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Beneficial Bugs—Luring Predatory Insects to the Garden with Umbelliferous Plants
Plants & Gardens News Volume 16, Number 2 | Summer 2001

by Niall Dunne


Dill (Anethum graveolens) attracting an ichneumon wasp
The Apiaceae or Carrot Family is a grand old clan with a new name. (Until very recently, botanists called it the Umbelliferae.) It includes such common culinary favorites as coriander, dill, fennel, parsnip, anise, cumin, carrot, and parsley. Yum yum! But it also includes a lot of other plants that wouldn't taste so good in your soup, such as hemlock (Conium maculatum), the poisonous species famously used to execute the ill-fated Socrates.

The Carrot Family is comprised of around 3,000 species—reflecting roughly 300 different genera—of mainly herbaceous plants native to temperate regions around the globe. It has the distinction of being the first plant family ever to have been systematically studied. (A copy of Robert Morison's pioneering monograph of 1672, Plantarum umbelliferarum distributio nova, can be found in BBG's rare book room.)

The family tie between these plants is clearly visible in their flower clusters, which generally look like miniature, flat-topped parasols. Botanically, these marvels of inflorescence are termed umbels (from the Latin word umbellula, meaning—hold on to your hats—"umbrella"). In a typical umbel, individual flower stalks arise from the same point on a primary stalk and stretch at different lengths so that the small flowers on top are all roughly on a level plane.

Folks as far back as the ancient Chinese, Greeks, and Romans were aware of the shared floral characteristics of some of the plants in the Apiaceae. They were also aware of the plants' rich and varied chemistry, harvesting seeds and stalks and using them not only for food, but also perfume, medicine, and (as mentioned already) poisoning troublesome philosophers.

Historically, then, umbellifers have been of enormous biological importance as crop plants. In modern times, however, they have something else going for them as well: they're very attractive to beneficial insects—the so-called "good bugs" that act as pollinators, soil builders, or predators of pest insects in the landscape. Plants with umbels are magnets for predatory bugs in particular.

Lovage (Levisticum officinale), for instance, is beguiling to ichneumon wasps, which parasitize the larvae of herbivorous insects. Similarly, fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) attracts, among other beneficial bugs, lady beetles that prey on aphids, scale insects, thrips, mealybugs, and mites. Dill (Anethum graveolens) is very adept at luring such insects as lacewings, whose larvae are well-known aphid-devouring machines.

This kind of knowledge is very useful in an age when people are becoming increasingly concerned about pesticide use on their food, and about the health of the environment in general. The ability to attract and maintain a population of beneficial insects is very important to any large- or small-scale pest management scheme that seeks to cut down on the use of chemical sprays.

Bug Banquets

Although beneficial insects consume large numbers of pestiferous bugs, they often have to supplement their protein diets with plant pollen and nectar. Indeed, many of these insects have certain phases in their life cycles when they depend entirely on nutrients collected from plants.

In recent years, agricultural and habitat management scientists have been conducting field research to try and determine which plants offer the best nectar and pollen resources to natural enemies of insect pests. One plant family consistently comes out at, or near, the top: the Apiaceae. (Members of the Asteraceae or Aster Family and Brassicaceae or Mustard Family also have proven track records.)

In one study conducted by Oregon State University in 1997, eleven plant species were randomly arranged in small plots alongside a field of corn. Researchers then measured the feeding frequency of aphidophagous (aphid-feeding) hoverflies on each plant. It turned out that coriander (Coriandrum sativum) was the plant most visited by the hoverflies in the early growing season. Fennel became the late-season plant of choice, after coriander had stopped blooming.

What makes umbelliferous plants so appealing to beneficial insects? Dr. May Berenbaum, head of Entomology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and author of Bugs in the System (Addison Wesley, 1995), summed it up nicely for me: "Small flowers with accessible nectar and a nice landing platform."

Although predatory insects often have custom-fitted mouthparts for eating other bugs, they are generalists when it comes to feeding on nectar and pollen. Most of them are also on the smaller side. So, invariably, they seek out diminutive, closely spaced, easy-to-land-on flowers that are shallow but brimming with exposed grub. Other factors like bloom time, flower color (usually white or yellow in the Carrot Family), shelter, and presence of prey play an important role, too.

Botanists have recorded very little specialization in umbel-pollinator interactions. Umbelliferous flowers are morphologically so uniform and their insect visitors so varied that some scientists refer to the plants as being "promiscuous." One might normally associate "promiscuity" with waywardness or a lack of discipline, but in the case of pest management, an orgy of umbellifers can contribute, ironically, to an increase in biological control.

Triple-duty Beauties

Beneficial Bug Info
To learn more about beneficial bugs, and the plants that attract them, consult the following books: Good Bugs for Your Garden, by Allison M. Starcher (Algonquin, 1995), and Great Garden Companions: A Companion-Planting System for a Beautiful, Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden, by Sally Jean Cunningham (Rodale, 1998).

There are many online resources, too. For illustrated short profiles of a wide range of beneficial bugs, visit the web site of horticulturist Barbara Bromley. For a general overview of biological control, visit the web site of the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Finally, in conjunction with Organic Gardening magazine, Johnny's Selected Seeds has recently released the Beneficial Borders Flower Seed Collection™, consisting of seven easy-to-grow plants chosen for good color combination and the ability to attract beneficial bugs. The collection features one packet each of California poppy, bachelor's button (leave this one out of the mix; it's an invasive species!), alyssum, cosmos, anise hyssop, borage, and the umbelliferous blue lace flower (Trachymene coerulea). For more information, call (207) 437-4301 or visit their web site.


Most of the research done on the beneficial-bug magnetism of the Apiaceae has so far focused on the culinary herbs. Gardeners looking to increase the number of predatory bugs in their vegetable patches need look no further than these plants. But what about gardeners who want to fight pest insects in the rest of the garden, too?

Well, we know that some of the culinary herbs can also make dramatic statements in purely ornamental settings. Korean angelica (Angelica gigas), for example, with its dark purple flowers and tall red stems is a great centerpiece plant for the perennial border. (It's also good at attracting lacewings, lady beetles, and parasitic wasps.) Dill, with its thread-like, blue-green foliage and lacy, aromatic, deep-yellow umbels, can look good planted almost anywhere in the yard.

In her book, Great Garden Companions (see box), Cornell Cooperative Extension specialist Sally Jean Cunningham recommends the summer-blooming, umbelliferous sea hollies (Eryngium species) as striking plants for the front of a perennial cluster. Not only do they have, according to Sally, attractive "leathery, blue-gray, spiny foliage" and "silvery blue flower heads with dome-shaped centers and silvery leaf-like bracts," but they also are good at attracting parasitic wasps.

As yet there just isn't much data in on how well the more decorative members of the Carrot Family perform as insectary plants. "The science of which plants attract or maintain which insects, at which time of year, in which climate zones is at an elementary stage," says Sally.

So this is a good opportunity for gardeners to get in on the action and study such traditionally planted ornamental genera as Astrantia (masterwort), Myrrhis (sweet Cicely), Aciphylla (speargrass), and Bupleurum (thorow-wax) for signs of beneficial insect activity. But you don't need to stop there. The ornamental palette of the Carrot Family is broadening steadily.

In the April 2001 issue of Horticulture magazine, plantsman Daniel J. Hinkley wrote about some of his favorite lesser-known umbellifers. He recommended the spring-blooming Chaerophyllum hirsutum 'Roseum' for its "low spreading mounds of handsome, deeply dissected foliage" and its "lacy heads of rose-colored flowers." He also gave special mention to Pimpinella major 'Rosea' (greater burnet), whose sturdy, 3-foot stems produce "lovely discs of light pink" from July to August.

I asked Dan if he had noticed any high insect activity on the specialty umbellifers that he grows at Heronswood Nursery. He couldn't say for sure, but his interest was definitely piqued. "You know, come to think of it, there's always a swarm of wasps flying around our angelicas."


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Niall Dunne is the associate editor of Plants&Gardens News.
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Ask the BugMan
Richard Fagerlund Saturday, May 3, 2003
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The Bug Man shares some home remedies from readers.

Cats: To keep them from messing up your yard:

-- Scatter pinecones in the areas the cats like to visit, especially under bushes. Ponderosa or other prickly cones work best.

-- Buy a commercial cat repellent and scatter or spray it in the places where the cats are doing their business.

-- Sprinkle heavy coats of pepper in those areas (I use about one 4-ounce can) where they are leaving their calling cards.

-- I have not tried this method, but a friend recommended it: Use cacao hulls as mulch. There is something about their texture that makes cats reluctant to walk on them.

Raccoons: Spread human hair around the outside of your home. They are afraid of humans and the scent will scare them off. It really works.

You can obtain the hair at a hair salon; they throw plenty of it away.

Scale: I had an infestation of scale on some choice aralias. After trying numerous methods to get rid of them, I finally had success using Safer's Insecticidal Soap.

Camel crickets: When we moved into our present home, the lowest level was full of the pesky critters. We had an old cat who didn't take kindly to the move and stayed upstairs in the master bedroom until her death.
Then we got two new kittens, after which the only evidence we had of the crickets was an occasional leg here and there that had not been consumed. After a year or two, the problem was 100 percent gone.


ANIMAL 'SPORTS'
I am working on a book about cockfighting, dogfighting, fox hunting and some of our other "sports." I would be interested in the laws regarding these activities in other countries and the opinions of anyone about them, either pro or con. You can e- mail me at fagerlun@unm.edu.

Richard Fagerlund, a board-certified entomologist at the University of New Mexico, is the author of "Ask the Bugman" (UNM Press, 2002). He can be reached by e-mail at fagerlun@unm.edu and has a Web site at www.askthebugman.com.
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Garden Tip
September 5, 2003

Store Tuberous Begonia Roots
Tuberous begonia foliage will begin to die back before the first frost, and once it dies back, it's time to dig the tubers for fall storage. Leave foliage on the tuber and allow the tubers to dry in a well-ventilated, shaded area for a day or two.

A wooden box lined with newspaper makes a good storage container. Place vermiculite or peat moss in the box, and lay out your tubers so that they don't touch each other. Continue layering tubers and medium in the box until all your tubers are covered. Keep the medium slightly moist throughout the winter. Choose a storage location where temperatures will remain between 40F - 55F. A cool basement is ideal.
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September Garden Jobs

Compost should be watered during dry periods so that it remains active.

Now is a good time to evaluate the success of this year's garden. Make notes that will help you improve your garden next spring.

SURVEY THE SHRUBBERY

This is the best time to plant dormant evergreen trees and shrubs.

Correct any soil deficiencies you've noticed. Healthy soil is crucial to healthy plants.

Check coniferous trees for tip damage on new growth. If the tips have been mutilated by borers or otherwise damaged, remove them and establish a new leader by forcing a new side shoot into an upright position.

Young trees should be staked to prevent the roots from being pulled by fall and winter winds.


PAY ATTENTION TO HOUSEPLANTS
If you haven't brought your houseplants in yet, do it before you have to start heating your home. This gives them a chance to adjust. Wash them thoroughly before bringing them in to rid them of any pests and eggs.

SMELL THE FLOWERS

As perennials fade away, mark their locations with small sticks. Some might not be apparent after the winter and might be disrupted by spring cultivating.

Plant spring bulbs as long as the ground is workable. Plant the following bulbs soon: trout lily, narcissus (including daffodil), snowdrop, winter aconite, starflower, and crown imperial. For crown imperial, add a little lime to the soil.

Take cuttings from such outdoor plants as impatiens, coleus, and begonia. An early frost can ruin your chances for cutting at a later date.


GET YOUR VEGIIES AND HERBS
Dig up your rosemary, basil, tarragon, oregano, marjoram, English thyme, parsley, and chives to grow them inside as houseplants. Keep them in a cool, sunny spot, and allow the soil to dry out before watering. Snip off the leaves as needed in the kitchen, but do not strip them completely.

Onions are nearly ripe when the tips of the leaves turn yellow. Break them at the necks. This will speed the final ripening process. Loosen the soil to encourage drying, and after a few days turn them up and let them cure on dry ground. Always handle them very carefully -- the slightest bruise will encourage rot to set in.

Clean out any older growth of mint. It can become a nuisance, running rampant. Leave the younger stock.

ENJOY THE FRUITS

Cider made from blemished apples, known as drops, will be fine, but avoid using too many apples with bruises or open wounds. If rot has already set in, it will affect the taste and longevity of the cider.

Supplement your apple pies with fruit frozen or canned earlier in the season.

If you have unripe tomatoes still on the vine and frost is fast approaching, pull out the vines by the roots and hang them upside down in a cool, dark place.

Transplant rhubarb, strawberries, and raspberries well before the first light frost so that some root development may take place. Rhubarb and strawberries deplete the soil of nutrients in a short time, so find new locations for them every three or four years.

Sunflower seeds are best dried on the plants. The seeds will be difficult to remove if you harvest the plants before they die naturally. Cover the heads with cheesecloth if you need to protect your crops from the birds.

El abono se debe regar durante per?­odos secos para que se quede activo.

Ahora sea un tiempo bueno de evaluar el ?©xito de este jard?­n de a?±o. La marca nota que lo ayudar?¡ a mejorar su jard?­n pr?³xima primavera.

INSPECCIONE LOS MATORRALES

Esto es el mejor tiempo de plantar ?¡rboles y arbustos des hoja perenne inactivos.

Correctas cualquier deficiencias de la tierra que usted ha advertido. La tierra sana es crucial a plantas sanas.

Verifique ?¡rboles con?­feros para el da?±o de punta en el crecimiento nuevo. Si las puntas han sido mutiladas por borers o de otro modo da?±ado, los quita y establece a un l?­der nuevo a la fuerza un renuevo nuevo de lado en una posici?³n vertical.

Los ?¡rboles j?³venes se deben estacar para prevenir las ra?­ces de ser tirado por vientos de ca?­da e invierno.


ATIENDA A PLANTAS DOMESTICAS
Si usted no ha tra?­do sus plantas dom?©sticas en todav?­a, lo hace antes usted tiene que empezar a calefacci?³n su hogar. Esto les da una oportunidad de ajustar. L?¡velos completamente antes traerlos en deshacerselos de cualquier peste y huevos.

HUELA LAS FLORES

Cuando las plantas perennes se desvanecen, marquen sus ubicaciones con palos peque?±os. Algunos no quiz?¡s sean aparentes despu?©s que el invierno y quiz?¡s sean interrumpido por cultivar de primavera.

Las bombillas de la primavera de la planta tan largo como el suelo son maleables. Plante las bombillas siguientes pronto: el lirio de trucha, el narciso (inclusive el narciso), snowdrop, aconite de invierno, starflower, y corone imperial. Para la corona imperial, agregue una cal peque?±a a la tierra.

Tome cuttings de tales plantas al aire libre como nomeolvides, coleus, y la begonia. Un cubre de escarcha temprano puede arruinar sus oportunidades para cortar en una fecha posterior.


OBTENGA SU VEGIIES Y las HIERBAS
Desentierre su rosemary, albahaca, el estrag?³n, el or?©gano, la mejorana, tomillo ingl?©s, el perejil, y las hojas de cebolleta para crecerlos dentro de como plantas dom?©sticas. Mant?©ngalos en un lugar fresco y soleado, y permita la tierra para secar antes de regar. Tijeretee lejos las hojas como necesitado en la cocina, pero no los pela completamente.

Las cebollas son casi maduras cuando las puntas de las hojas giran amarillo. R?³mpalos en los cuellos. Esto apresurar?¡ el proceso final que madura. Afloje la tierra para alentar el secamiento, y despu?©s que unos pocos d?­as los giran arriba y permitieron que ellos curen en el suelo seco. Siempre man?©jelos muy con cuidado -la magulladura m?¡s leve alentar?¡ la putrefacci?³n a poner en.

Limpie alg?ºn crecimiento m?¡s viejo de menta. Puede llegar a ser un fastidio, corriendo desenfrenado. Salga las acciones m?¡s j?³venes.

GOCE LAS FRUTA

La sidra hizo de manzanas manch?³, conocido como gotas, ser?¡ fino, pero evitar?¡ utilizar demasiadas manzanas con magulladuras o abrir?¡ heridas. Si la putrefacci?³n ya ha puesto en, afectar?¡ el sabor y longevidad de la sidra.

Suplemente sus pasteles de manzana con fruta congelada o podido m?¡s temprano en la temporada.

Si usted tiene tomates inmaduros todav?­a en la vid y cubre de escarcha se acerca rapidamente, saca las vides por las ra?­ces y los cuelga al rev?©s en un lugar fresco y oscuro.

El ruibarbo del trasplante, las fresas, y las frambuesas bien antes la primera luz cubre de escarcha para que alg?ºn desarrollo de ra?­z pueda suceder. El ruibarbo y las fresas agotan la tierra de alimentos nutritivos dentro de poco, tan encuentra las ubicaciones nuevas para ellos cada tres o cuatro a?±os.

Las semillas del girasol se secan mejor en las plantas. Las semillas ser?¡n dif?­ciles de quitar si usted cosecha las plantas antes ellos mueren naturalmente. Cubra las cabezas con la estopilla si usted necesita proteger sus cosechas de los p?¡jaros.


Advice of the Day
Mice dislike the smell of peppermint. Spread it liberally where you suspect the critters.

Cool in the very furnace of July
The water-meadows lie;
The green stalks of their grasses and their flowers
They still refresh at fountains never dry.
-- John Drinkwater (1882-1934)


JULY IS THE month when summer has a firm hold on all of us. The average temperature just about everywhere in the country is above 70 degrees F. Thunderstorms are nearly as abundant as ants at a picnic, and the hot, sultry time known as the Dog Days of summer occurs during the 40 days beginning July 3 and ending August 11. Named for the Dog Star, Sirius, which rises and sets with the Sun during this time, the Dog Days are associated with uncomfortable levels of heat and humidity (though certainly the days after August 11 can be pretty "doggy," too!).

One of our favorite summer recipes is a twist on a summer classic.
Try
Potato Salad with Chicken and Beans where garlic and green beans make an appearance. To determine what kind of potatoes to use, drop one in a pot containing 1 part salt and 11 parts water. Waxy potatoes, best for salads, will float. Mealy potatoes, best for baking or mashing, will sink.

Potato Salad with Chicken and Beans
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup white-wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
2 pounds potatoes, cooked and still warm
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup chopped red onion
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, grilled just until tender
1 pound green beans, cooked until crisp-tender
cherry tomatoes to garnish

OMBINE THE olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, and pepper and blend until smooth. Sprinkle the dressing mixture over the warm, sliced, cooked potatoes and toss gently. Sprinkle with the parsley and red onion and toss again. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary.

Slice the grilled chicken breasts. Add the sliced chicken and cooked beans to the dressed potatoes and mix gently. Garnish with cherry tomatoes. Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Add some crusty bread or whole grain crackers and you've got a complete meal with this deliciously different salad.

Cooking Tips: Boil whole, unpeeled, washed potatoes of uniform size in water to cover, stirring once or twice to make sure they cook evenly (test with a knife), then drain. (Boiling is the fastest way to cook potatoes; in fact, a potato can be boiled in less time than it takes to be baked at twice the temperature.) Let potatoes cool enough to handle, then peel and slice, unless you like them with their skins on, which is also an option.


Basil-Zucchini Salad
It may be zucchini time in your garden, and a wonderful way to serve these ever-present veggies is in this Basil-Zucchini Salad.

2-1/2 pounds small, firm zucchini
1 pint cherry tomatoes
1 cup olive oil
1/3 cup white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
1 small clove garlic
salt and pepper, to taste
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

HRED THE ZUCCHINI into fine julienne strips about 2 inches long. The coarse part of a hand grater will accomplish this nicely, as will a food processor. Combine the shredded zucchini with stemmed, halved cherry tomatoes.

Combine the oil, vinegar, sugar, mustard, garlic, salt, and pepper in a blender. Blend until smooth. Add the basil and blend an additional 30 seconds. Pour the dressing over the salad mixture, toss, and transfer to a large serving bowl. Arrange a few tomatoes around the edge of the bowl and a sprig of fresh basil on top. Makes 6 servings.

The perfect accompaniment to grilled meat or fish, this easy salad is best if made right before serving.

By now, herbs should be abundant in the summer garden or at farmers' markets. You can use them for making Handkerchief Sachets, an inexpensive and easy gift. Read about Rosemary, which is becoming a very popular herb in low-fat recipes. It adds a lot of flavor, making up for the loss of taste that can occur when you reduce the fat.

While we're on the subject of herbs, try this homemade skin freshener. Combine 1 cup fresh spearmint, lemon balm, lavender, or sage leaves with 1 pint cold water in a blender. Puree, then dab on your face and rinse.

July is also the time when some summer bugs are at their best (or worst, as the case may be!). Herbs can be used for pest control. Dried wormwood, yarrow, santolina, tansy, mint, and lavender are traditional moth repellents. If it's your pet that's bothered, try putting a drop of lemon oil or oil of rosemary on his collar for flea control.

Coping with Bugs
includes a few more tips for dealing with some pests in the house and garden.


MIDSUMMER IS THE time when insects make themselves most known -- indoors and out. If you find unwanted creatures in your house or garden, don't reach for the poison. Deter them with gentler methods for a safe household environment. For example, discourage ants trailing in and out with sprigs of pennyroyal. Or make bands of crushed eggshells along walkways to keep them from crossing.

Aphids on your garden plants can be knocked off with frequent, strong streams of water from the garden hose. If you notice yellow-and-black-striped Colorado potato beetles or the metallic-blue-green Japanese beetles crawling on your plants, put down a dropcloth and, in the early morning when they're most active, shake them off and dump them into a bucket of soapy water.

If a colony of yellow jackets sets up housekeeping in your lawn, watch them from a distance to find their underground doorway. At night, when they're not active, place a large glass casserole dish or salad bowl over the hole and weight it down with a brick. The wasps will be forced to exit elsewhere and usually won't return.




Add some crusty bread or whole grain crackers and you've got a complete meal with this deliciously different salad.
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup white-wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
2 pounds potatoes, cooked and still warm
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup chopped red onion
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, grilled just until tender
1 pound green beans, cooked until crisp-tender
cherry tomatoes to garnish

COMBINE THE olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, and pepper and blend until smooth. Sprinkle the dressing mixture over the warm, sliced, cooked potatoes and toss gently. Sprinkle with the parsley and red onion and toss again. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary.

Slice the grilled chicken breasts. Add the sliced chicken and cooked beans to the dressed potatoes and mix gently. Garnish with cherry tomatoes. Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Cooking Tips: Boil whole, unpeeled, washed potatoes of uniform size in water to cover, stirring once or twice to make sure they cook evenly (test with a knife), then drain. (Boiling is the fastest way to cook potatoes; in fact, a potato can be boiled in less time than it takes to be baked at twice the temperature.) Let potatoes cool enough to handle, then peel and slice, unless you like them with their skins on, which is also an option.

El consejo de los Ratones de D?­a tiene antipat?­a el olor de menta. Esp?¡rzalo liberalmente donde usted sospecha las criaturas.



Refresque en el muy horno de julio El praderas de agua mienten; Los tallos verdes de sus c?©spedes y sus
flores que Ellos refrescan todav?­a en fuentes nunca secan.
-Drinkwater (1882-1934) de John



Julio ES EL mes cuando el verano tiene un firme aguanta todos nosotros. La temperatura mediana casi igual por todas partes en el pa?­s es arriba 70 grados F. Las tormentas son casi tan abundantes como hormigas en una merienda campestre, y el tiempo caliente y bochornosa conocido como los D?­as de Perro del verano ocurren durante el principio de 40 d?­as julio 3 y agosto que finaliza 11. Denominado para la Estrella de Perro, Sirius, que sube y pone con el Sol durante este tiempo, los D?­as de Perro se asocian con niveles inc?³modos del calor y la humedad (aunque ciertamente los d?­as despu?©s que agosto 11 pueden ser bonito "perrito," tambi?©n!)



Uno de nuestras recetas favoritas de verano son una torsi?³n en un verano cl?¡sico. La prueba
Ensalada de papa con Pollo y Frijoles Donde ajo y frijoles verdes hacen una apariencia. Para determinar qu?© clase de papas para utilizar, para dejar para caer uno en una olla sal en 1 parte que contiene y agua en 11 partes. Las papas cerosas, mejor para ensaladas, flotar?¡. Las papas harinosas, mejor para hornear o triturar, hundir?¡.



Ensalada de papa con Pollo y Frijoles
la copa de 1/4 de petr?³leo de aceituna de copa 1/2 vinagre de vino blanco 1 ajo del clavo, sal y pimienta
picadas para probar 2 papas de libras, entibiar cocinado y tranquilo copa de 1/2 copa fresca cortada de 1/2 de
perejil cebolla roja cortada 6 boneless, mitades de seno de pollo de skinless, asado a la parrilla apenas
hasta que ofrezca 1 libra frijoles verdes, cocinaron hasta que tomates tiernos curruscantes de cereza para
aderezaran



OMBINE EL petr?³leo de aceituna, el vinagre, el ajo, la sal, y la pimienta y la mezcla hasta liso. Roc?­e la mezcla que viste sobre el entibiar, papas y tiro cortado y cocinado suavemente. Roc?­e con el perejil y cebolla y con el tiro roja otra vez. El sabor y agrega m?¡s sal y la pimienta si necesario.



Corte los senos asados a la parrilla de pollo. Agregue el pollo cortado y frijoles cocinados a las papas y la combinaci?³n vestidas suavemente. Aderece con tomates de cereza. Hace 4 a 6 porciones.



Agregue alg?ºn pan crujiente o galletas de trigo integral y usted ha obtenido una comida completa con esta ensalada deliciosamente diferente.



Las Puntas que cocinan: El total del divieso, unpeeled, papas lavadas del tama?±o uniforme en el agua para cubrir, conmovedor cerciorarse un par de veces ellos cocinan uniformemente (la prueba con un cuchillo), entonces desaguadero. (Hervir es la manera m?¡s r?¡pida de cocinar papas; de hecho, una papa se puede ser hervida en menos tiempo que toma para ser horneado en dos veces la temperatura.) Permita que papas refresquen para manejar bastante, entonces pelar y cortar, a menos que usted los aprecie con sus pieles en, que es tambi?©n una opci?³n.




Ensalada de calabac?­n de albahaca
Puede ser tiempo de calabac?­n en su jard?­n, y una manera maravillosa de servir estos vegetarianos jam?¡s presentes est?¡n en esta Ensalada de Calabac?­n de Albahaca.



2-1/2 golpea calabac?­n peque?±o y firme 1 tomates de cereza de pinta 1 copa de 1/3 de petr?³leo de aceituna de
copa vinagre blanco de vino 1 az?ºcar de cuchar?³n 1 cuchar?³n la mostaza estilo Dijon 1 sal peque?±a de ajo de
clavo y pimienta, para probar copa de 1/4 albahaca fresca cortada



HRED EL CALABACIN en el julienne de multa pela acerca de 2 pulgadas de largo. La parte tosca de un rallador de mano alcanzar?¡ este agradablemente, cuando hace un procesador de alimento. Combine el calabac?­n destrozado con tomates derivado y compartido de cereza.



Combine el petr?³leo, el vinagre, el az?ºcar, la mostaza, el ajo, la sal, y la pimienta en un licuador. Mezcle hasta liso. Agregue la albahaca y mezcle un adicionales 30 segundos. Vierta el vestir sobre la mezcla de ensalada, el tiro, y la transferencia a un grande sirven taz?³n. Arregle unos pocos tomates alrededor de la orilla del taz?³n y un sprig de albahaca fresca en la cima. Hace 6 porciones.


El acompa?±amiento perfecto a la carne o el pez asados a la parrilla, esta ensalada f?¡cil es mejor si hizo el derecho sirve antes.

Por ahora, las hierbas deben ser abundantes en el jard?­n del verano o en mercados de granjeros. Usted los puede utilizar para hacer Pa?±uelo Sachets, un obsequio econ?³mico y f?¡cil. Lea acerca de Rosemary, que llega a ser una hierba muy popular en recetas magros. Agrega mucho sabor, componer para la p?©rdida del sabor que puede ocurrir cuando usted reduce la grasa.



Mientras estamos en el sujeto de hierbas, tratemos a este refrescador casero de piel. Combine 1 copa menta verde fresca, b?¡lsamo de lim?³n, lavanda, o las hojas de sabio con 1 pinta agua fr?­a en un licuador. El pur?©, entonces toque suave en su cara y el aclarado.


Julio es tambi?©n el tiempo cuando algunos bichos del verano est?¡n en su mejor (o derrotan, cuando el caso puede ser!) Las hierbas se pueden utilizar para el control de peste. El ajenjo secado, la milenrama, santolina, el tanaceto, nuevo, y lavanda es la mariposa tradicional repelente. Si es su animal favorito que se molesta, trata de poner una gota del petr?³leo de lim?³n o petr?³leo de rosemary en el cuello para el control de la pulga.
Enfrentar con Bichos
Incluye unos pocas m?¡s puntas para tratar con algunas pestes en la casa y el jard?­n.


PLENO VERANO ES EL tiempo cuando insectos hacen a s?­ mismo muy conocido -dentro y fuera. Si usted encuentra criaturas no deseadas en su casa o el jard?­n, no alcanzan para el veneno. Disu?¡dalos con m?©todos m?¡s apacibles para un ambiente seguro de la casa. Por ejemplo, desalienta hormigas que arrastran en y fuera con sprigs de poleo. O las bandas de la marca de cascarones de huevo aplastados por senderos para mantenerlos del cruce.


Aphids en sus plantas del jard?­n se puede golpear lejos con frecuenta, las corrientes fuertes de agua de la manga del jard?­n. Si usted advierte escarabajos pelados negros y amarillos de papa de Colorado o los escarabajos japoneses, verdes, azules y met?¡licos que se arrastran en sus plantas, ponen hacia abajo un dropcloth y, en la ma?±ana temprana cuando ellos son muy activos, los sacude lejos y los descarga en un cubo de agua cubierta de jab?³n.

Si una colonia de chaquetas amarillas establece el gobierno de la casa en su c?©sped, m?­relos encontrar de lejos su puerta subterr?¡nea. De noche, cuando ellos no son activos, coloca un plato grande de la cazuela de vidrio o taz?³n de ensalada sobre el hoyo y lo carga hacia abajo con un ladrillo. Las avispas se forzar?¡n a salir en otra parte y generalmente no volver.


Agregue alg?ºn pan crujiente o galletas de trigo integral y usted ha obtenido una comida completa con esta ensalada deliciosamente diferente. la copa de 1/4 de petr?³leo de aceituna de copa 1/2 vinagre de vino blanco 1 ajo del clavo, sal y pimienta picadas para probar 2 papas de libras, entibiar cocinado y tranquilo copa de 1/2 copa fresca cortada de 1/2 de perejil cebolla roja cortada 6 boneless, mitades
de seno de pollo de skinless, asado a la parrilla apenas hasta que ofrezca 1 libra frijoles verdes, cocinaron hasta que tomates tiernos curruscantes de cereza para aderezaran

COMBINE EL petr?³leo de aceituna, el vinagre, el ajo, la sal, y la pimienta y la mezcla hasta liso. Roc?­e la mezcla que viste sobre el entibiar, papas y tiro cortado y cocinado suavemente. Roc?­e con el perejil y cebolla y con el tiro roja otra vez. El sabor y agrega m?¡s sal y la pimienta si necesario.

Corte los senos asados a la parrilla de pollo. Agregue el pollo cortado y frijoles cocinados a las papas y la combinaci?³n vestidas suavemente. Aderece con tomates de cereza. Hace 4 a 6 porciones.

Las Puntas que cocinan: el total del Divieso, unpeeled, papas lavadas del tama?±o uniforme en el agua para cubrir, conmovedor cerciorarse un par de veces ellos cocinan uniformemente (la prueba con un cuchillo), entonces desaguadero. (Hervir es la manera m?¡s r?¡pida de cocinar papas; de hecho, una papa se puede ser hervida en menos tiempo que toma para ser horneado en dos veces la temperatura.) Permita que papas refresquen para manejar bastante, entonces pelar y cortar, a menos que usted los aprecie con sus pieles en, que es tambi?©n una opci?³n.

