:, not, rookare -110;11,1 1). sheltered from dy 1 toot 1i violets and friti.1,-1 essential to efejo sonio of th., .114 w inds and from the drip laria trieleagris tit in well. A • •". smaller plants., the varied colors fr. ni tree., ideally of course, fcw clumps of snowdroPs„scilla, ! and shapes. of which do so much.. the, [Jost wall medium both for ehionodoxia sardellsis and C. to make a garden for alpines 1, oks and utility ‘00 1141 bi 111 luciline are ,obvious choicrs. and he -.1iltb-"so attractive,. . of those llat slabs 91 limestone It itelia uniflora Wisely blue! Another adi'ant.teo‘ is that if to he found around Wiarton.rand Tulipa such as Bataliniad• the. i'*5c1C. garden is built, as 111,-,:e. would not be built . in' a primrose yellow; Cluslan‘w, "7" ista-rrrcrric-fth thi er-waiLs, ush'g'-4iioionta11y but canted1141.•-a,r.ds7Ali; t a—and , the house for a fourth, or,. if t.). drain rain into thesoil in1 and white; 'Persica, yellowand an enclosure. of rectangwlar the enclosure. . bronze and Urumiensis; also yel-1 shape is built of- stone, brick Good 'Loam .16w and bronze. or even cJiierete blocks to a Fill the garden with 'equal For Narcissi there are Canal' heightof 21.2 to 3 feet, the parts. of good loam, leafinould iculatus. white and gold cup.; • -1a,116r;trf-• tending, it is much re-. or 'peat and coarse sand (not cycramensis, clear yellow; June- dUeecl,gTrn the latter casel't can:builders') for ifyou find you ifolius and Nlinimus, 4 and 3 k be. approached from every side 1 graduate to alpines, these like inches high resspectively. Fork. - rbocause it should- not be so a sharp soil .mixture, After March -April the saxifrages, S. In preparation of the CBC radio series FlandersFields, , Gre.ory Clark recalls, to broadcaster Frank Willis the days — brad -MT. you—cannot -4-Far el&ptarrttrr..7.--a- eout seliernc reTypos- , e First Woad -War : Clark wasone- of--umse [- who halfway amra oss it and with ' put a half inch Mulch of stone jt mt nkinsaet Ane OT one blanda at Wit nesse d the period of the •war from. thefirst enlistments in . httle bit of luck and a.modicum ehps o'er the surface. These rocoerulea; Dianthus alphinis 1914 to the entry of the Canadians into Mons on November11, . • common sense you will find will store heat and conseryt and then the Teini.ums and Lady 1918, and he is one of '600' interviewed in this first person your drugstore bill reduced and moisture and deter -slugs as well Slippers, even Jack-in-the-pul- narrative of the Canadians who.fought in that War. that Mr. Doan has, to look else - w ere 0 .se 7747amI5!1r1'I - ache pilLs. A third alternative There can be no doubt that well together aiso Daphne Ls to simply build a back wall the raised bed is ideal for arm- striatx Inly-,Au.gust_eampanu- with two descending„wing Walls chair or wheel -chair gardening, , las. . For September -October it and thus, achieve a wedgeor while a horticultural advantage I -might be worth trying Gentian slope of soil. is that a portion may be segre- farreri which is lime loving. The Site gated for acid loving plants A New Wor4.c1 Siteing the garden' is ifhport- from what would here.be main- 0,hviously all of these cannot ant, for most rock plants like ly a lime lovers' garden. Fur- be tried. but they are mention - a full day's sun. The sedonth thermore, once you have ex': e.d to. bring home the fact that requirenremt is good, but not perienced the raised bed you a rock garden will introduce too good, drainage. Suppose' will ,never again want to bend you to a whole new world of you favor the rectangular en- and Crawl about on all fours miniature flowers ahd leaves 'closure, then you might ...start on a ground level bed., -TWITieli- can" be. -trAide-d--the more with inside dimensions such .as Small Plants easily 'when raised in a bedof iSleet.long by_ four feet- broad-.. It is axiomatic that the plants ! their Own.- Once you catch the It is as well to provide no weep and bulbs that you put in shall disease, the horizon is unlirnit- holes • in 'the 3 -foot high walls be small. Around the edges ed and the incentive compell- . 'but Arather to durrip into the such easy'trailers arabis,. ing, Perhaps next season it 'enclosure some eight inches of ' bretia .and perennial alyssum ; will be possible to report. in - --brick. bats,: - broken .pottery,may be u-s,ed-,to hidthe• exter-e_ater • detail --on this year's waIs• 'Bulbs offer i ex,peTinTeliTal- eonstrUCtiolf.::::=7, GUARANTEE: DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK If for any .reason you are not satisfigcl with your Meat Purchase at A&P I PR.OPERLY., AND NATURALLY A-GEP ,TO ASSURE TENDERNESS . CANADA'S FINEST QUALITY RED BRAND STEER BEEF ' as adding to the look of the pit, For ,May" -June dwarf SHOULDER . 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