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NEWS photo Tom Burley

part in gardening duties around the institution.

By Brian Fisher

Hello, and welcome to what

} will be a regular column ap- |

; pearing in the North Shore
News Home and Garden Sup-
plement.

As an arborist and as the
general manager of Alpine Tree
Service Ltd., I am constantly
confronted with the many pro-
blems and questions that home
owners and gardeners have in
respect (0 trees and shrubs.

| In this column, I will try to

address the problems that are ]

current in our community and
to offer timely suggestions for
the care and upkeep of your
valuable tree and shrub assets.

I will discuss current fawn
and garden requirements, but,
by and large, the column will
focus on trees, ornamentals,
larger shrubs, and hedges, and
those lawn and garden pro-

blems that are pertinent to, or |

which may affect larger plant
assets.

I will also be pleased to hear
from you with your tree and
shrub questions and will try to
respond quickly to help you en-

sure safe, healthy and beautiful

trees.

Address questions to Tree
Talk, c/o #2-121 Charles St.,
North Vancouver, B.C. V7H
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ROCKS ON THE ROCKS

Are you drinking
more than water?

IT’S NOT in the Guinness Book of
World Records but it is estinvated
that nearly 40 kilograms of solid
rock are carried into North
American homes every year by
water.

That's the weight of the billions
upon billions of microscopic grains
of dissolved rock which flow
through our taps.

fn the course of its natural
recycling, fresh water absorbs
mineral impurities such as calcium
and magnesium from the ground.

These minerals remain even after
water has been purified for drink-
ing, and adversely atfect our food,
the appearance of our clothes and
plumbing systems.

About’ 85 per cent of Canadian
water supplies contain enough
minerals to cause significant pro-
blems in home uses.

It is reasonably simple to detect
hard water. Soap doesn’t lather, or
lathers poorly.

Instead it combines with water's
hard minerals to form a curd
which leaves a scummy deposit on
surfaces, hair or clothing.

Water heaters often fail because
of the scale build-up from heating
hard water. Such mineral scale can
easily be found in kettles.

However, even the hardest water

can be softened through the use of
a water softening appliance.

Among the benefits from soft-
ened water are longer-wearing
clothes, restored efficiency to
water heating equipment and bet-
ter tasting food.

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