TEN TOP SIGNS THAT YOU'VE GONE OVER THE GARDEN EDGE From April 28, 2003

10. Your favorite poem is "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue.

9. Your kids are named Rose, Violet, Daisy and Zucchini.

8. You have 8 X 10 family pictures of your Tomatoes and Peppers on your office shelf.

7. Your idea of Saturday Date Night is going out in the garden and hand pollinating the plants.

6. You think a cocktail is liquid fertilizer.

5. You rush home from work and go straight to the garden and hug your roses. (Ouch!) Then, you go in to your house and see you family.

4. On Christmas Eve, visions of "Sugar Peas" dance in your head.

3. After the first frost, you are seen holding funeral services in your garden.

2. You take your kids multiple vitamins from them to use as a supplement to your plants fertilizer.


And, the number one sign that you have gone over the garden edge is..

....and the Number One sign that you have gone over the gardening edge:


1. Every Spring your family files a "Missing Person's" report. You remain missing all summer, and mysteriously re-appear in the fall.

Anonymous jokester.

** Place fruits like pumpkin and squash on a bed of sand. Snails and slugs do not like sand and will not cross over it. You will not need to use slug and snail poisons.

** Use Companion plants that repel
insects. See Companion Plants




Family Activities: Festivals, films, museums, playground activities

August 6-10

K10-003 Fort Hamilton Board of Trade Street Festival
Brooklyn 10am-6pm; Fort Hamilton Parkway bet 65th St - 70th St (5 blocks)


August 7 - 10

Q1-009 St. Irene Chrysovalantou Church Festival
Queens 5pm-11pm; 23rd Ave bet 36th St - Amtrak Overpass (2 blocks)

Friday, August 8

M1-006 Manhattan Youth Street Fair Mardi Gras
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Fulton Street bet Broadway - Gold Street (3 blocks)

Saturday, August 9

M1-013 Seaport Community Coalition Street Fair Mardi Gras
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Water Street bet Fulton St - Broad St (5 blocks)

M2-048 Caring Community Street Fair Clearview
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Washington Square North bet 5th Ave-6th Ave (5 blocks)

Sunday, August 10

M5-118 The Workmen's Circle, Inc. Festival Mardi Gras
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Madison Avenue bet 42nd St - 57th St (15 blocks)

PP# 5 Dominican Day Parade
Manhattan 1:30pm; Sixth Ave bet 36th St & 56th St

NYC Triathlon
Citywide Hudson River/Cycling/Central Park

PP# 73 Brooklyn Dominican Day Parade
Brooklyn 1pm; Graham Ave & Deveboise to Lindsay Park

Q5-027 Myrtle Avenue BID Street Festival Clearview
Queens 11am-6pm; Myrtle Ave bet Fresh Pond Road-Wyckoff Ave (11 blocks)

August 14 - 17

Q1-010 Borgetto Cultural Assn. Festival
Queens 6pm-11pm; Steinway St bet 25th Ave - 28th Ave (1 block)

August 14 - 21

M11-015 The Retired Boxers of Puerto Rico Carnival
Manhattan 4pm-10pm; East 109th Street bet Second-Third Aves (1 block)
Friday, August 15

M1-019 Community Board No. 1 Street Festival Mardi Gras
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Wall Street bet South St - Water St (2 blocks)

Saturday, August 16

M2-049 Village Visiting Neighbors Street Fair Clearview
Manhattan 11am-6pm; University Place bet Waverly Pl-14th St (7 blocks)

M5-119 NY Young Republican Club Festival Mardi Gras
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Seventh Ave bet 47th St - 57th St (10 blocks)

M10- Harlem Week "Uptown Saturday Night"
Manhattan 9am-6pm; 135th Street bet St. Nicholas Ave - Lenox Ave (4 blocks)

Sunday, August 17

M5-058/061 23rd St Assn. & St. Cecile Scholarship Fund Street Fair Clearview
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Sixth Ave bet 14th -23rd St (9 blocks)

PP# 66 India's Independence Day Parade
Manhattan 1pm; Madison Avenue bet 41st to 27th Sts

M6-017 East 55th Street Conservative Synagogue Festival Mardi Gras
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Lexington Ave bet 45th St-57th St (12 blocks)

M10- Harlem Week "Harlem Day 2003" Street Festival
Manhattan 10am-6pm; 135th Street bet St. Nicholas Ave-Fifth Ave (5 blocks)

K8-004 Washington Avenue Merchants Street Festival
Brooklyn 10am-6pm; Washington Ave bet Eastern Pkwy-St. Marks Ave (5 blocks)

K9-003 Nostrand Avenue Merchants Street Festival
Brooklyn 9am-6pm; Nostrand Ave bet Empire Blvd - Clarkson Ave (11 blocks)

K14-004 Pakistani-American Merchants Assn. Independence Celebration
Brooklyn 10am-6pm; Coney Island Avenue bet Newkirk Ave-Ave H (2 blocks)

Q1-011 Steinway Street BID Street Festival Clearview
Queens 11am-6pm; Steinway St bet 28th Ave - 35th Ave (7 blocks)

August 21 - 31

K11-005 Feast of Santa Rosalia Society
Brooklyn 5pm-11pm; 18th Ave bet 67th Street-Bay Ridge Parkway (8 blocks)

Saturday, August 23

M2-036 Our Lady of Pompei Church Festival Clearview
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Bleecker St bet 6th Ave-7th Ave; and,
Carmine St bet 6th Ave-Varick St (5 blocks)

M6-018 Church of the Good Shepard Street Fair Mardi Gras
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Third Avenue bet 23rd St - 34th St (11 blocks)

Sunday, August 24

M5-059 Daytop Village Street Festival Clearview
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Madison Ave bet 42nd St - 57th St (15 blocks)

PP# 64 Pakistani Independence Day Parade
Manhattan 1pm; Madison Avenue bet 41st St - 26th St

M5-184 Pakistani Day Festival
Manhattan 2pm-6pm; Madison Avenue bet 23rd - 26th Sts (3 blocks)

M6-019 Gramercy Park Republican Club Street Fair Mardi Gras
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Third Avenue bet 14th Street - 23rd St (11 blocks)

K13-001 Brighton Beach 26th Annual Jubilee
Brooklyn 10am-6pm; Brighton Beach & Coney Island Aves between
Corbin Place and Brightwater Court (6 blocks)

August 29-September 1

M11-009 Carnaval Aguadillano Teatro Moderno Puertoriqueno
Manhattan 10am-10pm; East 116th Street bet Second-Third Avenues (1 block)

Saturday, August 30

PP# 31 NYC Run to Liberty 10K
Manhattan 8:30am; Start: State St and Battery Place-Lower Manhattan

M2-051 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Com. Ctr Festival Mort & Ray
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Greenwich Avenue bet Sixth Ave-West 12th St (6 blocks)

M6-020 Friends of DagHammarskjold Plaza Street Fair Mardi Gras
Manhattan 11am-6pm; Second Avenue bet 43rd St - 53rd St (10 blocks)

M8-017 East Sixties Neighborhood Association Festival Clearview
Manhattan 11am-6pm; East 60th Street bet Madison Ave - Park Ave (1 block)

PP# 20 Children's West Indian American Day Carnival
Brooklyn 10am; Kingston & St. John's Pl to Brooklyn Museum Grounds

K12-007 Chinese Promise Baptist Church Summer Street Fair
Brooklyn 10am-5:30pm; 8th Avenue bet 47th St - 54th St (8 blocks)

Q2-035 Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce Clearview
Queens 11am-6pm; Greenpoint Ave bet 44th St-48th St; and,
46th St bet Queens Blvd-Greenpoint Ave (5 blocks)

August 30 - September 1

M2-050 Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit
Manhattan Noon-6pm; Periphery of Washington Square Park (21 blocks)

Sunday, August 31

M5-120 Brazilian Festival Mardi Gras
Manhattan 9am-6pm; Sixth Avenue bet 42nd St - 56th St; and,
46th Street bet Fifth and Seventh Avenues (17 blocks)

X12- St. Lucia USA Carnival
Bronx 10am-6pm; Webster Ave bet East Gun Hill Rd-E. 233rd St (20 blocks)

Q6-003 Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce Street Festival Clearview
Queens 11am-6pm; Austin Street bet Ascan Ave-Yellowstone Blvd; and
Continental Ave bet Queens Blvd - Austin St (8 blocks)

This Calendar is presented by the Community Assistance Unit of the Office of the Mayor. Please note that events are subject to change.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Activities
Location: Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, enter off of Water Street. PLEASE NOTE: no pets are allowed in the Park.

4th Annual Brooklyn Bridge Park Summer Film Series

Date/s: Thursdays, July 10 / 17 / 24 / 31 and August 7 / 14, 2003 Rain dates will be the following Fridays. For information 718/802-0603 or check back here! Rain date announcements will be made at Wednesday NOON.

Time: 8:45
Admission: All films are free! Fresh-popped popcorn, water, soft drinks and other drinks will be available for purchase. New this year at on-site concessions: chair rental, as well as delicious dinner food from local restaurants, Rice and 5 Front. Also free bike valet parking each night. Brooklyn born actors are featured.

Description: The series is organized by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition, in cooperation with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation.
Major sponsors who helped underwrite the series: Independence Community Bank, Hallmark Entertainment and Consolidated Edison of New York.

July 24: KID GALAHAD (1937), directed by Michael Curtiz (b/w, no rating), starring Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Edward G. Robinson.

Description: OK he was born in Bucharest, but he was buried in Brooklyn. Edward G. Robinson (now lying peacefully in Beth El Cemetery) and Humphrey Bogart play rival fight managers in this classic story of the grooming of a heavyweight champion. Bette Davis turns in a fine performance as Robinson¹s girl Fluff.

July 31: O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000), directed by Joel Cohen (rated PG-13)

Description: Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey" is translated into a southern Great Depression adventure in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Featuring Brooklyn actor John Turturro as the hot-tempered Pete, "O Brother" follows three convicts (George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson, and Turturro) who escape from a chain gang in hopes of uncovering $1.2 million in stashed loot. Along the way they encounter a range of motley characters and funny circumstances and at one point belt out a hit recording as "The Soggy Bottom Boys.”


August 7: COMING TO AMERICA (1988), directed by John Landis (rated R)

Description: Eddie Murphy may have grown up on the streets of Bushwick, but in this tale he plays Akeem, a rich African prince being coerced by his parents into a marriage he doesn't want. He enlists the aid of his loyal servant (Arsenio Hall) on a clandestine mission to Queens, NYC to find a partner who will see him for who he is, and not his riches.

August 14: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977), directed by Steven Spielberg (rated PG)
Description: Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic features Brooklyn's Richard Dreyfuss who, after a peculiar encounter with a UFO, feels inexplicably beckoned to the base of Wyoming's monolithic Devil's Tower. Along the way, he runs into others on a similar quest and the U.S. government who wants to keep them away from the impending arrival of alien spacecrafts.

Culminating in a spectacular humankind vs. aliens synthesizer duel in musical Morse code, you won't want to miss the chance to see this special effects bonanza on the big screen outdoors and under the stars.

Puppetry and Music Performance
Date: Friday, July 18, 2003

Location: Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, City DUMBO playground (a nautical-themed playground)at the East River waterfront in Brooklyn between Main and Plymouth Streets.

Description: Twenty-five kindergartners through sixth graders worked within White Bird Productions’ Theatrical Puppetry Workshop, located at St. Ann’s Warehouse for two weeks. The children will present “Walt Whitman in Brooklyn Bridge Park”, a puppetry pageant. It will feature: a 14-foot tall puppet of the 19th century poet, six mighty oak trees, and a flock of colorful birds. Bring a blanket or chair.

Presented in cooperation with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Contact: Brooklyn Bridge Coalition, 718-802-0603


21st Annual BWAC (Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition) Outdoor Sculpture Show
Date: Saturday, July 19 to September 14
Location: Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park.

“Fun in the Sun!”
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2003
Time: 11am - 2pm*
Location: DUMBO Playground (between Main and Washington Streets).
Admission: Free

Description: Bring the kids down for a fun-filled day in the playground and enjoy the newly filled sand box. Brooklyn Children's Musuem will visit and display special friends.

This event is sponsored by Friends of DUMBO Playground, a group of community members who collectively are trying to create a more enjoyable, safe, clean and fun playground in DUMBO for all to enjoy. The volunteers of Friends are sponsored by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition and working together to create fun events and promote community involvement. Meetings are held on a monthly basis in the DUMBO area and all are encouraged to partake.
*Tuesday afternoons this summer, summer interns coordinate children’s activities in the Playground. Bring your little ones and volunteer to help for the day.

Directions: Closest subway A/C to High Street;
F to York Street, or
2/3 to Clark St.
B25 bus runs down Cadman Plaza West / Old Fulton Street toward the waterfront.
Free Shuttle Bus Service runs between the three subway stations and the Film Series.

Or take the New York Water Taxi to Fulton Ferry Landing – one block from the Park! New York Water Taxi leaves from North Cove, Pier A and Pier 11 downtown, and Water Taxi riders receive a coupon for free popcorn at the movies!

GENERAL INFORMATION at Queens Botanic Garden (QBG): (718) 886-3800
Summer Hours (through September 30):
Tuesday through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm;
Saturday and Sunday, 8 am to 7 pm.
Closed Mondays year-round, except legal holidays.

Admission: Free

Parking: Parking is available in the Garden’s lot on Dahlia Avenue. There is a $5 fee to park at QBG:
on Saturdays and Sundays, from 9 am to 6 pm, from mid March through September,
and on weekdays,
from July 1 through September 1 (Labor Day), from 9 am to 5 pm.

JUST FOR KIDS!
Series of weekend workshops for children ages 3 to 12 with QBG instructors and friends. Space is limited. Arrive early and register in Plant Shop before each program, to guarantee a place! Workshops begin promptly and last approximately one hour.

Children’s Outdoor Discovery Tour
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 12 noon
Fee: $5; $4 members

Description: HSBC intern Michele Krejci guides kids and their parents through the wonders of Queens Botanical Garden. Discover the smells and textures of plants and learn the roles of bees, other insects, birds and animals.

Native American Pow Wow
Date: Saturday, August 23
Time: 12 noon to 4 pm
Location: in the Garden’s arboretum
Admission: Free

Description: The Ohatchee Cherokee Nation Tribe's annual Pow Wow. A celebration featuring Native American dancing, face painting, storytelling, and vendors.


Tea and Manners Saturday, September 13, 11 am
Fee: $5; $4 members

Learn proper table manners with Elizabeth Knight, author of Tea With Friends, as she makes a lesson in children’s tea etiquette enjoyable and enriching. Children will be served tea and cookies at the program's end, presented as part of National Children’s Good Manners Month.


The Bounty of Earth
Date: Saturday, September 27
Time: 12 noon
Fee: $5; $4 members

Description: Celebrate the harvest time through movement, drawing on harvest festival traditions of Old Europe. Explore themes of ripening, reaping, storing, and giving thanks with instructor Laura Melling. Children will gain an understanding of the bounty of summer and preparing for winter.


HSBC CHILDREN’S GARDEN 2003

Description: Open to ages 5 to 14, outdoor adventures allow kids to plant, maintain, and harvest flowers, vegetables, and herbs; design butterfly, rock, and herb gardens; collect insects; identify flowers; participate in workshops, craft activities, and more!

Registration required.
Contact: Education department, (718) 886-3800, ext. 229. The Children’s Garden has support from HSBC in the Community (USA), Inc.


Fall Session
September 6 through 27
Saturdays, 9:30 am to 12 noon
Fee: $30; $25 members

SUMMER TALKS AND WORKSHOPS

A lineup of gardening related talks presented by QBG staff and colleagues. Meet at Plant Shop before start of each program, unless otherwise noted.

Cultural Research Forums
Date: Tuesdays, July 15 and August 19
Time: 7 pm
Fees: Free

Description: QBG cultural researcher Chloe Frommer discusses how plants found in material culture are used to create a sense of rootedness, home, familiarity, belonging, and cultural identity in a new context and urban setting. These forums will allow participants to explore the commonalities and differences that both link and differentiate immigrant experiences.
Contact: (718) 886-3800, ext, 224.


Cooking with Herbs
Date: Saturday, July 26
Time: 12 noon
Fee: Free

Description: Cynthia Reed will teach general techniques of using fresh, dried, and frozen herbs. She will demonstrate how to make herbal vinegars, herb-flavored oils and butters, and salt-free herbal blends, and suggest how to best use them with foods.


Natural Lawn Care
Date: Saturday, August 16
Time: 10 am to 12 noon
Fee: Free
Description: Director of education Patty Kleinberg explains how you can grow a green and healthy lawn this summer-without the stressful use of chemicals-by using the right grass seed or alternative ground covers, watering, and mowing.

Backyard Composting
Date: Saturday, September 6
Time: 10 am to 12 noon
Location: Check at the Information Desk in the Administration Building lobby for course location.
Description: Learn how from leaves, kitchen waste, garden cuttings, and even shredded newspapers can come rich, dark soil. Find out the composting basics: what composting is, how to do it right in your own backyard, and how to use the finished compost. Learn how to avoid and solve problems, as well as what equipment and tools are helpful.

SUMMER CONCERTS

Bring a blanket or a chair to these free outdoor performances, presented on the Garden’s Great Lawn.

Rhythms Around the World
Date: Sunday, July 27
Time: 6 pm
Description: The rhythms and beats of traditional drumming and chanting of cultures around the world. This program is presented in collaboration with the Flushing Jewish Community Council’s Multicultural Committee.

Little Brass Band of the American Concert Band
Date: Thursday, August 7
Time: 7 pm
Description: Six-piece ensemble from the American Concert Band features founder and director Dr. Kirby Jolly, conductor on first trumpet, plus performers on second trumpet, trombone, sax/clarinet, tuba, and drum.

The Lew Picardi Orchestra
Date: Thursday, August 14
Time: 7 pm

Description: Enjoy an evening of big band music from the 1940s and 1950s.

Phil Costa & The Something Special Big Band
Date: Thursday, August 21
Time: 7 pm

Description: Swing/jazz band, best known for its Basie style, The Something Special Big Band features former Basie vocalist Kim Lawrence. Enjoy the classics of the Count’s , Duke Ellington, contemporary arrangements by Sammy Nestico of some of the standards, and more.

Queens Festival Band
Date: Sunday, September 7
Time: 4 pm

Description: Dixieland and classical jazz with conductor Michael Canipi and members one of the borough’s oldest bands.



The Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) Building Project is under way. MoMA's exhibition programs have moved to MoMA QNS, 33 Street at Queens Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens

MoMA is not just expanding; it is creating an entirely new Museum, with more than double the space for its exhibitions and programs. Designed by Yoshio Taniguchi and opening in 2005, the new MoMA will feature 630,000 square feet of new and redesigned space. Two buildings will frame the enlarged Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden: a new gallery building will house the main exhibition galleries, and the Museum's first stand-alone Education and Research Center will provide over five times more space for MoMA's education programs and scholarly resources.

Family Programs

Cool off this summer at MoMA QNS with a special two-part program in celebration of the exhibition Ansel Adams at 100. We’ll tour the exhibition and then head outside for a hands-on photography workshop.
Tours for Fours
Date:Thursdays, in July
Time: 10:30–11:15 a.m.
Location: MoMA QNS, 33 Street/Queens Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens

Description: This program, specifically designed for four-year-olds and their parents, introduces families to painting, sculpture, photography, and works on paper through interactive gallery activities and discussions. Please sign up for one session only. The program will be repeated. Admission is $5 per family, members $3. Preregistration by mail is required.

The program takes place on the following dates:

July 3, July 17, July 31

Focus on Photography: Ansel Adams
Date: Consecutive Thursdays, July 10–August 21 Time: 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Location: Part I: MoMA QNS 33 Street at Queens Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens
Part II: Arts Consortium Auditorium
1 East 53 Street, between Fifth/Madison Avenues

Description: For children ages five to ten and their adult companions. In the first session of this special two-part photography workshop, families will be introduced to the exhibition Ansel Adams at 100 at MoMA QNS.
The following week, families meet in Manhattan and learn how to take landscape photographs in Central Park. (No cameras necessary; all materials are provided.) Admission is $20 per family, members $18. Please sign up for one group only. Preregistration by mail is required. Please note: this program is sold out.


MoMA P.S.1 Summer Celebration
Date: Sunday, July 27
Time: 12:00–6:00 p.m.
Location: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center,
22-25 Jackson Ave. at 46 Ave., Long Island City, Queens

Description: A family-friendly afternoon of food, music, art making, and live performances in the courtyard of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, a MoMA affiliate.
Admission: free
Preregistration is required for most Family Programs.
Contact: Family Programs, (212) 708-9805;
e-mail FamilyPrograms@moma.org.
For registration information or to be placed on the Family Programs mailing list

Exhibitions for adults to view:
Max Beckmann
Andy Warhol: Screen Tests
To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection

More for the KIDS
Little Red Lighthouse Festival.
Location: Fort Washington Park
Date: Saturday, September 13
Time: 12:00-5:00 pm.

Description: Celebration of Manhattan's only lighthouse featuring hayrides, lighthouse tours, face painting, a clown, a stilt walker, with live music, celebrity reading stories, nautically themed exhibits and demonstrations from more than 40 organizations

New York Restoration Project(NYRP), Bette Midler's group (with similar mission to the BQLT "restores, develops, and revitalizes underserved parks, community gardens, and open space in New York City") and the Lighthouse Trust of New York City hosts this 11th annual event.

Contact: Jane Jackson, at (212) 333-2552 to
volunteer.


Lefferts Historic House
MUSEUM AND EVENTS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

In the 18th and 19th century people whose origins were Europe, Africa and North America inhabited Flatbush village and the area around it. Lefferts Historic House, a farmhouse built c. 1783, is a museum for children and adults that focuses its research, programming and exhibitions on the day-to-day lives of these real people.

Museum Telephone: (718) 789-2822

Location: Lefferts Homestead is located in Prospect Park on Flatbush Avenue between the Zoo and Carousel (near Empire Boulevard).

· Groups of ten or more must call to make a reservation at 718/789-2822.

· First floor exhibits and period rooms are accessible via a ramp to the first floor. 2nd Floor exhibits are reproduced on the 1st floor with “Upstairs Downstairs” materials that utilize models and photographs.

2003 June – August

Free Public Hours: Between Memorial Day and Labor Day:
Thursday to Sunday 12:00 – 6:00

Gardening Club. Everyone is welcome to join the Thursday Gardening Club and help plant, weed, thin, water and harvest vegetables in the museum’s garden. Learn how to make compost and find many different garden critters. To join the Gardening Club, come and sign-up any Thursday at the Homestead from 1:30 – 3:30. All ages and levels of experience are welcome.

Sewing Club. Visitors of all ages and skill levels can join the Friday Sewing Club. Visitors can learn basic sewing techniques or work on their own projects. To join the Sewing Club, come and sign-up any Friday at the Homestead from 1:30 – 3:30. All ages and levels of experience are welcome.

Free Public Events: July & August (Sundays)

Summer Songs and Stories 2:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M.

Stories from The Social History of Flatbush as told to Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt by her grandmother Femmettie and other stories told by Tammy Hall and guest storytellers.

July 26 & 27 Flax Harvest 2:00PM & 3:00PM

Come help the museum staff and volunteers harvest this year’s flax crop. The flax will then be hung up to dry, soaked in water for 3- 4 weeks.

August 24 Battle of Long Island Workshop 1:30 – 4:30PM
Storytelling 3:00PM

Description: Was a war ever fought in Brooklyn? Come and learn about the role that Brooklyn and the Town of Flatbush had in the Revolutionary War. Maps, stories and illustration activities for children.

LOOKING FOR A FAMILY ACTIVITY - TRY GARDENING

Gardening is a relaxing antidote to today's increasing pace of life. A fresh air type of meditation that clears your mind of stress and worries, and can be an activity that draws the family together.

One reason kids love the garden is that different rules apply there: you're allowed to get dirty, touch things, and even eat the flowers! Herbs and edible blooms fit well into this plan, releasing their appetizing and alluring aromas when handled. Pinching leaves and nibbling a nasturtium petal enlivens the senses, and can lead to interesting explorations.

In a short time, you see demonstrated positive results of your efforts; and as the growing season progresses, you gain a sense of achievement and pride in your garden. For children, it can be one way of building confidence and self esteem.

Gardens and Gardening


Duke Farms is open by reservation only: (908) 722-3700. The hourlong tours, Wednesday through Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., begin June 4 and continue into November. Tickets: $10. Information: www.ddcf.org.

ARTICLE ABOUT TOUR OF 11 GARDENS FOLLOWS:

The New York Times
Duke Farms in New Jersey was a playground for Doris Duke.

By ANNE RAVER


ILLSBOROUGH, N.J.
On a misty day last week, I toured 700 acres of a vast pastoral landscape here that could have been in England. Deer raised their heads in an emerald-green meadow. All of London plane trees led to arched bridges over quiet lakes fed by meandering streams and gushing waterfalls. Fountains and classical statues greeted me at every turn, even in the picturesque ruins of a stone hay barn.

This pleasure ground, the core of Duke Farms, Doris Duke's 2,700-acre private estate, will open to the public on June 4 for the first time in 75 years. The only part of Duke Farms previously open to the public was Ms. Duke's dizzying international smorgasbord of 11 manicured gardens. Under an acre of glass and called Gardens of Nations, it has since 1964 accepted about 35,000 visitors each year from September through May.

I was excited, imagining how people could now wander this early 20th-century landscape, created by a number of architects and engineers, including James L. Greenleaf, Ellen Biddle Shipman and Buckenham & Miller. How the public might picnic under the 100-year-old oaks, sketch the nine man-made lakes, spoon on the arching bridges, puzzle over the vine-covered foundation of the mansion that Ms. Duke's father, James Buchanan "Buck" Duke abandoned at the onset of World War I.

But, in fact, members of the public will not be wandering about unaccompanied. Visitors will board small trolleylike buses for guided tours, which will occur twice a day. "People will be able to get out of the trolley at certain places for a few minutes," said Priscilla Brendler, the program director for Duke Farms, one of three properties run by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, "but they can't go off by themselves."

"But why not?" I asked, sniffing a purple lilac and admiring a statue of a headless woman in classical drapery. This really is, as a reporter in 1909 called it, the Central Park of New Jersey. Like Frederick Law Olmsted, who moved boulders and earth to create a piece of the Adirondacks in Central Park, Buck Duke replicated the rolling Piedmont in sandy New Jersey. "Buck had all these boulders brought in," Ms. Brendler said, explaining that he dug lakes in the flat farm fields and used the scooped-out earth to build hills. The project cost him millions of dollars.

"Buck wanted it open, where people could walk and picnic," Ms. Brendler said. He hired a constable to maintain decorum. But people drove their cars over the lawns and vandalized the statues.

The final straw was a large touring party of 180 cars. According to a 1915 newspaper account, they left their empty lunch boxes and bottles behind, and picked flowers despite signs prohibiting it. Later, Ms. Duke occasionally opened the grounds for activities like sunrise services.

Ms. Brendler chauffeured me along one of the manicured drives that wind for 30 miles through the estate. We passed the foundation of Mr. Duke's great unbuilt house. "It was supposed to be a French chateau," Ms. Brendler said, "but Buck donated the steel to the war effort."

She pointed out the Mermaid Pool, near the foundation, where Ms. Duke liked to swim. She was Buck Duke's only child, born to his second wife, Nanaline. He died in 1925, when his daughter was 12.

"Doris adored her father," Ms. Brendler said. She stopped the van and let me out so I could stare over a balustrade, obviously built with a grand house in mind. It overlooks a terraced greensward that slopes toward a distant woods.

"We call that the Great Lawn," Ms. Brendler said, estimating it to be a quarter-mile long. The rippled effect reminded me of Middleton Place, an old plantation outside Charleston.

Ms. Duke attended various boarding schools and she spoke nine languages. In 1932 she married a sportsman, James H. R. Cromwell, and the two went on a world tour. The sights she saw influenced the gardens she built at Duke Farms, at her house in Honolulu (where she swam in a 65-foot-long saltwater pool) and at her house in Newport (where she swam off the rocks in the ocean).

"Miss Duke was very personally involved, very hands-on," said Patrick Lerch, the foundation's director of properties. "She would say, `No, that's not right,' and hand the men a sketch or photo."

Ms. Duke was married to Mr. Cromwell for eight years. Her second marriage, to the infamous playboy Porfirio Rubirosa, "a diplomat from the Dominican Republic," as Mr. Lerch phrased it, lasted only a year.

I stared longingly in the direction of the old farmhouse, where the family lived.

"Doris built the Hollywood wing in 1935 for her and Jimmy," Ms. Brendler said, referring to Mr. Cromwell. "It was Art Deco, with a theater and a bar, a bowling alley and an indoor pool and enclosed clay tennis court."

Could I see it?

"Oh no, that's not allowed," Ms. Brendler said. The house is now used for the storage of files and papers; an archivist works in the basement. The current generation of gawkers will be allowed onto the premises by appointment, just 30 at a time. Mr. Lerch called this an "initial program," hinting at greater access to come.

"We want to make it available, so the general public can enjoy its resources," he said, "but we need to preserve and protect the habitat."

Duke Farms does not now have enough rest rooms or parking for large numbers of people. "We have no signage or trails, no park rangers," he said.

I wondered why some of the $1.2 billion in the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, which supports, among other things, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and National Public Radio, couldn't be tapped for the kind of amenities that would really make this a public park. But that is a long way off, Mr. Lerch said, if ever.

"The bottom line is, this is not Central Park, which has public roads and sidewalks going through it," he said. So as it stands now, visitors will get only a tantalizing glimpse, from a trolley, of how the fabulously wealthy roughed it in the country.

Buck Duke, born in 1856, was the son of a tobacco farmer and cigarette manufacturer. He boosted the family fortune by pioneering the use of the cigarette rolling machine, and founded the American Tobacco Company in 1890. Eight years later, the company was producing 3.7 billion cigarettes annually. "That was half the cigarettes produced in the country," Ms. Brendler said.

The Supreme Court found the company to be a monopoly and dissolved it in 1911, and Mr. Duke turned his attention to hydroelectric power. By 1925 Duke Power was supplying electricity to more than 300 cotton mills, as well as towns throughout the Piedmont region of the Carolinas. After he made a donation to Trinity College in Durham, N.C., it was renamed Duke University.

Mr. Duke began buying land along the Raritan River in New Jersey for what would become Duke Farms in 1893.

"Buck lived here as a country farmer," Ms. Brendler said. "Other wealthy families were going out to Newport and Long Island, but he wanted to play with his farm and his hydroelectric plant on the Raritan River."

His plant powered the estate and outlying areas. His fascination with waterworks explains the property's many streams, waterfalls and lakes.

Ms. Duke died in 1993 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Her obituary in The New York Times appeared under the headline "Doris Duke, 80, Heiress Whose Great Wealth Couldn't Buy Happiness, Is Dead."

Mr. Lerch said that her will specifies that Duke Farms be devoted to environmental protection and education. Rutgers University is studying the elm trees, as well as native plants and invasive species. And wildlife is finding a haven here.

"We have a pair of nesting golden eagles, 15 coyotes and a great horned owl," Ms. Brendler said. Visitors may also get a glimpse of Princess, a 15-year-old camel. "Doris bought a Boeing 737 from a gentleman in the Middle East," Ms. Brendler said. Two Bactrian camels "the double-humped model," Mr. Lerch joked "were part of the deal."

Leaving Duke Farms, I could only hope that the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation would hurry to get the restrooms and the rangers ready. The public is hungry for open space, and even hungrier for places that have been stamped, as Duke Farms has, by wealth, drama, taste and time.

CURRENT EXHIBITS IN BROOKLYN
Baseball's Back in Brooklyn
On display at the Brooklyn Cyclone's Stadium,
Keyspan Park, Coney Island

Retracing the Revolution. Wartime on Brooklyn's Soil.
Old Stone House, 336 Third Street, Park Slope


Brooklyn Stories and Digging in Downtown
New York Marriott Lobby, Archives Restaurant
333 Adams Street

New Neighbors: Sunset Park's Chinese Community
Chinese Cultural Center
5002 8th Ave., Sunset Park


In Pursuit of Freedom: African-Americans in Brooklyn and the Anti-Slavery Movement
Call for location 718-222-4111


Brooklyn Works: 400 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn, a new core exhibit is currently being created. Call Brooklyn Historic Society

Volume XVIII, Number 3829 Thursday, March 27th, 2003


A HIKE FOR EVERY BOROUGH


Now that spring has arrived, there’s no excuse to stay inside. You owe it to your sunlight starved body to get outside and take a long walk. Spring is an elusive season—it’s here and gone before you know it—and this weekend will be one of the few times you’ll be able to see budding trees, just-bloomed crocuses, and overflowing streams and puddles. There are dozens of trails all over the city that are perfect for rediscovering the great outdoors. Some of the city’s best hikes are listed below, but for a complete overview of hikes in your neighborhood park, call the Urban Park Rangers—they might even be hosting a guided hike somewhere near you. It’s also a good idea to check with the Rangers to get an update on trail conditions, especially if the weather has been rainy. To find the Urban Park Ranger station closest to you, call 1-866-NYC-HAWK.


