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LIFESTYLES!

AWARD-WINNING YARDS
Locais open up gardens

ing gardens, plus have the chance to win a consula-
tion with a professional horticulturist: and landscape

SIX AWARD-WINNING North Shore gardeners will
open up their gardens over this weekend for the en-

joyment of garden lovers and their fellow gardeners. designer.
The top gardeners will be available to answer ques- Pets or children wili not be permivted in any of the
tions and share expertise with visitors to their gardens, — gardens.

located from Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay.
Admission for the Aug. 7 open gardens is $10, en-
titling ticket-holders to visit all six of the award-winn-

For more details, call Dan Daszkowski at 986-914)
or Pat Strike at 926-5342.

Guard against
freeze-ups now

THERE ARE several steps you can
take Co avoid winter Treeze-ups of
your home plumbing system.

These are neither complicated
nor expensive, but cam save you
considerable money in preventing
broken pipes and water damage.

There are three kinds of plumb-
ing freeze-ups:

1. Sudden, brief and extreme
cold snaps that affect one localized
area in the house.

2. Full-seasoned exposure of a
few pipes to sub-freezing condi-
tions.

3. Total house freeze-up while
unoccupied.

Basic protective materials to
help guard against freeze-ups in-
clude: caulking for small air feaks,
insulation for pipes and exposed
water tanks, heat cables or tape
and antifreeze (for toilets and traps
when house is unoccupied for long
periods of time).

Feel with your hands for cold air
entering anywhere a pipe comes
near an outside wall, Wherever
you feel cold air you will need to
plug with caulking.

If you intend to leave your home
unoccupied for long periods of
time, you may want to consider
completely draining your plumbing
system. Be sure to get proper in-
formation on how io do this cor-
rectly.

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