Annuals Give New Home Landscaping First Year
A hobby gardening column advises new homeowners on landscape planning for the first year. It emphasizes using perennials over annual grasses, selecting fast blooming annuals for instant color, and layering plants along foundations and driveways. Tips include kochia hedges, alyssum ground cover, and seasonal color choices like petunias zinnias and salvia. It also warns to clear debris and maintain 18 inch foundation gaps for better growth.
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St. John’s
Mowing Of Lawns An Art And Its Rules
Connecticut law prohibits advertising for a young worker in classifieds as the Civil Rights Commission says setting age requirements is discriminatory. The article also offers lawn mowing tips emphasizing planning, sectioning, outer-edge starting, row-to-row clipping, pattern variety, and avoiding ruts and scalping on slopes.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
State Civil Rights Commission
Time for Gardeners as Enemies Of Trees Attack
Gardeners warned of two spring pests the cankerworm and tent caterpillar. Early spraying with DDT targets oak elm maple apple cherry plum and pear hosts, destroying feeders before damage. Cankerworms are inch long with white and yellow stripes. tent caterpillars reach two to two and a half inches with a black back and blue side spots. Timed sprays curb foliar invasion.
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Polson
Lawn and Plant Foods Ring Eight New Products for Home Gardens
A line of eight new lawn and plant foods promises easier handling and concentrated formulas tailored to plant types. Highlights include a complete lawn food for 5,000 sq ft, a built in soil insect killer, lighter 30 percent richer general purpose food, and three pound packets for azaleas roses bulbs and evergreens. Cornell and New York State stations note iron compounds improve fruit color and sugar in cherries while seeds are tested in a biotron to ensure purity and vigor.
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A. H. Bowers
Cornell University
New York
New York State
Bristow High Band President Kisses Queen on Crown
AP report recalls Bristow Oklahoma scene where Mike Kilgore, band president, kissed the band queen after crowning her, then repeated the kiss after misplacing and re fixing the headpiece. Public hearing notice covers zoning appeal case 396 for Cecil Runyan owner with flood light poles and a Phillips 66 sign at 2708 Jefferson Road.
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Bristow
Okla
Mike Kilgore
Board OF Zoning Appeals
Cecil Runyan
Phillipps
Jefferson Road
Timing Important In Cutting New Lawn Care
Lawn care experts warn against rushing the first cut on a new lawn. Let grass reach at least three inches before first mowing and maintain a height of no less than two inches with light, frequent cuts. Avoid early morning and late day mowing to prevent compacted soil and stressed turf.
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