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4 HOME & GARDEN _

NEWS photo Mike Waketicid

YOU'LL be more abie to identify weeds ir your garden, like this Morning Glory,
with tha ald of Weeds of Canada and the Northern United States.

| Wanted: organic gardens

_HOW does your gar-
den grow?

If you answered “organi-
cally,” then the North Shore
Recycling Program wants to
hear from you.
The NSRP is secking
. Model organic gardens for a
Fall 1999 Natural Gardens
“Harvest Tour. Could your
-garden be the first stop?
With gardening being one
“of the most popular hobbies
iin North America, it’s no
wonder everyone is talking
about it.

But you may have noticed
that the talk of late is turning
to some practices you may
have never heard of: perma-
culture, organic and water-
wise gardening, integrated
pest management, greywater
systems, butterfly gerdens,
and more. So what's it all
about?

More and move gardeners
are beginning to understand
the link between the health of
our communities and the
health of the land that sup-
ports them.

At a very base level, this
inclades our own backyards.

For the past few decades,
conventional gardening prac-
tices have actually fought
against the natural tendencies
of the land, but chat all seems
to be changing now, as many
people begin to embrace
organic gardening, grasscy-
cling, turf alrernatives, com-
posting permaculture and
other practices more in keep-
ing with balance in our com-
munities.

The NSRP would like to
promote these practices and
spotlight gardeners on the
North Shore who are doing
things a little differently,
who've moved beyond the

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conventional model and are
taking the future in their
hands.

To that end, the NSRP is
planning a Fall 1999 Natural
Gardens Harvest = Tour.
Should you or anyone you
know be currently practising
organic/alternative garden-
ing and would like to be
involved in the tour, the pro-
gram would love to hear from
you.

When you call, you. will
receive an entry form on
which you can describe your
garden and the practices that
sustain it.

Then, provided it fits

@ Weeds of Canada and the
Northern United States, by
France Royer & Richard
Dickinson, Lone Pine
Publishing and University
of Alberta Press,
Edmonton, Alberta.
$29.95.

WHEN first asked to
review Weeds of
Canada, I was luke-
warm to the idea.

However, after looking at
the book, J think ir will
become a very useful and val-
ued addition to my library.

A fot of thought has gone
into the planning of this
book to make it user friendly.
There is a quick reference for
identifying weeds and grasscs
as mature plants or as
scedlings using clear pho-
tographs. The plants are bro-
ken down into natural divi-
sions and cach page has a
colour tab according to
flower colour. You do not
have to be a botanist to use
the book.

Each weed entry has a
standard format that covers
such topics as: quick ID, dis-
tribution, common names,
description, reason for con-
cern and similar species. This
information is accompanied
by four to six excellent colour
photographs showing all
parts of the plant from
seedling to flower.

Many of our common
weeds are close relatives to
domesticated plants but lack
their redeeming qualities and
are prone to spread. Others
are poisonous to humans and

for tour

within the alternative garden
and yard care mandate, your
garden could be included on
the tour.

It’s a great opportunity to
pet the word out to your fei-
jow gardeners, to allow them
to sce exactly how thse activ-
ities are put into pra€tice suc-
cessfully.

Deadline for entries is
Aug. 20, 1999, so cali the
NS2P at 984-9730 to receive
your entry form.

All qualifying North Shore
gardeners who respond to
this call will be entered into a
draw for a Garden Gourmet
backyard composter.

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Weeds of Canada will be of
most interest to gardeners
and horticulturists but it
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in the outdoors. With this
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recognize all the roadside
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