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“Boulevard property ... until they found someone with a por-
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I KNOW this has not been
the best of years weather-
wise and in light of this,
many of you may be disap-
nointed in the results of
your efforts in the garden.

lam assuming that this is the
reason for the low number of en-
tries in this year’s North Shore
Gardens ’93 Contest and nomina-
tions for the North Shore Block
Beautiful Awards 93.

As with the story of the half-
full versus the half-empty glass,
there are two ways we can view
this information.

Pessimistic gardeners will be
convinced that everyone else is
wiser than they are and therefore
should follow their example and
not enter.

This is the same person who
bought his/her fast house during
the rush towards the cliff in the
early ’80s only to sell it after
smashing on the rocks below later
in the decade.

The optimistic gardener likely
sold to the free-faller and was
there waiting at the crash site.

To these opportunists, a low
number of entries equals a better
chance of winning; not that posi-
tive-minded pzople such as these
need'to rely on luck.

Jam not suggesting that enter-
ing your garden or nominating
your favorite block will turn you
into a real estate tycoon, but it
may just brighten up your days a
litthe. After all, just how bad can
it be?

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OVER THE GARDEN GATE

You enter, you get to meet a
large number of like-minded
gardening enthusiasts, you get /ots
of free advice and later you might
just win the recognition y you
deserve.

I say go for it.

I suppose we could view the
moister-than-most weather that
we, have been experiencing in
much the same way.

‘ | know many of you will be
aware of only the cooler than,
normal temperatures, the higher

than normal rainfall and the more
numerous pests in the garden.

But there is more to this story. ;

The threatened drought seems -
to have evaporated (or should I {
say drowned), we do not-have to: :
drag the hose and sprinkler
around the yard quite so much, -
and inost plants seem to be doing:
better than they would ifthe. ¢
weather were up to expectations. -

Sure there are a few warm-
weather bedding plants (eg. impa-
tiens, zinnias, etc.) that are not -
performing quite as expected, but
how about those trees, shrubs and
herbaceous perennials; I’ve never;
seen them do better. '

In general, I would say that the
vast majority of plantsin our =~
gardens seem to be soaking it up :.
— pun intended.

Therefore things really aren’t as
bad as they seem and you really
should enter the contest — or
nominate a beautiful block.

Closing date for entries in the ©
North Shore Gardens ’93 Contest,
is Sunday, July 25 and nomina-_ |
tions for the North Shore Block |
Beautiful Awards ’93 must be
teceived not later than Saturday, :.
July 31, so get busy.

Entry and nomination forms

See Garden tour page 47

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