“Many. good
along with other folks cele-

brated the birth of another |

vear on January 1. That is.

ee f% : J beet ae
. fine for most folks, but oui

New Year begins on Sunday.

March 20, and that being the

thinking about the garden.
Many of my readers took my

{ and nursery catalogue during
7 the past three months and
know what's new for 1977.

- we will be getting ‘“‘warm-
ing’’ trends in the soil. and
**Old Mother Nature”’ waves
‘her wand to get growth
started. It's amazing how.

weather for good production.
1976 wasn't the best vear for
crop productioh. Very cold
weather. just as the flowers

made . production poor.

However, all wasn't lost.

orchards were more. or less
protected by the trees on the
perimeter, and thus didn't
suffer too much. But I think
of homeowners who have
only two or three trees and.

harvest. only to have fruit
production  ‘*knocked-out™

and disappointing. and my
mail showed your concern

vith the non- “production of
fruit.

‘However. this doesn't
occur every vear, “and we
should feel fortunate for that.
but did you notice the price

All that is caused by the
shortage of native — fruit
production - ‘and the higher
costs of imports.

Lawns were pretty last
vear. and wherever I travel-
led. | checked out good grass
growth, talked. with several
people, and remarked on
how well the turf looked.
‘Many of vou have been using
the ‘tone shot’’ method:
that's putting down an
application of Golden Vigoro
as mentioned on the bag.
This will feed your lawn. for
five long months, Neighbors.
giving you more time for
other chores around your
garden...

CHECK -

March is a good month to
check over your garden --
especially — the
areas. Make sure the frosts
haven't lifted your plants out
of the soil. If 1 find plants

in the soil. Along about now
isn’t a bad time to apply
some Pink Vigoro to the
perennial beds. They will
benefit from an carly feeding
-- sav about 4 pounis toa 160
square fect of growing area,
Spread this by hand over the
areca which may be done
while the frost is still in the
ground and then: worked in
| dater,

gardeners .

first dav of Spring. we start -

advice and ordered a seed.

In various parts of Canada

much we depend on the .

started to open on fruit trees

The trees in the centre of the -~

some. of the new.

wie ee - taste, .
are anticipating a fair to good »

by late frost. It’s unfortunate . ~~

of fruit last summer and fall? -

did vou have your

perennial '

lifted, I just push them back:

i received quite a few
etters late last spring telling
me of peony buds failing to
open -- we cai’ this ‘‘blast’’.
piants wants them to just
produce leaves -- so the
flowers you expect on your
peony plants will require a
little attention this spring. As
soon as the winter covering is
removed, lay

green boughs: over them

the ground.

After this has been remov-
ed, spray the soil area with a
fungicide. You can use 50
Captan. Phaltan . or the
systemic fungicide. Benomyl
-+ aS soon as the _ shoots

_ appear, spray them again. I

recommend spraving again
ten days later. If the fungi

‘can be kept from your plants.
you'll have better plants.

ea

_. [hope you were able to get
1977
vegetable. seed introduc-
tions. I’m sure you are going

to appreciate what the plant |
- breeders have done. Better.
growth © and.
“more resistance to disease.

better

if you haven't done so,
your fruit trees should be
sprayed with a lime sulfur
dormant spray to kill off
Over-wintering insects. This
chore should be done March
15 at the ‘latest. As a matter
of fact. 1 mentioned last fall
that vou should mark your

calendar to spray your fruit

trees with a dormant: tree
spray on- a mild wind-free
dav in January or February.
This is one job that normally
can be done in winter.

SHARPEN UP

-

One other point. I'd like

you to check out this month --
lawn-

00

Ns one growing hovering.

a few. ever--

of. West:
Burbidge arid Cliff Adkins.of
North: Vancouver; T. Je Mac-

@ per day plus chemicals
rents the amazing hydro-mist
curpet and upholstery cleaner

CLEAN YOUR CHESTERFIELD FOR JUS
OST OF CHEMICALS)
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new rem rows

DST ORAGE UN

objects d‘art.

It has its own built-in. bar
with pull out counter area,

space for T.¥., books,
records and a decorative pot
of flowers.

Everyone needs more stor-
age space. espectally for
apartment living. This modu-

_ lar storage unit goes together

as easily .as_ children’s
building blocks -- and you
can build it from just two
sheets of 4x8 ft. ‘sanded
Douglas Fir plywood.

And when you move or

The school board repre-.
sentatives on College Council
this year will. be _ Audrey
Sojonky and Lilian Thiersch

-Vancouver; .. Don

mower serviced during the

winter? If you neglected to

have it done, better ‘get it
down to the lawn-mower
service centre before they
get swamped with requests
from others who also forgot
to take their’ machines in.
Nothing gives a lawn a better
look than one that has been
mowed with a'well balanced
sharp: blade.

f
‘

One last word, Neighbors.
do order your new introduc-
tion seeds, because next

month we'll be starting them
-- and the Gardener's New
Year work will begin.

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they come apart into easy-to-

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“VA recent cabinet order has:.§
_ reappointed ‘six. ‘government | 7
council’ members to serve on
Capilano College's Council

for another year. They are

West Vancouver, Peter
Powell and Dr. Lalit Srivas-
tava of North Vancouver,
Jack Stathers and Hilda
Rizun.of Squamish.

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