Patience over skill in laying a sand bed patio
Masonry expert outlines a simple method for brick patios using a sand or dry mix bed. Curbing with wood edging is laid first, then bricks set level and compacted with repeated sand filling and sweeping. A final rinse with hose seals joints, with rain checked to adjust.
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Andy Lang
Aluminum paint as primer and Queen Anne brick chimney debate
A reader asks if aluminum house paint can serve as a primer for exterior wood. The reply: only if the paint is aluminum house paint, indoor-use aluminum should be avoided. Another reader questions Queen Anne styling due to brick chimneys. the answer notes Queen Anne popularity in England in the 1870s and its hallmark large chimneys. A final query covers stain choice for white pine and a furniture scratch fix with shellac and denatured alcohol.
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Andy Lang
AP Newsfeatures
Plymouth
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No insecticides needed to rid trees of bugs
USDA offers guidance on controlling insect and mite pests on fruit and nut trees with minimal insecticide use. The booklet Controlling Insects on Fruit and Nut Trees includes photos and advice on aphids, natural enemies, dormant oil sprays, and other pests, with ordering info for the catalog.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Consumer Information Center
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Pueblo
Colo
Consumer Information
General Services Administration
Future pollution resistant trees tested at Cary Arboretum
The Cary Arboretum in Millbrook New York builds a fumigation chamber to test tree tolerance to sulphur dioxide and ozone in phase one focusing on maples ash honey locusts and ginkgo. Phase two moves to urban sites in New York City.
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Earl Aronson
Cary Arboretum
America
David Karnosky
New York Botanical Garden
Cary Plant Science Center
Millbrook
N.Y
Karnosky
New York City
Cary
Robert Goodland
Good seed needed for establishing a lawn
A lawn can be established by sowing seed or laying sod with seeded options like Kentucky bluegrass perennial ryegrass fine fescues and highland bentgrass. Ensure quality sowing and check seed box labels for regionally suitable varieties and included cultivars.
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