In Brooklyn, the Salt Marsh Nature Trail is especially beautiful this time of year. The trail lies at the westernmost inlet of Jamaica Bay in Marine Park and begins at the Salt Marsh Nature center. About a mile long, the trail is a gravel path that follows the edge of the salt marsh, giving hikers glimpses of wetland wildlife. In the spring, red-winged blackbirds sing among the cattails and Beach Plum, Henbit and Purple Dead Nettle bloom. A bridge at the beginning of the trail offers hikers a place to look for fiddler and horseshoe crabs. In late spring, the new growth of plants and flowers sometimes becomes so thick that they nearly engulf the trail, creating a green buffer that surrounds the trail and muffles urban distractions.


A hike through Alley Pond Park in Queens will lead you around glacial "Kettle Ponds." The park lies on a glacier-formed ridge of sand and rock that marks the southern terminus of the Minnesota Ice Sheet. The "Kettle Ponds" were formed by buried chunks of ice that melted and formed pools when the glacier receded. Water drains into the valley from the hills and bubbles up from natural springs, mixing with the salt water from Little Neck Bay. The ponds are host to freshwater and saltwater wetlands, tidal flats, meadows, and forest, creating a complex ecosystem that gives curious hikers a huge variety of animal and plant life to observe.


City of New York Parks & Recreation Daily Planet Newsletter

At MoMA Film at The Gramercy Theatre:

Summer Repertory
Date: July 5–August 31
Location: The Gramercy Theatre
Description: The Department of Film and Media has over twenty thousand films and videos in its archives in Hamlin, Pennsylvania. These works span the history and culture of cinema- and videomaking. Members of the Department of Film and Media selected works from the collection to be presented.
Highlights in August include three films by Japanese master Kenji Mizoguchi; Shirley Clarke’s The Connection (1961), presented in tribute to the late playwright/screenwriter Jack Gelber; and a selection of videos by Gary Hill, Joan Jonas, Chris Marker, Bill Viola, and others.


Premiere Brazil!
Directed by Dorothy Arzner
This brief view into the creativity and diversity of contemporary Brazilian cinema was selected by Jytte Jensen, Associate Curator, Department of Film and Media, The Museum of Modern Art; Ilda Santiago, Director, Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival; Claudia Dutra, Brazilian Film Festival of Miami; and in consultation with Fabiano Canosa.

Lecture: Ansel Adams at His Best
Date: Tuesday, September 30,
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: MoMA Film at The Gramercy Theatre
127 East 23 Street at Lexington Avenue, Manhattan

Description: Lecture and discussions of the nature photographer's works, with John Szarkowski, Director Emeritus, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, and Curator of Ansel Adams at 100.

Fees: Tickets are $10, $8 for members, $5 for students, and can be purchased only in person at the MoMA QNS Lobby Ticketing Desk, 33 Street at Queens Boulevard; and, the Visitor Center at MoMA Design Store, 44 West 53 Street, Manhattan. Remaining tickets will be available at the door on the evening of the program. No phone registration.
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Agosto 6-10

La Tabla del Fuerte K10-003 Hamilton de la Calle del Comercio Brooklyn 10am-6pm Festival; Avenida de Fuerte
Hamilton apuesta 65th San - 70th San (5 bloques)

Agosto 7 - 10

S. Q1-009. La Iglesia de Irene Chrysovalantou Reinas 5pm-11pm Festivales; Avda vig?©simo tercero apuesta 36th
San - Viaducto de Amtrak (2 bloques)

El viernes, agosto 8

La Calle de la Juventud de Manhattan M1-006 Martes de carnaval Justo Manhattan 11am-6pm; apuesta de Calle de
Fulton Broadway - la Calle Oro (3 bloques)

El s?¡bado, agosto 9

La Calle de la Coalici?³n de la Comunidad del Puerto mar?­timo M1-013 Martes de carnaval Justo Manhattan
11am-6pm; apuesta de Calle de Agua Fulton San - Anchos San (5 bloques)

La Calle de la Comunidad de Cuidar M2-048 Clearview Manhattan 11am-6pm Justo; Washington el Norte Cuadrado
apuesta Avda Ave-6th quinta (5 bloques)

El domingo, agosto 10

M5-118 El C?­rculo de Trabajadores, S.a. El Martes de carnaval festival Manhattan 11am-6pm; la Avenida de
Madison apuesta 42nd San - 57th San (15 bloques)

PP# 5 Desfile Dominicano de D?­a Manhattan 1:30pm; Sexta Avda apuesta 36th San & 56th San

El R?­o del Triatl?³n de NYC Citywide Hudson/Cycling/el Parque Central

PP# 73 Brooklyn el Desfile Dominicano de D?­a Brooklyn 1 p.m.; Avda de Graham & Deveboise al Parque de Lindsay

La Calle de la OFERTA de la Avenida del Mirto Q5-027 de Clearview 11am-6pm Festival Reinas; Avda de Mirto
apuesta Avda Fresca de Camino de Charca Wyckoff (11 bloques)

Agosto 14 - 17

Borgetto Q1-010 Assn Cultural. Las Reinas 6pm-11pm festivales; Steinway San apuesta Avda vig?©simo quinto -
Avda vig?©simo octavo (1 bloque)

Agosto 14 - 21

M11-015 Los Pugilistas Jubilados de Carnaval de Puerto Rico Manhattan 4pm-10pm; apuesta 109th Oriental de
Calle Avda Terceras de Segundo (1 bloque)

el viernes, agosto 15

La Comunidad M1-019 Abordar No. 1 Calle Martes de carnaval Festival Manhattan 11am-6pm; el Sur de apuesta de
Wall Street San - Rega San (2 bloques)

El s?¡bado, agosto 16

La Aldea M2-049 la Calle de Vecinos Clearview Manhattan 11am-6pm Justo que Visitan; apuesta de Lugar de
Universidad Ondea Pl-14th San (7 bloques)

El republicano de J?³venes de NY M5-119 Golpea Martes de carnaval Festival Manhattan 11am-6pm; S?©ptima Avda
apuesta 47th San - 57th San (10 bloques)

M10- la Semana de Harlem "la Noche Exterior de s?¡bado" Manhattan 9am-6pm; S. 135th de apuesta de Calle. Avda de
Nicholas - Avda de Lenox (4 bloques)

El domingo, agosto 17

23 M5-058/061 San Assn. & S. La Calle de Fondos de Beca de Cecile Clearview Manhattan 11am-6pm Justo; Sexto 14 de
apuesta de Avda -23 San (9 bloques)

PP# 66 Desfile de D?­a de Independencia de India Manhattan 1 p.m.; la Avenida de Madison apuesta 41st al 27 San

M6-017 la Calle 55th Oriental Sinagoga Conservadora Martes de carnaval Festival Manhattan 11am-6pm; Avda de
Lexington apuesta 45th St-57th San (12 bloques)

M10- la Semana de Harlem "D?­a de Harlem 2003" Calle Manhattan 10am-6pm Festival; S. 135th de apuesta de Calle.
Nicholas Avda Quinta de Avda (5 bloques)

La Calle de Mercaderes de Avenida de Washington K8-004 Brooklyn 10am-6pm Festival; Avda de Washington apuesta
Pkwy Oriental San. Avda de marcas (5 bloques)

La Calle de Mercaderes de Avenida de Nostrand K9-003 Brooklyn 9am-6pm Festival; el Imperio de apuesta de Avda
de Nostrand Blvd - Avda de Clarkson (11 bloques)

K14-004 Mercaderes Americanos pakistan?­es Assn. La Celebraci?³n de la independencia Brooklyn 10am-6pm; de Avda
de apuesta de Avenida de Isla de Coney Newkirk H Avda (2 bloques)

La Calle de la OFERTA de la Calle de Steinway Q1-011 de Clearview 11am-6pm Festival Reinas; Steinway San
apuesta Avda vig?©simo octavo - Avda 35th (7 bloques)

Agosto 21 - 31

El Banquete K11-005 de la Sociedad de Santa Rosalia Brooklyn 5pm-11pm; Avda decimoctavo apuesta Avenida 67th
de Arista de Bah?­a de Calle (8 bloques)

El s?¡bado, agosto 23

M2-036 Nuestra Dama de la Iglesia de Pompei Clearview Manhattan 11am-6pm Festival; Bleecker San apuesta Avda
Ave-7th sexta; y, el Carm?­n San apuesta Avda sexta Varick San (5 bloques)

La Iglesia M6-018 de la Calle Buena de Shepard Martes de carnaval Justo Manhattan 11am-6pm; Tercer 23 de
apuesta de Avenida San - 34th San (11 bloques)

El domingo, agosto 24

La Calle de la Aldea de Daytop M5-059 Clearview Manhattan 11am-6pm Festival; Avda de Madison apuesta 42nd San
- 57th San (15 bloques)

PP# 64 Desfile pakistan?­ de D?­a de Independencia Manhattan 1 p.m.; la Avenida de Madison apuesta 41st San - 26
San

M5-184 D?­a pakistan?­ Manhattan 2pm-6pm Festival; 23 de apuesta de Avenida de Madison - 26 San (3 bloques)

La Calle del Club del republicano del Parque de Gramercy M6-019 Martes de carnaval Justo Manhattan 11am-6pm;
Tercera apuesta de la Avenida la Calle decimocuarta - 23 San (11 bloques)

La Playa de Brighton K13-001 el Aniversario Anual vig?©simo sexto Brooklyn 10am-6pm; la Playa de Brighton &
Avda de Isla de Coney entre el Lugar de Corbin y el Tribunal de Brightwater (6 bloques)

Agosto de 29 septiembres 1

Carnaval M11-009 Aguadillano Teatro Moderno Puertoriqueno Manhattan 10am-10pm; apuesta 116th Oriental de Calle
las Avenidas Terceras de Segundo (1 bloque)

El s?¡bado, agosto 30

PP# 31 NYC Corre a la Libertad 10K Manhattan 8:30am; el Comienzo: Indica San y el Lugar de Bater?­a Bajo
Manhattan

La Lesbiana M2-051, Alegre, Bisexual & Transgender Com. Ctr Mort Festival & Rayo Manhattan 11am-6pm; la Avenida
de Greenwich apuesta Sexta Avda-al oeste duod?©cimos San (6 bloques)

Los Amigos M6-020 de la Calle de Plaza de DagHammarskjold Martes de carnaval Justo Manhattan 11am-6pm; Segunda
Avenida apuesta 43rd San - 53rd San (10 bloques)

M8-017 la Asociaci?³n Oriental del Vencindario de Sesenta Clearview Manhattan 11am-6pm Festival; Avda 60th
Oriental de apuesta de Calle Madison - Avda de Parque (1 bloque)

PP# 20 Indio del Oeste de Ni?±os Carnaval Americano de D?­a Brooklyn 10am; Kingston & S. John Pl al Motivo del
Museo de Brooklyn

El chino K12-007 Promete la Calle Bautista del Verano de la Iglesia Brooklyn 10am-5:30pm Justo; la Avenida
octava apuesta 47th San - 54th San (8 bloques)

De c?¡mara de comercio de Q2-035 Sunnyside Clearview 11am-6pm Reinas; Avda de Greenpoint apuesta 44th St-48th
San; y, 46th San Avda de Reinas de apuesta Blvd Greenpoint (5 bloques)

Agosto 30 - septiembre 1

Washington M2-050 la Exhibici?³n al aire libre Cuadrada del Arte Manhattan Noon-6pm; la Periferia de Washington
el Parque Cuadrado (21 bloques)

El domingo, agosto 31

El brasile?±o M5-120 Martes de carnaval Festival Manhattan 9am-6pm; Sexta Avenida apuesta 42nd San - 56th San;
y, la Calle 46th apuesta Quintas y S?©ptimas Avenidas (17 bloques)

X12- S. El Carnaval de Estados Unidos de Am?©rica de Lucia Bronx 10am-6pm; apuesta de Avda de Webster Rd E
Oriental de Colina de Fusil. 233rd San (20 bloques)

La Calle de c?¡mara de comercio de Colinas de Bosque Q6-003 de Clearview 11am-6pm Festival Reinas; Avda de
apuesta de Calle de Austin Ascan Yellowstone Blvd; y Reinas Continentales de apuesta de Avda Blvd - Austin San
(8 bloques)

Este Calendario es presentado por la Unidad de Ayuda de Comunidad de la Oficina del Alcalde. Favor de notar que los acontecimientos son susceptible cambiar.

¡APENAS PARA NI?‘OS! en Reinas el Jard?­n (QBG) Bot?¡nicoAgosto 6-10
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Nuestra serie popular de talleres de fin de semana para edades de ni?±os 3 a 12, contin?ºan este verano con instructores de QBG y amigos. ¡El espacio se limita, as?­ que llega garantizar temprano su lugar! Por favor registro en la Tienda de Planta antes de cada programa. Los talleres comienzan inmediatamente y duran aproximadamente una hora.

Los P?¡jaros del Programa de la familia Son s?¡bados Hermosos, el 12 de julio de 12 el Honorario del mediod?­a:
$5; $4 miembros

Obtenga para saber que nuestro ha a amigos emplumados. Una Urte Schaedle en un “la caminata de p?¡jaro” por Reinas el Jard?­n Bot?¡nico. Aprenda lo que usted puede hacer para atraer p?¡jaros a su propio jard?­n o el alf?©izar. Entonces, construye un alimentador de p?¡jaro para tomar hogar.

Los ni?±os?’s el Viaje al aire libre del Descubrimiento el s?¡bado, el 9 de agosto de 12 el Honorario del
mediod?­a: $5; $4 miembros

El interno de HSBC Michele Krejci indican los ni?±os y a sus padres por las maravillas de Reinas el Jard?­n Bot?¡nico. Descubra los olores y las texturas de plantas y aprenda los papeles de abejas, otros insectos, los p?¡jaros y los animales.

El Indio Americano Pow Wow el s?¡bado, el 23 de agosto de 12 el mediod?­a a 4 Liberta p.m.

El Tribu de la Naci?³n de Ohatchee Cherokee trae su Pow Wow anual a QBG este a?±o. Esta celebraci?³n representa el baile de Indio Americano, la cara pintando, narrativa, y los vendedores en el Jard?­n?’arboretum de s.

El t?© y las Maneraes el s?¡bado, el 13 de septiembre de 11 soy el Honorario: $5; $4 miembros

Es nunca demasiado temprano aprender las maneraes apropiadas de tabla. Una a Isabel Caballero, el autor de T?© Con Amigos, cuando ella hacen una lecci?³n en ni?±os?’la etiqueta de t?© de s ambos agradable y enriquecer. Los ni?±os ser?¡n servidos t?© y galletas en la conclusi?³n de este programa, presentado como parte de Ni?±os Nacionales’s Mes Bueno de Maneraes.

La Prima de la Tierra el s?¡bado, el 27 de septiembre de 12 el Honorario del mediod?­a: $5; $4 miembros

Celebre el tiempo de cosecha por el movimiento. Utilizar fiesta de la cosecha las tradiciones de Viejo

Europa, el instructor Laura Melling explorar?¡n los temas de madurar, de cosechar, de almacenar, y de Gracias que da. Los ni?±os ser?¡n movidos hacia una comprensi?³n de nuestra prima com?ºn del verano y preparar por el invierno.


Los NI?‘OS de HSBC’el JARDIN de S 2003

¡Abra al horticulturists del echar brotes se envejece 5 a 14, estas aventuras al aire libre permiten los ni?±os para plantar, mantener, y para cosechar flores, las verduras, y las hierbas; mariposa de dise?±o, la piedra, y los jardines de hierba; reunir insectos; identifique flores; tome parte en talleres y actividades hechas a mano; y m?¡s! Para registrar, llamar el departamento de la educaci?³n en (718) 886-3800, ext. 229. Los Ni?±os?’el Jard?­n de s goza apoyo de plomo de HSBC en la Comunidad (los Estados Unidos de Am?©rica), S.a. en 2003.

La Sesi?³n de la ca?­da septiembre 6 por 27 s?¡bados, 9:30 est?¡ a 12 Honorario del mediod?­a: $30; $25 miembros

El VERANO HABLA Y los TALLERES

El verano bienvenido con nuestra alineaci?³n nueva de discursos presentados por el personal de QBG y colegas, en temas del inter?©s a todos jardineros. Encuentre en la Tienda de Planta antes del comienzo de cada programa, a menos que de otro modo note.

Los martes culturales de Foros de Investigaci?³n, julio 15 y el 19 de agosto de 7 Liberta p.m.

¿Cu?¡n profundamente “arraig?³?” es usted en Reinas? ¿C?³mo utiliza usted plantas como expresiones de su familia’la herencia de s en la vida diaria y para celebrar las ocasiones especiales? QBG apreciar?­a saber las plantas significativas del papel en su vida. Una QBG investigador cultural Chloe Frommer para una discusi?³n de c?³mo plantas encontraron en la cultura material son utilizados para crear un sentido de rootedness, del hogar, de la familiaridad, de la pertenencia, y de la identidad cultural en un contexto nuevo y la colocaci?³n urbana. Estos foros permitir?¡n que participantes explorar?¡n los comunes y las diferencias que ambas conexi?³n y diferenciar?¡n las experiencias de inmigrante. Todo est?¡ bienvenido. Para aprender m?¡s y tomar parte en un foro, la llamada (718) 886-3800, ext, 224.

El Cuidado de Composting y C?©sped (en Espa?±ol) el s?¡bado, el 19 de julio de 10 estoy a 12 mediod?­a Liberta

Una NYC Certific?³ a Reinas Composter Fernando Forero Magistral para una introducci?³n al arte de composting y aprende los pasos b?¡sicos para un sano, la sustancia qu?­mica liberta c?©sped verde. Sr. Forero presentar?¡ su taller enteramente en espa?±ol.

Curaci?³n con Hierbas el s?¡bado, el 19 de julio de 12 el mediod?­a Liberta

¿Qu?© y puede poder’T sea utilizada seguramente hierbas como medicinales? La Ca?±a de Cynthia discutir?¡ el escoger, almacenar, y el uso de hierbas medicinales como t?©s, los jarabes, las compresas, las cataplasmas, los petr?³leos, ung?¼entos, y los ba?±os de hierbas.

Cocina con Hierbas el s?¡bado, el 26 de julio de 12 el mediod?­a Liberta

Una Cynthia Ca?±a y aprenda las t?©cnicas generales de utilizar hierbas frescas, secada y congelada. Ella demostrar?¡ para c?³mo hacer vinagres de hierbas, los petr?³leos y las mantequillas condimentados de hierba, y la sal libertan las mezclas de hierbas, y sugieren para cu?¡n utilizarlos mejor con alimentos.

El Cuidado natural del C?©sped el s?¡bado, el 16 de agosto de 10 estoy a 12 mediod?­a Liberta Visita el Escritorio de Informaci?³n en
el vest?­bulo de la Construcci?³n de la Administraci?³n para la ubicaci?³n del curso.

El director de la educaci?³n Patty Kleinberg explica c?³mo usted puede crecer un c?©sped verde y sano este verano sin el uso estresante de sustancias qu?­micas utilizando la semilla correcta de c?©sped o cubiertas vegetales de alternativa, rega, y corta.

El traspatio Composting el s?¡bado, el 6 de septiembre de 10 estoy a 12 mediod?­a Liberta Visita el Escritorio de Informaci?³n en el
vest?­bulo de la Construcci?³n de la Administraci?³n para la ubicaci?³n del curso.

De hojas, el desecho de la cocina, cuttings de jard?­n, e incluso destroz?³ peri?³dicos pueden venir tierra rica y oscura. Averig?¼e los principios de composting: qu?© composting es, c?³mo lo hacer derecho en su propio traspatio, y c?³mo utilizar el abono terminado. Aprenda a c?³mo evitar y resolver los problemas, as?­ como qu?© equipo y los instrumentos son ?ºtiles. El director de QBG de la educaci?³n Patty Kleinberg proporcionar?¡ el paso por paso instrucci?³n.

El VERANO CONCIERTA
¡Los aires grandes, los sonidos grandes, la diversi?³n grande! Goce un verano repleto de la m?ºsica tradicional y los aires de anta?±o, realizado por parte del m?ºsicos locales m?¡s finos alrededor. Traiga una frazada o una silla a estos liberta los desempe?±os al aire libre, presentado en el Jard?­n?’s Grande C?©sped.

Eart’Acte el jueves, el 3 de julio de 7 Liberta p.m.

Este desempe?±o de Americano la m?ºsica contempor?¡nea representa las composiciones originales para la flauta y la guitarra.

Los ritmos alrededor del Mundo el domingo, el 27 de julio de 6 Liberta p.m.

Los ritmos y los golpes de drumming tradicional y cantar el asidero el significado especial en la herencia y experiencias de culturas alrededor del mundo. Goce una tarde de sonidos extraordinarios y distintivo inspirados por tradiciones globales. Este programa se presenta en la colaboraci?³n con el Limpiar el Concilio jud?­o de la Comunidad’s el Comit?© Multicultural.

La Banda peque?±a del Lat?³n de la Banda Americana del Concierto el jueves, el 7 de agosto de 7 Liberta p.m.

Un desempe?±o de Taponazos de aires utilizando de dedo celebra nuestra naci?³n?’la herencia de s. Este conjunto de seis pedazos del fundador Americano de caracter?­sticas de Banda de Concierto y director Dr. Kirby Alegre, un talentoso y sazonar a conductor y trompeta virtuosos, en primero trompeta, artistas positivos en segunda trompeta, el tromb?³n, el saxso/el clarinete, la tuba, y el tambor.

La Orquesta de Lew Picardi el jueves, el 14 de agosto de 7 Liberta p.m.

¡La luna, las estrellas, y los sonidos de la Sala de baile de Luz de las estrellas! Goce un anochecer de la m?ºsica grande irresistible de la banda de la d?©cada de los 40 y a?±os cincuenta.

Costa de Phil & El Algo Banda Grande Especial el jueves, el 21 de agosto de 7 Liberta p.m.

La nostalgia reina cuando uno del columpio m?¡s fino/las bandas del jazz en el ?¡rea metropolitana traen su repertorio grande de la banda a QBG. Mejor conocido para su estilo Basie, El Algo Banda Grande Especial representa a vocalista anterior de Basie Kim Lawrence. Goce al Conde’s cl?¡sico, as?­ como ?©sos de Duque Ellington, los arreglos contempor?¡neos por Sammy Nestico de parte del grandes est?¡ndares, y m?¡s.

La Banda de la Fiesta de reinas el domingo, el 7 de septiembre de 4 Liberta p.m.

Goce una tarde de Dixieland y el jazz cl?¡sico con conductor Michael Canipi y miembros uno del barrio’s m?¡s viejas y la mayor?­a de las amadas bandas.

La INFORMACION GENERAL

La informaci?³n: (718) 886-3800 Horas del Verano: (por septiembre 30) : el martes por el viernes, 8 est?¡n a 6 p.m.; el s?¡bado y el domingo, 8 est?¡n a 7 p.m. Cerr?³ lunes de todo el a?±o, menos d?­as festivas oficiales. La admisi?³n: Liberta Estacionamiento: Estacionamiento est?¡ disponible en el Jard?­n?’terreno de s en la Avenida de la Dalia. Hay un $5 honorario de estacionar en QBG el s?¡bado y los domingos, de 9 est?¡n a 6 p.m., de marzo medio por septiembre, y en d?­as laborables, de julio 1 por septiembre 1 (D?­a de Partido Laborista), de 9 estoy a 5 p.m.

Las Actividades de la familia: la Horticultura, los viajes, los museos

La Fiesta Roja peque?±a del Faro.
La ubicaci?³n: la Fecha del Parque de Fuerte Washington: el s?¡bado, septiembre 13 vez: 12:00-5:00 p.m.

La descripci?³n: la Celebraci?³n de Manhattan ?ºnico hayrides de representar de faro, los viajes de faro, la cara pintando, un payaso, un zanco walke, con la m?ºsica viva, los cuentos de leer de celebridad, n?¡uticamente exhibiciones de themed y demostraciones de m?¡s de 40 organizaciones.

El Proyecto de la Restauraci?³n de nueva York (NYRP), el grupo de Midler de Bette (con la misi?³n semejante al BQLT "restaura, desarrolla, y revitaliza los parques de underserved, los jardines de la comunidad, y abre espacia en la Ciudad de Nueva York") y la Confianza de Faro de anfitriones de Ciudad de Nueva York este acontecimiento anual und?©cimo.

El contacto: Jane Jackson, en (212) 333-2552 en ofrecerse.

Lefferts MUSEO Hist?³rico de Casa Y ACONTECIMIENTOS PARA NI?‘OS Y FAMILIAS
En la gente de 18 y siglo XIX cuyos or?­genes eran Europa, Africa y norteam?©rica habitaron la aldea de Flatbush y el ?¡rea alrededor de lo. Lefferts la Casa Hist?³rica, una finca construy?³ C. 1783, son un museo para ni?±os y adultos que enfoca su investigaci?³n, programar y exhibiciones en el d?­a a d?­a viven de estas gente verdadera.

El Tel?©fono del museo: (718) 789-2822

La ubicaci?³n: Patrimonio Familiar de Lefferts se localiza en el Parque de la Perspectiva en la Avenida de Flatbush entre el Zoo y el Carrusel (Bulevar cercano de Imperio).

· Los Grupos de diez o m?¡s deben llamar a hacer una reservaci?³n en 718/789-2822.



· Primero exhibiciones de piso y espacios de per?­odo son accesibles v?­a una rampa al primer piso. Segundas exhibiciones del Piso se reproducen en el primer piso con “Arriba Abajo” las materias que utilizan los modelos y las fotograf?­as.

2003 Junio – agosto

Las Horas P?ºblicas libres: Entre D?­a Conmemorativo de D?­a y Partido Laborista: el jueves al domingo 12:00 –6:00PM

El Club de la horticultura. Todos son bienvenido a une el Club de la Horticultura de jueves y planta de ayuda, la hierba, afina, rega y cosecha verduras en el museo’el jard?­n de s. Aprenda a c?³mo hacer abono y encontrar muchas criaturas diferentes del jard?­n. Para unir el Club de la Horticultura, venir y firmar arriba cualquier jueves en el Patrimonio Familiar de 1:30 – 3:30. Todo se envejece y los niveles de la experiencia est?¡n bienvenidos.

El Club de coser. Los visitantes de todo se envejecen y los niveles de la habilidad pueden unir el viernes el Club que Cose. Los visitantes pueden aprender las t?©cnicas o el trabajo de coser b?¡sicos en sus propios proyectos. Para unir el Club de coser, viene y firma arriba cualquier viernes en el Patrimonio Familiar de 1:30 – 3:30. Todo se envejece y los niveles de la experiencia est?¡n bienvenidos.

Los Acontecimientos P?ºblicos libres: julio & agosto (domingos)

Las Canciones del verano y 2:00 de Cuentos de la tarde y 3:00 de la tarde.

Los cuentos de La Historia Social de Flatbush como se dijo a Gertrudis Lefferts Vanderbilt por su abuela Femmettie y otros cuentos dichos por storytellers de Vest?­bulo y hu?©sped de Tammy.

Julio 26 & 27 Cosecha 2:00PM de Lino & 3:00PM

Venga ayuda el personal de museo y los voluntarios cosechan este a?±o?’la cosecha de lino de s. El lino entonces ser?¡ colgado para secar, empapado en el agua para 3- 4 semanas.

Agosto 24 Batalla de Taller 1:30 Largo de Isla – Narrativa 4:30PM en 3:00 de la tarde.

¿Fue luchada jam?¡s una guerra en Brooklyn? Venga y aprenda acerca del papel que Brooklyn y el Pueblo de Flatbush tuvieron en la Guerra Revolucionaria. Los mapas, los cuentos y la ilustraci?³n actividades para ni?±os.

BUSCAR UNA ACTIVIDAD de la FAMILIA - la HORTICULTURA de la PRUEBA

La horticultura es un ant?­doto tranquilo al paso creciente actual de la vida. Un tipo a?©reo fresco de la meditaci?³n que limpia su mente del ?©nfasis y preocupaciones, y puede ser una actividad que dibuja la familia junta.

Un ni?±os de la raz?³n aman el jard?­n es que las reglas diferentes aplican all?­: usted es permitido obtener sucio, las cosas del toque, e incluso comer las flores! Las hierbas y las flores comestibles quedan bien en este plan, liberar su apetitoso y aromas que atraen cuando manej?³. Las hojas que pellizcan y mordiscar un p?©talo de capuchina aviva los sentidos, y puede llevar a interesar las exploraciones.

En un tiempo corto, usted ve los resultados positivos demostrados de sus esfuerzos; y como los progreso crecientes de temporada, usted gana un sentido del logro y el orgullo en su jard?­n. Para ni?±os, puede ser una manera de la construcci?³n la confianza y auto estima.


B>Alcance de Asociaci?³n de Club de jard?­n: El Club del Jard?­n de Olimpo
Las ubicaciones de reuniones: Rama Grande de Plaza de Ej?©rcito Brooklyn Miembros P?ºblicos de Biblioteca se Alojan, segundo flr. Los jueves de la Ala Dates:2nd
de ni?±os de cada mes. Julio 10, el Tiempo: Oradores de T?³nica 6:00-8:00PM - Cambia mensual, ser?¡ anunciado los Temas - Cambia mensual, ser?¡ anunciado el
Contacto: Yolanda Cohen, el Club Pres. 718 575 9203 Honorario de la Asociaci?³n: $30/annual

El Museo de Voelker Orth, Santuario de P?¡jaro y Jard?­n Victoriano abrieron este primavera a Limpiar, en 149-19 Avenida 38th que es un sur del bloque de Bulevar Septentrional. Este museo tiene los programas de la familia que representan la historia de la Isla y Reinas Largas. Ellos representan las conferencias, los viajes, concertado, y otro mirar cultural del valor de acontecimientos en.

Un conocido tuvo un anticuado el partido Victoriano de t?© por sus cumplea?±os j?³venes de hija. Ella y sus amigos entraron con la idea de jugar arregla. Mientras all?­, ellos gozaron el jard?­n, el helado, los juegos, y los cuentos acerca de la historia del jard?­n.

El viaje del jard?­n y la casa vieja hermosa de marco de madera, seg?ºn mi conocido, val?­a la visita. Para m?¡s informaci?³n, llame (718)359 6227.

El duque Cultiva est?¡ abierto por la reservaci?³n s?³lo: (908) 722-3700.

Los viajes de hourlong, el mi?©rcoles por el domingo a las 11 de la ma?±ana y 2 de la tarde, comienza junio 4 y contin?ºa en noviembre. Los boletos: $10. La informaci?³n: www. ddcf. la org.

El art?­culo acerca de los 11 seguir del viaje del jard?­n:

Los jardines y la Horticultura Las Granjas de Duque de New York Times en Nueva Jersey eran un campo de juegos para el Duque de Doris.

Por ANNE m?¡s ENTUSIASTA

ILLSBOROUGH, N. J. En un d?­a brumoso la semana pasada, yo viaj?© 700 acres de un paisaje pastoral vasto aqu?­ que podr?­a haber estado en Inglaterra. El venado levant?³ las cabezas en una pradera verde de esmeralda. Todos ?¡rboles del avi?³n de Londres llevaron a puentes arqueados sobre lagos callados alimentados vagando las corrientes y las cataratas que salin a chorros. Las fuentes y las estatuas cl?¡sicas me saludaron en cada vuelta, a?ºn en las ruinas pintorescas de un granero de heno de piedra.

Este suelo del placer, el centro de Granjas de Duque, de Doris 2,700-acre propiedad Duque privada, abrir?¡ al p?ºblico el 4 de junio por la primera vez en 75 a?±os. La ?ºnica parte de Granjas de Duque abre previamente al p?ºblico era Duque de Sra. es marear smorgasbord internacional de 11 jardines de manicured. Bajo un acre de vidrio y llam?³ los Jardines de Naciones, tienen desde que 1964 aceptado acerca de 35,000 visitantes cada a?±o de septiembre por Puede.

