The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-04-27, Page 40THIS SPRING.
BUY D RECT FROM T
WE HAVE OVER
20,000 SCI. FT.
of Greenhouses full of
BEDDING PLANTS
BURSTING
INTO BLOOM!!
44.
SEE OUR SELECTION!
PLANNING SOME LANDSCAPING?
We have a wide assortment of:
*EVERGREEN SHRUBS
*SHADE TREES
*.FRUIT TREES
*FLOWERING SHRUBS
*ROSE BUSHES
*PERENNIAL PLANTS
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Good
Gardening
Tips from
Chipman.
Your plants face, thousands of
different dangers like diseases, bugs, i
smotheting weeds...What to do about
it? Well, wp believe that ourChipman
Information Centre will give you all
the answers to your questions. It's a
complete guide to everything that can
go wrong, and the Chipman garden
care products you can use to make
sure they don't. Look for the Chipman
Information Centre at Huron Ridge
Acres.
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keeps the good thingsgrowing. Fungicides for complete.growing..
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*FLOWERS & VEGETABLE SEEDS
*BULK SEEDS
•DUTCH SETS
*SEED POTATOES I
•FERTILIZERS & PEAT MOSS
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MILTON;
gardeners 'are oftenpuzzle
about , of
, .
0present many.
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problems,r but steep siopes
can be very frustrating.
• are to
Steep are
erosion, aredifficult to
mow. where possible, steep
Skim should be avoided or
eliminated: In my opinion,
home gardeners should build
a retaining wall, and terrace
the area, If possible. These
measures are costly, but
they will reduce ,,the
headaches of maintaidiag
the area eonsiderably,„M the
long run. •
method Of
Themain-
taining a Slope is to seed or
sod tbe area with a good turf
Turf -gasses reduce
erosion, and. are relatively
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artienersVOirto
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• ing areas. When fully
• established, ,_ ground coVer0--:v.
are very attractive.
However, • theY:,are not as
easily. established as 311
grasses. A pootty,'
established and 'pont*Maintaed bedof ground
covers often becomes
.feSted With weeds. When this
occurs, the frustrations
become real, and the
gardener becomes
discouraged.If the
. homeowner can afford to
hire a professional gardener
M maintain the property, or
can devote the time to,' the
garden personally, ground
eOvers'eariProvide a very in-
teresting display Ona slope.
Hiring a profess4nal
gardener can be a very cost-
, ly affair, and in our society
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Loday, few with ethe
time to keep up ' eSSett- ;Pat
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ttalgtiNetitttektit..*: rnmen ,
'ASO ofa Makin wall ja .method for • the
An_ ito4 moFe practical soli,,.materials .y9et select. Make
PeP.-*141tase4Olgtite slope,
j•n:§Mgottl*qp"Le41.-_fi t0,--104vst4s,
The 0 SigYeggki weight;of ,eartk behind:,
Rtat001440 Nov! retaining wall 01 look
'construct' #1ritaining. ';:better and last krTger.ftyou
Railway ties, treated consider these points before,
lumber, stone, concrete, e, construction begins. • ;,
merit blocks, and bricks A plain or stark wall'iunot
have all been usedwith good . pleasing to view, .1494,1 re"
results. Your choice may de- tabling walls can be *am -
*4 of t400441$14 and ed with trailing. annuals,
cost0-..f`theSOLitowtt*011out: -gooses! perennials, , and
area,: Whatever type of ground cover plants,
material you choose, the ap;.' The Ontario Ministry' of
pearance and 'effectiveness Agriculture and Food has
of the wall depends on good '..several publications
conStructiOn, methods.' available to help you
Nothing is more unsightly or prepare your plans. They
frustrating than a wall that are available from local
isconstantly failing down agricultural offices, or from
and - in need of periodic the Information Branch, On -
repair. - ta.riPiViinistry of Agriculture
Always start by preparing and Food, Legislative
a good base for the wall. Buildings, Toronto, Ontario
Preparation varies depen- MA 1A5.
How much is your landscape worth?
How much value do the
trees, shrubs and other liv-
ing plant materials in your
yard addlO your home? And
how can platen?
Landscape Ontario Hop.
ticultural Trades Associa-
tion suggests there are
several ways to figure their
worth. The first way is ob-
vious: calculate the cost of
the plants in the
marketplace. Another is to
assess their contribution to
the value of your property.
And, a third, but difficult
assessment to make. is, the
Contributiork they make to
your qiiality of life:
Living plants do have a
value worth protecting. For
example, the investment
made- in a young tree or
plant five years ago is worth •
more now because of its
larger size and also because
inflationhas increased its in-
itial cost.
A nicely landscaped yard
Can increase the value of a
home by an average of 12
percent. And while it is a fact
that a homeowner can get
back 'some of the money
spent on plant material when
he sells the property, land-
scaping is really done for
other equally important
values - beauty, shade,
recreation areas, privacy,
wildlife attraction or
whatever else the family
might have in mind. Plants
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provide oxygen, filter air,
block unwanted noise, con-
serve energy and screen ug-
ly sights. They clean the air,
cool and humidify. They hold
the earth to stop erosion and
control waterpollution. They
do all these -things and more.
Who can compute the
value of clean, fresh air;
beautiful landscaping and
the collective effects of liv-
ing inra community that says
'we care'.
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Ground covers add vlsual Interesttolandscapes,401444';
same timesolve eregeOlOttl",rnaintenanee .problems.:
Here ground covers eaSeildenVer:TrOeks(auft:407040,;:::,:
softening. Otitline0.-anitimmiyidink,a haagtaaa#*r,aeaat..
other plants rn tko. garden. Erosion aatt:: mitatellan0:0
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fasure,
grow fou.ii.uoors
• Gardeners feel it; keenly
when winter shuts Off the
supply of fresh home-grown
salad vegetables. Many peo-
ple know that -feeling-7 and
want to go on growing
vegetables indoors during
winter. Well, it's hard to do.
The further north you live
the harder it becomes, and-,
especially if in your area you
are cursed with manycloudy
winter days.
There are a few small,
leafy vegetables and herbs
that will grow in pots near a
south or west virndow. Leaf -
lettuce, greens of various
basil and
parsley 'are a few.f But they
don't gioW well at the usual
• house temperature.,
The' fruiting vegetables,
such as toniatrieS,do poorly
except in the sunny sOutli"Or
Southwestern parth ofslhe
countryp- -where windows
flood a room withsunlight,..
:S6, if you have sunny
southern or , western win-
dows, give salad vegetables
a try. But remember, these
plants prefer cool roomathat
balance the reduced winter
sunlight.
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