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14 'THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, Mey 8, 1965 GARDEN GUIDE Hanging Baskets For Patios BY A. R. BUCKLEY Long festoons of flowers hang- ing from the rafters of your car- port or from posts of your en- trance lights bring visions of Victoria, B.C., and seem only possible in that mild and cool climate. However, there are many plants that will perform this function in Eastern Can- ada, either in shade or full sun, provided attention is paid to the construction of the basket and the cultivation of the plants in it. The outdoor patio, breezeway, driveway lamp standards, and carport can all be embellished with hanging baskets. Very often the only way to decorate a. service station is with this form of plant decor or perhaps|6 window boxes. The first consideration is the basket itself. Garden supply houses or seedsmen usually carry 2 line of ready-made bas- kets or wire or molded poly- ethylene plastic, You can, too, make one yourself from wire netting or number 12 guage wire. If the baskets are custom- built you should attach a metal dishpan to the bottom in order| to catch water and prevent| dripping. Some lining is neces-| sary to keep the soil from wash-| ing out. With ready-made bas- kets you can use polyethylene plastic as a lining at the hot- tom. The best way is to take dried coarse sphagnum moss and mold it into the shape of a bird's nest. If polyethylene is used to keep in moisture or to) prevent dripping, fit it igre inside the moss. Now you are ready for the soil. / The mixture should consist of) two parts of good soil, one part! of sand, and one part of peat) moss. To each bushel of this| mixture add a tablespoon of a} commercial fertilizer such as} 9-6. LINED WITH MOSS Planting of the baskets may) be done as soon as the weather] is warm enough outside. When) the lower half of the basket has been lined with moss and filled| with soil, push through a few) plants to grow out from the) sidés. Now finish filling with the} compost to one inch from the top. The rim of the basket may LITTLE HAS CHANGED FOR GIRLS WHO SAW 'VISION' will succeed where they get the full sunshine, The following are good examples: hanging bell- flower, Sapphire lobelia, varie- gated ground-ivy, balcony and \eascade types of petunia, nas- turtiums, lantana, Bijou dwarf sweet peas, Royal Ensign, dwarf morning glory, German ivy, jereeping zinnia, canary bird vine, and pendulous succulent plants such as little pickles and be made more solid by mixing one part of clay soil and one part of straw and puddling this with water to form a cement- like material. Then spread it around the rim. After planting, stand the plants in the shade or in the basement for a day or so until they become established, Give good attention to wateri all summer since soil in a basket dries out very quickly. If the basket is in a place where the|'he Morgan sedum. drip might cause annoyance, Some of these plants must be} water late at night. jbrought inside for the winter if Liquid fertilizer should be ap-jyou wish to keep them from plied every two or three weeks|year to year. The easiest ones in the form of 20-20-20 fertilizer|to give you a quick start are at the rate of 2 teaspoons to a/nasturtiums, dwarf sweet peas, gallon of water. dwarf morning glory, glory vine PLANTS FOR THE SHADE and creeping zinnia, The seeds Strawberry geranium, trade-jof these plants may be sown scantia, Kenilworth ivy, achi-|directly in the basket at the menes, philodendrons, trailing| beginning of May. tuberous begonias, columneas,, Plants in hanging baskets do) patience plants, cup-and-saucer|not need to be just those that vine, glory vine, black-eyed/hang down, You can also use Susan vine, English ivy, creep-|upright plants. By varying com- ing Jenny and ivy-leaved gera-|binations and changing plants nium all do well in a shady|from year to year you can de- place. velop this project into a very} Almost any pendulous plants! interesting hobby. Trestle tables were used as far back as Elizabethan times and were great favorites in Colonial America, Pattern 390, which gives a material - list, actual-size cutting guides and