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C8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday December 15, 1999 "Leading The Way" RIDLEY Affordable Elegmcd WINDOWS & DOORS RIDLEY SHOWROOM 35 Crawford Cr., Campbell vi lie · S A L E S · SERVICE For A ll Your Window, Door, Column & Moulding Needs 9 0 5 -8 5 4 -2 2 2 8 Homes & Gardens To reach this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 Try growing herbs indoors Herbs are climbing in popularity as garden and indoor plants as their flowers, fragrance and medic inal properties become better known. Thompson and Morgan devote three pages of their year 2000 catalogue to 40 herbs. The descriptions include their kitchen, medicinal and decorative features. The number of plants that may be grown in the In Y o u r Garden house is limited by the number of south or west fac ing windows. Most decorative houseplants are used only for their appearance and as a means of adding the plant is to be sold. The distributors licence grow moisture to the air. Herbs are useful for cooking, sal ers to grow the plants. They are sold to selected ads, and are an aid to healthy living. They are fla wholesalers and from them to selected nurseries and grant, have pretty flowers and colourful foliage so garden centres. This system of controls furnishes the deserve some space. Many grow easily in the house breeder a return on the plants sold as the patents are in pots. It is little late to start plants from seed. Most protected. would not give any leaves for salads until February A co-operative effort between Pride of Place or March. Miniature basil, `Spicy Globe' requires 70 Plants Inc. of Sydney, B.C. and Novitas in the days to grow to harvest size. They could be lightly Netherlands has led to the introduction of several cropped in about six weeks. A mild-December sow new plant varieties to North America. ing would provide leaves in February. In Ontario, Nori Nurseries is growing and testing Chives require 80 days. For faster results, pur all four plants. The first is clematis `Blue Light." It chase plants from a nursery like Clargreen or has beautiful bomb-type double flowers in spring Humber. and fall. It is hardy to Zone 4 and reaches six-feet in Basils have a decorative leaf and several height. It must be a good selection as Gardenimport flavours. `Spicy Globe' has a heavy flavour. `Siam is interested and is testing it at Thornhill. Queen' has an anise/licorice taste and smell and is a `My Angel' is another clematis introduction and 1997 All American winner. Lemon basil has a C LA S S IC E L E G A N C E : This beautiful window seat is an accent piece that could is noted for its new flower colour. The small flowers lemon taste and small pointed leaves. Basils are are single with the inside of the petals a bright yel grace a special nook, the foot of a bed or provide extra seating in any traditional home. The annuals, so seeds may be sown in March and plants rich damask fabric and gold crackle wood finish make this a most elegant and luxurious set out in the garden in May and new seeds started low, the outside is purple with a creamy edge. It treasure. It's from Korson Furniture o f Concord Ontario. in September for indoor plants the following winter. grows to nine-feet high and is pruned hard in the Borage has leaves for salads or to flavour lemon spring as it flowers on new wood. ade. It is praised for its exhilarating effect on the sys tem. A little pot of catnip may be grown to make cat toys. Summer savory has fra grant leaves for salads or cooking. Dill is used for flavouring vine gar and soups. Creeping thyme may be sown for cooking and to have plants to set out in the garden for a purple flow Prices In Effect From Dec. 15th to Dec. 24th, 1999. ered ground cover. Follow sowing instruc tions on the pack age and transplant into pots, when the second set of leaves appear. Growing herbs indoors requires a cool bright area. Usually, a south or west window is ideal. Better still, fluorescent grow lights will allow an extension of the day to 16 hours to make up for the lower light intensities. The soil mix needs to be well drained. Mix one part sand or per lite to two parts of sterilized potting * » " " " n d " nJ ° > 't E E IOU* s e le c tio n o« c h ,' * Y ' < (o W . . o r . t o M a f o n s ^ t io o soil. The humidity may be raised by f p^v Glass Baiis . U rD f in w h ile q u a n t*1'® * grouping the plants on a tray of * p\\ Santas . £ Wre" > * -A ll Musical O m e " *1" 5 moist pebbles. pt\\ G a r la n d ^ n 9 e ls » ai i <:iiir Watch the ·A ll Silk x. & n D rrie ie d d H I o lid a y watering or use A" * b b Q t 'b b ° n ,/w l C a n d le s automatic water ing pots to keep th e r S e le c te d Christmas lted*s the plants moist but not wet. It is best to start with a few plants until a routine is found to look after them. Thompson and Morgan have sev eral herb collec tion of seeds. These bright Christmas flowers come in a variety of colours Stokes has a sec and sizes. Ask about our special volume pricing for your tion of herbs and McFayden has a church, school, or fundraising event. Priced mesclun mixture of seeds including chicory, endive and parsley. If you have a herb garden and want to know how to winterize it, go to w w w .ih e rb .o rg ^ fg r e e n Let our designers custom create a holiday for an article on arrangement for your home. Makes a how to put your Earn a $ 2 0 .0 0 cash herb garden to great gift worldwide. Not exactly as bonus c e rtific a te bed for the winter. shown. Priced from ... w h e n you accum ulate JO H N S IM K IN S Holland AYE NOW On Quality Christmas Decorations Arrangements FRESH Holiday (K irow Holland Park N ew for 2000 A recent trend in marketing new plants began with Flower Carpet Roses. 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