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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-06-10, Page 7.ee T; E: GREEN T H UM Beet< By Gordon L. Smith - - The Rock Garden A -ock garden notonly adds vari- eety and interest to your gardening picture -it can become one of the most fascinating of hobbies. It challenges your ingenuity, and also acquaints you with many plants that are entirely different from those in your. re- gular flower beds and borders. And it can be the sol- ution for the pro- blem of making something beau- tiful out of an otherwise - u n - sightly spot. If you have a steep slope or out- croppings of rock on your grounds you have a natural site for such a garden. Stone retaining walls made without mortar may also be built with soil pockets for planting. * * * Drainage is essential so most rock gardens are located on slopes. Sun is also essential; but because coolness and moisture are necessary for alpine plants the slope should face north if possible, or if it faces. in another direction should have some shade for part of the day. Be- cause of our hot summers a south slope is the most difficult to man- age. Your plants should be chosen according to the conditions imposed by your rock garden's location. * * * f)ne homeowner who had no nat- ural slope but simply a rectangular town lot like those of all his neigh- bors, built a brick wall (his home was brick and stucco) along one boundary of his grounds, imported some soil and rocks for an artificial d ope and built a rock garden again - at the wall. Combined witha pool at the base it looked natural enough. * * * A flat rectangular lot, however, poses a problem. In most such cases it is best to leave rock gardens to others, unless a sunken formal garden with a fduntain or pool can be surrounded by grassed or flag- ged terraces held by planted dry walls. * * * Native stone is the best material. The test is to make it look "geologi- tally probable". The rocks should be fairly large, and uptilted to send the moisture back into V-shaped pockets of soil Stones should be deeply buried, with all broken. Faces out of sight. Begin setting in your rocks at the bottom avoid straight rows, and set each suc- ceeding rock a bit back from the one below it. * * Your soil pockets should be deep and rich with a good soil mixture - approximately one third sand, one third garden soil, and one third humus. For plants demanding acid soil use more humus: For dianthus and other plants preferring lime use more sand, with a little powder- ed lime or ground limestone. -Ever-, greens cant stand lime so bo care- ful there. It is safer not to use commercial fertilizers but to make use of bone meal, old compost, and other organic foods. Watering. should be done by soaking, not sprinkling with h hose, for the rush, of w to night yash soil out of the pockets. * e * In choosing plant materials try to carry the bloom through the season. Too many rock gardens are -"springgardens" only. At first a few of the smaller flow- ering plants from the garden border can be included, such as sweet wil- liam, dwarf zinnias, low bushy mari- golds. But as fast as the pocket- book allows you will want to set in the alpines and other rock plants. Geography Plus • Down in the Maritimes the Lun- enburg Board of Trade got quite a laugh over a letter received from a group of American lecturers. These gentlemen wrote saying that they intended visiting "the Donpinion and her Provinces, Nova Scotia and Bermuda." This incident reminds the Hali- fax Chronicle of a letter which came into that office addressed to "Hal- ifax, Nova Scotia, U.S.A." To make it all the mc:e humorous, the letter was from a famous firer of British booksellers and it contain- ed an advertisement for - of all things - a new book on economic geography. The Chronicle returned the letter, with advice to the book- sellers that they should take time off and read the book themselves, The first canals to be built in Cana la, along the St. Lawrence, were started in 1799. • Test Pilots for Roller -Coasters -The screaming and shriekil g girls on this roller -coaster get neither sympathy nor com- panionship from their boy friends. Which is understandable, since the boys are dummies. The girls and dummies are test pilots on the first run of the season for the roller -coaster. Girls are.used to test ride's scream potential. C n ®S Sw®R D PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Soft food 4. New England cape 7. Redbreast 12. Constellation 13, veneration 14. Each 16. Mark again 17. Dike 18. Article 19. Land measure 21.Sten ecrop 33. Levy 24. Ordinance 37. Less danger - 39. Whale 80. Agree 33. Swapped 86, Line 80. Soldering flux 38. Self 39. Knock 40. Ate 44. Looked approvingly 47. Italian city 48. Fertile spot 60, Object in a certain game 52. -White poplar 63. Greelc letter 64.Append W. Loses brat- lianCe 16. Twenty-four hours 17. .Rumanian coin' DOWN 1. French capital • 8 Across 9. Sloped 10. Anger 11. Pheasant brood 16. Entertained 20. Small wagons 22. Crazy 8. Mountain 25. Devoured ridge 26. Marry 3. Blanched 28. Wild 4. Public vehicle 29. Dog 5. Had debts 30. Expert 6. Obliterate 31. Tooth 7. Loosen 82. Traversed 34. Free 57. Commenced 39.Increases. 