illustrated steps for making a dining, a breakfast and a cof- fee table of this type, is 50 cents, This pattern also is one of four in the Furniture for Thrifty Folks Packet No. 15 for $1.75. Postage stamps not acceptable. Building Editor, Oshawa Times. THE HOME WORKSHOP ee ee TORONTO (CP)--A coroner's inquest was told Thursday that Buildings Safe, Not Men Coroner's Jury Informed May i ete, See Oa aS a BIRD LOVER KILLED TORONTO (CP) -- A bird- lover was killed y as he was searching for a robin's nest in a crane boom. George Far- raguia, 26, a oundry worker, was crushed between the boom and a ladder he was climbing after he had seen the bird fly- The inquest was adjourned 4 | 19, ing into a nest. a building inspector and his col- me leagues in suburban Etobicoke|} |\are more concerned with the || Safety of a structure than with || the safety of construction work- ers. The inquest was investigating A model house for your the death March 23 of Jaroslow bird neighbors has five rooms.|Krupka, 57, of Toronto, who fell It looks as though it must)in the basement of a partially- have a fireplace as there is a\completed house, nice red chimney and it is) Building inspector George well landscaped with formal) Graham said he had to 'go RUG & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING In Your Home... or Our Plant PHONE 725-9961 DSHAW Aes srt, trees, Pattern 469, which gives|along"' with a certain amount actual-size guides and direc-/of leniency with house builders. tions for this house, is 50 cents.;| Mr, Graham testified there 4 It also is in the Homes for/were no safety fences around mein LLEANERS. Bireds Packet No. 75 which/the holes for the staircase when gives eight different bird he inspected the house, being house designs all for $1.75. Pos-|built by Bospher Construction tage stamps not acceptable.|Co., a week before the acci- Building Editor, Oshawa Times. |dent. DIFFICULT WINDOWS | QUESTION: We moved into a 20-year-old home last fall. Some windows. open and some we can't budge. Those that do open work very hard, Is there any- thing we can do to make them work easier and to open the ones that are stuck? ANSWER: All-purpose, non-| oily, spray lubricants are widely| available at hardware, housed Four Years Since Holy Virgin Seen ONE-PIECE CONCRETE By HAROLD K. MILKS SAN SEBASTIAN DE GARA- Spanish village of 300 inhabit-jions," especially wit! BANDAL, Spain (AP) -- Fourlants who live in small, rustic/Usually it is Conchita Gonzalez -. 4 years have made little change in the lives of four Spanish girls|valley of Cosio, 200 miles north\NgRMAL LIVES who on June 18, 1961, said they | The "paradise" is a northern |houses crowded together in the | jof Madrid. reluctant to discuss her "vis-jiheir families later, was St. h strangers, | Michael. Later the Virgn Mother appeared to them, they who acts as spokesman. All four girls work and study) | "Are you more concerned wares and variety stores for|with the safety of structures making windows, locks, drawers|than with the safety of hu- ete, slide more easily; follow|mans?" coroner F, D. Cruick- label directions. |Shank asked. x | For the windows that won't). "Yes we are," the inspectpr| open at all, at the same stores|"ePlied. 'It would be a fulltime) as the lubricant there is a small|j0b for a dozen men-to enforce| serrated - edge, metal gadget,|the safety of workers," with a wooden handle designed)" ~~ ecu especially for breaking the paint|putty knife with a hammer so film on stuck windows, Or very|it cuts in between the window | carefully tap the blade of aisash and frame. PROXIMITY TO CHURCHES . . . Religion is @ most important pert of our modern way of life end Braemor Gardens hos Included it In this "Oh 86 Modern Community". Convenience Is the by-word and this is only ene one more sample of its truth; Letter Doy Saints, St. Paul's Presbyterien, St. Mary's of the People, St. Merk's Anglican, Gibbon St, Baptist, West- mount United, and King St. Pentecos- to! ore all within minutes of the home you choose, haan Catholic | braemor gardens received the first of a series of| tiny church is the most out-|in the village, helping their! visits from the Mother oll standing