Clinton News-Record, 1986-04-16, Page 50PAGE 24
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Hedge can act as a liming fence
You night call a Pledge a "living fence".
While a "living fence" never,needs pain-
ting, it does require special care. As it
grows, your hedge will need
it healthy and_
and_
prun-
ing and fertilizing keep
green year after year.
A hedge can be made up of a closely
planted row of deciduous or evergreen
shrubs, small trees or even annual flowers.
Some hedges prow to a height of only 15
centimetres, while others can grow to 304
cm. or more in height.
When selecting shrubs and small trees,
consider the size of your yard and the
hedge's height at maturity, says Master
Gardener Andy Langis or Sarnia, Ont., one
of several gardening enthusiasts across the
province who has received formal hor-
ticultural training through the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food's Master
Gardener program.
It is also important to select a hedge that
is hardy enough to survive in you area.
Check with your garden centre for har-
diness information.
Prepare your soil about four weeks before
planting.
Make a trench about 60 cm deep and 45 cm
to 91 cm wide (depending on the size of the
plant material and its height).
To ensure good drainage, add 15 em to 20
cm of gravel in the bottom of the trench. If
the soil is rich, add a 10-6-4 fertilizer at a
rate of one kilogram per 10 square metres.
If the soil lacks nutrients, add compost
and humus plus a 10-6-4 fertilizer, and water
well.
Now, choose plants that are well -
branched at the base and about two-to-
three.years-old (for a deciduous hedge) and
three -to -five -years -old (for evergreens)..
Check the plants when you return home
and if some of them look dry, put them In
water for about one hour and then plant
immediately.
Plant the shrubs or trees about two cm
deeper than in the original container.
Jiggle the plants to settle the soil around
the roots of the plant and continue filling in
the trench. Water well.
Now, prune the newly -set plant by about
one-third.
Prune new conifers only by nipping new
growth in half.
Prune broad -leafed evergreens as you
would deciduous material, but more lightly.
Prune broad -leafed evergreens again in
the second year and in the third year until
your hedge has reached the desired height.
When pruning, make sure the top is nar-
rower than the base so that the sunlight
reaches all parts of the plant.
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Screen
repair is
a simple task
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the excess material provides something to
hold on to when pulling the screen taut to fit
the free,;, Rep1acinp ;,atW??41!?5 �.,
May 'i'nv'olve a special inexpensive raider
that forces a plastic spline into the frame 410
channel.
Frames that already have a metal retain-
ing spline, however, require a narrow block
of wood and a mallet. The repair steps are
generally the same. Either way, when the
job is finished, a tighter seal is afforded with
an aluminum frame set in the window.
1. Place screen panel on flat surface with
the retainer spline groove facing up. Using a
screwdriver, pry up the end of the spline and
pull it out of the channel.
Remove old screen and clean all dirt and
debris from groove. Retain the spline for
use later unless it has become cracked or
brittle in the case of plastic, or bent in the
case of metal spline.
2. Measure and cut screening 1/4" to 1/2"
larger than frame on all sides. And cut a
1/2" diagonal corner off each corner of
screening. This cut should be just at the out-
side edge of each corner of the groove.
3. Weight down three corners of the
screening. Then, using the convex side of a
double roller, roll screening down into the
groove on one side of frame. Make sure the
- aluminum screening is crimped and firmly
seated at the bottom of the channel by using
a 45° angle pointing towards the inside edge
of the groove.
4. Seat spline firmly in the corner where
you have just rolled the screening. Use the
concave side of the roller and:roll the spline
all along this side.
Turn the screen and continue this pro-
cedure £or remaining sides. Be sure to pull
screening taut as you go.
5. Trim off excess spline and screening
with a utility knife. Use an angle across the
spline so the knife can't slip and cut the new-
ly installed screening.
6. If metal spline is used, a putty knife
may be used to bend screen edges into the
groove and set it firmly. Then drive the
spline into the groove with a wooden block
and hammer; butt joint the spline at
'corners.