Fui emocionado, imaginar c?³mo gente ahora podr?­a vagar esto paisaje del siglo XX temprano, creado por varios arquitectos e ingenieros, inclusive Mermeladas L. Greenleaf, Marinero de Elena Biddle y Buckenham & Molinero. C?³mo el p?ºblico quiz?¡s meriende bajo los robles de 100 a?±os de edad, traza los nueve lagos artificiales, la cuchara en los puentes que arqu?©an, el enigma sobre la vid cubri?³ la base de la mansi?³n ese padre de Duque de Sra., las Mermeladas Buchanan Duque "Macho" abandonado en el comienzo de la Guerra de Mundo I.

Pero, de hecho, los miembros del p?ºblico no estar?¡n vagando acerca de unaccompanied. Los visitantes abordar autobuses peque?±os de trolleylike para viajes indicados, que ocurrir?¡ dos veces al d?­a. "Gente ser?¡ capaz de salir de la tranv?­a en ciertos lugares para un de pocos minutos," dijo Priscilla Brendler, el director del programa para Granjas de Duque, uno de tres propiedades corren por el Duque de Doris la Base Caritativa, "pero ellos no pueden irse por s?­ mismos."

¿ "Pero por qu?© no?" Pregunt?©, oliendo una lila y admirar p?ºrpuras una estatua de una mujer sin cabeza en colgaduras cl?¡sicas. Esto es realmente, cuando un periodista en 1909 lo llam?³, el Parque Central de Nueva Jersey. Como la Ley de Frederick Olmsted, que movi?³ cantos rodados y tierra para crear un pedazo del Adirondacks en el Parque Central, Duque Macho replic?³ el Piedmont rodante en Nueva Jersey cubierto de arena. "Corcov?©a tuvo todo estos cantos rodados introdujeron," Sra. Brendler dijeron, explicar que ?©l cav?³ lagos en los campos planos de la granja y utiliz?³ el sacado fuera la tierra para construir las colinas. El proyecto lo cost?³ mill?³n de d?³lares.

"Corcov?©a quiso abre, donde gente podr?­a caminar y poder merendar," Sra. Brendler dijeron. El emple?³ a un polic?­a para mantener el decoro. Pero la gente manej?³ sus coches sobre los c?©spedes y vandaliz?³ las estatuas.

La paja final era un partido grande que viaja de 180 coches. Seg?ºn una 1915 cuenta period?­stica, ellos dejaron su almuerzo vac?­o encajona y embotella atr?¡s, y flores escogidas a pesar de signos que prohiben. Posterior, Duque de Sra. abri?³ ocasionalmente el motivo para actividades como servicios de salida del sol.

Sra. Brendler me condujeron por uno del manicured maneja ese viento para 30 millas por la propiedad. Pasamos la base de Sr. Duque grande casa de unbuilt. "Se supuso ser un palacio franc?©s," Sra. Brendler dijeron, "pero Corcov?©an don?³ el acero al esfuerzo de la guerra."

Ella indic?³ la Piscina de Sirena, cerca de la base, donde Duque de Sra. apreci?³ nadar. Ella era Duque Macha ?ºnico ni?±o, nacido a su segunda esposa, Nanaline. El muri?³ en 1925, cuando su hija era 12.

"Doris ador?³ a su padre," Sra. Brendler dijeron. Ella par?³ la camioneta y me permiti?³ fuera tan podr?­a mirar fijamente sobre una balaustrada, constru?­ obviamente con una casa grande en la mente. Deja pasar un c?©sped de terraced que las cuestas hacia un bosque distante.

"Llamamos que el Grande C?©sped," Sra. Brendler dijeron, estimarlo ser una milla del cuarto larga. El efecto rizado me record?³ de Lugar de Middleton, una plantaci?³n vieja Charleston exterior.

El Duque de Sra. asisti?³ varios abordar escuelas y ella habl?³ nueve idiomas. En 1932 ella cas?³ a un deportista, las Mermeladas H. R. Cromwell, y el dos pasaron un viaje alrededor del mundo. Las vistas que ella vio influyeron los jardines que ella construy?³ en Granjas de Duque, en su casa en Honolulu (donde ella nad?³ en un piscina de agua salada de 65 larga de pies) y en su casa en Newport (donde ella nad?³ lejos las piedras en el oc?©ano).

"Duque de fallo muy fue implicado personalmente, muy manos en," dijo Patrick Lerch, el director de la base de propiedades. "Ella dir?­a, ?§No, eso no es correcto,' y entrega a los hombres un dibujo o la foto."

El Duque de Sra. fue casado a Sr. Cromwell por ocho a?±os. Ella segundo casamiento, al playboy de mala fama Porfirio Rubirosa, "un diplom?¡tico de la Rep?ºblica Dominicana," como Sr. Lerch lo expres?³, durado s?³lo un a?±o.

Mir?© fijamente longingly en la direcci?³n de la finca vieja, donde la familia vivi?³.
"Doris construy?³ el ala de Hollywood en 1935 para ella y para Palanqueta," Sra. Brendler dijeron, refiri?©ndose a Sr. Cromwell. "Era la Arte Deco, con un teatro y una barra, con una bolera y una piscina interior y con el campo de tenis encerrado de arcilla."

¿Lo podr?­a ver yo?

"Ah no, eso no se permite," Sra. Brendler dijeron. La casa ahora se utiliza para el almacenamiento de archivos y papeles; un trabajo de archivero en el s?³tano. La generaci?³n actual de gawkers ser?¡ permitida en el local por la cita, apenas 30 a la vez. Sr. Lerch llam?³ este un "el programa de inicial," insinuar en el acceso m?¡s grande venir.

"Queremos hacerlo disponible, as?­ que el gran p?ºblico pueda gozar sus recursos," ?©l dijo, "pero necesitamos preservar y proteger el habitat."

Las Granjas del duque no ahora tienen suficientes ba?±os ni estacionamiento para mucha gente. "Tenemos no signage ni los rastros, ning?ºn guardabosques del parque," ?©l dijo.

Me pregunto por qu?© parte del $1.2 mil millones en el Duque de Doris la Base Caritativa, que sostiene, entre otras cosas, la Academia de Brooklyn de la M?ºsica y la Radio P?ºblica Nacional, no se podr?­a utilizar para la clase de amenities que har?­a realmente este un parque p?ºblico. Pero eso es una manera larga lejos, Sr. Lerch dijo, si jam?¡s.

"La ?ºltima l?­nea es, esto no es el Parque Central, que tiene los caminos y las aceras p?ºblicos atravesandolo," ?©l dijo. As?­ que como se para ahora, los visitantes obtendr?¡n s?³lo una vislumbre que tienta, de una tranv?­a, de c?³mo el roughed fabulosamente rico en el pa?­s.

El Duque macho, nacido en 1856, era el hijo de un granjero de tabaco y fabricante de cigarrillo. El aument?³ la fortuna de la familia colonizando el uso del cigarrillo m?¡quina que arrolla, y fund?³ la Compa?±?­a Americana de Tabaco en 1890. Ocho a?±os posteriores, la compa?±?­a produc?­a 3.7 mil millones de cigarrillos anualmente. "Eso era medios los cigarrillos producidos en el pa?­s," Sra. Brendler dijeron.

El Tribunal Supremo encontr?³ la compa?±?­a para ser un monopolio y lo se disolvi?³ en 1911, y Sr. Duque gir?³ su atenci?³n al poder hidroel?©ctrico. Por 1925 electricidad de la alimentaci?³n de Duque a m?¡s de 300 molinos de algod?³n, as?­ como los pueblos a trav?©s de la regi?³n de Piedmont del Carolinas. Despu?©s que ?©l hizo un donativo al Colegio de la Trinidad en Durham, N. C., se reagrup?³ la Universidad de Duque.

Sr. Duque comenz?³ comprando la tierra por el R?­o de Raritan en Nueva Jersey para lo que llegar?­a a ser las Granjas de Duque en 1893.

"Corcov?©a vivido aqu?­ como un granjero del pa?­s," Sra. Brendler dijeron. "Otras familias ricas sal?­an a Newport y la Isla Larga, pero ?©l quiso jugar con su granja y su planta hidroel?©ctrica en el R?­o de Raritan."

Su planta accion?³ la propiedad y ?¡reas aisladas. Su fascinaci?³n con depuradora explica las muchas corrientes de la propiedad, las cataratas y los lagos.


El Duque de Sra. muri?³ en 1993 en Colinas de Beverly, Calif. Su obituario en El New York Times apareci?³ bajo el titular "Duque de Doris, 80, la Heredera Cuya Grande Riqueza no Podr?­a Comprar la Felicidad, Es Muerta."

Sr. Lerch dijo que ella hace especifica esas Granjas de Duque sean dedicadas a la protecci?³n y la educaci?³n ambientales. La Universidad de Rutgers estudia los ?¡rboles del olmo, as?­ como plantas nativas y especie invasiva. Y la fauna encuentra un refugio aqu?­.

"Tenemos un par de anidar ?¡guilas reales, 15 coyotes y un grande b?ºho de horned," Sra. Brendler dijeron. Los visitantes pueden obtener tambi?©n una vislumbre de Princesa, un camello de 15 a?±os de edad. "Doris compr?³ un Boeing 737 de un caballero en el Oriente medio," Sra. Brendler dijeron. Dos camellos de Bactrian "el modelo de humped de doble," Sr. Lerch brome?³ "formaban parte del trato."



Las Granjas del Duque que salen, puedo s?³lo esperanza que el Duque de Doris la Base Caritativa apurar?­a a obtener los ba?±os y los guardabosques se preparan. El p?ºblico tiene hambre para el espacio abierto, e incluso m?¡s hambriento para los lugares que se han estampado, cuando Duque Cultiva tiene, por la riqueza, el drama, el sabor y el tiempo.

El duque Cultiva est?¡ abierto por la reservaci?³n s?³lo: (908) 722-3700. Los viajes de hourlong, el mi?©rcoles por el domingo a las 11 de la ma?±ana y 2 de la tarde, comienza junio 4 y contin?ºa en noviembre. Los boletos: $10. La informaci?³n: www. ddcf. la org. __________________________________________________
Las exhibiciones actuales en Brooklyn

La Espalda del b?©isbol en Brooklyn en exhibici?³n en el Estadio de Cicl?³n de Brooklyn, el Parque de Keyspan, la Isla de Coney.

Trazar de nuevo la Revoluci?³n. El tiempo de guerra en la Tierra de Brooklyn Piedra Vieja Alberga 336 Tercera Cuesta del Parque de la Calle

Los Cuentos de Brooklyn y Cavar en el Vest?­bulo del Centro Nueva York Marriott, el Restaurante de Archivo 333 Calle de Adams

Los Vecinos nuevos: el Parque de la Puesta del sol la Comunidad china china Cultural Central 5002 Avda octava., el Parque de la Puesta del sol

En el Persecuci?³n de la Libertad: Afroamericanos en Brooklyn y la Llamada Anti Esclavitud del Movimiento para la ubicaci?³n 718-222-4111

Los Trabajo de Brooklyn: 400 A?±os de Ganar la Vida en Brooklyn, una exhibici?³n nueva del centro se crea actualmente. Llame Brooklyn la Sociedad Hist?³rica
Volume XVIII, Number 3829 Thursday, March 27th, 2003

El volumen XVIII, Numera 3829 jueves, 27 de marzo, 2003

Una EXCURSION A PIE PARA CADA BARRIO

Ahora ese primavera ha llegado, all?­?’s que no excusa para permanecer adentro. Usted lo debe a su luz del sol el cuerpo muerto de hambre para obtener afuera y para tomar una caminata larga. El primavera es una temporada evasiva—’s aqu?­ e ido antes usted lo sabe—y este fin de semana ser?¡ uno de la pocas vez usted’ll es capaz de ver ?¡rboles que echan brotes, los azafranes apenas florecidos, y las corrientes que se derraman y los charcos. Hay las docenas de rastros por todas partes la ciudad que son perfecto para descubrir de nuevo el grande aire libre. Parte del ciudad’s mejores excursiones a pie se listan abajo, pero para una vista general completa de excursiones a pie en su parque del vencindario, llama a los Guardabosques Urbanos del Parque—ellos pueden es a?ºn recibir una excursi?³n a pie indicada en alg?ºn lugar cerca de usted. ’S tambi?©n una idea buena verificar con los Guardabosques para obtener un actualiza en condiciones de rastro, especialmente si el tiempo ha sido lluvioso. Para encontrar que el Guardabosques Urbano del Parque estaciona cerca de usted, la llamada 1-866-NYC-HAWK.


En Brooklyn, la Ruta Ecol?³gica Salada de Pantano es especialmente hermosa este tiempo de a?±o. Las mentiras del rastro en la cala m?¡s occidental de la Bah?­a de Jamaica en el Parque Marino y comienza en el centro Salado de la Naturaleza de Pantano. Acerca de una milla larga, el rastro es un sendero de grava que sigue la orilla del pantano salado, las vislumbres de excursionistas que dan de fauna de pantano. En el primavera, mirlos alados rojos cantan entre la Ciruela de aneas y Playa, Henbit y la flor Muerta P?ºrpura de Ortiga. Un puente a principios del rastro ofrece a excursionistas que un lugar para buscar los cangrejos de violinista y herradura. En el primavera tarde, el crecimiento nuevo de plantas y flores llega a ser a veces tan grueso que ellos casi sumergen el rastro, crear un b?ºfer verde que rodea el rastro y amortigua las distracciones urbanas.

Una excursi?³n a pie por el Parque de Charca de Callej?³n en Reinas lo dirigir?¡ alrededor de glacial "Charcas de Hervidor." El parque yace en una arista formada de glaciar de la arena y la piedra que marca el fin meridional de la Hoja de Hielo de Minnesota. Las Charcas del Hervidor fueron formadas por pedazos enterrados de hielo que se fundi?³ y las piscinas formadas cuando el glaciar retrocedi?³. El agua desagua en el valle de las colinas y burbujas arriba de primaveras naturales, mezclar con el agua salada de la Bah?­a Peque?±a de Cuello. Las charcas son anfitriones pantanos de agua dulce y de agua salada, las planicies de la marea, las praderas, y el bosque, crear un ecosistema complejo que da a excursionistas curiosos una variedad inmensa de la vida de animal y planta de observar.

La ciudad de Nueva York Estaciona & la Recreaci?³n El Planeta diario El bolet?­n
En la Pel?­cula de MoMA en El Teatro de Gramercy:


El Repertorio del verano
La fecha: julio 5–agosto 31 Ubicaci?³n: La Descripci?³n del Teatro de Gramercy: El Departamento de la Pel?­cula y Medios tiene sobre veinte mil pel?­culas y videos en sus archivo en Hamlin, Pennsylvania. Estos trabajo atraviesan la historia y la cultura de cine- y videomaking. Los miembros del Departamento de la Pel?­cula y Medios los trabajo escogidos de la colecci?³n para ser presentados. Los puntos culminantes en agosto incluyen tres pel?­culas por japon?©s Kenji Mizoguchi magistral; Shirley Clarke’s La Conexi?³n (1961), presentado en el tributo al dramaturgo tarde/screenwriter Jack Gelber; y una selecci?³n de videos por la Colina de Gary, por Joan Jonas, por Marcador de Chris, por la Viola de Cuenta, y por los otros.


¡Brasil primero! Dirigido por Dorotea Arzner Esta vista breve en la creatividad y la diversidad de contempor?¡neo cine brasile?±o fue escogido por Jytte Jensen, Conservador Asociado, el Departamento de la Pel?­cula y Medios, El Museo del Arte Moderna; Ilda Santiago, el Director, rio de janeiro la Fiesta Internacional de la Pel?­cula; Claudia Dutra, la Fiesta de la Pel?­cula de brasile?±o de Miami; y en la consulta con Fabiano Canosa.


La conferencia: Ansel Adams en Su Mejor
La fecha: el martes, septiembre 30, el Tiempo: 6:30 de la tarde. La ubicaci?³n: la Pel?­cula de MoMA en El
Teatro de Gramercy 127 Este 23 Calle en la Avenida de Lexington, Manhattan

La descripci?³n: la Conferencia y las discusiones de los trabajo de fot?³grafo de naturaleza, con John Szarkowski, el Director Honorario, el Departamento de la Fotograf?­a, El Museo del Arte Moderna, y del Conservador de Ansel Adams en 100.

Los honorarios: los Boletos son $10, $8 para miembros, $5 para estudiantes, y pueden ser comprado s?³lo en persona en el Vest?­bulo de MoMA QNS Poniendo multa Escritorio, 33 Calle en Bulevar de Reinas; y, el El Centro del visitante en la Tienda del Dise?±o de MoMA, 44 al oeste 53 Calle, Manhattan. Los boletos restantes estar?¡n disponibles en la puerta en el anochecer del programa. Ninguna matr?­cula del tel?©fono.

Gardener's Care Calendar
• Scout for mildew and Botrytis on Begonia during the summer.

• Cut back leggy Begonias in July and August for more flowers in September and October.

• As cool season annuals fade in summer heat, replace with heat-loving annuals such as Geranium, Marigold, Pentas, and Gazania.

• Weed flower beds by hand, as cultivation can disturb surface roots of bedding plants.

• Give special attention to fertilizing and watering containers and hanging baskets. Hanging baskets dry out rather quickly, so check daily.

• Control slugs by spraying them with a solution of 1/2 water and 1/2 vinegar, or sprinkle a ring of diatomaceous earth around the base of plants.

• Fertilize annuals regularly according to product directions. Make sure the plants are not in need of water, or the fertilizer could burn them.

• Annuals need about an inch of water a week, either from rain or irrigation. Try watering once a week, soaking the soil to a depth of six to eight inches.

• Cut flowers for fresh arrangements early in the morning.

• Remove spent flowers of annuals to keep the plants compact and allow development of more blossoms.

Best Weather for:
• Planting/Seeding: Plant or seed just before a light rain. Seeding is easiest on a calm day. For plants that need protection from heat and wind, plant on a cloudy, calm day or late in the afternoon.

As a general rule for warm-weather annuals, delay sowing seed or planting until after the last frost.

• Transplanting: Transplanting is ideal after a light rain and during calm conditions--it's easy to dig and the roots will be hydrated.

• Applying sprays: Apply on a calm day. Avoid applying before heavy rains.

• Fertilizing: Fertilize after a light rain or just prior to a light rain.

Weekend Gardening Forecast

Friday Aug 8, 2003
Isolated T-Storms
Hi:82°F Lo:73°F
Wind: 10 mph
Chance of Precip: 30%
Frost Risk: None
Watering Need: None

Saturday Aug 9, 2003
Scattered T-Storms
Hi:84°F Lo:71°F
Wind: 11 mph
Chance of Precip: 30%
Frost Risk: None
Watering Need: None

Sunday Aug 10, 2003
Scattered T-Storms
Hi:83°F Lo:71°F
Wind: 10 mph
Chance of Precip: 40%
Frost Risk: None
Watering Need: None

El Calendario del Cuidado del jard?­n para Brooklyn/Reinas, NY

El Calendario del Cuidado del jardinero
• Explorador para el moho y Botrytis en la Begonia durante el verano.
• Redujo las Begonias zanquilargas en julio y agosto para m?¡s flores en septiembre y octubre.
• Refresca Como la temporada anual hace para aparecer progresivamente el calor del verano, reemplaza con amar de calor anual tal como Geranio, la Maravilla, Penta, y Gazania.
• Camas de flor de Hierba a mano, cuando el cultivo puede perturbar ra?­ces de superficie de plantas de ropa de cama.
• Da la atenci?³n especial a fertilizar y contenedores que regan y los cestos colgante para plantas. Los cestos colgante para plantas secan m?¡s bien r?¡pidamente, as?­ que cheque diariamente.
• Las postas del Control roci?¡ndolos con una soluci?³n de agua 1/2 y vinagre 1/2, o roc?­a un anillo de la tierra de diatomaceous alrededor de la base de plantas.
• Fertiliza anual regularmente seg?ºn direcciones de producto. Cerci?³rese las plantas no son necesitado de agua, ni el abono los podr?­a quemar.
• La necesidad Anual acerca de una pulgada de agua una semana, o de lluvia o irrigaci?³n. Trate de regar una vez a la semana, empapada la tierra a una profundidad de seis a ocho pulgadas.
• Flores de Corte para arreglos frescos temprano en la ma?±ana.
• Quita flores gastadas de anual mantener las plantas comprimen y permiten el desarrollo de m?¡s flores.

Mejor Tiempo para:
• Plantar/Sembrar: Planta o semilla apenas antes de una lluvia ligera. Sembrar es m?¡s f?¡cil en un d?­a calmo. Para plantas que necesitan la protecci?³n del calor y el viento, la planta en un d?­a nublado y calmo o tarde en la tarde.

Cuando una regla general para entibiar capea anual, la demora sembrando la semilla o plantar hasta que despu?©s que el durando cubre de escarcha.
• Trasplantar: Trasplantar es ideal despu?©s que una lluvia ligera y durante condiciones -it's calmas f?¡ciles de cavar y las ra?­ces se hidratar?¡n.
• Aplicando los roc?­os: Aplica en un d?­a calmo. Evite aplicar antes de aguaceros recio.
• Fertilizar: Fertiliza despu?©s una lluvia ligera o apenas antes de una lluvia ligera.

El Pron?³stico de la Horticultura del fin de semana

El viernes agosto 8, 2003
Viento Lo:73°F
Aislado de Tempestades T Hi:82°F: 10
Oportunidad de kph de Precip: 30%
Cubre de escarcha el Riesgo: Ninguno
Necesidad que Rega: Ninguno

el s?¡bado agosto 9, 2003
Viento Lo:71°F
Dispersado de Tempestades T Hi:84°F: 11 Oportunidad de kph de Precip: 30% Cubre de escarcha el Riesgo: Ninguno
Necesidad que Rega: Ninguno

el domingo agosto 10, 2003
Viento Lo:71°F
Dispersado de Tempestades T Hi:83°F: 10 Oportunidad de kph de Precip: 40%
Cubre de escarcha el Riesgo: Ninguno
Necesidad que Rega: Ninguno

- Gardening in July

The perennial border comes into its own this month and, done well, carries a splendid display of color. With careful choice and blending of plants, however, it can be highly decorative for most of the year. The use of plants which have colored leaves, silver-gray, purple, and variegated, and using plants which are `architectural' in form, so that their habit of growth and outline complements the flowering kinds, will make the border easy on the eye in or out of the flowering season.

Attention should be paid to the management of the soil, to provide a basis for good plants, and much of the work on this will be done in winter (see November, December). Then the choice of plants can come, and here it helps to note good plants at this time of year, in nurseries and other gardens, where one can see designs which need not necessarily be transferred complete, but can be modified to the pattern of one's own garden.

Herbaceous plants in flower are Salvia haeflatodes, kniphofias, hostas, day-lilies, veronicas, polemoniums, lilies, Shasta daisies, ligularias, rudbeckias, phlox, gaillardias, the blue thistle (eryngium) penstemons, and many, many others. Any high winds will mean attention to staking; thunderstorms also often beat plants down and so it is doubly important to make sure that they are securely supported. Deadheading helps the appearance of the border.

Bedding plants and half-hardy annuals, such as petunias, ageratums, fibrous begonias, nemesias, impatiens, nasturtiums, zinnias, dwarf phlox, salvias and lobelias, will be at their best in colder areas, and one begins to think they are worth the trouble of early sowing, coddling in the greenhouse in spring, pricking out, hardening off and finally planting out of doors. Sweet peas will continue to need training and layering by now.

Chrysanthemums can be stopped the second time in mid-July, if flowering is wanted at Christmas. They will also need disbudding every few days, as will dahlias, if really large flowers are wanted. Both will be the better for spraying to control aphids early in the month. Lawn watering should not be neglected; if no rain occurs for several days which are hot and sunny as well, start watering, as waiting until the lawn is obviously gasping for it is too late, and the grass will be irremediably weakened. Continue to mow.

Cut the fast growing hedges again, privet, Lonicera nitida and the thorns, also start on most of those which grow at a more normal speed, such as beech, hornbeam, euonymus, hazel, holly and pyracantha. Conifer hedges can also be cut now, such as yew, thuja, juniper, cupressus and chamaecyparis. The pruning of early summer flowering shrubs should be completed; the late summer flowering kinds can be enjoyed, such as hydrangea, hypericum, fuchsia, clematis, late honeysuckle, some philadelphus, hebe, Californian tree poppy and cistus. Wisteria can be summer pruned this month or next, cutting back sideshoots to leave five buds or leaf joints. The rock roses (helianthemums) are much the better for having straggling shoots cut back after flowering. New shrubs can be ordered this month for the fall delivery.

Hybrid tea roses should be deadheaded regularly, unless heps are wanted, and it is during this month propagation of roses by budding can start, at any time when the bark lifts easily, but not during dry weather. Continue to spray for rose black spot, mildew, aphids, red spider mite, caterpillars and thrips, especially the latter on gladiolus.

Bulbs, such as daffodils, tulips, bulbous iris, and hyacinth, can be lifted, cleaned, and stored. Biennials can still be sown, and seedlings of those sown last month should be transplanted to permanent positions or pricked out into flats. Fall flowering crocus, cyclamen, colchicum and sternbergia can be planted.

Greenhouse damping and watering are necessities; tomatoes will be ripening and feeding should continue. Primulas, cinerarias and calceolarias will need pricking out or potting on to 4-in. pots. Seeds of these can still be sown-it is not too late for flowering them next year. Freesias will want staking.

Soft tip cuttings of shrubs and perennials can be rooted in warmth, and half-ripe kinds will be rooted in a frame or cool greenhouse. Cyclamen can be retrieved from under the bench, so can Christmas cactus, watered and started into growth, and then repotted. Greenhouse plants in flower now are abutilons, achimenes, impatiens, begonias, bougainvilleas, calceolarias, Campanula isophylla, canvas, celosias, fuchsias, heliotropes, hoyas, ipomoeas, lantanas, lapagerias, neriums, passifloras, pelargoniums and crinums.

It is during July that the splendor of the lily is at its height; among the easiest to grow and the most magnificent is the regal lily, Lilium regale. Its great white trumpets, yellow-throated and centered with deep orange anthers, unfold in early July and waft a heavy fragrance over the garden. Once settled in well-drained, but not particularly fertile soil, provided it contains some leafmold, they will flower reliably every year without trouble. The Madonna lily, L. candidum, is another that is easily grown, and the clustered short white trumpets on stems 4 ft. tall were once seen in every cottage garden.

Others for this month are L. amabile, red; the 'Bellingham Hybrids', red, orange and yellow, with bell-shaped flowers; L. martagon, the Turk'scap, in purple; L. pardalinum, orange and crimson; L. tigrinum, the orange tiger-lily and the 'Aurelian Hybrids' with such evocative names as `Black Dragon', `Golden Clarion', `Green Magic', `Limelight' and `Pink Perfection'. All are easily grown in the soils that suit the regal lilies, except the Aurelians which mostly dislike lime in the soil and grow better in a slightly acid one. The lily fever is easily caught but not so easily lost.

In some areas, soft fruit picking will claim a good deal of time and with a deep freeze much of it can be preserved with its fresh flavor for winter; raspberries with cream or a blackcurrant pudding are particularly tasty out of season in the depths of winter. Strawberries will finish cropping this month; raspberries will come into ripening, and will finish by the end of July, and blackcurrants, redcurrants and gooseberries will also finish.

Strawberry runners should be removed as they appear, unless wanted for a fresh bed next year; pegging them down directly into the soil, if it is done early, seems to produce as good plants as the pot-grown kinds. Blackberries can be tip layered, that is the tips of new shoots are pegged down into the soil, where they will send out roots. Where melons are beginning to swell it is important that the plants are watered copiously. In some areas the first apples will be ready, such as 'Lodi', `Melba' and `Early McIntosh'.

Succession vegetables can be sown, lettuce, radish, parsley for winter, endive for blanching later in the fall. Winter vegetables to be planted cabbage, savoy and fall celery-the self-blanching kind will begin to be ready at the end of this month. On potatoes blight may be a trouble, particularly in warm wet seasons, so spray the foliage with Bordeaux mixture to give a protective covering before the disease infects.

Onions will be maturing and the tops should be bent down, if they are not already doing it of their own accord. Early potato lifting can finish and that of second earlies start. Herbs can be gathered and dried this month, storing for winter use. Keep the hoe going and the weeds under; if ground empties as a crop is lifted, sow a quick maturing green crop such as mustard, rape or annual vetch, to be dug in early September, before it flowers.

Information from BackyardGardener.com
Mezcla de brit?¡nico y norteamericano Represente Art?­culo:
¡Hice Planta Demasiado Eso!
por Barbara Martin



El hogar venidero de una vacaci?³n del verano es siempre una aventura y un desaf?­o. El jard?­n crece tanto por tiempo y espacio mientras soy ido; es en su mayor parte irreconocible despu?©s de una semana o dos o, este tiempo, despu?©s de tres semanas de desatendido creciente.



Las Cosas de Maneras Crecen por supuesto, mientras estoy lejos las hierbas aparecen donde debe haber ninguno y donde hab?­a ninguno antes, y mi daylilies favorito entra y sale de la flor, y el grande, de temporada tarde, auto sembrado anual como cleome y verbena brasile?±o repentinamente torre a hombros. Por el tiempo que vuelvo, los arbustos de la reducci?³n han morphed de talonarios lle?±osos en arbustos de niebla azul de spirea y mariposa, y los c?©spedes decorativos han arrojado en torres de heno que tiembla en la brisa m?¡s leve. ¡La adivinaci?³n lo que, yo no puedo ver a trav?©s de la yarda m?¡s!



Ahora, mover por el jard?­n requiere mucho mover y oscilar para empujar aparte el overgrowth y pato abajo las guirnaldas de vides, y de tomo detenidamente lo da un paso por el paso para maniobrar y evitar voluntarios que pisotean en los senderos. Por supuesto el tiempo es entibiar bastante ahora que yo no me siento realmente como hacer el trabajo en el jard?­n, yo m?¡s bien me sentar?­a apenas espalda y beborrotear?­a limonada y mirar?­a las mariposas. La selva as?­, desesperada es y felizmente tan.



¿Qu?© en Tarnation es ESO? Pero hay siempre ese coro maravilloso de momentos llamados de "wow" cuando descubro que alguna planta se ha aventajado inesperadamente en un ataque de serendipity. Este anochecer, mientras tranquilo en el patio y gozar el frescor del anochecer, yo advert?­ una hoja excepcionalmente inmensa. Una hoja verde muy de parecer oscuro tropical, un levemente rizado hojea el tama?±o de una sombra grande de l?¡mpara, alto arriba del suelo y ondear a m?­ a trav?©s de la yarda ahora literatura con luci?©rnagas. Apareci?³ estar brotando por la hierba florecida azul de pickerel en mi jard?­n "formal" de charca de pez. ¡Yo seguro no record?³ plantar nada bastante como eso en all?­!



Tan trabaj?© mi manera sobre a en la oscuridad que espesa, eludiendo por vides cubiertas de hierba de daylilies y trompeta, escoger mi manera por el voluntario amontonar fuerte de geranios y ajuga el sendero del paso piedra, y por ducking bajo el redbud ramifican. Gate?© en el canto rodado del granito luego a las peon?­as para una vista buena.



¡Ah wow! ¡Por goma yo hice planta demasiado eso!



En el muy de ?ºltima hora antes salir el pueblo, en la desesperaci?³n absoluta, hace tres semanas yo plunked una olla modesta que contiene un brot?³ apenas oreja de elefante en la orilla superficial de la charca, esperar que mantendr?­a suficiente h?ºmedo crecer felizmente durante mi ausencia. Ese monstruo es cuatro pies altos ahora y as?­ como ancho. Amo las sorpresas tan felices.



La nota Que Uno para Pr?³ximo Tiempo que espero que recuerde de hacer que otra vez el a?±o pr?³ximo.
- La Horticultura en julio



La frontera perrene viene en su posee este mes y, el pozo hecho, lleva un despliegue espl?©ndido del color. Con la elecci?³n y mezclar cuidadosos de plantas, sin embargo, puede ser sumamente decorativo para la mayor parte del a?±o. El uso de plantas que han colorado omite gris de plata, p?ºrpura, y abigarrado, y utilizando plantas que son ?§architectural' en la forma, as?­ que su h?¡bito del crecimiento y el resumen complementa las clases que florecen, har?¡n el contiguo f?¡cil en el ojo en o fuera de la temporada que florece.



