Time to Divide Your Iris for Better Growth
Instructions advise dividing crowded iris by soaking soil, lifting with a spading fork, and replanting with bone meal or manure. Dig to six inches, form a soil ridge, spread roots, and cover without burying the rhizome to ensure blooms next year. Note: Mare Morton was elected Massachusetts governor by one vote margin.
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Mare Morton
Massachusetts
Home Improvements and Window Construction Questions Answered
A reader asks about tongue and groove cedar patching and how to cover nail holes with wood pegs. The answer advises using varied woods, hand cut pegs, and driving through the tongue to hide holes, noting it is laborious but feasible. It also covers window rock veneer, stressing a lintel is necessary to support loads and detailing clearance and veneer overhang for an acceptable finish.
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Propagating Plants From Softwood Cuttings Techniques
Plant propagation from softwood tip cuttings explained with types of cuttings hardwood semi hard wood and softwood how to judge wood texture avoid over drying ensure proper media mix plasterers sand sphagnum peat moss and shade guidance for pruning and rooting steps for healthy root development with careful moisture control and timely removal of leaves and shoots.
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Azaleas
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Garden neighbors imitate professor's shrub planting
This Week in Your Garden offers observations on garden conditions and plant responses. It notes that copying shrub patterns ignores sun exposure differences, wind effects, and heat reflection. It discusses wind sheltering, plant tolerance to reflected heat from walls, and timing a crabgrass control for mid June.
Family Handyman Magazine asks reader questions on home solutions
Editors invite readers to send home repair questions to the Family Handyman Magazine in New York City. The column will print replies if readers submit their inquiries, with the editors noting they cannot guarantee individual correspondence.
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New Krilium Conditioner Promises Global Soil Reform
New York reports a breakthrough by Mon sanin Chemical with Krilium a soil conditioner expected to transform hard clay and salt damaged land. Science writer William H White suggests barren areas could become fertile, arid regions hold water longer, and drought plagued acres become productive anew.
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Monsanin Chemical Company
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African Violet Talk Slated for June 19
On June 9 at the high school Mrs Rose Gaubert active member of the American African Violet Society will discuss the culture of African violets. The meeting is a regular gathering of Southern Alameda County branch of the society.
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Rose Gaubert
American African Violet Society
Alameda County
American Aeganta Society
Late Summer Garden Care Tips From a Seasoned Gardener
A companion guide urges steady work now for a beautiful late summer garden. Trim and prune roses and delphiniums after flowering, plant annuals and bulbs, divide primroses, sow ground covers, and stake tall plants. Maintain moisture, remove spent blooms, and protect new growth from sun and wind.
Portable Barbecue Tem Delights Homelike Grilling Anywhere
New portable barbecue weighs 25 pounds and measures 24 by 20 by 17 inches, selling for under 40 dollars. It features a handwinding rate spit and a motor driven model for use on any house convenience.
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