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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1970
Page
6
Burlington AVM plant expert warns garden planners in Vermont about winter injury to landscape shrubs. He explains causes like extreme low temperatures wind and sun desiccation and heaving of roots. Advice covers selecting hardy materials from local nurseries using windbreaks mulching and temporary protection to minimize winter damage.
Burlington notes October offers pleasant weather and vivid fall colors as ideal for planting spring flowering bulbs. Dr. Norman E. Pellett urges planting bulbs now to establish roots before freeze up, advises soil amendments, and recommends thinning crowded bulbs and replacing undersized tulips or daffodils to ensure better future blossoms.
Bletchley England UP I reports the Bletchley Urban Council will move Peter Clements 20 and his wife Janet 19 to a new home after ghosts in their current house troubled them. A council spokesman said the issue has seriously troubled the family and a new place will be made available.
National 4-H Week promotes the WE CARE theme with nearly four million youths nationwide and about 10 000 in Vermont. Vermont 4-H, under University of Vermont Extension Service, highlights hands on projects from foods to international exchanges. Activities include a dam repair, water quality study, and a community fund drive, with over 100 project options for youth ages 9 to 19. For more information contact the County Youth Agent.
Burlington based agronomist Dr. T R Flanagan advises using atrazine with cultivation to curb quackgrass. He notes fall spraying aids control, with plowing two weeks after. For heavy soils, apply before plow. for lighter soils hold half atrazine for spring use. Contact county Extension or University of Vermont for a free Farm Fact No 37.
A simple step by step guide to choose a firm ripe gourd free of damage wash it with cool water and mild soap rinse and dry then apply a coat of fresh shellac cut with denatured alcohol at 530 percent and allow to dry before using the gourd in a table arrangement
In Burlington Dr Gordon R Nielsen of the University of Vermont warns empty pesticide cans can still hold lethal residues. Destroy used containers by burying them or wrapping in newspaper. never reuse metal or glass containers. Never burn bags or depressurize aerosols indoors. store chemicals in original sealed containers and keep locked away from children.
A Vermont county agent recounts the shift from handwritten corn harvests to mechanized farming. He notes hybrid corn’s rise, describes older cutting methods and husking bees, and contrasts past red ear folklore with today’s self propelled picker shells.
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