La atenci?³n debe ser pagada a la administraci?³n de la tierra, para proporcionar una base para plantas buenas, y para mucho del trabajo en esto se har?¡ en el invierno (ve noviembre, diciembre). Entonces la elecci?³n de plantas puede venir, y aqu?­ ayuda a notar plantas buenas en este tiempo de a?±o, en guarder?­as infantiles y otros jardines, donde uno puede ver los dise?±os que necesitan no sean transferidos completa necesariamente, pero puede ser modificado a la pauta de un propio jard?­n.



Las plantas herb?¡ceas en la flor son haeflatodes de Salvia, kniphofias, hostas, los lirios de d?­a, veronicas, polemoniums, los lirios, margaritas de Shasta, ligularias, rudbeckias, el flox, gaillardias, el penstemons azul del cardo (eryngium), y muchos, muchos otros. Cualquiera vientos altos significar?¡n la atenci?³n a estacar; las tormentas tambi?©n a menudo plantas de golpe hacia abajo y tan son doblemente importantes cerciorarse que ellos son sostenidos seguramente. Deadheading ayuda la apariencia de la frontera.



Las plantas de ropa de cama y fuerte de mitad anual, tal como las petunias, ageratums, las begonias fibrosas, nemesias, el nomeolvides, las capuchinas, las zinnias, flox enano, las salvias y las lobelias, estar?¡n en su mejor en ?¡reas m?¡s fr?­as, y uno comienza a pensar que ellos valen el problema de sembrar temprano, mimar en el invernadero en el primavera, pinchar fuera, endurecer de y finalmente plantar al aire libre. Los guisantes dulces continuar?¡n necesitar la instrucci?³n y encamando por ahora.



Los crisantemos se pueden parar el segundo tiempo en de julio medio, si florecer se quiere en la Navidad. Ellos necesitar?¡n tambi?©n disbudding cada de pocos d?­as, cuando hace las dalias, si flores realmente grandes se quieren. Ambos ser?¡n el mejor para rociar para controlar aphids temprano en el mes. Regar de c?©sped no se debe descuidar; si ninguna lluvia ocurre para de varios d?­as que tiene calor y soleado tambi?©n, el comienzo regando, cuando esperar hasta que el c?©sped jadeando obviamente para lo es demasiado tarde, y el c?©sped se debilitar?¡ irremediablemente. Contin?ºe cortar.



Corte los cercados crecientes r?¡pidos otra vez, la alhe?±a, nitida de Lonicera y las espinas, tambi?©n comienzo en la mayor?­a de ?©sos que crecen en una velocidad m?¡s normal, tal como haya, el carpe, euonymus, el avellano, el acebo y la piracanta. Los cercados del con?­fero se pueden cortar tambi?©n ahora, tal como tejo, thuja, el enebro, cupressus y chamaecyparis. El podar de arbustos tempranos de florecer de verano se debe completar; las clases tardes de florecer de verano se pueden gozar, tal como hydrangea, hypericum, la fucsia, clematis, madreselva tarde, alg?ºn filadelfa, hebe, amapola Californiana de ?¡rbol y cistus. La vistaria puede ser el verano pod?³ este mes o pr?³ximo, reduciendo sideshoots para salir cinco coyunturas de brotes u hoja. Las rosas (helianthemums) de la piedra son mucho el mejor para tener la rezagar los renuevos redujo despu?©s de florecer. Los arbustos nuevos se pueden ordenar este mes para la entrega de la ca?­da.



Las rosas h?­bridas del t?© se deben deadheaded regularmente, a menos que actualizado sean queridos, y est?¡n durante esta propagaci?³n de mes de rosas echando brotes puede comenzar, en ninguna vez cuando la corteza levanta f?¡cilmente, pero no durante tiempo seco. Contin?ºe rociar para subi?³ el lugar negro, el moho, aphids, arado rojo de ara?±a, las orugas y thrips, especialmente el ?ºltimo en el glad?­olo.



Las bombillas, tal como los narcisos, los tulipanes, el iris protuberante, y el jacinto, se puede levantar, puede ser limpiado, y puede ser almacenado. Bienal puede ser sembrado todav?­a, y los semilleros de esos el mes pasado sembrado deben ser trasplantados a posiciones permanentes o pinchados fuera en planicies. La ca?­da floreciendo el azafr?¡n, el ciclamen, colchicum y sternbergia se pueden plantar.



Damping de invernadero y regar son las necesidades; tomates estar?¡n madurando y estar?¡n alimentando debe continuar. Primulas, cinerarias y calceolarias necesitar?¡n pinchar fuera o fuera conservar en a 4 en. ollas. Las semillas de ?©stos todav?­a lo se pueden sembrar no es demasiado tarde para florecerlos el a?±o pr?³ximo. Las fresias querr?¡n estacar.



Cuttings suave de punta de arbustos y plantas perennes se puede arraigar en el calor, y las clases maduras de la mitad se arraigar?¡n en un marco o refrescar?¡n invernadero. El ciclamen se puede recuperar de bajo el banco, as?­ que puede el cactus de la Navidad, regado y comenzado en el crecimiento, y entonces repotted. Las plantas del invernadero en la flor ahora son abutilons, achimenes, el nomeolvides, las begonias, bougainvilleas, calceolarias, isophylla de Campanula, la lona, celosias, las fucsias, los heliotropos, hoyas, ipomoeas, lantanas, lapagerias, neriums, passifloras, pelargoniums y crinums.



Est?¡ durante julio que el esplendor del lirio est?¡ en su altura; entre el m?¡s f?¡cil de crecer y el muy magn?­fico es el lirio regia, Lilium agasaja. Sus grandes trompetas blancas, de throated amarillo y centrado con anteras anaranjadas profundas, despliega a principios de julio y lleva por aire un perfume pesado sobre el jard?­n. Una vez que se asent?³ en la tierra bien desaguada pero no especialmente f?©rtil, proporcion?³ lo contiene alg?ºn leafmold, ellos florecer?¡n seguramente cada a?±o sin el problema. El lirio de Madona, L. candidum, es otro que es crecido f?¡cilmente, y las trompetas brevemente blancas arracimadas en tallos 4 pies altos eran una vez vistos en cada jard?­n de casita.



Los otros por este mes son L. amabile, rojo; los "H?­bridos de Bellingham", rojo, anaranjado y amarillo, con flores formadas de campana; L. martagon, el turco' scap, en p?ºrpura; L. pardalinum, la naranja y carmes?­; L. tigrinum, el lirio anaranjado de tigre y el 'H?­bridos de Aurelian con tales nombres evocadores como Drag?³n de ?§Black', ?§Golden Clarion', la Magia de ?§Green', ?§Limelight' y la Perfecci?³n de ?§Pink'. Todo se crece f?¡cilmente en las tierras que acomoda los lirios regias, menos el Aurelians que tiene antipat?­a en su mayor parte cal en la tierra y se mejora en un levemente ?¡cido uno. La fiebre del lirio se agarra f?¡cilmente pero no tan f?¡cilmente pierde.



En algunas ?¡reas, escoger suave de fruta reclamar?¡ un trato bueno de tiempo y con una congelaci?³n profunda mucho de ello puede ser preservado con su sabor fresco por el invierno; frambuesas con crema o un pud?­n de grosella negra son especialmente sabrosas fuera de temporada en las profundidades de invierno. Las fresas terminar?¡n cropping este mes; frambuesas vendr?¡n a madurar, y terminar?¡n por el fin de julio, y de grosellas negras, redcurrants y grosellas terminar?¡n tambi?©n.



Los corredores de la fresa deben ser quitados como ellos aparecen, a menos que quieran por un el a?±o pr?³ximo fresco de cama; fijar con clavijaslos hacia abajo directamente en la tierra, si se hace temprano, parece producir plantas como buenas como las clases crecidas de olla. Las zarzamoras pueden ser puntas encam?³, eso es las puntas de renuevos nuevos son fijadas con clavijas hacia abajo en la tierra, donde ellos arrojar?¡n ra?­ces. Donde melones comienzan a hincharse es importante que las plantas se regen copiosamente. En algunas ?¡reas que las primeras manzanas estar?¡n listas, tal como "Dirigi?³", ?§Melba' y ?§Early McIntosh'.



Las verduras de la sucesi?³n se pueden sembrar, la lechuga, el r?¡bano, el perejil por el invierno, la endibia para escaldar luego en la ca?­da. Las verduras del invierno para ser plantadas col, apio de savoy y ca?­da la clase que auto escaldando comenzar?¡ a ser se prepara al fin de este mes. En papas arruina puede ser un problema, especialmente a entibiar moj?³ las temporadas, as?­ que roc?­a el follaje con mezcla de Burdeos para dar una cubierta protectora antes la enfermedad infecta.



Las cebollas estar?¡n madurando y las cimas se deben agachar, si ellos no lo hacen ya de su propio acuerdo. Levantar temprano de papa puede terminar y eso de segundo el comienzo temprano. Las hierbas se pueden reunir y pueden ser secadas este mes, almacenar para el uso de invierno. Mantenga la azada y las hierbas abajo; si el suelo vac?­a como una cosecha se levanta, siembra un madurar r?¡pido la cosecha verde tal como mostaza, la violaci?³n o arveja anual, para ser cavados a principios de septiembre, antes florecen.
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July Garden Chores
Yellow or undersize foliage on your trees indicates a lack of nourishment. Feed them regularly, but don't overdo it.

Pay Attention to Houseplants

If you have any houseplants sitting directly in the window, make sure the light is filtered or the plant is moved to a site out of direct sunlight. The windowpane intensifies the heat, and you don't want to scorch your plants.

Fertilize your houseplants frequently to ensure vigorous growth.

Smell the Flowers

Extend the indoor life of your cut flowers by putting them in a solution that is one part water, one part clear soft drink (such as 7-Up, Sprite, etc.), and a few drops chlorine bleach.

Snip off the old flower clusters from rambler roses to encourage them to bloom all summer.

If you have thick, thriving phlox, thin the plants to four or five stalks per clump to provide adequate ventilation and avoid mildew.


Get Your Veggies and Herbs

You can sow a fall crop of bush beans now. Plant seeds two inches deep to protect them from the hot Sun. You can sow other vegetable seeds for an autumn yield, too, by planting them just a little deeper than you did in the spring. The best time to plant is after a rain shower.

If your celery is doing well, tie the stalks together to keep them from sprawling.

If you missed your peas' peak period, you can still pick, dry, and shell them for use in winter soups.

Enjoy the Fruits

Don't water your melons at the base of the stems. Doing so can cause rot. Build up a little earth around the stems to keep water away.

Once melon vines have set three or four fruits, remove any new blossoms. The remaining fruits will benefit from this, and you will still have plenty.

Don't tug too hard on your raspberries when picking. A ripe raspberry will leave the vine willingly.
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General Care category for July

Mulch
Protect new and established plants by mulching the soil between them with composted bark, cocoa shells or another ornamental mulch. This will not only look attractive, setting off the surrounding plants, but will reduce annual weed growth and conserve soil moisture. Always mulch over moist ground, never on to bone-dry soil, so be sure to water well first if necessary.


Mow it at least once a week, twice if possible, and finish by cutting the edges neatly. Feed lawns, if this hasn't been done already, and treat any weeds and moss. The clippings can usually be mixed into the compost heap.

Weeds
Stay diligent in the ongoing battle against problem weeds. Don't let them flower, but if it happens, make sure to remove any flowering stems before they have a chance to set seed. Many can be removed by hand. Digging deeply to get out every last piece of root, because some can propagate simply from a small piece. Larger areas can be cleared by smothering them with a large sheet of black polythene, left in place for many months. The dark color and the plastic block the sun and therefore prevent photosynthesis, which the plants need in order to live.

Rock gardens mulch
Weed rock gardens and replace gravel mulches, watering if the soil is dry.

Unwanted shoots
Some trees and shrubs have a habit of producing unwanted shoots from their base, or from the stems of those trained as standards.

Pruning
Cut out plain shoots growing on variegated shrubs. Summer is the best time to prune away any unwanted green shoots.

Pest Problems
Take action against the following pest problems immediately:
whitefly on tomato leaves;
greenfly on rose shoot-tips and flower-buds;
red lily beetles on lily leaves;
sawfly caterpillars on Solomon's seal

Harvesting
Harvest beetroot and other crops while they are still young and tender.

Herbs
Take cuttings of herbs, such as sage and thyme.


It's time to enjoy your flowers, herbs, and harvest vegetables.
Mulch around plants to keep weeds to a minimum and retain moisture.
Remove spent flowers to prevent perennials from using their energy on seed production, and to stimulate reblooming.
As soon as a fruit or vegetable is ripe, remove it from the plant. Pull up any plants that aren't productive or that are past their prime.
Water your garden early in the morning or in the late afternoon-times when the least amount of water will evaporate from the leaves.
Save and use rainwater to water your garden.
Aerate the soil in your lawn to allow water to penetrate.
Potatoes can be dug as soon as the tops have died down.
For a harvest that lasts all summer, sow beans every two weeks.

July is also the time when some summer bugs are at their best (or worst, as the case may be!). Herbs can be used for pest control. Dried wormwood, yarrow, santolina, tansy, mint, and lavender are traditional moth repellents. If it's your pet that's bothered, try putting a drop of lemon oil or oil of rosemary on his collar for flea control.

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MIDSUMMER IS THE time when insects make themselves most known -- indoors and out. If you find unwanted creatures in your house or garden, don't reach for the poison. Deter them with gentler methods for a safe household environment. For example, discourage ants trailing in and out with sprigs of pennyroyal. Or make bands of crushed eggshells along walkways to keep them from crossing.

Aphids on your garden plants can be knocked off with frequent, strong streams of water from the garden hose. If you notice yellow-and-black-striped Colorado potato beetles or the metallic-blue-green Japanese beetles crawling on your plants, put down a dropcloth and, in the early morning when they're most active, shake them off and dump them into a bucket of soapy water.

If a colony of yellow jackets sets up housekeeping in your lawn, watch them from a distance to find their underground doorway. At night, when they're not active, place a large glass casserole dish or salad bowl over the hole and weight it down with a brick. The wasps will be forced to exit elsewhere and usually won't return.

Mix it up Certain plants can help in the war on pests and weeds. Herbs (sage, rosemary, thyme and peppermint) deter cabbage butterflies and slugs. French marigolds repel various vegetable pests and garlic and onions have fungicidal properties. If you plant these useful varieties among your vegetables and flowers there won't be room for the weeds.
Beat the bugs - naturally Don't use slug pellets and other pesticides in your garden. Try to attract natural predators or use organic alternatives. Ladybirds (adults and larvae) and hoverfly or lacewing larvae will keep aphids down and frogs will eat slugs. You can also buy live insect species that act as a pest control from garden centres. If you must spray against aphids, try a solution of soft soap.

Advice in this article comes from the Old Farmer's
Almanac, BBC radio, neighbors with Gardens to die-for, and professional gardening friends from the Olympia Garden Club, BBG, Washington's Rose Garden, and the like. Thank you one and all.
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Las Tareas del Jard?­n de julio Amarillo o follaje de undersize en sus ?¡rboles indica una falta de alimento. Alim?©nteles regularmente, pero no lo
se pasan con.


Preste atenci?³n a Plantas Dom?©sticas

Si usted tiene cualquier planta dom?©stica que se sienta directamente en la ventana, se cerciora la luz se filtra o la planta es movida a un sitio fuera de luz directa del sol. El windowpane intensifica el calor, y usted no quiere achicharrar sus plantas.

Fertilice sus plantas dom?©sticas para asegurar frecuentemente el crecimiento vigoroso.

Huela las Flores

Extienda la vida interior de sus flores del corte poniendolos en una soluci?³n que es una agua del parte, una parte limpia el refresco (tal como 7 Arriba, Sprite, etc.), y unos pocos decolorante de cloro de gotas.

Tijeretee lejos la flor vieja se arracima de rosas de vagabundo para alentarlos florecer todo verano.

Si usted tiene flox grueso y pr?³spero, afine las plantas a cuatro o cinco tallos por el grupo para proporcionar la ventilaci?³n adecuada y evitar moho.

Obtenga Sus Vegetarianos y las Hierbas
Usted puede sembrar una cosecha de la ca?­da de frijoles de arbusto ahora. La planta siembra dos pulgadas profundas para protegerlos del domingo caliente. Usted puede sembrar otras semillas de verdura para un rendimiento de oto?±o, tambi?©n, plant?¡ndolos apenas un peque?±o m?¡s profundo que usted hizo en el primavera. El mejor tiempo de plantar es despu?©s un chaparr?³n de lluvia.

Si su apio hace bien, ata los tallos juntos mantenerlos de extender.

Si usted perdi?³ su per?­odo del pico de guisantes, usted puede escoger todav?­a, para poder secar, y los puede pelar para uso en sopas de invierno.

Goce las Fruta

No rege sus melones en la base de los tallos. Hacer as?­ puede causar la putrefacci?³n. Construya una tierra peque?±a alrededor de los tallos para mantener agua lejos.

Una vez que vides de mel?³n han puesto tres o cuatro fruta, quitan alguna flor nueva. Las fruta restantes beneficiar?¡n de esto, y de usted tendr?¡ todav?­a la abundancia.


Haga no tir?³n tambi?©n duramente en sus frambuesas cuando escoger. Una frambuesa madura saldr?¡ la vid con gusto. La categor?­a general del Cuidado para julio
El pajote
Proteja plantas nuevas y establecida cubriendo con pajote la tierra entre ellos con corteza de composted, los esqueletos de cacao u otro pajote decorativo. Esto no s?³lo parecer?¡ atractivo, apartando las plantas circundantes, pero reducir?¡ el crecimiento anual de hierba y conservar?¡ la humedad de tierra. Siempre pajote sobre el suelo h?ºmedo, nunca en al hueso seca tierra, as?­ que est?¡ pozo de agua seguro primero si necesario.

C?³rtelo por lo menos una vez a la semana, dos veces si es posible, y el fin cortando las orillas ordenadamente. Alimente c?©spedes, si esto no se ha hecho ya, y trata cualquiera deshierba y el musgo. Los recortes se pueden mezclar generalmente en el mont?³n de abono.

Las hierbas Permanezca diligente en la batalla progresiva contra hierbas de problema. No permita ellos florecer, pero si acontecen, cerci?³rense para quitar cualquier tallos que florecen antes ellos tienen una oportunidad de poner la semilla. Muchos pueden ser quitados a mano. Cavar para salir profundamente cada ?ºltimo pedazo de ra?­z, porque algunos pueden propagar simplemente de un pedazo peque?±o. Las ?¡reas m?¡s grande pueden ser limpiadas sofoc?¡ndolos con una hoja grande de politeno negro, izquierdo en el lugar por muchos meses. El color oscuro y el pl?¡stico bloquean el sol y por lo tanto previene la fotos?­ntesis, que las plantas necesitan para viven.

Meza pajote de jardines
Los jardines de la piedra de la hierba y reemplaza pajotes de grava, regar si la tierra es seca.


Los renuevos no deseados
Algunos ?¡rboles y los arbustos tienen un h?¡bito de producir los renuevos no deseados de su base, o de los tallos de esos entrenado como est?¡ndares.

Podar
Recorte los renuevos de la llanura crecientes en arbustos abigarrados. El verano es el mejor tiempo de podar lejos alg?ºn renuevo verde no deseado.


Los Problemas de la peste
Tome medidas contra los problemas siguientes de peste inmediatamente: whitefly en hojas de tomate; pulg?³n en
subi?³ puntas de renuevo y brotes de flor; escarabajos rojos de lirio en hojas de lirio; las orugas de sawfly
en el sello de Salom?³n Cosechar
Coseche beetroot y otras cosechas mientras ellos est?¡n j?³venes y licitaciones tranquilos.


Las hierbas
Tome cuttings de hierbas, tal como sabio y el tomillo.

Es tiempo de gozar sus flores, las hierbas, y verduras de cosecha. El pajote alrededor de plantas para mantener hierbas a un m?­nimo y retener la humedad. Quite flores gastadas para prevenir las plantas perennes de utilizar su energ?­a en la producci?³n de la semilla, y para estimular reblooming. Tan pronto como una fruta o verdura son maduras, lo quita de la planta. Arr?¡nquese cualquiera planta eso no es productivo ni eso es pasada su flor. Rege su jard?­n temprano en la ma?±ana o en los tiempos tardes de la tarde cuando lo menos cantidad de agua evaporar?¡ de las hojas. Salve y utilice el agua de lluvia para regar su jard?­n. Airee la tierra en su c?©sped para permitir que agua para penetrar. Las papas se pueden cavar tan pronto como las cimas se han apagado. Para una cosecha que dura todo verano, frijoles de cerda cada dos semanas.

Julio es tambi?©n el tiempo cuando algunos bichos del verano est?¡n en su mejor (o derrotan, cuando el caso puede ser!) Las hierbas se pueden utilizar para el control de peste. El ajenjo secado, la milenrama, santolina, el tanaceto, nuevo, y lavanda es la mariposa tradicional repelente. Si es su animal favorito que se molesta, trata de poner una gota del petr?³leo de lim?³n o petr?³leo de rosemary en el cuello para el control de la pulga.

PLENO VERANO ES EL tiempo cuando insectos hacen a s?­ mismo muy conocido -dentro y fuera. Si usted encuentra criaturas no deseadas en su casa o el jard?­n, no alcanzan para el veneno. Disu?¡dalos con m?©todos m?¡s apacibles para un ambiente seguro de la casa. Por ejemplo, desalienta hormigas que arrastran en y fuera con sprigs de poleo. O las bandas de la marca de cascarones de huevo aplastados por senderos para mantenerlos del cruce.

Aphids en sus plantas del jard?­n se puede golpear lejos con frecuenta, las corrientes fuertes de agua de la manga del jard?­n. Si usted advierte escarabajos pelados negros y amarillos de papa de Colorado o los escarabajos japoneses, verdes, azules y met?¡licos que se arrastran en sus plantas, ponen hacia abajo un dropcloth y, en la ma?±ana temprana cuando ellos son muy activos, los sacude lejos y los descarga en un cubo de agua cubierta de jab?³n.

Si una colonia de chaquetas amarillas establece el gobierno de la casa en su c?©sped, m?­relos encontrar de lejos su puerta subterr?¡nea. De noche, cuando ellos no son activos, coloca un plato grande de la cazuela de vidrio o taz?³n de ensalada sobre el hoyo y lo carga hacia abajo con un ladrillo. Las avispas se forzar?¡n a salir en otra parte y generalmente no volver.

M?©zclelo arriba Ciertas plantas puede ayudar en la guerra en pestes e hierbas. Las hierbas (sabio, rosemary, el tomillo y la menta) disuade mariposas de col y postas. Las maravillas francesas repelen varias pestes de verdura y ajo y las cebollas tienen las propiedades de fungicidal. Si usted planta estas variedades ?ºtiles entre sus verduras y flores no habr?¡ el espacio para las hierbas. Golpee los bichos - naturalmente no utiliza las pastillas de moldeo de la posta y otros pesticidas en su jard?­n. La prueba para atraer los animales de rapi?±a naturales o utilizar las alternativas org?¡nicas. Las mariquitas (los adultos y las larvas) y larvas de hoverfly o lacewing mantendr?¡n aphids hacia abajo y las ranas comer?¡n las postas. Usted puede comprar tambi?©n la especie viva de insecto que act?ºa como un control de peste de centros de jard?­n. Si usted debe rociar contra aphids, trate una soluci?³n del jab?³n suave.

El consejo en este art?­culo viene del Almanaque Viejo de Granjero, la radio de BBC, los vecinos con Jardines a morir para, y para amigos profesionales de horticultura del Club del Jard?­n de Olympia, BBG, Washington Subi?³ el Jard?­n, y cosas por el estilo. Gracias todos.
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Make your own stepping stones.

Materials List
1 concrete stepping stone
Thin set mortar
Sanded grout
Rubber or latex gloves
Hammer of tile nippers
Safety glasses
Sponge
Water
Mosaic pieces, broken pottery, dishes, stained glass, tile, or mirror (pieces should be flat)

You can either plan your design by sketching a simple line drawing and lightly scratching the general idea into the wet mortar, or arrange chosen pieces into a collage to create your design.

Steps to follow


Wet your stepping stone, so that adherence between the stone and the mortar is good when dry.

Slowly mix about 2 cups of thin set mortar with water until you have a creamy consistency. Spread
evenly on the stone to about 1/4" thickness.

Scratch design into wet mortar or go with the flow and place pieces intuitively. Start placing pieces and be sure there is good contact between pieces and the mortar. Make certain that the mortar doesn't rise above pieces: you want to leave room for the grout.

To break larger pieces into smaller ones, you can either put a piece of plastic over the piece and hit it with a hammer to break it up or use tile nippers for more exact cuts.

After laying all the tile pieces, allow the mortar to cure for 24 hours.

Grouting- Mix a cup of sanded grout with some water to make a creamy consistency Scoop this mixture onto the stone and rub it into all the spaces between the tile spaces and around the edges of the top of the stone. With a damp sponge, wipe off the excess. Allow stone to dry for 24 hours.

Enjoy!

Other examples of different kinds of stepping stones you can make - A design can be made by inlaying marbles into the wet mortar.
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- Gardening in July

The perennial border comes into its own this month and, done well, carries a splendid display of color. With careful choice and blending of plants, however, it can be highly decorative for most of the year. The use of plants which have colored leaves, silver-gray, purple, and variegated, and using plants which are `architectural' in form, so that their habit of growth and outline complements the flowering kinds, will make the border easy on the eye in or out of the flowering season.

Attention should be paid to the management of the soil, to provide a basis for good plants, and much of the work on this will be done in winter (see November, December). Then the choice of plants can come, and here it helps to note good plants at this time of year, in nurseries and other gardens, where one can see designs which need not necessarily be transferred complete, but can be modified to the pattern of one's own garden.

Herbaceous plants in flower are Salvia haeflatodes, kniphofias, hostas, day-lilies, veronicas, polemoniums, lilies, Shasta daisies, ligularias, rudbeckias, phlox, gaillardias, the blue thistle (eryngium) penstemons, and many, many others. Any high winds will mean attention to staking; thunderstorms also often beat plants down and so it is doubly important to make sure that they are securely supported. Deadheading helps the appearance of the border.

Bedding plants and half-hardy annuals, such as petunias, ageratums, fibrous begonias, nemesias, impatiens, nasturtiums, zinnias, dwarf phlox, salvias and lobelias, will be at their best in colder areas, and one begins to think they are worth the trouble of early sowing, coddling in the greenhouse in spring, pricking out, hardening off and finally planting out of doors. Sweet peas will continue to need training and layering by now.

Chrysanthemums can be stopped the second time in mid-July, if flowering is wanted at Christmas. They will also need disbudding every few days, as will dahlias, if really large flowers are wanted. Both will be the better for spraying to control aphids early in the month. Lawn watering should not be neglected; if no rain occurs for several days which are hot and sunny as well, start watering, as waiting until the lawn is obviously gasping for it is too late, and the grass will be irremediably weakened. Continue to mow.

Cut the fast growing hedges again, privet, Lonicera nitida and the thorns, also start on most of those which grow at a more normal speed, such as beech, hornbeam, euonymus, hazel, holly and pyracantha. Conifer hedges can also be cut now, such as yew, thuja, juniper, cupressus and chamaecyparis. The pruning of early summer flowering shrubs should be completed; the late summer flowering kinds can be enjoyed, such as hydrangea, hypericum, fuchsia, clematis, late honeysuckle, some philadelphus, hebe, Californian tree poppy and cistus. Wisteria can be summer pruned this month or next, cutting back sideshoots to leave five buds or leaf joints. The rock roses (helianthemums) are much the better for having straggling shoots cut back after flowering. New shrubs can be ordered this month for the fall delivery.

Hybrid tea roses should be deadheaded regularly, unless heps are wanted, and it is during this month propagation of roses by budding can start, at any time when the bark lifts easily, but not during dry weather. Continue to spray for rose black spot, mildew, aphids, red spider mite, caterpillars and thrips, especially the latter on gladiolus.

Bulbs, such as daffodils, tulips, bulbous iris, and hyacinth, can be lifted, cleaned, and stored. Biennials can still be sown, and seedlings of those sown last month should be transplanted to permanent positions or pricked out into flats. Fall flowering crocus, cyclamen, colchicum and sternbergia can be planted.

Greenhouse damping and watering are necessities; tomatoes will be ripening and feeding should continue. Primulas, cinerarias and calceolarias will need pricking out or potting on to 4-in. pots. Seeds of these can still be sown-it is not too late for flowering them next year. Freesias will want staking.

Soft tip cuttings of shrubs and perennials can be rooted in warmth, and half-ripe kinds will be rooted in a frame or cool greenhouse. Cyclamen can be retrieved from under the bench, so can Christmas cactus, watered and started into growth, and then repotted. Greenhouse plants in flower now are abutilons, achimenes, impatiens, begonias, bougainvilleas, calceolarias, Campanula isophylla, canvas, celosias, fuchsias, heliotropes, hoyas, ipomoeas, lantanas, lapagerias, neriums, passifloras, pelargoniums and crinums.

It is during July that the splendor of the lily is at its height; among the easiest to grow and the most magnificent is the regal lily, Lilium regale. Its great white trumpets, yellow-throated and centered with deep orange anthers, unfold in early July and waft a heavy fragrance over the garden. Once settled in well-drained, but not particularly fertile soil, provided it contains some leafmold, they will flower reliably every year without trouble. The Madonna lily, L. candidum, is another that is easily grown, and the clustered short white trumpets on stems 4 ft. tall were once seen in every cottage garden.

Others for this month are L. amabile, red; the 'Bellingham Hybrids', red, orange and yellow, with bell-shaped flowers; L. martagon, the Turk'scap, in purple; L. pardalinum, orange and crimson; L. tigrinum, the orange tiger-lily and the 'Aurelian Hybrids' with such evocative names as `Black Dragon', `Golden Clarion', `Green Magic', `Limelight' and `Pink Perfection'. All are easily grown in the soils that suit the regal lilies, except the Aurelians which mostly dislike lime in the soil and grow better in a slightly acid one. The lily fever is easily caught but not so easily lost.

In some areas, soft fruit picking will claim a good deal of time and with a deep freeze much of it can be preserved with its fresh flavor for winter; raspberries with cream or a blackcurrant pudding are particularly tasty out of season in the depths of winter. Strawberries will finish cropping this month; raspberries will come into ripening, and will finish by the end of July, and blackcurrants, redcurrants and gooseberries will also finish.

Strawberry runners should be removed as they appear, unless wanted for a fresh bed next year; pegging them down directly into the soil, if it is done early, seems to produce as good plants as the pot-grown kinds. Blackberries can be tip layered, that is the tips of new shoots are pegged down into the soil, where they will send out roots. Where melons are beginning to swell it is important that the plants are watered copiously. In some areas the first apples will be ready, such as 'Lodi', `Melba' and `Early McIntosh'.

Succession vegetables can be sown, lettuce, radish, parsley for winter, endive for blanching later in the fall. Winter vegetables to be planted cabbage, savoy and fall celery-the self-blanching kind will begin to be ready at the end of this month. On potatoes blight may be a trouble, particularly in warm wet seasons, so spray the foliage with Bordeaux mixture to give a protective covering before the disease infects.

Onions will be maturing and the tops should be bent down, if they are not already doing it of their own accord. Early potato lifting can finish and that of second earlies start. Herbs can be gathered and dried this month, storing for winter use. Keep the hoe going and the weeds under; if ground empties as a crop is lifted, sow a quick maturing green crop such as mustard, rape or annual vetch, to be dug in early September, before it flowers.

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- La Horticultura en julio

La frontera perrene viene en su posee este mes y, el pozo hecho, lleva un despliegue espl?©ndido del color. Con la elecci?³n y mezclar cuidadosos de plantas, sin embargo, puede ser sumamente decorativo para la mayor parte del a?±o. El uso de plantas que han colorado omite gris de plata, p?ºrpura, y abigarrado, y utilizando plantas que son ?§architectural' en la forma, as?­ que su h?¡bito del crecimiento y el resumen complementa las clases que florecen, har?¡n el contiguo f?¡cil en el ojo en o fuera de la temporada que florece.