41. Prickly pear 42. Omit In pro- nouncing 43. Dude 46. Distance measure 46. Philippine tree 48. Simpleton 49. Arabian garment 51. Negative No Time For Play -This gun this 12 -year-old Jewish boy of Neveh Yaakov, Palestine, is holding is no plaything. It's a real Sten gun and he's teaching the young girl how to operate it. The lad is said tube an expert with•the weapon. Children living in this Jewish agricultural settlement learn, in addition to the three R's, defense measures against Arab attacks. - . , . TABLE TALKS... Souffles Corn and Cheese Souffle g. cut butter cup flour 2 cups milk 4 eggs, separated 1 cup grated cheese 2 cups sweet canned corn 1 teaspoon salt Dash of paprika Few drops Tabasco sauce 1 pimiento, cut -., strips Melt butter and stir in the flour, mixing to a smooth paste. Add milk a little at a time and cook until thick and smooth, stirring constant- ly. Remove from fire. Add egg yolks, stir and when blended, add cheese. Heat for a minute or two until the cheese is melted, then re- move from fire and beat well, add- ing corn, seasonings and pimiento. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold them into the cheese mixture very carefully, so as to retain the fluffy texture. Pour into .buttered baking dish placed in hot water and bake in a moderate oven (323 F.) about 1 hour. Yield: 6 portions. Cheese Souffle 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 13,4 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups grated sharp cheese 6 eggs, separated Melt butter, add flour and mix well. Add milk and seasonings and Bigger The Egg Better The Taste During World War Two there were three men who acted as food tasters for Great Britain -for the reason that the Government there wanted to get the best value for the hundreds of millions of pounds it was spending for food. Under the direc- tion of Dr. Hugh B. Cott of Cam- bridge University the three tasted- among other thigns-the eggs of eighty-one species of domestic poul- try and wild'birds, ranging from the hen to the wren. The tasters ate' the eggs scrambled and steam cooked. They knew noth- irg of what sort of egg was being served, and the standard they used to judge by was the taste of high grade hens' egg's. It turned out that gulls' eggs didn't taste quite as well as hens' eggs - but somewhat better than guinea -hens' eggs and a great deal better than barnyard turkey eggs. A few birds that lay small eggs were admitted to the "top group"; but on the whole the eggs of smaller birds were dismissed as relatively unpalatable. Among these were the eggs of the linnet, whitethroat, red warbler and blackcap. Worst tasting of all the eggs tasted were those of the wren. Eggs of "intermediate" taste came from the magpie, pheasant, domestic duck, swallow, blackbird, cowbird and catbird. cook • until thick. Add cheese and stir until melted . Add beaten egg yolks and cool. Fold in stiffly beat- en egg whites. Pour into baking dish, greased only on bottom. Set in pan of hot water and bake, in slow (325 F.) oven 1 hour. For a savoury seasoning, add 1 teaspoon each of minced chives and parsley to beatyn egg whites. Serves 4 to 6. Chocolate Souffle 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour cup milk 134 squares chocolate f cup fine dry bread crumbs • cup sugar 5 eggs, separated ' Add flour to melted butter, add milk, mix until smooth and cook over low heat until thickened. Add melted chocolate, bread crumbs and sugar. Add this mixture slowly to beaten egg yolks and beat thoroug- ly. Fold mixture into stiffly beaten egg whites containing salt. "our into baking dish buttered on bottom side only, set in pan of hot water, and bake in slow oven (300 F.) 1A hours, or until seta Brief Enough! - As far as Esther Williams is concerned, scanty swim suits have got to go. The shapely swimming actress says they're immodest and adds that she has yet to find a man -"including the so- called wolves" - who thinks they're good to look at. Esther likes tailored swim suits like. this one. WORT YOU COME LITTLE WALDdS BIRTHDAY CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM. +-- By Gwendoline P. Clarke Well, well -we appear to, be in ing to have his cows wanderin the doghouse -but definitely -that around on cold sodden pasture ins Is, insofar as the CBC it concerned, to save a little work and feed in the and all on account of 'cows, butter, stable: And of course, this country announcements and