Floral screens and blue flowering screens for gardens
A vintage style note describes floral screens for hiding unsightly objects like garbage vans with blue flowers such as Heavenly Blue morning glory and blue bachelor’s button. It recommends sowing large seeds directly in soil, suggests ageratum for a compact blue bloom, and details pink queen clematis and pink petunia ground cover to create air flow and harmony behind a screening display.
Plywood Makers Convert Waste Wood to Chips on West Coast
Cross grained construction allows nails near edges without splitting. About 50 chippers installed by fir plywood producers on the West Coast transform waste wood into usable chips. Over 50,000 square feet of Alder plywood used on a new high school in Tillamook Oregon.
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This Week in Your Garden Care Guide
This week advises watering and spraying for powdery mildew, mulching to prevent drying, and fertilizing. Keep rose water for mildew control and ensure good air circulation to reduce rot. Annuals like avinias benefit from 24 inch spacing. use spray products per label. Water small pots more often. avoid overwatering. Chrysanthemums should be pruned mid summer for bushier growth and be watered roughly once per week during strong growth and flowering.
June Tips on Delphiniums From NORVELL GILLESPIE
Delphiniums need careful post bloom care. Keep clumps dry but moist soil to restart growth. In fall select strongest shoots, trim others, apply 10-5-5 liquid fish fertilizer, avoid autumn fertilizer, and mulch with peat. Remove debris, protect crowns with sand, and battle snails with metaldehyde. Ensure drainage, light watering, and avoid late foliage sprinkling. Use as cut flowers with tall stems for arrangements.
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Stumping the Experts at San Mateo County Agriculture Office
Golda Col lott presents a quirky quiz at the San Mateo County Department of Agriculture. Inspector May J Leona and team answer garden questions while the staff also offers insecticide guidance. The piece notes labeling, nursery tagging, licensing, and pest-control duties, plus elm beetle larvae warnings and June spray timing.
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Fascinating New Furniture Styles Reach American Homes
A veteran furniture expert from Chicago notes an unprecedented range of new furniture styles. He highlights coordinated groups of pieces using distinctive hardwood veneer grain patterns to create continuous, matched appearances across items.
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Delphinium Gardening Notes From A Faint Fragment
Fragmentary tips describe handling delphiniums from cutting stems to watering, avoiding excess leaves, and placing in a cool indoor setting. Mentions new crop seeds becoming ready soon and warns that immature blooms wilt quickly.
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