La atenci?³n debe ser pagada a la administraci?³n de la tierra, para proporcionar una base para plantas buenas, y para mucho del trabajo en esto se har?¡ en el invierno (ve noviembre, diciembre). Entonces la elecci?³n de plantas puede venir, y aqu?­ ayuda a notar plantas buenas en este tiempo de a?±o, en guarder?­as infantiles y otros jardines, donde uno puede ver los dise?±os que necesitan no sean transferidos completa necesariamente, pero puede ser modificado a la pauta de un propio jard?­n.

Las plantas herb?¡ceas en la flor son haeflatodes de Salvia, kniphofias, hostas, los lirios de d?­a, veronicas, polemoniums, los lirios, margaritas de Shasta, ligularias, rudbeckias, el flox, gaillardias, el penstemons azul del cardo (eryngium), y muchos, muchos otros. Cualquiera vientos altos significar?¡n la atenci?³n a estacar; las tormentas tambi?©n a menudo plantas de golpe hacia abajo y tan son doblemente importantes cerciorarse que ellos son sostenidos seguramente. Deadheading ayuda la apariencia de la frontera.

Las plantas de ropa de cama y fuerte de mitad anual, tal como las petunias, ageratums, las begonias fibrosas, nemesias, el nomeolvides, las capuchinas, las zinnias, flox enano, las salvias y las lobelias, estar?¡n en su mejor en ?¡reas m?¡s fr?­as, y uno comienza a pensar que ellos valen el problema de sembrar temprano, mimar en el invernadero en el primavera, pinchar fuera, endurecer de y finalmente plantar al aire libre. Los guisantes dulces continuar?¡n necesitar la instrucci?³n y encamando por ahora.

Los crisantemos se pueden parar el segundo tiempo en de julio medio, si florecer se quiere en la Navidad. Ellos necesitar?¡n tambi?©n disbudding cada de pocos d?­as, cuando hace las dalias, si flores realmente grandes se quieren. Ambos ser?¡n el mejor para rociar para controlar aphids temprano en el mes. Regar de c?©sped no se debe descuidar; si ninguna lluvia ocurre para de varios d?­as que tiene calor y soleado tambi?©n, el comienzo regando, cuando esperar hasta que el c?©sped jadeando obviamente para lo es demasiado tarde, y el c?©sped se debilitar?¡ irremediablemente. Contin?ºe cortar.

Corte los cercados crecientes r?¡pidos otra vez, la alhe?±a, nitida de Lonicera y las espinas, tambi?©n comienzo en la mayor?­a de ?©sos que crecen en una velocidad m?¡s normal, tal como haya, el carpe, euonymus, el avellano, el acebo y la piracanta. Los cercados del con?­fero se pueden cortar tambi?©n ahora, tal como tejo, thuja, el enebro, cupressus y chamaecyparis. El podar de arbustos tempranos de florecer de verano se debe completar; las clases tardes de florecer de verano se pueden gozar, tal como hydrangea, hypericum, la fucsia, clematis, madreselva tarde, alg?ºn filadelfa, hebe, amapola Californiana de ?¡rbol y cistus. La vistaria puede ser el verano pod?³ este mes o pr?³ximo, reduciendo sideshoots para salir cinco coyunturas de brotes u hoja. Las rosas (helianthemums) de la piedra son mucho el mejor para tener la rezagar los renuevos redujo despu?©s de florecer. Los arbustos nuevos se pueden ordenar este mes para la entrega de la ca?­da.

Las rosas h?­bridas del t?© se deben deadheaded regularmente, a menos que actualizado sean queridos, y est?¡n durante esta propagaci?³n de mes de rosas echando brotes puede comenzar, en ninguna vez cuando la corteza levanta f?¡cilmente, pero no durante tiempo seco. Contin?ºe rociar para subi?³ el lugar negro, el moho, aphids, arado rojo de ara?±a, las orugas y thrips, especialmente el ?ºltimo en el glad?­olo.

Las bombillas, tal como los narcisos, los tulipanes, el iris protuberante, y el jacinto, se puede levantar, puede ser limpiado, y puede ser almacenado. Bienal puede ser sembrado todav?­a, y los semilleros de esos el mes pasado sembrado deben ser trasplantados a posiciones permanentes o pinchados fuera en planicies. La ca?­da floreciendo el azafr?¡n, el ciclamen, colchicum y sternbergia se pueden plantar.

Damping de invernadero y regar son las necesidades; tomates estar?¡n madurando y estar?¡n alimentando debe continuar. Primulas, cinerarias y calceolarias necesitar?¡n pinchar fuera o fuera conservar en a 4 en. ollas. Las semillas de ?©stos todav?­a lo se pueden sembrar no es demasiado tarde para florecerlos el a?±o pr?³ximo. Las fresias querr?¡n estacar.

Cuttings suave de punta de arbustos y plantas perennes se puede arraigar en el calor, y las clases maduras de la mitad se arraigar?¡n en un marco o refrescar?¡n invernadero. El ciclamen se puede recuperar de bajo el banco, as?­ que puede el cactus de la Navidad, regado y comenzado en el crecimiento, y entonces repotted. Las plantas del invernadero en la flor ahora son abutilons, achimenes, el nomeolvides, las begonias, bougainvilleas, calceolarias, isophylla de Campanula, la lona, celosias, las fucsias, los heliotropos, hoyas, ipomoeas, lantanas, lapagerias, neriums, passifloras, pelargoniums y crinums.

Est?¡ durante julio que el esplendor del lirio est?¡ en su altura; entre el m?¡s f?¡cil de crecer y el muy magn?­fico es el lirio regia, Lilium agasaja. Sus grandes trompetas blancas, de throated amarillo y centrado con anteras anaranjadas profundas, despliega a principios de julio y lleva por aire un perfume pesado sobre el jard?­n. Una vez que se asent?³ en la tierra bien desaguada pero no especialmente f?©rtil, proporcion?³ lo contiene alg?ºn leafmold, ellos florecer?¡n seguramente cada a?±o sin el problema. El lirio de Madona, L. candidum, es otro que es crecido f?¡cilmente, y las trompetas brevemente blancas arracimadas en tallos 4 pies altos eran una vez vistos en cada jard?­n de casita.

Los otros por este mes son L. amabile, rojo; los "H?­bridos de Bellingham", rojo, anaranjado y amarillo, con flores formadas de campana; L. martagon, el turco' scap, en p?ºrpura; L. pardalinum, la naranja y carmes?­; L. tigrinum, el lirio anaranjado de tigre y el 'H?­bridos de Aurelian con tales nombres evocadores como Drag?³n de ?§Black', ?§Golden Clarion', la Magia de ?§Green', ?§Limelight' y la Perfecci?³n de ?§Pink'. Todo se crece f?¡cilmente en las tierras que acomoda los lirios regias, menos el Aurelians que tiene antipat?­a en su mayor parte cal en la tierra y se mejora en un levemente ?¡cido uno. La fiebre del lirio se agarra f?¡cilmente pero no tan f?¡cilmente pierde.

En algunas ?¡reas, escoger suave de fruta reclamar?¡ un trato bueno de tiempo y con una congelaci?³n profunda mucho de ello puede ser preservado con su sabor fresco por el invierno; frambuesas con crema o un pud?­n de grosella negra son especialmente sabrosas fuera de temporada en las profundidades de invierno. Las fresas terminar?¡n cropping este mes; frambuesas vendr?¡n a madurar, y terminar?¡n por el fin de julio, y de grosellas negras, redcurrants y grosellas terminar?¡n tambi?©n.

Los corredores de la fresa deben ser quitados como ellos aparecen, a menos que quieran por un el a?±o pr?³ximo fresco de cama; fijar con clavijaslos hacia abajo directamente en la tierra, si se hace temprano, parece producir plantas como buenas como las clases crecidas de olla. Las zarzamoras pueden ser puntas encam?³, eso es las puntas de renuevos nuevos son fijadas con clavijas hacia abajo en la tierra, donde ellos arrojar?¡n ra?­ces. Donde melones comienzan a hincharse es importante que las plantas se regen copiosamente. En algunas ?¡reas que las primeras manzanas estar?¡n listas, tal como "Dirigi?³", ?§Melba' y ?§Early McIntosh'.

Las verduras de la sucesi?³n se pueden sembrar, la lechuga, el r?¡bano, el perejil por el invierno, la endibia para escaldar luego en la ca?­da. Las verduras del invierno para ser plantadas col, apio de savoy y ca?­da la clase que auto escaldando comenzar?¡ a ser se prepara al fin de este mes. En papas arruina puede ser un problema, especialmente a entibiar moj?³ las temporadas, as?­ que roc?­a el follaje con mezcla de Burdeos para dar una cubierta protectora antes la enfermedad infecta.

Las cebollas estar?¡n madurando y las cimas se deben agachar, si ellos no lo hacen ya de su propio acuerdo. Levantar temprano de papa puede terminar y eso de segundo el comienzo temprano. Las hierbas se pueden reunir y pueden ser secadas este mes, almacenar para el uso de invierno. Mantenga la azada y las hierbas abajo; si el suelo vac?­a como una cosecha se levanta, siembra un madurar r?¡pido la cosecha verde tal como mostaza, la violaci?³n o arveja anual, para ser cavados a principios de septiembre, antes florecen.

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TEN TOP SIGNS THAT YOU'VE GONE OVER THE GARDEN EDGE From April 28, 2003

10. Your favorite poem is "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue.

9. Your kids are named Rose, Violet, Daisy and Zucchini.

8. You have 8 X 10 family pictures of your Tomatoes and Peppers on your office shelf.

7. Your idea of Saturday Date Night is going out in the garden and hand pollinating the plants.

6. You think a cocktail is liquid fertilizer.

5. You rush home from work and go straight to the garden and hug your roses. (Ouch!) Then, you go in to your house and see you family.

4. On Christmas Eve, visions of "Sugar Peas" dance in your head.

3. After the first frost, you are seen holding funeral services in your garden.

2. You take your kids multiple vitamins from them to use as a supplement to your plants fertilizer.


And, the number one sign that you have gone over the garden edge is..

....and the Number One sign that you have gone over the gardening edge:


1. Every Spring your family files a "Missing Person's" report. You remain missing all summer, and mysteriously re-appear in the fall.

Anonymous jokester.

Do you have one to add? E-mail us: bqlt@myway.com
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Drought-Tolerant Plants
Deciduous Trees

· Amelanchier arborea, Shadbush, Downy serviceberry
· Carpinus caroliniana, American hornbeam
· Carya ovata, Shagbark hickory
· Cotinus obovatus, American smoketree
· Crataegus species, Hawthorns
· Diospyros virginiana, American persimmon
· Halesia carolina, Carolina silverbells
· Liquidambar styraciflua, American sweetgum
· Prunus x cistena, Purpleleaf sand cherry
· Quercus species, Oaks (many species)
· Sassafras albidum, Sassafras
· Tilia species, Lindens

Shrubs

· Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush buckeye
· Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Bearberry
· Aronia arbutifolia, A. melanocarpa, Chokeberries
· Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Bluemist', Clandon bluebeard
· Ceanothus americanus, New Jersey tea
· Chaenomeles x superba, Flowering quince
· Cornus racemosa, Gray dogwood
· Corylus americana, American filbert
· Coylus avellana 'Contorta', Harry Lauder's walking stick
· Cotinus coggygria, Smokebush
· Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve', Wallflower
· Hamamelis virginiana, Witch-hazel
· Hydrangea paniculata, Panicle hydrangea
· Itea virginica, Virginia sweetspire
· Lavandula angustifolia, Lavender
· Lespedeza thunbergii, Bush clover
· Myrica pensylvanica, Bayberry
· Perovskia atriplicifolia, Russian sage
· Philadelphus coronarius, Mockorange
· Prunus maritima, Beach plum
· Rhus copallinum, Shining sumac
· Rosa rugosa, R. glauca, R. nitida, R. carolina, and other species, Species roses
· Santolina chamaecyparissus, Lavender cotton
· Symphoricarpos albus, Common snowberry
· Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry
· Syringa species, Lilacs
· Vaccinium angustifolium, Lowbush blueberry
· Viburnum dentatum, Arrowwood
· Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry

Needled Evergreens

· Abies concolor, White fir
· Cephalotaxus harringtonia, Japanese plum yew
· Chamaecyparis pisifera, Sawara false cypress
· Juniperus species, Junipers (most species)
· Picea species, Spruces (most species)
· Pinus species, Pines (most species)
· Taxus species, Yews (most species)
· Thuja occidentalis, Eastern arborvitae

Broadleaf Evergreens

· Ilex crenata, Japanese holly
· Ilex glabra, Inkberry
· Ilex x meserveae, Meserve holly
· Ilex opaca, American holly
· Mahonia aquifolium, Oregon grape

Vines

· Aristolochia macrophylla, Dutchman's pipe
· Bougainvillea species, Bougainvilleas
· Campsis radicans, Trumpet creeper
· Clematis montana, Anemone clematis
· Clematis terniflora, Sweet autumn clematis
· Ipomoea tricolor, Morning glory
· Lonicera sempervirens, Trumpet honeysuckle
· Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper
· Plumbago auriculata, Cape leadwort
· Wisteria frutescens, American wisteria

Groundcovers

· Ajuga reptans, Carpet bugleweed
· Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Bearberry
· Armeria maritima, Sea thrift
· Bergenia cordifolia, Bergenia
· Cerastium tomentosum, Snow-in-summer
· Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Ceratostigma
· Epimedium species, Barrenworts
· Juniperus horizontalis, Creeping juniper
· Liriope spicata, Lilyturf
· Pachysandra procumbens, Allegheny spurge
Paxistima canbyi, Cliff green
· Sedum species, Sedums
· Thymus species, Thymes

Perennials

· Achillea cultivars, Garden yarrow
· Agastache foeniculum, Anise hyssop
· Agastache cultivars, Hyssops
· Amsonia hubrichtii, Bluestar
· Anemone species, Anemones
· Arabis procurrens, A. alpina, Rock cresses
· Armeria maritima, Sea thrift
· Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly weed
· Aster species, Asters (many species)
· Baptisia australis, False blue indigo
· Chrysanthemum cultivars, Chrysanthemums
· Coreopsis species, Coreopsis
· Dianthus species, Pinks
· Diascia rigescens, D. barberae cultivars, Diascias
· Dicentra chrysantha, Golden eardrops
· Echinacea purpurea, Purple coneflower
· Echinops bannaticus, Globe thistle
· Eryngium bourgatii, Sea holly
· Euphorbia species, Euphorbias
· Gaillardia species, Blanket flowers
· Gaura lindheimeri, Gaura
· Hemerocallis species, Daylilies
· Iberis sempervirens, Candytuft
· Kniphofia cultivars, Torch flowers, red-hot pokers
· Liatris species, Blazing stars, gayfeathers
· Lychnis coronaria, Rose campion
· Nepeta species, Catmints
· Oenothera species, Evening primroses
· Origanum laevigatum, Ornamental and culinary oregano cultivars
· Papaver species, Poppies
· Penstemon species, Penstemons, beard-tongues
· Phlox subulata, Woodland phlox
· Physostegia virginiana, Obedient plant
· Pulsatilla vulgaris, Pasque flower
· Rudbeckia species, Black-eyed Susans
· Salvia species, Sages
· Sedum species, Sedums
· Sempervivuns tectorum, Hens and chicks
· Sisyrnchium angustifolium, Blue-eyed grass
· Stachys byzantina, Lamb's ear
· Thymus species, Thymes
· Verbascum bombyciferum and V. chaixii cultivars, Mulleins
· Yucca species, Yuccas

Bulbs and Tuberous Plants

· Agapanthus cultivars, Agapanthus
· Allium caeruleum, A. sphaerocephalum, and other allium cultivars, Ornamental onions
· Crocosmia cultivars, Montbretias
· Fritillaria species, Fritillaries
· Nectaroscordum siculum, Nectaroscordum
· Tulbaghia violacea, Society garlic

Annuals

· Calendula officinalis, Pot marigold
· Capsicum species, Ornamental peppers
· Celosia cristata, Cockscomb
· Eschscholzia californica, California poppy
· Felicia amelloides, Blue marguerite
· Gazania rigens, Gazania
· Helianthus annuus, Sunflower
· Helichrysum bracteatum, Strawflower
· Nigella damascena, Love-in-a-mist
· Papaver cultivars, Annual poppies
· Salvia species, Annual salvias
· Zinnia angustifolia, Zinnia

Ornamental Grasses

· Calamagrostis x acutiflora, Feather reed grass
· Festuca glauca, Blue fescue
· Helicotrichon sempervirens, Blue oat grass
· Panicum virgatum, Switch grass
· Pennisetum species, Fountain grasses
· Schizachyrium scoparium, Little bluestem
· Sorgastrum nutans, Indian grass
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden Director of Publishing Janet Marinelli is editor of BBG's renowned series of quarterly gardening handbooks and the author of Your Natural Home and The Naturally Elegant Home. Janet is a champion of the gardener's role in the preservation of the planet, a philosophy that informs her P&G News column, "Down to Earth." It's a philosophy that also serves as the bedrock for her latest book, Stalking the Wild Amaranth: Gardening in the Age of Extinction. In Stalking the Wild Amaranth, Janet tells of her quest for a landscape art that protects disappearing species, both flora and fauna. It's a gardening journey marked by humor—ecologically sensitive gardening needn't be a dreary affair, Janet insists. "We can do our part," she says, "and still have flair and fun."
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Niall Dunne is associate editior of Plants & Gardens News.

Drought-Proofing Your Garden—Essential Water-Saving Strategies
Plants & Gardens News Volume 17, Number 2 | Summer 2002

by Janet Marinelli and Niall Dunne

Severe to extreme drought conditions are affecting large portions of North America, including the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Georgia, the Plains states, and significant parts of the Southwest as well. New York City's experience has been typical of many urban and suburban areas. On April 1, the city declared a Stage 1 Drought Emergency, introducing numerous restrictions on industrial, municipal, and domestic water use. Gotham's gardeners are only allowed to water their lawns every other day for two hours in the morning and the evening, and they can only water the rest of their plants using hand-held watering cans or low-flow irrigation equipment.


Don't be fooled by those days of plentiful rain in April and May, because water reservoirs in much of the East are still well below normal capacity. And there has been no easing of water restrictions. We still need an abnormally high amount of rainfall for water supplies to get back on track by next year.

A drought emergency is a time to take steps to substantially reduce water use in the garden. It's also a good time to take stock of our gardening practices and to consider how out of tune they are with normal fluctuations in yearly rainfall and snowfall. Below are some tips on how to conserve water while coaxing your plants through the current drought. These are followed by longer-term solutions that will help make your garden more compatible with natural precipitation patterns.

Drought Facts

First, a couple of basic questions: What's causing the current drought? With icebergs the size of Rhode Island breaking off Antarctica, one might be tempted to link the drought to human-influenced global warming. But experts say it's premature to characterize what is probably a normal fluctuation in the weather (the short-term state of the atmosphere) as a climatological event (a long-term trend).

The earth's climate, of course, continuously changes without any help from us, cycling through periods of warming and cooling. It has to do with everything from fluctuations in solar activity to shifts in the planet's orbital tilt. In other words, even if you left humanity out of the picture, drought would be a regular occurrence.

What exactly is a drought? Climatologists have a list of different definitions, reflecting the complexity of the phenomenon. Generally speaking, it is a period of less-than-average rainfall. Predicting when a drought will end, or when a new one will begin, is close to impossible.

"Basically each day is a new slate," says Mark Svoboda, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, an advisory institution based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. "The drought could be over soon, or it could draw out for years."

Svoboda points out that "because drought is so unpredictable and hard to read, and because it is a natural part of our climate cycle, we need to be conserving water at all times, even when it seems to be in abundance."
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Ten Short-Term Tips

Here are ten easy ways you can conserve water in your garden this summer without harming your plants:

Water your plants early in the morning. Mornings are cool, and water doesn't evaporate as readily as it does in the heat of the afternoon. Evenings are cool too, but water sitting on leaves overnight can cause fungal diseases.

Water less frequently but deeply. Frequent, shallow waterings lead to weak, shallow-rooted plants. Less frequent, thorough waterings encourage roots to grow deep, where the soil stays moist longer.

Water the soil, not the plants. Use a watering can, soaker hoses, drip irrigation, or other water-conserving irrigation techniques that saturate the soil while leaving the foliage dry.

Mulch your plantings. A two- to three-inch layer of organic mulch such as shredded leaves or bark or compost slows evaporation by shading the soil, slows water runoff, and as a bonus, enriches the soil as it breaks down.

Don't prune, fertilize, or apply pesticides during a drought emergency. All of these would put additional stress on your plants.

Put off major planting projects until water is more plentiful. All newly established plants require a lot of irrigation. It's best to delay planting trees, shrubs, and large herbaceous borders until the drought is over.

Choose drought-tolerant plants for pots and for filling in existing plantings. Certain characteristics indicate that a plant has low water requirements: Plants with silvery, hairy, or fuzzy leaves (such as woolly thyme, Thymus pseudolanuginosus), succulent leaves (such as rose moss, Portulaca species), or leaves with a waxy coating (such as ivy-leaved geranium, Pelargonium peltatum) are good choices. Plants with long taproots, such as butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), are good choices as well. See "Drought-Tolerant Plants," for more recommendations.

Improve potting mixes. For your container plants, consider incorporating hydrogels into the potting soil. These water-retaining polymers hold several hundred times their weight in water and release it gradually to the plants' roots. Be careful not to add more than the recommended amount—too much of a good thing and your plants will be pushed out of their containers by the expanding crystals. Presoaking hydrogels until they are fully expanded makes them easier to incorporate with the potting soil in the proper ratio.

Cut down on mowing, fertilizing, and watering, and let your lawn go dormant. Mowing causes water loss. Mow during the coolest part of the day, and leave the clippings, which return small but valuable amounts of moisture to your lawn. Raise the mowing height, because taller grass shades the soil, reducing water loss; the University of Massachusetts Extension recommends settings of two to three inches. Most turfgrasses are adapted to summer drought. They turn a nice buff brown color as they go dormant, sending their water reserves down to the roots for safekeeping. Given a bare minimum of water, your lawn will green up again in fall when temperatures cool.

Consider collecting and recycling water. Depending on where you live, you may be able to connect your downspouts to rain barrels to collect roof runoff. When water used for boiling pasta and vegetables cools, use it to water your plants. Use of other types of "gray water," such as that from showers, baths, washing machines, and dishwashers, is regulated by some municipalities, and the detergents and other chemicals in the water can be harmful to some plants.
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Long-Term Solutions

The following additional steps will make your garden much less vulnerable to future droughts as they preserve supplies of fresh water. It's best to save these projects until the current drought is over.

Reduce the size of your lawn. The typical lawn requires regular irrigation and care to maintain its aesthetic appeal. Consider widening your borders and planting beds, and replacing thirsty turfgrass with water-thrifty trees and shrubs. Once established, most trees and shrubs require less water than herbaceous plants. Fill in with drought-tolerant perennials, annuals, bulbs, and groundcovers. See the box below for specific recommendations.

Add organic matter to the soil as you plant. Compost and other organic matter increase the soil's ability to retain moisure.

Switch to low-maintenance grasses in remaining lawn areas. One very attractive alternative is buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides), a fine-leafed, soft-textured species indigenous to the Great Plains. Because it is adapted to the periodic and prolonged droughts characteristic of that region, it needs minimal water once established and no fertilizer. For profiles of this and other water-efficient grasses, see Brooklyn Botanic Garden's (BBG) handbook Easy Lawns.

Ed. Note: Couldn't get permission to reprint, so the information is not included here. BBG's Resource Center, all BBG handbooks are available for reference.


Supplier Information

Most good local home-improvement stores and garden centers carry a range of products that can help you conserve water. Another retail source is the Gardener's Supply Company (128 Intervale Road, Burlington, VT 05401; 800-427-3363; www.gardeners.com), which sells soaker hoses, drip-irrigation systems, root-zone watering devices, rain barrels, water-efficient planters, and hydrogel. M.K. Rittenhouse & Sons (1402 Fourth Avenue, St. Catherines, ON L2R6PQ, Canada; 877-488-1914; www.rittenhouse.ca) offers many of the same products plus a rain-sensitive sprinkler system. Home Harvest Garden Supply, Inc. (3807 Bank Street, Baltimore, MD 21224; 800-348-4769; www.homeharvest.com) is an online company that sells drip-irrigation systems, watering cans, and precision hose nozzles. Agrosoke International (1004 N. Bowen, Arlington, TX 76012; 800-880-2476; www.agrosoke.com) manufactures the hydrogel Agrosoke™.

For more drought information, visit BBG's Gardener's Resource Center or the Drought Response section of our web site.
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Drought-Tolerant Plants

Deciduous Trees

· Amelanchier arborea, Shadbush, Downy serviceberry
· Carpinus caroliniana, American hornbeam
· Carya ovata, Shagbark hickory
· Cotinus obovatus, American smoketree
· Crataegus species, Hawthorns
· Diospyros virginiana, American persimmon
· Halesia carolina, Carolina silverbells
· Liquidambar styraciflua, American sweetgum
· Prunus x cistena, Purpleleaf sand cherry
· Quercus species, Oaks (many species)
· Sassafras albidum, Sassafras
· Tilia species, Lindens

Shrubs

· Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush buckeye
· Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Bearberry
· Aronia arbutifolia, A. melanocarpa, Chokeberries
· Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Bluemist', Clandon bluebeard
· Ceanothus americanus, New Jersey tea
· Chaenomeles x superba, Flowering quince
· Cornus racemosa, Gray dogwood
· Corylus americana, American filbert
· Coylus avellana 'Contorta', Harry Lauder's walking stick
· Cotinus coggygria, Smokebush
· Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve', Wallflower
· Hamamelis virginiana, Witch-hazel
· Hydrangea paniculata, Panicle hydrangea
· Itea virginica, Virginia sweetspire
· Lavandula angustifolia, Lavender
· Lespedeza thunbergii, Bush clover
· Myrica pensylvanica, Bayberry
· Perovskia atriplicifolia, Russian sage
· Philadelphus coronarius, Mockorange
· Prunus maritima, Beach plum
· Rhus copallinum, Shining sumac
· Rosa rugosa, R. glauca, R. nitida, R. carolina, and other species, Species roses
· Santolina chamaecyparissus, Lavender cotton
· Symphoricarpos albus, Common snowberry
· Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Coralberry
· Syringa species, Lilacs
· Vaccinium angustifolium, Lowbush blueberry
· Viburnum dentatum, Arrowwood
· Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry

Needled Evergreens

· Abies concolor, White fir
· Cephalotaxus harringtonia, Japanese plum yew
· Chamaecyparis pisifera, Sawara false cypress
· Juniperus species, Junipers (most species)
· Picea species, Spruces (most species)
· Pinus species, Pines (most species)
· Taxus species, Yews (most species)
· Thuja occidentalis, Eastern arborvitae

Broadleaf Evergreens

· Ilex crenata, Japanese holly
· Ilex glabra, Inkberry
· Ilex x meserveae, Meserve holly
· Ilex opaca, American holly
· Mahonia aquifolium, Oregon grape

Vines

· Aristolochia macrophylla, Dutchman's pipe
· Bougainvillea species, Bougainvilleas
· Campsis radicans, Trumpet creeper
· Clematis montana, Anemone clematis
· Clematis terniflora, Sweet autumn clematis
· Ipomoea tricolor, Morning glory
· Lonicera sempervirens, Trumpet honeysuckle
· Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper
· Plumbago auriculata, Cape leadwort
· Wisteria frutescens, American wisteria
Groundcovers

· Ajuga reptans, Carpet bugleweed
· Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Bearberry
· Armeria maritima, Sea thrift
· Bergenia cordifolia, Bergenia
· Cerastium tomentosum, Snow-in-summer
· Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Ceratostigma
· Epimedium species, Barrenworts
· Juniperus horizontalis, Creeping juniper
· Liriope spicata, Lilyturf
· Pachysandra procumbens, Allegheny spurge
Paxistima canbyi, Cliff green
· Sedum species, Sedums
· Thymus species, Thymes

Perennials

· Achillea cultivars, Garden yarrow
· Agastache foeniculum, Anise hyssop
· Agastache cultivars, Hyssops
· Amsonia hubrichtii, Bluestar
· Anemone species, Anemones
· Arabis procurrens, A. alpina, Rock cresses
· Armeria maritima, Sea thrift
· Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly weed
· Aster species, Asters (many species)
· Baptisia australis, False blue indigo
· Chrysanthemum cultivars, Chrysanthemums
· Coreopsis species, Coreopsis
· Dianthus species, Pinks
· Diascia rigescens, D. barberae cultivars, Diascias
· Dicentra chrysantha, Golden eardrops
· Echinacea purpurea, Purple coneflower
· Echinops bannaticus, Globe thistle
· Eryngium bourgatii, Sea holly
· Euphorbia species, Euphorbias
· Gaillardia species, Blanket flowers
· Gaura lindheimeri, Gaura
· Hemerocallis species, Daylilies
· Iberis sempervirens, Candytuft
· Kniphofia cultivars, Torch flowers, red-hot pokers
· Liatris species, Blazing stars, gayfeathers
· Lychnis coronaria, Rose campion
· Nepeta species, Catmints
· Oenothera species, Evening primroses
· Origanum laevigatum, Ornamental and culinary oregano cultivars
· Papaver species, Poppies
· Penstemon species, Penstemons, beard-tongues
· Phlox subulata, Woodland phlox
· Physostegia virginiana, Obedient plant
· Pulsatilla vulgaris, Pasque flower
· Rudbeckia species, Black-eyed Susans
· Salvia species, Sages
· Sedum species, Sedums
· Sempervivuns tectorum, Hens and chicks
· Sisyrnchium angustifolium, Blue-eyed grass
· Stachys byzantina, Lamb's ear
· Thymus species, Thymes
· Verbascum bombyciferum and V. chaixii cultivars, Mulleins
· Yucca species, Yuccas

Bulbs and Tuberous Plants

· Agapanthus cultivars, Agapanthus
· Allium caeruleum, A. sphaerocephalum, and other allium cultivars, Ornamental onions
· Crocosmia cultivars, Montbretias
· Fritillaria species, Fritillaries
· Nectaroscordum siculum, Nectaroscordum
· Tulbaghia violacea, Society garlic

Annuals

· Calendula officinalis, Pot marigold
· Capsicum species, Ornamental peppers
· Celosia cristata, Cockscomb
· Eschscholzia californica, California poppy
· Felicia amelloides, Blue marguerite
· Gazania rigens, Gazania
· Helianthus annuus, Sunflower
· Helichrysum bracteatum, Strawflower
· Nigella damascena, Love-in-a-mist
· Papaver cultivars, Annual poppies
· Salvia species, Annual salvias
· Zinnia angustifolia, Zinnia

Ornamental Grasses

· Calamagrostis x acutiflora, Feather reed grass
· Festuca glauca, Blue fescue
· Helicotrichon sempervirens, Blue oat grass
· Panicum virgatum, Switch grass
· Pennisetum species, Fountain grasses
· Schizachyrium scoparium, Little bluestem
· Sorgastrum nutans, Indian grass




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Brooklyn Botanic Garden Director of Publishing Janet Marinelli is editor of BBG's renowned series of quarterly gardening handbooks and the author of Your Natural Home and The Naturally Elegant Home. Janet is a champion of the gardener's role in the preservation of the planet, a philosophy that informs her P&G News column, "Down to Earth." It's a philosophy that also serves as the bedrock for her latest book, Stalking the Wild Amaranth: Gardening in the Age of Extinction. In Stalking the Wild Amaranth, Janet tells of her quest for a landscape art that protects disappearing species, both flora and fauna. It's a gardening journey marked by humor—ecologically sensitive gardening needn't be a dreary affair, Janet insists. "We can do our part," she says, "and still have flair and fun."

Niall Dunne is associate editior of Plants & Gardens News.

Halloween Fun in All Five Boroughs


October 18-19
Bela Lugosi Weekend
American Museum of the Moving Image
The museum jump starts Halloween with a Bela Lugosi retrospective featuring the actor in some of his best-known roles--vampire, voodoo doctor, mad scientist, and star of Ed Wood's accidental masterpieces Glen or Glenda? and Bride of the Monster.

October 21-January 3
Dressed for Thrills: Halloween Costumes
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology

Seventh Avenue at 27th Street

212/217-5800

An assortment of ghosts, gobblins, and other spooky characters are featured in color photographs by artist Phyllis Galembo of children wearing vintage Halloween and masquerade costumes dating from 1870 to
1970. Juxtaposed with the photographs are vintage Halloween costumes and masks.



