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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1976

Page

5

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.

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.

Andy Lang AP Newsfeatures Plymouth England

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.

U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Consumer Information Center Dept 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.

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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