New tools, gadgets
ease gardening

‘Here are just some of the pot-
pourri of gardening tools and
gadgets being introduced for this
-, year’s gardening season:
* A flood of new water-related
products _ sprinklers and drip

systems’ for applying. water, .

~sulbstances to save: water: and con-
tainers that water themselves. -

® Monitoring traps - for. garden -. -

insect pests.

ve Aerodynamically ‘designed
cold frames that: deal with wind
problems,

° New designs in applicators :

that bring case and convenience to

fertilizing .or spraying the garden
~ and yard.

® Slug bait, | ‘kid gloves, ‘gopher

. inhibitors, detachable convertible. :

~ tools andmore.”  -..
«. °: These are products that will br-
. ing, innovative techniques into the

_ garden; conserve natural resources, —
help. solve: common garden ‘Pro-

hee

IMAGINE A™ lawn’ that ‘depel |
"weeds, resists: disease, ‘dislikes fer-.

tilizer,, stays: green late in - the ©.

~ season: and
a _ Brows.
". Accordin

best of all — ~ barely

~ geneticist says he has produced: 35°

Glass enclosures ”

o International .
"Wildlife - _ Magazine, “ a Canadian

@. ‘Sunrooms:

blems, save time and energy. and
offer a. multiplicty of possibilities
with simple attachments. :

- Retail sales of lawn and garden
products last. year ~ soared over
previous totals, with an increase in
the average amount. of moncy ccn-

sumers spent on a majority of lawn -

and garden activities. :
“Trends are showing that garden
-ing houscholds are becoming more.
involved i in lawn ‘and garden activi-
tics.
In ‘the past. ‘ gardeners limited
themselves to one or two-forms of

“gardening, but today the yard is
like one more room of the home to J

many sardenercs,. .

The yard : tends to. “reflect the |
personal. style and taste of , the .
gardencr, and involves many types

‘of. gardening activities: . growing .

food, ornamentals, flowers, bulbs,
shrubs, trees and more.

ines: of such a miracle grass strom’

+ AT. alpine species... 24 re |

The federal govertinient .
“already. “using ~ the: slow-growing
grasses along highways, but it will
be another four years or so before *
* they are available € commercially, .

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LIFESTYLES

. bedroom, :
any.
_ comes in.a variety of
‘sizes,

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Add light & charm to
your home with a
greenhouse garden win-

dow. Visually. expands
‘cramped “areas with

sunshine & the feeling
of airy spaciousness.
For your kitchen,
familyroom,
“room. Window |

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assembled & can: be
easily installed.

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