October 24

441 Clarke Avenue

Staten Island

718/351-1611

Accompanied by interpreters dressed in period clothing, visit and trick or treat through the historic houses of Staten Island’s answer to Williamsburg, the living history village of Historic Richmond Town. The fun includes apple-bobbing, crafts, a costume parade, refreshments, and surprises.
3:30 – 5pm
Reservations required: 718/351-1611 x 280
$7/child, $3/adult

Every weekend in October and Columbus Day

Tour Historic Richmond Town’s working farm, take a hayride around the fields, explore the corn maze, and learn about rural life in New York. Pumpkins, refreshments, and produce will be available for purchase.

$3 per person, including transportation.

Corn maze: separate $5 admission.



October 22-26

NYC Independent Horror Film Festival

375 Greenwich St. at North Moore St.

Considering the top Hollywood directors who started out making low-budget horror films, such as Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone, the low-budget horror film may be more important than customarily thought. This event features celebrity guests, "classic indies," and the best new independent horror films.

October 25
Halloween on Haunted Walk

Bronx

718/817-8700

New York puppet and mask maker Ralph Lee unleashes his spectacular large-scale creatures to delight children of all ages. Wear your costume and join the parade along a surprise-filled walk.

2-4pm



Morning of the Gargoyles: A Family Halloween Workshop
Cathedral of St John the Divine | 1047 Amsterdam Avenue | 212-932-7347
10am-noon. The morning begins with a reading of Eve Bunting's Night of the Gargoyles, then it's down to the workshop to assemble gargling, grimacing clay gargoyles, skeleton creatures and paper gargoyle masks. $5 per child with adult.

Haunted Orchestra: A Halloween Family Day Concert
Queens Symphony Orchestra | Qnsboro Comm. College Perf. Arts Center | 718-326-4455 x20
12-3:30pm. Pre-concert kids activity party (mask making, pumpkin deco, crafts) 3pm: Haunted Orchestra concert starring comedic genius Dan Kamin.

Pumpkin Picking at Decker Farm
Historic Richmond Town | 441 Clarke Avenue | 718-351-1611
Visit the last working farm in New York City. Tour the farm, enjoy a hayride around the fields, explore the corn maze (fee) and learn about rural life in New York. Pumpkins are available for purchase, as are refreshments and produce. Admission is $3 per person, $10 for a family of 4, including round trip transportation from Historic Richmond Town.



October 25-26

Boo at the Zoo
Go batty for Halloween with magic shows, hayrides, crafts, face painting, storytelling, pumpkin painting, and spooky creatures. Watch animals devour Halloween treats and mingle with "spooctacular" costumed characters.

Central Park Zoo, 212/861-6030
Prospect Park Zoo, 718/399-7339

Queens Zoo, 718/271-7761


Bronx Zoo

718/367-1010

Boo at the Zoo is both the weekends of October 18-19 and 25-26 at the Bronz Zoo and includes a performance by the cast of Little Shop of Horrors. Costumed children under age 12 are admitted free both weekends with a paying adult.




October 25-26


Sea Monsters: A Halloween Celebration
New York Aquarium | West 8th Street @ Surf Avenue | 718-265-3428
Dress up the family and join us for this safe, fun, and educational Halloween tradition. Learn all about the monsters of the deep while you enjoy face- painting, games, prizes, and other arts and crafts. Children in costume get in free.



Spooktacular

Staten Island Zoo

718/442-3174 x33

Enjoy fun, games, and general mayhem at the weird, wild, and wacky Halloween world as the Staten Island Zoo celebrates Halloween.

Eight tickets per person; advanced tickets required.

6-9pm

$10


Goodnight Garden and Goblin Fun
New York Botanical Garden

200th Street & Kazimiroff Boulevard

Bronx
718/817-8700

In the Everett Children's Adventure Garden, make ghostly leaf rubbings and friendly ghosts, design funny or fearsome pumpkin faces, and pot a spider plant.

10am-5:30pm



October 25, 26, & 31
Halloween Haunted House

Queens Farm Museum

Visit the halloween haunted house (recommended for children ages 4-12) and ejoy hayrides, Halloween treats, mulled cider, pumpkins, and apples.
4pm-7pm
Haunted House admission: $3; hayrides: $2



October 26

Ghouls and Gourds Festival
Brooklyn Botanic Garden | 1000 Washington Avenue | 718-623-7200
11am-6pm. Join Brooklyn's most weird, wacky, and wonderful Halloween festival. Brooklyn Botanic Garden transforms into a Halloween wonderland with musical performances, demonstrations, workshops, and spooky activities for kids of all ages.

Halloween Haunted House
Queens County Farm Museum | 73-50 Little Neck Parkway | 718-347-3276
Visit our halloween haunted house for thrills and chills! Hayrides, Halloween treats, Mulled Cider, Pumpkins and Apples will be sold.

Howl-O-Ween
Friends of Canine Court | Van Cortlandt Park, Canine Court Playground, Broadway and Lakeview Place | 718-753-6607 or 718-796-4541
12pm-2pm. A Canine Celebration of Halloween Fun and Frolics. Bring your pet pooch, come in costume, (both of you). Costume contests for most original, scariest and funniest. Also pet/owner look-a-like contest.

Sunday Family Workshop: (Trick or) Treat Yourself
Museum of Arts & Design | 40 W. 53rd Street | 212-956-3535
Raid our art supply closet, then design and create a bag to fit your own Halloween trick or treat needs.


October 31

Halloween Extravaganza & Procession of Ghouls

212/662-2133

Screening of the classic 1920 silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, set to music played on the Great Organ, followed by the "frightful pageantry" of the Grand Procession of the Ghouls, theatrically staged by Obie Award winner Ralph Lee, with puppets, creatures, and special effects.

7 and 10pm

$15; students and seniors $7



October 31

Greenwich Village Halloween Parade


Sixth Ave. from Spring to 22nd Sts.

212/475-3333 x4044

The most creative Halloween event in the world, the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade includes 25,000 imaginatively costumed marchers, giant masks and puppets, scores of marching bands, stiltwalkers, jugglers, and breakdancers. More than two million people watch in person and anyone in costume can march. But put your thinking cap on for a novel idea as this parade attracts the cream of the crop of the artistic set. This is the 30th anniversary of one of the nation's only Halloween night parades. The New York Times says: "Greenwich Village at Halloween is like Bethlehem at Christmas – it’s the home office of the holiday!"

Free.

Starts at 7pm.

Gazpacho

Gazpacho is a cold tomato-based soup and is a speciality of Andaluc?­a, served in restaurants and bars. In bars, it tends to be more liquid and is drunk from a glass whereas in restaurants it is normally served in a bowl with a garnish of chopped vegetables. Depending on who makes it, it can vary from a watered-down orange liquid without much taste to a deliciously refreshing drink. Being an ardent fan of tomatoes, gazpacho is my favourite soup.

The important thing is to chill it thoroughly before serving. Some people add ice but this tends to water it down too much. In C?³rdoba, they make a thicker variation called Salmorejo.

Once again, there are many different ways of preparing it but here’s my recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

1½ kg red tomatoes, peeled and roughly chopped

1 small onion, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

2 - 3 cloves garlic

1 small cucumber (or half a long cucumber), chopped

1 small bread roll, soaked in water

olive oil

white wine vinegar

salt

water

RECIPE:

There are two ways of preparing gazpacho: you can either use an electric food processor/blender and then pass it through a sieve, or you can use a food mill (a mouli). The important thing is to get rid of all the pips, skins, etc.

First, blend and sieve, or mill, all the vegetables into a large bowl. Then squeeze the water out of the bread roll and add to the tomato/vegetable mixture. Add two tablespoons of olive oil and a tablespoon of vinegar. Season with salt and blend well. Check the taste and add as much water as necessary depending on whether you will be drinking or eating it with a spoon. Chill thoroughly before serving. If you are using bowls, finely chop some cucumber, green pepper, tomato, and hard-boiled egg to use for the garnish.

Home Remedies for Plants, the Old-Fasshioned Way
by Doc and Katy Abraham

Doc and Katy (right) have been writing their syndicated gardening column, "The Green Thumb," since the end of World War II. They garden, landscape, and write from their home in upstate New York. If it lives in a garden, they know about it. Here is some of their best advice.

LOOK AROUND YOUR KITCHEN. You have vinegar, baking soda, garlic, and many other products-even a can or two of fruit cocktail-that can help keep house and garden plants healthy. The following remedies for plant problems are safe, inexpensive, and reliable.

ALCOHOL
Alcohol kills mealybugs, scales, aphids, spider mites, whiteflies, slugs, and earwigs by acting as a surfactant, or wetting agent, that can penetrate an insect's waxy coat of armor and kill on contact with the body. Methanol (wood alcohol) evaporates a bit too fast. Isopropanol (rubbing alcohol) works fine and is easy to find, but be sure it doesn't have additives. Ethanol (grain alcohol) seems to work best. Alcohol usually comes in 70 percent strength in stores (or 95 percent strength purchased commercially). To make an insecticidal spray, mix equal parts 70 percent alcohol and water (or if using 95 percent alcohol, mix 1 part alcohol to 1-1/2 parts water). To kill mealybugs, dip a cotton swab or cotton ball into alcohol and wipe off the infestation.

BAKING SODA
Black spot disease causes the leaves of roses to wilt, turn yellow, and drop off. To combat this, mix 3 tablespoons of baking soda into 1 gallon of water and spray the roses. Pick up any fallen rose leaves and burn them or take them to the dump.

BEER
Placed in shallow pans with the top edges flush with the ground, beer is a safe, inexpensive killer of snails and slugs. The pests crawl into the pans and drown. In a report to the Entomological Society of America a few years ago, Floyd F. Smith of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that in a series of four-day greenhouse tests, beer attracted more than 300 slugs, and metaldehyde, a standard bait, attracted only 28.

BORAX
Blisters on geranium leaves, a condition called edema, may be caused by a boron deficiency. If the blisters do not clear up as spring advances, mix 1/8 teaspoon of borax into 1 gallon of water and use it to water the plants two or three times. (For another use of borax, see Epsom Salts.)

BUTTERMILK
Mites are the scourge of many outdoor ornamental plants, as well as some indoor plants. So tiny that it takes 50 of them to cover the head of a pin, mites cause yellowed and stippled foliage and twisted leaf tips. For a simple home cure that works on ornamental plants and fruit trees, mix 1/2 cup of buttermilk, 4 cups of wheat flour, and 5 gallons of water, and strain the mixture through cheesecloth. Spray it onto affected plants to kill the mites and their eggs.

CANNED FRUIT
You can buy Japanese beetle traps of all sorts, but most are no more effective than a can of fruit cocktail. Open the can and let it sit in the sun for a week to ferment. Then place it on top of bricks or wood blocks in a light-colored pail, and fill the pail with water to just below the top of the can. Place the pail about 25 feet from the plants you want to protect. The beetles will head for the sweet bait, fall into the water, and drown. If rain dilutes the bait, start over.

DETERGENTS AND SOAPS
Here is the best control for Japanese beetles: Put 1 tablespoon of liquid dishwashing detergent into a widemouthed jar. Add 2 inches of water. Pick or knock the beetles into the jar and they will die in minutes. Many people use Safer's Insecticidal Soap (as directed) or Murphy's Oil Soap (diluted at a rate of 1/4 cup of soap to 1 gallon of warm water) as all-purpose bug sprays for indoors and out. Here's another safe bug killer: Mix 1 teaspoon of liquid dishwashing detergent with 1 cup of vegetable oil and shake well; then add it to 1 quart of water. Add 1 cup of rubbing alcohol and shake vigorously to emulsify. Pour this mixture into a spray bottle and use it at ten-day intervals on pests.

DISINFECTANT CLEANER
A tiny pest called thrips causes gladiolus flowers to turn brown and shrivel up. Prevent this by soaking corms in a solution of 1 tablespoon of Lysol and 1 gallon of water. Plant corms while still wet.

EPSOM SALTS
If your muskmelons taste flat, the trouble could be a lack of magnesium in sandy soil. Sweeten the fruit by spraying the vines with this solution: Dissolve 6-1/2 tablespoons of Epsom salts and 3-1/3 tablespoons of borax in 5 gallons of water. Spray the foliage when the vines begin to "run" and again when the fruit is about two inches in diameter.

GARLIC
To keep dogs and cats out of the garden, steep 1 chopped garlic bulb and 1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper in 1 quart of water for 1 hour. Add 1 teaspoon of liquid dishwashing soap to help the mixture stick to the plants. Strain the portion you need into a watering can and sprinkle it onto plant leaves. The rest will remain potent for several weeks if kept refrigerated in a covered jar.

MOUTHWASH
An agriculture professor in Texas recommends adding about 2 ounces of Listerine to 1 gallon of water to extend the life of cut flowers, including roses. Listerine contains, among other things, sucrose (food for flowers) and a bactericide, and its acidity promotes quicker uptake of water by the stems.

OLIVE OIL
Prevent mosquitoes from breeding in rain barrels by floating 1 tablespoon of olive oil on the water's surface.

PETROLEUM JELLY
Whiteflies ("flying dandruff") can be the most difficult plant pest, indoors or out. Trap them with yellow index cards coated with petroleum jelly. To whiteflies (also aphids, scale, and some other insects), the color yellow looks like a mass of new foliage. The bugs are attracted to the cards, get stuck in the jelly, and die.

TALCUM POWDER
To discourage pesky rabbits, try dusting your plants with plain talcum powder. It also repels flea beetles on tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, and other plants.

VINEGAR
To keep insects away from apple trees, make a solution of 1 cup of vinegar, 1 cup of sugar, and 1 quart of water. Pour this mixture into a widemouthed plastic jug. Hang the jug, uncovered, in your apple tree. This really works on our 'Northern Spy'.

WOOD ASHES
Slugs and snails hate wood ashes. Sprinkle ashes around flower and vegetable plants. The ashes are a good source of potassium, unlocking nutrients so that plants can take them up. Ashes also check radish maggots: Sprinkle ashes over seeds before covering with soil.





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Fertilize with Epsom Salts

Use this household remedy to give some plants a boost
by Charlie Nardozzi

Spray a solution of Epsom salts to quickly boost magnesium levels in leaves.

After working with home gardeners for more than 10 years, I know that they love to use home remedies on their plants. From setting out beer traps for slugs to hanging bars of soap to repel deer, if the household product seems to work, gardeners try it. That's why I was intrigued by the often-mentioned idea of using Epsom salts as a fertilizer.

Gardeners apply it to tomatoes, peppers, and roses, hoping to produce more flowers, greener plants, and higher yields. You can use it to improve magnesium content if you know you have a soil that's deficient in that element, but home gardeners are most likely to apply Epsom salts to peppers, tomatoes, and roses.

I wanted to find out if it really works and learn the best ways to apply it for best growth, so last summer I asked some of our test gardeners (home gardeners who test seeds and products for National Gardening) to test Epsom salts' effects on plant growth and vigor by applying it to pepper plants and roses. Then I talked to researchers about using the salts as fertilizer. Here's what I found out.

The History and Science of Epsom Salts
This natural mineral, discovered in the well water of Epsom, England, has been used for hundreds of years, not only to fertilize plants but to treat a range of human and animal ailments. Who hasn't soaked sore feet in it at least once?

Chemically, Epsom salts is hydrated magnesium sulfate (about 10 percent magnesium and 13 percent sulfur). Magnesium is critical for seed germination and the production of chlorophyll, fruit, and nuts. Magnesium helps strengthen cell walls and improves plants' uptake of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur.

Sulfur, a key element in plant growth, is critical to production of vitamins, amino acids (therefore protein), and enzymes. It's also the compound that gives vegetables such as broccoli and onions their flavors. Sulfur is seldom deficient in garden soils in North America because acid rain and commonly used animal manures contain sulfur, as do chemical fertilizers such as ammonium sulfate.

The causes and effects of magnesium deficiencies vary. Vegetables such as beans, peas, lettuce, and spinach can grow and produce good yields in soils with low magnesium levels, but plants such as tomatoes, peppers, and roses need high levels of magnesium for optimal growth. However, plants may not show the effects of magnesium deficiency until it's severe. Some common deficiency symptoms are yellowing of the leaves between the veins, leaf curling, stunted growth, and lack of sweetness in the fruit.

Magnesium tends to be lacking in old, weathered soils with low pH, notably in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest. Soils with a pH above 7 and soils high in calcium and potassium also generally have low magnesium levels. Calcium and potassium compete with magnesium for uptake by plant roots, and magnesium often loses. Sometimes, a soil test will show adequate magnesium levels in soil, but a plant grown in that soil may still be deficient because of that competition.

Gardeners add magnesium when they apply dolomitic lime to raise the soil's pH. However, this product (46 percent calcium carbonate, 38 percent magnesium carbonate) breaks down slowly, and the calcium can interfere with magnesium uptake. For soils with a pH above 7, many gardeners use Sul-Po-Mag (22 percent sulfur, 22 percent potassium, 11 percent magnesium) to increase magnesium. Although dolomitic lime and Sul-Po-Mag are inexpensive ways to add magnesium, Epsom salts' advantage over them is its high solubility.

When diluted with water, and especially when applied as a foliar spray, Epsom salts can be taken up quickly by plants. Epsom salts' magnesium content, high solubility, and ease of application as a foliar spray are the main reasons for the positive results many gardeners see in their plants.

What Our Testers Found
To get a first-hand look at the effectiveness of Epsom salts in the garden, we asked six of our testers (in California, Colorado, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee) to try Epsom salts on peppers and roses. Testers each grew six 'Gypsy' peppers. They applied 1 tablespoon of Epsom salts mixed with a gallon of water as a foliar spray to three plants at bloom time and again 10 days later. They also selected two established rose bushes of the same variety and sprayed the same amount of Epsom salts mixed with water to one bush every 6 weeks, starting when leaves came out and continuing through the summer (about 4 applications). We asked them to record the number of pepper fruits and rose blooms, and to note any differences they saw.

Four out of the six testers reported that the Epsom salts-treated pepper plants and fruits were larger than the controls. For the treated roses, testers reported greener foliage, bushier plants, and more roses than on the control plants.

Kathy Stone Downie of Alameda, California, noticed many differences in her treated 'Gypsy' peppers. "The fruits were much bigger, almost twice the size. They were juicier, sweeter, and triple the thickness of the untreated peppers." Tommy Owen, in Rogersville, Tennessee, said that his treated roses had greener foliage and bigger flowers with deeper colors.

Recent Studies of Epsom Salts
Scientists are beginning to test its use. Although many studies confirm that magnesium sulfate is a good way to supply magnesium and sulfur to soils deficient in those elements, little research has been done on the use of Epsom salts as a supplemental fertilizer on soils with adequate levels of these nutrients.

Renee Schloupt, horticulturist at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, is testing peppers and tomatoes grown in a greenhouse environment under drought and nondrought conditions. She's comparing control plants with those watered with applications of 1, 2, and 3 tablespoons of Epsom salts mixed with 1 gallon of water and applied at planting, flowering, and fruit set. So far, she has not seen any measurable evidence of growth or yield differences in the treated tomatoes or peppers. "The peppers have greener leaves, and it seems the 1- and 2-tablespoon doses yield a better result than the 3-tablespoon dose, but I haven't seen any dramatic effects on yields so far," she says. "The magnesium in the Epsom salts applied to the soil could be getting tied up with other nutrients. We might see better results when we apply Epsom salts directly to the leaves."

At Auburn University in Alabama, plant pathologist Kira Bowen and soil scientist Beth Guertal see similar results when they apply Epsom salts directly on the soil. They are conducting a 3-year study of roses in field plots that includes applying 1 cup of Epsom salts per plant per month as one of the treatments to increase plant vigor and control black spot. "The first year, we saw reduced defoliation in the Epsom salts-treated plants, but the second year the differences weren't there," Bowen reports. "It's hard to find a direct link between a specific nutrient such as magnesium sulfate and increased yield or plant growth because of all the other variables in the soil, such as pH, calcium and potassium content, and weather, that may affect the plants."

Is Using Epsom Salts Worth a Try?
In their studies, researchers applied Epsom salts directly to the soil. Foliar applications, such as those our test gardeners used, appear to be a better way to guarantee that the plants get the benefits of the added magnesium.

Before you try Epsom salts, test the soil to determine its magnesium content. Don't rely on Epsom salts to correct large soil magnesium deficiencies, but rather use it as a supplement to soils with adequate or slightly low magnesium levels to boost plant growth, flowering, and fruiting. For severely magnesium-deficient soils, use dolomitic lime or Sul-Po-Mag. Foliar applications of Epsom salts seem work better than adding it, dry or mixed with water, directly to the soil. Plants may not efficiently take up magnesium sulfate in granular form, especially in alkaline soils or soils that already test high in potassium, calcium, or magnesium. If you have tested your soil and know it has those qualities, a foliar application is a faster way to get the nutrients to the plant.

Roses
Many rosarians agree that Epsom salts-treated planats produce more new canes at the bottom of the plant (bottom breaks) and darker green foliage. Recommendations on how much to use vary, but generally you can apply 1/2 cup of granules in spring before buds first begin to open and 1/2 cup in fall before leaves drop. Apply a foliar spray (1 tablespoon per gallon of water per foot of shrub height) after the leaves open in spring and again at flowering.

Tomato and Peppers
Magnesium deficiency in the soil may be one reason your tomato leaves yellow between the leaf veins late in the season and fruit production slows down. Test your soil every 3 years or so to check on nutrient levels. Epsom salts can keep plants greener and bushier, enhance production of healthier fruit later in the season, and potentially help reduce blossom-end rot. Apply 1 tablespoon of granules around each transplant, or spray a solution of 1 tablespoon Epsom salts per gallon of water at transplanting, first flowering, and fruit set.

Epsom salts is available in drug and grocery stores.

Epsom salts works best on soils that are...
* Slightly deficient in magnesium
* Alkaline (show high pH) as in western areas
* Old, "weathered," and acidic (with low pH) soils of the Southeast and Pacific Northwest
* High in calcium and potassium (western soils)


Charlie Nardozzi is a senior horticulturist at National Gardening.



Published by the National Gardening Association
Uncommon Answers to Common Gardening Questions

by Georgia Orcutt

JUICY FRUIT gum, bleach, banana peels, strings of Christmas tree lights -- sometimes the craziest- sounding things can solve the most perplexing gardening problems.

How can I keep woodchucks out of my garden?
Feed them Juicy Fruit gum. Buy several jumbo packs, unwrap each stick, and lay the sticks down all along the row where woodchucks have started to snack -- or where you don't want them to. They will eat the gum and go away.
Vermont Public Radio commentator Ruth Page says she first heard this hint from a listener. "A woodchuck was going after my broccoli, and I decided to try it. My granddaughter and I unwrapped all the gum and put it down on the soil. We felt pretty silly. But the next day the gum was all gone -- and the woodchuck never came back."

Note: One widely published garden guru begged us not to repeat this hint, citing it as sheer rubbish. Who knows if the gum really had anything to do with the woodchuck's disappearance? Try it yourself and see.


How can I keep deer out of my garden?
String blinking outdoor Christmas tree lights around the perimeter and keep them on from dusk to dawn. While deer will leap high fences, learn to ignore smelly hotel soap, and overlook bags of human hair (all commonly offered solutions), they don't like blinking lights. Perhaps a strobe light would work as well?

What's the best way to prevent moles from tunneling in the lawn?
Give them a good dose of castor oil. Moles are carnivores that make themselves at home in lawns rich in grubs and insects. When their food is seasoned with castor oil, they will go elsewhere for meals. (Wouldn't you?) Mix up a spray of 3 parts castor oil to 1 part dish detergent; use 4 tablespoons of this concoction in a gallon of water, and soak the tunnels and the entrances. Or invest in Mole-Med, a commercially available repellent with castor oil as its active ingredient. Check out your soil for the presence of pests; if you have a lot of moles, you probably have an oversupply of grubs and bugs.

How can I get rid of slugs?
First, trap the slugs. Go out to the garden in the late afternoon and lay boards or pieces of cardboard on the bare soil around your plantings. In the morning turn the boards over and scrape the hiding slugs into a large yogurt or cottage cheese container. Cover and place in your freezer for three hours. When they're frozen stiff, dump them on your compost pile.

What can I do with an over-abundance of zucchini?
Cut it into little pieces and toss it on the compost pile. Don't feel one ounce of guilt. It is a fine soil amendment and will teach you the wisdom of returning nutrients to the garden -- and of planting no more than four hills next year. Or maybe two.

How can I get rid of red spider mites on hanging plants?
Douse them with cold water. Mites hate cold baths and will head for the hills if you spray them with water that is between 32 and 40 F. If you find an infested plant, attack with ice water. Keep a spray bottle in the refrigerator and mist once or twice a day until the mites are all gone.

What's the best way to keep sweet corn fresh?
Soak it in bleach. Well, not just bleach. University of Maryland professor Don Schlimme suggests picking the ears early in the day, husking them, and chilling them in ice-cold water (32 to 40 F). For every gallon of water add a teaspoon of bleach and a teaspoon of white vinegar. Soak the ears for 30 minutes, drain, and immediately pack in resealable plastic bags, about four ears per bag, and refrigerate. The corn will remain fresh for two to three weeks, depending on how cold your refrigerator runs.

What's an unusual way to control weeds in the garden?
Attack them with a flame gun. While this may sound too ballistic for your backyard Eden, carefully applied heat will make short work of emerging weeds. Before planting in the spring, encourage weeds to grow by laying sheets of clear plastic over the soil to warm it and bring out those weeds. When they're up several inches, blast them -- or if you prefer, pull them out or cut them down with a hoe -- and then put your seeds in the ground.

What's the best fertilizer for a flower garden?
Don't overlook urine, a fine source of organic nitrogen, rich in urea metabolized from used protein. Use it for annuals and perennials alike. Fill your watering can with half urine, half water, and go quietly about your rounds, daily or several times a week, starting after the last frost has passed. When neighbors marvel about your garden, you can decide whether or not to share your secret.

Is there a law that says you must mow your lawn?
There might be, but you can get around it. In some communities, people who create natural landscapes or encourage lawn grass to reach its fullest height find themselves defending their gardens in a court of law. If you embrace the philosophy of fruitarians and believe that plants feel pain when they are cut, you may persuade a judge that your lawn can go unshorn for religious reasons. Local weed laws may be cited by your neighbors, but some natural-lawn advocates have found constitutional grounds for battle: If you think of your natural lawn as a way to proclaim your concern for the environment, it becomes an act of symbolic speech, which is protected as oral speech under the First Amendment.

Is there any way to camouflage a chain-link fence? Pretend you are building a wattle hedge in the English countryside. First, paint the fence a nice dull earth tone -- a sort of grayish brown. Every time you prune a tree or clip a woody stem, weave it into the chain link. The branches will dry and weather, hiding the metal and softening the lines of the fence for years to come.

What's the best fertilizer for roses? Mushy bananas. Bury one old brown banana at the base of each of your rose bushes or apply the peels only, laying them flat on the soil. Repeat every few weeks as the peels decompose. Banana peels act as a time-release fertilizer rich in calcium, magnesium, sulfur, and phosphates -- all things roses love.
Garden Tip
June 12, 2003

How Much Mulch?
Mulch is usually sold by the cubic yard, and that can leave gardeners scratching their head when trying to figure out how much to buy. Here’s the easiest way:

1. First, find out the size of the area you want to cover in square feet. This is easy; just multiply the length of your garden by the width.

2. Next, decide how deep you want your mulch to be, in inches. A couple of inches are usually sufficient.

3. Now multiply the size of your garden in square feet (#1) by the depth of your mulch in inches (#2). Divide this number by 324. This is the number of cubic feet of mulch you will need to cover your garden.

Although perennials are not woody, some do require "pruning." You can increase branching and get a more compact, dense plant by pinching off tips during the growing period. Removing spent blooms (deadheading) will keep plants looking neat and prolong flowering. Some perennials will naturally sprawl, lean or fall over prior to flowering. Plan some simple, discreet supports to keep them orderly and looking their best.

Aunque las plantas perennes no sean lle?±osas, algunos requieren "podar." Usted puede aumentar ramificar y obtener un m?¡s comprime, planta densa pellizcando de puntas durante el per?­odo creciente. Quitar las flores (deadheading) gastadas mantendr?¡n plantas pareciendo ordenado y prolongan florecer. Algunas plantas perennes extender?¡n naturalmente, se inclinar?¡n o se caer?¡n antes de florecer. Planee algunos apoyos sencillos y discretos mantenerlos ordenado y mirar su mejor.

Garden Tip
September 5, 2003

Store Tuberous Begonia Roots
Tuberous begonia foliage will begin to die back before the first frost, and once it dies back, it's time to dig the tubers for fall storage. Leave foliage on the tuber and allow the tubers to dry in a well-ventilated, shaded area for a day or two.

A wooden box lined with newspaper makes a good storage container. Place vermiculite or peat moss in the box, and lay out your tubers so that they don't touch each other. Continue layering tubers and medium in the box until all your tubers are covered. Keep the medium slightly moist throughout the winter. Choose a storage location where temperatures will remain between 40F - 55F. A cool basement is ideal.


Garden Tip re: tomato hornworms/El tomate Hornworms

Tomato Hornworms
These distinctive creatures are masters of camouflage. The four-inch larvae are stem green with seven or eight diagonal white stripes down their sides. Each stripe is shadowed by a row of black dots, and punctuated with a huge false eyespot and black tail. They feed in the daytime, nibbling at fruit and consuming tremendous quantities of leaves. Little souvenirs similar in appearance to rabbit pellets are sometimes left behind. Target plants include tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, eggplant and dill.

Adult hornworms are huge grayish brown moths with wingspans of up to five inches. They are also known as hawk or hummingbird moths, and they are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds as they hover in front of flowers feeding on the nectar at dusk. Wings are ornamented with a wavy line pattern and the body is marked with orange spots.

Pupae hibernate underground in hard, two-inch cases shaped like spindles. Fall tilling helps to destroy the pupae.

Controls

Deterrent plants include borage, opal basil and marigolds. Dill makes an excellent trap crop. The huge worms are easy to spot on dill plants, and can then be handpicked. Handpicking is the preferred method of control. Although they are huge, they usually aren't numerous. A blast of cold water from the hose will cause them to thrash about and make handpicking easier.

If you can't bear to handpick the worms (even with gloves on) spray susceptible plants

El tomate Hornworms

Estas criaturas distintivo son maestros de camuflaje. Las larvas de cuatro pulgadas son el tallos verdes con siete u ocho rayas blancas diagonales abajo sus lados. Cada raya es shadowed por una fila de puntos negros, y puntuado con un eyespot falso inmenso y cola negra. Ellos alimentan en el d?­a, mordiscar en fruta y consumir las cantidades tremendas de hojas. Los recuerdos peque?±os semejantes en la apariencia a pastillas de moldeo de conejo se dejan a veces atr?¡s. Las plantas del objetivo incluyen tomates, las pimientas, las papas, la berenjena y eneldo.

Hornworms adulto es las mariposas marrones, gris?¡ceas e inmensas con envergaduras de hasta cinco pulgadas. Ellos son sabidos tambi?©n como mariposas de halc?³n o colibr?­, y ellos son errados a veces para colibr?­s como ellos se ciernen enfrente de flores que alimentan en el n?©ctar en el crep?ºsculo. Las alas se ornamented con una pauta ondulada de la l?­nea y el cuerpo es marcado con lugares anaranjados.

Las cris?¡lidas hibernan subterr?¡neo en duro, de dos pulgadas embala formado como ejes. La ca?­da embaldosando ayudas para destruir las cris?¡lidas.


Los controles

Las plantas del freno incluyen borage, albahaca de ?³palo y maravillas. Eneldo hace una cosecha excelente de la trampa. Los gusanos inmensos son f?¡ciles de marcar en plantas de eneldo, y entonces puede ser seleccionado. Seleccionando es el m?©todo preferido del control. Aunque ellos sean inmensos, ellos generalmente no son numerosos. Una explosi?³n de agua fr?­a de la manga causar?¡ que ellos zurrar?¡n acerca de y la marca seleccionando m?¡s f?¡cil.

Si usted no puede soportar para seleccionar los gusanos (a?ºn con guantes en) roc?­a plantas susceptibles

Garden Pests: Slugs and Snails/Las Pestes del jard?­n: las Postas

by Jackie Carroll

Snails are capable of destroying a garden if given a chance, and the slightest touch from their cousin the slug sends shivers up an unsuspecting gardener's spine. You'll probably never be able to completely rid your garden of slugs and snails, and since they are a part of the ecology of your garden, you probably shouldn't even try. What we want to do is maintain a balance in the garden, and the tips below are about helping you keep the slug and snail population down a reasonable minimum.