reports. columnist writes as the wife of a If you follow this column you will 'plain dirt farmer -and we are sur - remember I referred most fndig- prised that the CBC should even, nantly a few weeks ago to a CBC know that we'existi report regarding the possibility of * * cattle being out on pasture by There is soinetl'+ng else about April 11. The CBC takes issue with that news bulletin that strikes' me me on the matter. For one thing I at rather funny -it says ''cattle on erroneously referred to the news the land"! Maybe that's the way item as an announcement. The CBC ' the experts put it but the farmer says it was a "report", not an "an- speaks of his cattle as "going out nouticetnent". Must I bite the dust to pasture" or "out to grass'. ,In or will it do if I promise to be more the spring, with seeding in the accurate in the future? offing the farmer will say he hopes * * * to get on the land but he refers' to noyed because l didn't tell the Then the CBC is apparently the himself along with his horses - and tractor. I have yet to hear of a whole story, which, quoting from its farmer putting his cattle "on the April 4 Sunday morning broadcast land". We are past the time for should have been as follows working oxen. "Those who are optimistic say with But who am I to judge? -Didn't I good weather farmers will have say 'announcement' instead of "re- . their cattle on the land by April Part" -so maybe both4the CBC and 15, but others say this won't hap- your columnist need to be a little pen until the end of the ,month." more particular in their choice of - i missed out on that "end of the words. month". I guess the reference to April 15 left meso stunned I was bereft of further thought. And •then 1 wondered where in the world the CB ' got its infor- mation or, as I put it, "its misinfor- mation". Now I ask you -surely there are times when anyone would wonder? Not always, mind you, just occasionally. As a matter of fact Partner and I are partial to the CBC -we don't think the day com- plete if we miss the regular CBC newscasts. And wethink their an- nouncers -or should it be "report- ers" are fine,even if the one I like best does say "crick" when what he means is "creek". * * * But you know it is quite possible to love the sinner and loathe the sin so when the CBC gives out so cal- led information wh' • we know to be inaccurate we g., a sort of let down feeling. Just imagine, this is May 16 and there are very few cows out even yet, so I would sug- gest that the "government dairy experts" upon whom the CBC relies for information, need to look around a bit. Maybe their deductions are based on wishful thinking -perhaps they didn't have any butter on their toast that morning. Personally, we have more faith in the wisdom of the average hund- red -acre farmer than in what the experts tell us -and we figure the farmer can "stump the experts" any old time. He knows what he is talking about because he lives in his fields and with his cattle in the true sense of the word. He doesn't have set dates for this and that; the cattle are turned out when the pastures are fit -and the weather not too cold and wet. The average, ordinary, practical farmer gives some thought to his cattle, Even d' there isn't a pound of butter in. the stores, a dairy farmer isn't go-. Scots Are Daein' Quite All Richt! Not long ago the J. Arthur Rank organization did a bit of research in Scotland. It 'as in preparation for a film to be mac'e entitled "The Future of Scotland". And when the research was over any idea that might have prevailed regarding 'hat country being a poor one had gone by the boards. For among the facts the research- ers brought to light were these - just a few of very many. Scottish yards built one fifth of all the world's new ships in 1547; the Clyde now has 1,000,000 tons on order. , Scotland mines me - eighth of all Britain's steel, and sup• plies all of Britain's jute. Scotland's whisky enriches the Treasury by 40,000,000 pounds a year in taxes and earns 10,00L,000 dollars in hard currency. Scotland is exporting food -beef and mutton, oats, sugar - beet and half her 'potato crop. With this and a good deal more informa- tion on hand, researchers came to the conclusion that Scotsmen are justified in claiming that their country is able to look .after itself, IN THE CRANNIED WALL Flower in the crannied wall, I pltck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, • Little flower -but if I could under- stand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and elan is. Tennyson Answer To Thic Week's Puzzle MGLIERalMICIUM Ott .: G7©©. SWUM MUMM A MOM NUM WEEM® ©UUMM W M 00® ®0®M® -13323 0000001 0©DOMO 00100 ©0©u J - .. ®®0 ©OU uiigA UMMO0110©x© OOG= MUM M0W 'G700 %J0®® UOTAIIE © L PTO Tasting TEA Oopiul 5t -Thom J. 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