Winter plant protection and home gardening tips
Garden note covers protecting evergreen and non evergreen plants from cold and drought. Advice on starting from seed to save costs, proper watering, shading from sun, and soil mixes. Includes stumping and mulching tricks, stump disposal options, pot and window plant care, and cautions about poisonous fruit on Jerusalem cherry.
Bagworms Aid and Rose Transplanting Tips From Garden Column
A garden column explains bagworms screen their cocoons with twigs and leaves, feeding through May or June then reproducing, with advice to hand-pick or spray arsenate of lead on deciduous plants in early June. It also covers fall rose transplanting, root preservation, burlap wrapping, and soil moisture tips. The piece ends with brief Q&A on footers and systemic insecticides and offers inexpensive plant booklets.
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Vintage wine labels and health questions
Dr Herschensohn discusses whether vintage wines offer health advantages. He notes California wines often omit vintage years since year-to-year climate differences are minor there. In France and Germany, only about three of ten years provide ideal ripening, making vintages more informative for discerning buyers.
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Garden Letters Answer Readers Troubles and Tips
Readers voice questions on weather harming crops, tomato sun needs, squash storage, rose pruning, grass seed timing, blueberries versus huckleberries, and rhododendron transplant shock. Experts advise: store mature squash dry and cool, plant tomatoes in full sun, plant grass now to germinate in spring, and discard diseased rhododendrons to prevent spread.
Lorain County Unit Wins Easter Seal Campaign Award
The Lorain County unit is among seven in Ohio to receive 1966 Easter Seal Campaign Awards at the 47th annual Society conference in Columbus. It earned the award for the largest increase of funds from a county conducting a house-to-house drive.
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