feature of the village, families keep their chill stone Increase Seen Christ. |most of whose people are farm- houses clean, working at times NEW YORK (AP)--The offi-| The Roman Catholic Church ers. jin the fields, going frequently ictal 1965 Roman Catholic direc- has not accepted the authentic-| What manner of people are the|® ™ass. All four appear to lead|iory reports a 40-per-cent in- IEP ity of these claims, yet the curi- ous from far and near continue to make the difficult pilgrimage to this mountain village to speak with the four girls and hear their stories. Two successive bishops of the; Santander diocese have cau-| tioned their priests that the| claim of the four girls to have seen and talked with the Virgin 'lacks confirmation or authen- tication."" ceived serious study from many| churchmen. Rev. J. M. Bonance of Mars-sur - Allier, Nievre, France, published a report on his investigation. "San Sebastian de Gara- bandal, what a marvel," wrote Father Bonance. "It is a corner of paradise. Never has the Vir- gin shown herself so near to her children, so maternal, so tender. When one has lived there, one can say with the chil- dren 'Mother, take us with you.' " four young girls, who now pre dict a return of the Virgin for another visit to Garabandal about June 10? They claim they last saw her Dec. 8, 1963. | All were--at the time of the first apparition--typical village children who took advantage of a festival day to slip away to jan orchard to play, and there said they encountered the vision. lives no different from other| creas tants. visitor," were playing near the orchardjand Americans serving abroad| and suddenly there was a thun-|in government capacities derclap. Then I felt some pres- : ; Bokeh eh e during the last decade in children growing up in this vil-lthe number of Roman Catholics| lage, with its close-knit inhabi-|i, the United States and serv- : ing abroad. difference when) The directory, published an- There is a the girls discuss the visits they/nually, set the present total of say the Virgin made to them. [Roman Catholics at 45,640,619 "I was the first to see ourlincluding American citizens and said Conchita. 'Welforeigners residing in the U.S.| The directory showed a boost Two of the girls wre 12 whenjence and knelt down to pray.jof 13,064,917 in the number of Yet their reports have re-jthey first reported their meet-\a+ first my friends thought I/Roman Catholics since 1955. | ing with the Virgin, The other), two girls were 10 at the time. Today the eldest, Conchita Gonzalez, is at 16 a serious, studious girl, quiet but friendly. Next in age is Maria Dolores Mazon, a happy, smiling gir! whose friends call her "Loli." The third child, Maria Cruz Gonzalez, is reserved and quiet, difficult to talk with, less ex-| pressive than her three com- panions. The fourth, Jacinta Gonzalez Gomez, also is timid and more TANK TALK Summer Dress In Order In Regiment BY CAPT. N. M. HALL | SUMMER DRESS will be taken into wear in the Regiment effective May 13. For training this will consist of bush trousers and tunic, beret, boots and put- tees, regimental black belt and squadron scarves. "A" Sqn. per- sonnel will continue to wear coveralls, belts, boots, puttees, berets and scarves during AFV training and maintenance. All ranks will also wear armlets with cloth shoulder titles and Aiter May 13 SIX OF THE EIGHT candi- dates passed the type "'B" Jun- ior Non-Commissioned Officers' Course conducted by Lieutenant Baird of the Training Squadron. Testing was done May 1 by WO 2 Simpson of Central Ontario Area Instructional Staff. The Junior NCO candidates have been under instruction on Satur- dary mornings for the past eight} months, All are members of the 1964 Student Militia graduating ill. Then they saw it, too." The total represents an fn- Their first visitor, they toldicrease of 766,248 over last year.! MWMEDIATE LELIVERY CW ML YEE @ FOR YOUR NEW HOME @ REPLACEMENT FOR OLD STEPS @ NON*SLIP SURFACE ON TREADS AND PLATFORM |; + (Stevenson Rd, N. and Annapolis) CONCRETE PRODUCTS LTD. You Wouldn't Have e House ~ Oceans of Hot Wat er without Closets eee nd Most Inconvenient! 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