Pond Project Brightens Outdoor Garden Setting
A backyard initiative expands from lawn to 200 square feet of fishpond and small garden, with Richard supporting the plan. The author notes birds, dragonflies, and water features will enrich the scene, but discovers leaf damage from green caterpillars across camelia, aucuba, ligularis, and cesnothus. Spraying with chlorthane concentrate is used to combat soil and plant pests to prevent further harm.
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Richard
Javins
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Jack Gayden
Avill
Bird
Living Outdoors With Summer's Dawn Furniture Trends
Outdoor living rises as summer casual furniture blends indoor use and outdoor durability. Aluminum steel and wicker pieces feature multiuse designs, bright colors like turquoise and yellow, and adaptable features such as foldable tables and gliding beds. Tea wagons gain on use with semi pneumatic tires, while stacking storage aids ease seasonal shifts.
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Esa
Gardener tips for year round fruiting plants and shrubs
A gardener advises choosing reliable plants for year round fruiting and fragrance. French Hydrangea adds color to shade gardens while highlighting summer flowering shrubs such as Abelia Lantana Fuchsia Gardenia Hibiscus Escallonia Oleander and Rock Roses. Water deeply to conserve resources.
Zinnias Show Top Performance In Heat
Zinnias thrive in summer heat and starting seeds now ensures strong plants. They stay fresh indoors and outdoors, offering long lasting cut flowers. For best results, cut in the morning and place immediately into a vase of cold water.
Mix Fixes Cracks in Wood Flooring
Cracks between wood flooring can be filled with a mixture of wood glue and fine saw dust. Sawdust, sold as wood flour, creates a satisfactory repair by forming a dense filler that blends with the flooring.
Woods Trend for Furniture Becomes Contemporary Cool
Designer Paul McCobb notes darker American walnut tones mark a shift from warm woods to cool in modern furniture. He emphasizes variety, metal accents like brass and copper, and pewter finishes on drawer pairs and table legs. McCobb previewed interchangeable unit basics for small homes in San Francisco.
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Paul McCobb
McCobb
New York Museum of Modern
McSebh
San Francisco
Lest
Lawn Care Ahead In Warm Season Tips
The article notes lawns require careful maintenance as warm weather nears with weeds worms and heat taking tolls. It emphasizes proper watering and mowing as key factors and mentions other cultural tactics as less critical for healthy turf. A separate item describes a Wilkesia gymnoxiphium blooming at 21695 Montgomery Ave Hayward.
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Charles Sherman
Montgomery Ave
Hayward
Hawaii
Charles Wilkesia
Rose Planting Raeses Offered Across Summer
Roses can still be planted throughout the summer for container grown stock. Available in nurseries everywhere with hundreds of varieties including Nyloid teas grandi flores loribundis climbers pillars trees.
Feeding Time This Season For Garden Fertilizer Tips
Garden care guidance notes heavy feeding for fast bloomers like Chrysanthemums and annuals, while slow growing ornamentals should receive lighter feeding. Emphasizes timely mid season fertilizer application for lawns roses and gardenias.
Colorful Roofing Now Open to Low Pitch Homes
Homeowners with flat to low pitched roofs may reroof using asphalt shingles today. Advances in application methods allow roofs with as little as two inches of pitch per foot to be covered, giving houses a refreshed look with color instead of dullness.
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Gar
Pinching Buds and Disbudding in Garden Chores
An amateur guide explains disbudding and pinching as essential for better blooms. It covers timing, techniques for asters zinnias African marigolds snaps and more, noting that pinching main stems and removing side buds directs strength to selected flowers.
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Ion
Dallas
Garden Club June meetings in San Lorenzo and Hayward
San Lorenzo Village Garden Club meets June 5 at the Boy Scout Cabin with Frad Krause discussing What You Get When You Buy Plants. Hayward Garden Club plans a Guatemala slide program by Edwards at the high school cafeteria after a 6 30 p.m. potluck led by Mrs. Roeder. San Leandro Dahlia Society plans an August show at their June 4 meeting. A Hayward class ends with a non competitive display at Phirs Flower Shop June 7 and 8 showcasing arrangements from a nine week course taught by Mamie Suttle.
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Hayward Garden Club
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Hayward High School
Wm. T. Roeder
San Leandro Dahlia Society
Bancroft Junior High School
San Leandro
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Phivs Flower Shop
B Street
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