The Huron Expositor, 1980-05-01, Page 66•-•
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HOME, & GARDEN impROvEmENT SUPPLEMENT
• If you're looking for WayS
to liven, up your landscape,
how about something delici-
on* different. Why not add
a dash uf flavor, as Welt AS
color, --plant torriatoes! .
When, you stop to consider
tomatoes, you'll find that
they're just as easy to groW
as flowers and, are even more
versatile. In fact, they offer
another important advan-
taggHYPn can alWaYs eat
• what !ou plant, and with.
*food_pnces being What they
are, that's.an important con-
sideration, .
Tomatoes can be planted
• in almosteny way imaginable
• and each will make an exquis-
ite decoration. You can plant,
. •
• them, vertically on trellises,
• fences or specially prepared
' • ,
•
You can afsii. Site them
horizontally With other veg-
etables or flowers to. create
,•
informal, gardens, breaking
op solid areas'of foliage and.
•trees with sfilasheS of 'vibrant
••• color. Or, you can plant them
0 S
as. borders around flower
beds or Vegetable patches.
In addition,.tomatoes are
easy to groW tn. containers,
according torhe Ortho book;
-Au About Tomatoe§---
which Offers you the freedom
,to change your landscape at
will. Y.QP Can Wont) them to
brighten up Patio aucl Pool
areas, or •to fill in empty 'cot-
ners of your laWn.
Line them up along drive-
ways and footpaths; use
them to flank entranceways,
or move them back and forth
to satisfy all the needs of your
landscape, • •
•
For •something different,
try Planting them in. window
boxes to .brighten •up your
view; of 'the outside world,
flanging ,baskets of tomato
:plants can be added to com-
plete -Our -window -frame .0n."
the sides,
There are as"many ways to
decorate yourlandscape with
tematods as there are tomato
varietios. But whichever var-
iety and designyou- choose,
Brusseis
• (Ozmtinued frotri page 5)
Floor covedngS were add-
• ed and.tho apartment is now,
carPeted throughout with the
• exception of tho. kitcheri and •
• bathroom. • Kitchen cuP-
boards' and,plumbing • neces- '
Sities were -then installed..;
•Instead of panelling bOth ihe
,
• '
couple.
Make Sure that ,your land-
scape decorations •rerpain-
"frnitfur by,providing them,
with the bastes. required, by
all plant, -light, Water, nu-
trients, and th4 prope,rgrow-
ing
ternperattlre.
TO rent*both, beautiful
and productive, most tomato
plants should receive 6 hours
,of continuous sunlight daily.
PrOper eXPoSure is a prob-
lem where Youlive, your best
• bet is tco grow tOmatoes 'in
inabile containers so. they
Pan:oHow the
;Watering should take place
regularly and the supply
, ,
•_should he eOusiStellt. trOW-
ever, keepin mind 'that too
much water will drown the
plant roots, and too little op
cl.tt off, tornafo production.
Make 4nre Your growing
soil is loose enough to permit
• rapid drainage •after water-
ing, so that enough air v011 be
left la the SOIL
Mei' enjoying the beauty
of tomatoeWn your Vr-dert,
you'll ..1:)e able to enjoy the
beauty of tbeirUste on your
salad. And, if you've given
your plants all that they re-
• quire, You'll have a healthy,
robust and juicy vegetable
kitchen and bathroom areas
•were covered w'ith bright,
• cheery wallpaper. '
It was not necessary for,
•the Sandersons •to call in
somebody to, do renovations
for them as Mr. Sandersonis
a Brussels contractor.
WIMMINGPQO
SOLAR PANEL
sunato sown
The newly renovated kitchen of the gatehouse
beside the Sanderson home.
verything required for your pool is available
0. coping
• diving b9bor,ds.
gpme's •.
heater
• covers
• .a6tomatiC ,cle,aner,
-gaS :barbecues.
, .
f.,_tost kits and themicOiS:,
Omplete water testing FREE OF CIIARG
ladders
slides
vacuum
dornes
urniture
,
-0 solar heating
• fencing •
orth,Main
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formerly Canadian Poois
eatitth Ont.
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