Wash in cold
and save power

Protect
tender
plants
from frost

OUTDOOR GARDEN activities
never really cease, according [0
the Canadian Garden Council.

In areas where the ground is
now frozen, it is an ideal time to
place lewves or straw around
tender plants. For example, rose
bushes should be hilled up with a
solid mound of soil around their
base just before freeze-up. and
then after the freeze, is the Cime to
place lavers of a muich such as
leaves (held in place by, for ex-
ample, wire mesh or nylon net-
ting), or straw.

The leaves or straw are not
placed until after freeze-up in
order to prevent rodents getting in
and making their winter home at
the expense of your so-called pro-
tected plants.

Homeowners in many areas of
Canada, while they will have had
several hard frosts, will still be
able to work the soil; ie. it will
not yet be frozen solid, or at
worst will have only a few cen-
timetres of frosted soil on the sur-
face. This means it is still possible
to carry out some late autumn
garden activities.

NOT TOO LATE TO PLANT

Spring flowering bulbs, for ex-
ample, may still be planted into
such about-to-freeze, or partially
frozen soil. In fact, the Canadian
Garden Council points out that if
you purchased some tulips,
crocus, daffodils or ather spring-
flowering bulbs, and have not yet
planted them, you may as well
throw them out in the garbage
now, if you do not plant them
somewhere very soon,

Often, novice gardeners believe
that if they do not get their bulbs
planted this autumn, they can just
keep them over and plant them
next spring. This is not the case!
Bulbs not planted this fali will be
totally wasted. It matters not how
you altempt to keep thent over,
they will not remain viable. They
must be planted so that they may
re-start their growth cyclic.

TRY FORCING BULBS

The one option that remains for
those .who do not get their bulbs
planted before the soil freezes
soiid, is to plant them in con-
tainers for forcing in the home.
To do this, the homeowner must
have an area or facility where the
bulbs will undergo their **simu-
lated” winter for about ten to 14
weeks.

The area might be a shallow pit
dug near the foundation of the
home, and covered with straw,
chipped styrofoam, or leaves to
keep it from freezing, or the facil-
ity might be an old refrigerator in
the basement where the bulés can
be stored, planted in their con-
tainers.

The important: part of the
storage is that the temperature be
maintained not higher than) about
9° C (48° F) and that it never go
below a deerce below freezing.

The bulbs may be planted ia
any type of soil, including sand or
bagged planting soil the
planting medium, what is,
need only barely cover the tips of
the bulbs, so the containers may
be very shallow. Bulbs may be
crammed into. the conlainers so
they are almost touching — each

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Aubrey Schneider

Furnitur
Expert

HOME & GARDEN

B.C. HYDROYS Power Smart
energy conservation program
Wants people to wash and rinse
clothes ins cold water instead of
hot.

Ina move tying in directly with
the detergent industry, Hydro is
Promoting cold water detergents
in homes with electric hot water

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heaters. Program) manager Jen-
nifer MeCurdy says, “The pro-
duction of hot water for clothes
Washing uses a stagyering amount
of electricity.

“Given the major advances in
detergent formulation, it’s simply
no longer necessary to rely on
Ones designed for hot water use.

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New cold water detergents, such
as Arctic Power, are specially
formulated to get your whole
wash clean. They are proven ef-
fective on tough stains, even in
cold water.

“We want people to not only
switch their rinse cycle but also
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