24 - North Shore News — Wednesday, October 25, 2000

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that garlic is a bulb which
needs to be planted at this
time of the year. If vou have 4
selection of garlic bulbs and
keep planting them each vear

vou will eventually be able to
harvest a quarter or more of
the largest cloves each vear.
Seeds trom shrubs and
trees often have to be stratified
befere they will germinate. ff
you want to uy and grow 3

Plant garlic bulbs in the fall

dogwood or arbutus tree or
shrub such as cotoneaster or
pvracantha, this is che Gime to
take the bernes and mix them
with some damp peat before
placing them in a plastic bag,
in the fridge. Around March

of nest vear the partially ger-
minated seeds can be potted
up to grow on a window sill.
Remember that many of
your vegetable root crops such
as parsnips and turnips do not
taste their best until they have
been subjected toa trost. This
changes some of the starch to
sugar and sweetens them.
Cheek your garden for

mature flower heads, seed cap-
sules, berries, grass and cones.
Collecting and drvizg these
items Row will provide vou
with an array of material for
winter bouquets or table deco-
rations. Hydrangea heads can
be placed in a vase with a
small amount of water. As the
water evaporates from the vase
the petals will slowly dry out

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and be preserved.

As vour summer annual
basket and container plants
die, trv rebuilding the contain-
ers with hardy bulbs, winter
Pansies, evergreen perennials
and sprays of cut holly and
pine. Check vour local nursery
to see what can be used in a
winter planter and then set out
in the garden next spring.

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Business Members.

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