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the tribune thursday december 18 1ix j bauer kates for christmas waltraut richter tends her herbs and flowers at her greenhouse located a half mile east of goodwood formerly of locust hill she and her husband have become well known for their wide variety of potted herbs richters greenhouse journey of new scents insights goodwood care for a spot of lemon balm tea or perhaps a little lemon verbena for your salad a sprig of rosemary to freshen your room each of those requests could be filled at an establishment located a half mile east of goodwood a greenhouse operation owned and run by otto and waltraut richter prior to june the business had become wellknown for its rganicallygrown shrubs nd flowers but it was primarily known for its herbs the richters had been located at a farm near locust hill but were forced to move due to expropriation for the north pickering project they had 10 greenhouses there and are now starting oyer t again in goodwoodw vk if i y resident expert on the over200 varieties of herbs grown there is mrs richter r its really an in teresting business she enthuses i love my plants mrs richter has been interviewed on the cbc television show take 30 as well as in- numerous newspaper and magazine articles she began growing herbs when first coming to canada from austria in- europe she said we use so many herbs but here we couldnt find what we wantedwe never found people with herbs to sell there was never a big selection in the nur series after starting togrow herbs the richters found the interest to be great in fact over 1500 letters were received from across canada after mrs richters take 30 appearance one visitor to the greenhouse from the east coast wrote back saying the visit was one of the highlights of his ontario trip mrs richter em phasizes that shes not in the business just for the money but just because mike it myself and i want other people to like it too- tour through the greenhouse with mrs richter is a journey of new scents and new in sights sage you will learn can be made into a lea and gargled for sore throat for cuts or burns rub on the leaves of aloe vena a fine relaxing tea can be made from st johns herb its specifically for the nerves says mrs richter if you cook mexican or chinese dishes youll wanu conander valerians good for heart ailments for infections theres sea onion the list goes on curry thyme oregano spearmint catnip water cress clives parsley penny royal spearmint peppermint lemon mint and pineapple sage each has a story and a use mrs richter gives advice for drying and freezing the herbs and even sells books on how to care for them as house plants a major part of their business has been the mail order sale of seeds but locally they are probably best known for their potted plants another side to their business is the sale of supplies for organic gardening including seeds plant food fer tilizers and pesticides greenwood news county honors in 4h for two girls motorist saves service station markham a passing motorist who called in the alarm prevented the destruction of a highway 7 service station last week according to fire chief myrl smith firefighters arrived on the scene to find a jam med air compressor in the part of the building used by speedy auto glass flames had spread to the walls and ceiling on the east side of the building firemen worked for an hour to extinguish the blaze it took place about 140 pm thursday dec 11 congratulations- to ruth honingh and wendy woof who received their county honors at the 4h homemakihg club achievement day at whitby on saturday eight girls from the greenwood club suc cessfully completed the course on a touch of stitchery donna wilson prepared the poster and rosalie brooks gave the commentary the greenwood choir who meet every week for practice at the church were given a special treat last friday night when we were invited across the road to the home of mr and mrs e trimble where a sumptuous meal was provided then at- invitation of our gracious hosts we gathered around the piano and again the christmas carols rang out the annual meeting ofthe ucw was held at the church on thursday evening dc 11 the following officers i jycre appotntedfof the coming year pres pat beach vicepres joan pitt- man recscc janet crawford correspsec lorraine nicholson treas susic pascoe- coop in chris and miss ed olive trimble community friendship mrs mn pegg supply kay webb lit betty goodwin mem bership gladys brown program l nicholson beatric mclean press and publicity elva henning soc functions betty goodwin mildred mctaggart sheila brooks manse doreen middleton pearl brooks stewardship and voc marjorie morden flowers olive trimble and marjorie morden nom com lorraine nicholson betty good win mildred mctaggart curator mrs e pegg merry christmas from dixie lee excellent value ft 9hvb excellent prices tmde ilowed we carry a complete line of bauer skates sugg list our price 00 oo large skate exchange used skates christmas murray wilson i 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