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Side Order of Flowers Dear John: As a short-order cook, I usually take orders, but now Id like to place one. Can you suggest a flower I can plant next year to garnish my garden walk? Dear Sizzlin' Rosie: There's a wide variety of beautiful flowers on the menu this spring. Today's special is called sweet alyssum. With this densely-flowered, 4- to 6-inch/10 to 12 cm tall annual, you'll cook up an attractive garden edging. Sweet alyssum has an average spread of about 8 to 16 inches/ 20 to 40 cm and a blossom period . during May and June. They're hardy plants that can survive tem- peratures down even below freez- ing level. Full sunlight is best, but the flowers also will thrive in a half-day of sunlight. Both the white and purple vari- eties are easy to find at garden centers. Select the color that whets your appetite -- but be aware that the white variety offers a larger serving of flowers. Dear John: My wife likes to keep a tidy home, so she wants me to collect grass clippings. I hate to throw anything away -- how can I satisfy both our whims? Dear Neat & Thrifty: If you mow often enough so that only one-third of the grass blade is removed at each cutting, clip- pings can actually be good for your lawn. They return nitrogen to the soil. Short clippings -- about 4 inch/10 mm long -- can help your grass retain moisture. Clippings longer than that, how- ever, can contribute to thatch. So can roughly chopped leaves -- : ® especially oak leaves -- because they take a long time to break down. ; So even though you. don't always have to collect clippings, if you do, you can help your lawn and make your wife happy at the same time. Bagging debris gives a lawn a well-cared-for apppear- ance and removes leaves easily. If you can't bear to throw clip- pings away, use them as a mulch or add them to your compost pile -- but wait four mowings after applying a lawn pesticide. Dear John: Can you please tell me what a "complete" fertilizer is and what it will do for my lawn? Dear Fact-Finder: A complete fertilizer contains nitrogen, phos- phorus and potassium. Nitrogen promotes blade growth and a deep, green color, so it's impor- tant for a lawn fertilizer to have plenty of nitrogen. Phosphorus promotes root growth, and potas- sium helps a lawn resist disease. Use a fertilizer with a 3-1-2 ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus to potassium, and never apply more than one pound of actual nitro- gen per 1,000 square feet/100 sq. m. of lawn at each feeding. Murray. dodvex Optometrist 1119 Victoria Avenue Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 187 Telephone (807) 622-7726 RRA tia, te ae aint «Spree ne SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Please enter the following subscription to the Terrace Bay/ Schreiber News NAME a cccsescaseseicnsdgnisostsecee ADDRERS 4 te Senta Rew e ere cee wee teens eases edeesseesasees Please circle the appropriate item below and mail cheque or money order to: Terrace Bay/Schreiber News P.O. 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