According to a study published in Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment you can reduce slug and snail damage dramatically by watering in the morning instead of the evening. The study showed that lettuce watered only in the morning had only 1/5 the damage that lettuce watered in the evening had.

Here are some additional guidelines that will help you control the slug and snail population in your garden:


Encourage reptiles to take up residence in your garden. Toads, turtles and snakes all prey on slugs.


If you see evidence of these pests avoid dense groundcovers and mulches that provide a hiding place. Oak leaf mulch will deter slugs and snails.


Handpick slugs and snails at night. Use a flashlight, and drop them into a bucket of soapy water.

Lay boards in the garden to trap slugs and snails. Check your trap early in the morning and remove the slugs and snails as they collect.


Diatomaceous earth sprinkled around the base of the stems will deter slugs and snails, but keep in mind that it will also discourage beneficial insects.


Drench the soil with wormwood tea.


Line the garden with copper strips. Slugs receive a shock when they touch copper, and they will not cross the barrier. When using this method, make sure you trap the slugs OUT and not IN.


Slugs love beer. Bury a shallow container of beer in the garden, with just the lip above the ground. When they go in for a drink, they will drown

Las Pestes del jard?­n: las Postas y los Caracoles



Los caracoles son capaces de destructor un jard?­n si dada una oportunidad, y el toque m?¡s leve de su primo que la posta manda los temblores arriba una espina dorsal confiada de jardinero. Usted probablemente nunca ser?¡ capaz de deshacerse completamente su jard?­n de postas y caracoles, y desde que ellos son una parte de la ecolog?­a de su jard?­n, usted debe probablemente no a?ºn la prueba. Qu?© nosotros queremos hacer es mantiene un equilibrio en el jard?­n, y en las puntas debajo de est?¡n acerca de ayudarlo a mantener a la poblaci?³n de la posta y el caracol abajo un m?­nimo razonable.



Seg?ºn un estudio publicado en la Agricultura, los Ecosistemas y el Ambiente usted puede reducir el da?±o de la posta y el caracol dram?¡ticamente regando en la ma?±ana en vez del anochecer. El estudio mostr?³ esa lechuga regada s?³lo en la ma?±ana tenida s?³lo 1/5 el da?±o esa lechuga regada en el anochecer tenido.



Aqu?­ est?¡n algunas pautas adicionales que ayudar?¡n le a controlar a la poblaci?³n de la posta y el caracol en su jard?­n:



Alente reptiles para tomar residencia en su jard?­n. Los sapos, las tortugas y las serpientes toda presa en postas.



Si usted ve que la evidencia de estas pestes evita groundcovers y pajotes densos que proporcionan un lugar que esconde. El pajote de la hoja del roble disuadir?¡ las postas y los caracoles.



Las postas y los caracoles seleccionados a mano de noche. Utilice una linterna, y los deja caer en un cubo de agua cubierta de jab?³n.



La ca?­da abordar en el jard?­n para atrapar las postas y los caracoles. Verifique su trampa temprano en la ma?±ana y quite las postas y los caracoles como ellos re?ºnen.



La tierra de Diatomaceous rociada alrededor de la base de los tallos disuadir?¡ las postas y los caracoles, pero tendr?¡ presente que desalentar?¡ tambi?©n insectos beneficiosos.



Empape la tierra con t?© de ajenjo.



Forre el jard?­n con tiras de cobre. Las postas reciben un golpe cuando ellos tocan cobre, y ellos no cruzar?¡n la barrera. Cuando se usa este m?©todo, lo se cerciora atrapa las postas FUERA y no EN.



La cerveza del amor de postas. Entierre un contenedor superficial de cerveza en el jard?­n, con apenas el labio encima del suelo. Cu?¡ndo ellos entran para una bebida, ellos se ahogar?¡n.
GUACAMOLE

This dish tales about 45 minutes or less to bring to the table.

2 plum tomatoes
2 firm-ripe California avocados
2 tablespoons minced red onion
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon minced garlic
salt (optional)
pepper to taste (black, green, pink, red, or white)

Quarter tomatoes, (removing seeds which can be placed between two paper towels and dried for later planting, as my Gram used to do) and chop. Halve and pit avocados. (If you can make a plant out of the pit, more power to you. It never grew to be more than a tall scawny stem with one leaf for all my efforts.) Scoop out the avocado flesh, put into a bowl and mash. Stir in tomatoes, the remaining ingredients, and salt and pepper to taste.

Makes about 2 cups.

Gazpacho

Gazpacho is a cold tomato-based soup and is a speciality of Andaluc?­a, served in restaurants and bars. In bars, it tends to be more liquid and is drunk from a glass whereas in restaurants it is normally served in a bowl with a garnish of chopped vegetables. Depending on who makes it, it can vary from a watered-down orange liquid without much taste to a deliciously refreshing drink. Being an ardent fan of tomatoes, gazpacho is my favourite soup.

The important thing is to chill it thoroughly before serving. Some people add ice but this tends to water it down too much. In C?³rdoba, they make a thicker variation called Salmorejo.

Once again, there are many different ways of preparing it but here’s my recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

1½ kg red tomatoes, peeled and roughly chopped

1 small onion, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

2 - 3 cloves garlic

1 small cucumber (or half a long cucumber), chopped

1 small bread roll, soaked in water

olive oil

white wine vinegar

salt

water

RECIPE:

There are two ways of preparing gazpacho: you can either use an electric food processor/blender and then pass it through a sieve, or you can use a food mill (a mouli). The important thing is to get rid of all the pips, skins, etc.

First, blend and sieve, or mill, all the vegetables into a large bowl. Then squeeze the water out of the bread roll and add to the tomato/vegetable mixture. Add two tablespoons of olive oil and a tablespoon of vinegar. Season with salt and blend well. Check the taste and add as much water as necessary depending on whether you will be drinking or eating it with a spoon. Chill thoroughly before serving. If you are using bowls, finely chop some cucumber, green pepper, tomato, and hard-boiled egg to use for the garnish.


Catnip oil deters termites.

While reading the October/NOvember issue of Wildlife, I found an article "Death by Catnip" by Laura Tangley. The article discusses some new studies that show that oil derived from the catnip plant repels and kills termites. The U.S. Department of Agriculture "found that treating sand in test tubes with catnip oil prevented termites from tunneling through the substance as they normally would. At higher concentrations, it killed the insects". Termites cause over a billion dollars worth of damage nationwide each year. While the oil breaks down rather quickly, the results show promise for commercial products. For those of us who prefer natural pest deterrants, experimentation may garner worthwhile results.

Savory Swiss Chard Tart 6-8 servings

Crust

2 cups all purpose flour Preheat oven to 375 degrees
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup cubed, cold unsalted butter
iced water

In a food processor pulse flour and salt just to mix. Add butter cubes, pulsing till crumbly. Slowly add iced water by tablespoons and pulse until mixture holds together when pinched. Shape mixture into a disk and wrap in plastic. Chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Roll out and press into a 10 inch tart pan(I use the one with a removable bottom). Put back in frig till needed. When ready to use, wrap a sheet of aluminum foil around the bottom of the tart pan to prevent any possibility of a leak.
Meanwhile make the filling

2 cloves garlic minced
1 red bell pepper diced
1 orange bell pepper diced
1 leek cleaned and sliced white part and some of the tender green part
1 pound chopped chard leaves, well cleaned and center rib removed
( I don’t waste the ribs. They are good for you. Dice them up and add to mixture)
In a saut?© pan, melt over medium low heat, 1 tablespoon butter and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Saut?© veggies till soft, around 15 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and transfer to a bowl to cool.

In a separate bowl:

3 lightly beaten large eggs
½ cup smoked mozzarella cheese shredded
1/3 cup cream
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons minced fresh herbs like basil, parsley and/or oregano or 11/2 teaspoons dried.
Pinch of ground red pepper
Add to cooled chard mixture, pour into prepared crust and bake 30 minutes or until golden and firm. Serve warm.

A New Thanksgiving Tradition

This Thanksgiving, families across North America are participating in a new tradition – they are adopting turkeys instead of eating them.

Since 1986, an American organization called Farm Sanctuary has held its annual Adopt-A-Turkey Project. This unique effort has saved hundreds of turkeys from the slaughterhouse, and encouraged millions of people to be kind to animals.

This Thanksgiving, hundreds of families will feed a turkey, instead of eating one, by adopting a feathered friend who lives at Farm Sanctuary.

On the American Thanksgiving, November 21, Farm Sanctuary will be hosting a Thanksgiving dinner celebration at its northern California farm. The turkeys will be the guests of honour instead of the main course, and will dine on pumpkin pie, cranberry stuffed squash and other vegetarian foods.

Farm Sanctuary believes that people will choose to have a vegetarian Thanksgiving once they have an opportunity to meet turkeys and see that they are living, feeling animals.

Commercially-produced turkeys are packed by the thousands into warehouse-like factories where each is given less than three square feet of space. The birds’ toes and beaks are cut off to reduce injuries which result in these stressful conditions.

In addition, factory turkeys have been genetically engineered to grow twice as fast and twice as large as their ancestors. Their bodies have difficulty supporting this abnormal growth, and millions die before reaching the slaughterhouse every year.

Avoid Bug Bites/Evite las Mordeduras de Bicho

In light of all of the recent rainy weather, facts about safety from critters who relish damp weather might be in order. Please read the information about mosquitos, ticks, and ways to protect yourself and yourloved ones. Disclaimer: BQLT is not liable for the information listed below. We are merely providing the information for your educational use. In all instances, please take preventative measures and check with your healthcare provider, if you think that you have been exposed.ED.

Spotlight on information from the Centers for Disease Control:

Lyme disease is a bacterial, tick-borne disease. It is the most common vector-borne disease in the US, with approximately 15,000 cases reported each year.

How do people get Lyme disease?
People get Lyme disease from being bitten by a tick (the deer tick in the eastern and central US and the western black-legged tick on the US pacific coast) that is infected with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.


In what areas of the United States are people at risk for Lyme disease?
Higher risk areas for Lyme disease are in the northeastern states and upper midwest states (see paragraph below), and along the northern Pacific coast of California. Persons in endemic areas who frequent sites where infected ticks are common, such as grassy or wooded areas favored by white-tailed deer, have the highest risk for coming in contact with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.

AT Risk: In the United States, Lyme disease is mostly localized to states in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and upper north-central regions, and to several counties in northwestern California. In 1999, 16,273 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Ninety-two percent of these were from the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin.

Individuals who live or work in residential areas surrounded by tick-infested woods or overgrown brush are at risk of getting Lyme disease. Persons who work or play in their yard, participate in recreational activities away from home such as hiking, camping, fishing and hunting, or engage in outdoor occupations, such as landscaping, brush clearing, forestry, and wildlife and parks management in endemic areas may also be at risk of getting Lyme disease.


Tuck pants into socks to protect yourself from the bites of ticks and other vectors.

What can be done to reduce the chance of getting Lyme Disease?

Avoid areas where ticks are found: Ticks prefer moist, shady environments with low-lying vegetation, overgrown grass or leaf litter.
Protect yourself from being bitten by ticks: Wear light colored clothing to let you see ticks,
wear long sleeves,
tuck pants into socks or boots, and
use insect repellant containing DEET.

Check for and remove ticks after being outdoors:

Removing ticks that have been attached for less than 36 hours decreases the chance of bacteria transmission. See below for details on tick removal.

Your health care provider can help make a decision about taking preventive antibiotics if you are bitten by a tick. This decision will depend on the risk in your area.

Use on your property, such as removing leaf litter, cutting brush, and using methods to reduce the number of ticks on deer and mice.

If you suspect Lyme disease, see your health care provider promptly for early diagnosis and treatment.

More Details on Preventing Lyme Disease:

Avoid tick habitats: Whenever possible, avoid areas that are likely to be infested with ticks, particularly in spring and summer when nymphal ticks feed.

Ticks favor a moist, shaded environment, especially areas with leaf litter and low-lying vegetation in wooded, brushy or overgrown grassy habitat.

Both deer and rodent hosts must be abundant to maintain the enzootic cycle of B. burgdorferi.

Check with state and local health departments, park personnel, and agricultural extension services for information on the distribution of ticks in an area.

Use personal protection measures:
If you are going to be in areas that are tick infested, wear light-colored clothing so that ticks can be spotted more easily and removed before the ticks become attached. Wearing long-sleeved shirts and tucking pants into socks or boot tops may help keep ticks from reaching your skin. Ticks are usually located close to the ground, so wearing high rubber boots may provide additional protection.

The risk of tick attachment can also be reduced by applying insect repellents containing DEET (n,n-diethyl-m toluamide) to clothes and exposed skin, and applying permethrin (which kills ticks on contact) to clothes. DEET can be used safely on children and adults but should be applied according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines to reduce the possibility of toxicity.

Use tweezers to remove ticks.

Perform a tick check and remove attached ticks: The transmission of B. burgdorferi (the bacteria that causes Lyme disease) from an infected tick is unlikely to occur before 36 hours of tick attachment. For this reason, daily checks for ticks and promptly removing any attached tick that you find will help prevent infection. Embedded ticks should be removed using fine-tipped tweezers.

DO NOT use petroleum jelly, a hot match, nail polish, or other products.

Grasp the tick firmly and as closely to the skin as possible. With a steady motion, pull the tick's body away from the skin. The tick's mouthparts may remain in the skin, but do not be alarmed. The bacteria that cause Lyme disease are contained in the tick's midgut or salivary glands.

Cleanse the area with an antiseptic.

Taking preventive antibiotics after a tick bite:

The relative cost-effectiveness of post-exposure treatment of tick bites to avoid Lyme disease in endemic areas (areas where the disease is known to occur regularly) is dependent on the probability of B. burgdorferi infection after a tick bite. In most cases, treating persons who only have a tick bite is not recommended. Individuals who are bitten by a deer tick should remove the tick promptly, and may wish to consult with their health care provider. Persons should promptly seek medical attention if they develop any signs and symptoms of early Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, or babesiosis.

Strategies to reduce the number of ticks:

The number of ticks in Lyme disease-endemic residential areas may be reduced by removing leaf litter, brush and wood-piles around houses and at the edges of yards, and by clearing trees and brush to admit more sunlight and reduce the amount of suitable habitat for deer, rodents, and ticks. Tick populations have also been effectively suppressed through the application of pesticides to residential properties. Community-based interventions to reduce deer populations or to kill ticks on deer and rodents have not been extensively implemented, but may be effective in reducing the community-wide risk of Lyme disease. New approaches such as deer feeding stations equipped with pesticide applicators to kill ticks on deer, and baited devices to kill ticks on rodents, are currently under evaluation, and may provide more options in Lyme disease prevention.

Early diagnosis and treatment: The early diagnosis and proper antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease are important strategies to avoid the costs and complications of infection and late-stage illness.

Lyme disease vaccine: As of February 25, 2002 the manufacturer announced that the LYMErix™ Lyme disease vaccine will no longer be commercially available. The existing recommendations apply to any vaccine currently in use.

Remember:

Prevention and Treatment: It is important to remember that prevention measures can be effective in reducing your exposure to infected ticks, and most patients can be successfully treated with antibiotic therapy when diagnosed in the early stages of Lyme disease.

Visit the links below for more complete information on this topic:

Centers for Disease Control -
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/index.htm

and

MEDLINEplus:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lymedisease.htm


Did you know?

Since last spring, there have been more than 4000 cases of West Nile Virus in the US resulting in 284 deaths.

How to dodge bites and stings

Wear a good bug repellent.

Don't wear perfume and cologne.

Don't wear flowery colors.

Limit the amount of exposed flesh.

Avoid a lot of outdoor activity at dawn and dusk.

Avoid trashcans, where yellow jackets like to hide.

Wear shoes when playing in the yard, especially if there's a lot of clover in it.

Get rid of the clover.

Be careful about sticking your hand in dark, hidden places.

Get rid of standing water on your property and repair screens.

For more information, go to the Centers for Disease Control at www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/
westnile/index.htm.

Remember to keep the bites clean to avoid infection.

And if a bee stings your child, watch for signs of an allergic reaction, which can be fatal.

Any bee sting can cause quite a bit of swelling, which in itself isn't a cause for worry.
Taking advantage of an allergist friend, I asked for more information.

"You're looking for more general body symptoms that go beyond the area of the sting.
The symptoms might include vomiting, shortness of breath and trouble breathing, and would demand immediate medical treatment", he said.

People who know they're allergic to stings often carry epinephrine (EpiPen)


What Everyone Should Know
from the West Nile Virus CDC Brochure

West Nile virus was first recognized in the United States in 1999 as the cause of severe and fatal human illness in metropolitan New York City. West Nile virus is commonly found in Africa, West and Central Asia, and the Middle East. It is not known how the virus was first introduced into the United States, but since the initial appearance it has spread rapidly, and by 2001 was found throughout the eastern half of the country.


How is West Nile virus transmitted?

The principal transmission cycle of West Nile virus involves several species of mosquitoes and various species of birds. Mosquitoes become infected with West Nile virus when they feed on a bird carrying the virus in its blood. After 10 to 14 days, the virus can be transmitted to another bird, person, or other animal that the mosquito bites. During blood feeding the mosquito injects the virus, contained in its saliva, into the bird, animal, or person – where the virus replicates and may cause illness.

See the CDC West Nile virus Web site for updated information: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/


Although humans and some other animals may get sick when infected with West Nile virus, it is thought that they usually do not develop enough virus in the bloodstream to infect mosquitoes. For this reason, humans and animals such as horses are referred to as incidental hosts. West Nile virus is not spread from person to person.

The main role that people play in contributing to the continuing cycle of West Nile virus is by maintaining environments (especially standing water) in which mosquitoes can lay eggs.

What are the symptoms of West Nile Virus infection?

Most people who are infected with West Nile virus will not develop symptoms. Some people may become ill 3 to 15 days after the bite of an infected mosquito. Evidence suggests that a minority of infected persons will develop a mild illness with fever, headache, body aches, and sometimes skin rash and swollen glands. There are no known long-term effects due to mild illness.

West Nile virus infection infrequently results in a severe illness, however, known as West Nile encephalitis. Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain that may be marked by headache, high fever, stiff neck, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, and paralysis. A small number of cases have been fatal.

Who is at risk for West Nile virus infection?

People are only at risk for becoming infected with West Nile virus when in areas where the virus is circulating in nature. In northern states, this is during the summer months, but in southern states transmission may occur year-round. The risk of West Nile encephalitis (the severe form of disease) is higher for persons 50 years of age and older.

Even in areas where West Nile virus transmission is occurring, infection of humans is still relatively rare. A study carried out in 1999 among residents in the most affected areas of New York City showed that 2.6% had been infected with West Nile virus. Studies elsewhere have shown a lower infection rate. As noted earlier, most infected persons have no or only mild symptoms.

There is no documented evidence that a pregnancy is at risk due to a mother’s infection with West Nile virus.

How is West Nile virus infection treated?

No specific therapy is available for infection with West Nile virus. In the case of West Nile encephalitis, intensive supportive therapy may be required–such as hospitalization, intravenous fluids, respiratory support (ventilator), prevention of secondary infections (such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, etc.) and good nursing care.

Persons with severe or unusual headaches should seek medical attention as soon as possible.


Prevention & Control

What can we do to prevent West Nile infection?

Personal and Household Prevention

Avoid mosquito bites

Apply insect repellent to exposed skin when you go outdoors. The most effective repellents contain DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide). The more DEET a repellent contains, the longer time it gives protection from mosquito bites. DEET concentrations higher than 50% do not increase the length of protection.

Use care in applying repellent to children: don't put repellent on their hands, and be careful to avoid their mouths and eyes. Products containing 10% or less DEET are the most appropriate for children aged 2 - 12 years.

Whenever possible, wear protective clothing such as long sleeves, long pants, and socks while outdoors.

Spray clothing with repellents containing DEET or permethrin, because mosquitoes may bite through thin clothing.

Consider staying indoors between dusk and dawn, which is peak mosquito biting time. Avoid activities in areas where mosquitoes are plentiful.

Fix or install window and door screens to keep mosquitoes out of buildings.

Always read and follow the product directions when using any insect repellent or insecticide!

For more information on safe repellent use, visit the CDC West Nile virus Web site.
http://www.cdc.gov/westnile

More prevention tips


For more information on DEET and other pesticides, see the Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/) or the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) (http://npic.orst.edu/), phone: 1-800-858-7378, 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific time, 7 days/week, except holidays.

Avoid breeding mosquitoes



Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water. To avoid helping mosquitoes breed in your environment, drain standing water. Routinely empty water from flower pots, pet bowls, clogged rain gutters, swimming pool covers, discarded tires, buckets, barrels, cans, and other items that collect water in which mosquitoes can lay eggs.

Community Prevention

Watch for mosquito-breeding areas

Alert local health authorities to potential mosquito breeding sites in your area, such as storm sewers, ditches, and abandoned properties with standing water.

Support disease-tracking activities

Since 1999, federal, state and local governments have been tracking the occurrence of West Nile virus infections in birds, mosquitoes, horses, and people. This tracking relies in part on people reporting dead and dying birds and horses that are suspected of being infected with West Nile virus. Each state or territory collects and reports this information to CDC. CDC, in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey, maintains up-to-date maps detailing the distribution and spread of West Nile virus. These can be seen at:

http://cindi.usgs.gov/hazard/event/west_nile/west_nile.html


Report dead or dying birds to your state health department. Avoid touching dead birds, or any dead animal, with your bare hands. Use gloves or an inverted plastic bag to place the carcass in a plastic bag. As policies may vary, ask your state or local health department about their requirements for submitting specimens for testing.

Local governments may make use of other resources, such as “larvicides” (chemicals that kill immature mosquitoes) applied to standing water where mosquitoes breed, or “adulticides” (chemicals that kill adult mosquitoes) to control mosquito populations in an area, especially if people have been infected. Check with your local health department or local government for more information about programs to control disease-carrying mosquitoes in your area.

For more information:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases
PO Box 2087
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Fax: 970-221-6476
Email: dvbid@cdc.gov
Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/
CDC Voice and Fax Information Service: 1-888-232-3228

Recently printed newspaper article on the topic:

All 50 States Fear West Nile Threat

United Press International

Sunday, June 22, 2003


NEW YORK, Jun 21, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) --


Holiday Recipes, Folklore, and Decorations

LATKES

THESE CRISP POTATO pancakes are eaten during the eight-day Jewish festival of Chanukah. The festival commemorates events that took place in Judea more than 2,000 years ago, when the Syrian king Antiochus ordered the Jewish people to abandon the Torah and publicly worship the Greek gods. This act provoked a battle to retake the Temple in Jerusalem. Chanukah is held in celebration of the Jews' successful battle. Serve these crisp potato pancakes with applesauce, jam, or sour cream.

4 large potatoes, peeled
1 onion, minced
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
corn oil, for frying
Grate the potatoes, rinse them, and drain in a colander. In a bowl, combine the potatoes, onion, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown, pressing them down carefully with a spatula. Makes 20 to 24 small latkes.

Cranberry Wreath

DECORATE YOUR front door with a cranberry wreath this holiday season. Use round toothpicks and needle-nose pliers to attach even rows of fresh cranberries (about six 12-ounce bags) to a 14-inch green styrofoam wreath form. Starting on the inside edge using toothpicks broken in half, place the berries close together so the form does not show. Next cover the outer edge of the form. Finally, attach a row on whole toothpicks around the center, reducing the height of the toothpicks as the rows progress toward each edge to create a graduated, mounded effect. Continue to attach the berries around the face. Attach an all-weather bow and hang your wreath with heavy-duty wire.


Cinnamon-Dough Ornaments

This is a craft project that families members can do together. It's a hit with the children, adults, and whomever comes to visit. The results are easy to make and economical. Besides smelling good, these ornaments can be used for gift tags or hanging on trees, mantels, et al. In our house, they have been used during Christmas and Kwanzaa.

6 tablespoons applesauce
10 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves

MIX APPLESAUCE, cinnamon, and cloves until smooth and claylike. Sprinkle cinnamon on your tabletop and rolling pin, and roll the dough to about 1/8-inch thickness. Use cookie cutters or a small knife to cut out your shapes. With a small skewer make holes for hanging ribbons and draw details on the shapes. Place cutouts on a cookie sheet and put in a 120 degrees F oven. After 1-1/2 hours turn the oven off but leave the ornaments in overnight to dry. Store in an airtight jar until ready to use. Decorate with ribbons and hang on the Christmas tree or tie them to holiday gifts. Makes about 20 fragrant ornaments.

CURRIED KWANZAA STEW

KWANZAA (December 26-January 1) is a relatively new holiday (1966) named for the time of year when African tribes traditionally celebrated the first harvest of their crops. The seven-day celebration ends with a feast featuring music and dancing and food. Curried Kwanzaa stew is traditionally served at a Kwanzaa celebration. This harvest dish is adapted from Adriene Cruz's recipe in The Festive Table, by Ronni Lundy (North Point Press, New York, 1995).

1 large onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup olive oil
1 medium, red bell pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
2 to 3 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup tamari (fermented soy sauce)
1 can (24 ounces) tomatoes, with juice
2 small sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
2 quarts water, plus 1 cup
1/2 pound broccoli, chopped
2 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 cup each frozen corn, frozen green beans, and frozen peas
1/2 pound fresh kale, chopped
salt, to taste

In a large soup pot, saute the onion and garlic in the olive oil until soft. Add the pepper and ginger, and saute for 2 minutes more. Stir in the curry powder, cinnamon, tamari, and juice from the tomatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the sweet potatoes and 1 cup of water. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add the broccoli, potatoes, and 2 quarts of water. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Chop the tomatoes and add to the pot with the corn, green beans, and peas. Cook for 10 minutes. Stir in the kale and simmer 10 minutes more. Salt, to taste, and serve hot. Serves 12.


Las recetas, el folklore, y las decoraciones

LATKES

del d?­a de fiesta ESTAS crepes QUEBRADIZAS de la PATATA se comen durante el festival jud?­o de ocho d?­as de Chanukah. El festival conmemora los acontecimientos que ocurrieron en Judea hace m?¡s de 2.000 a?±os, cuando el rey sirio Antiochus orden?³ a gente jud?­a abandonar el Torah y adorar p?ºblico a los dioses griegos. Este acto provoc?³ una batalla para volver a tomar el templo en Jerusal?©n. Chanukah se sostiene en la celebraci?³n de la batalla acertada de los jud?­os.

Sirva estas crepes quebradizas de la patata con la compota de manzanas, el atasco, o la crema amarga.
4 patatas grandes, peladas
1 cebolla,
los 2 huevos picaditos, batidos ligeramente
2 cucharas de sopa de la harina
el 1/2 de la cucharilla polvo de la levadura en el 1/2 de la cucharilla de la sal
1/4 de la cucharilla de la pimienta del aceite de ma?­z, para fre?­r la rejilla las patatas, los aclaran, y drenan en un colander.

En un taz?³n de fuente, combine las patatas, la cebolla, los huevos, la harina, la levadura en polvo, la sal, y la pimienta. Caliente el aceite en un skillet y fr?­a las crepes en ambos lados hasta el marr?³n de oro, presion?¡ndolos abajo cuidadosamente con una esp?¡tula.

Latkes peque?±os de las marcas 20 a 24.

Cranberry Wreath

ADORNA SU puerta delantera con una guirnalda del ar?¡ndano esta estaci?³n del d?­a de fiesta.

Utilice alrededor de toothpicks y de alicates needle-nose unir filas uniformes de los ar?¡ndanos frescos (cerca de seis bolsos 12-ounce) a una forma verde de la guirnalda del styrofoam 14-inch.

Comenzando en el borde interior usando los toothpicks rotos por la mitad, coloque las bayas cerca juntas as?­ que la forma no demuestra.
Cubierta siguiente el borde externo de la forma.

Finalmente, una una fila en toothpicks enteros alrededor del centro, reduciendo la altura de los toothpicks como las filas progresan hacia cada borde para crear un graduado, mounded efecto.
Contin?ºe uniendo las bayas alrededor de la cara. Una un arco para cualquier estaci?³n y cuelgue su guirnalda con el alambre resistente.

La Cinnamon-Pasta Ornaments


Esto es un proyecto del arte que los miembros de las familias pueden hacer juntos. Es un golpe con los ni?±os, los adultos, y quienquiera viene visitar. Los resultados son f?¡ciles de hacer y econ?³mico. Adem?¡s de oler buenos, estos ornamentos se pueden utilizar para las etiquetas del regalo o colgar en ?¡rboles, las chimeneas, et el al. En nuestra casa, se han utilizado durante Navidad y Kwanzaa.

6 cucharas de sopa de la compota de manzanas
10 cucharas de sopa molieron el cinamomo
1 COMPOTA DE MANZANAS

de tierra de la MEZCLA de los clavos de la cucharilla, el cinamomo, y los clavos hasta liso y claylike.

Asperje el cinamomo en su tablero de la mesa y perno de balanceo, y ruede la pasta alrededor al grueso 1/8-inch. Utilice cortador de la galleta o un cuchillo peque?±o para cortar sus formas. Con un pincho peque?±o haga los agujeros para las cintas que cuelgan y dibuje los detalles en las formas.

Ponga los recortes en una hoja de la galleta y ponga en un horno de 120 grados F. Despu?©s de 1-1/2 horas d?© vuelta al horno de pero deje los ornamentos adentro de noche para secar el almac?©n en un tarro herm?©tico hasta que es listo utilizar.

Adorne con las cintas y cuelgue en el ?¡rbol de Navidad o ?¡telas a los regalos del d?­a de fiesta. Marcas cerca de 20 ornamentos fragantes.

CURRIED KWANZAA STEW

KWANZAA (diciembre 26-January 1) es relativamente un nuevo d?­a de fiesta (1966) nombrado por la ?©poca del a?±o en que las tribus africanas celebraron tradicionalmente la primera cosecha de sus cosechas. La celebraci?³n de siete d?­as termina con un banquete que ofrece m?ºsica y que baila y alimento. El guisado al curry de Kwanzaa se sirve tradicionalmente en una celebraci?³n de Kwanzaa. Este plato de la cosecha es adaptado de la receta de Adriene Cruz en < I>The Table, por Ronni Lundy (prensa de North Point, York nueva, 1995).

1 cebolla grande,
ajo tajado de 4 clavos,
1/4 picadito ahueca el aceite de oliva
1 medio, paprika rojo, tajado
2 cucharas de sopa cinamomo fresco picadito de la cucharilla del polvo el
1/2 del curry de las cucharillas del jengibre
2 a 3 tamari de 1/4 taza (salsa de soja fermentada)
los tomates de 1 lata (24 onzas),
con las patatas dulces peque?±as del jugo
2, peladas y tajado
2 cuartos de gal?³n riegue, m?¡s el br?³culi de la libra de 1 taza el 1/2,
taj?³ 2 patatas medias,
peladas y tajado 1 taza cada ma?­z congelado, habas verdes congeladas, y col rizada fresca congelada de la libra de los guisantes el 1/2,
la sal tajada, al gusto en un pote grande de la sopa, saltaron la cebolla y el ajo en el aceite de oliva hasta suave.

Agregue la pimienta y el jengibre, y los saltaron para 2 minutos m?¡s. Revuelva en el polvo, el cinamomo, el tamari, y el jugo del curry de los tomates. Traiga a ebullici?³n, reduzca el calor, y el simmer por 5 minutos.

Agregue las patatas dulces y 1 taza de agua. Simmer por 20 minutos. Agregue el br?³culi, las patatas, y 2 cuartos de gal?³n de agua. Cubierta y simmer por 20 minutos. Taje los tomates y agregue al pote con el ma?­z, las habas verdes, y los guisantes. Cocine por 10 minutos. Revuelva en la col rizada y el simmer 10 minuta m?¡s. Sale, para probar, y sirva caliente.

Servicios 12.


Gardening Chores in December

The month of December wouldn't seem to be a gardening month and:

If you have been keeping up with your gardening tasks for the last few months, you should be able to take it pretty easy; (at least in the garden.)There are a few things to keep an eye on, and a few optional things you can do in the garden. Your biggest concern will probably be tending to your house plants.

This year, consider purchasing a living Christmas tree for your home. They really aren't that much more expensive than a cut tree. This is an excellent way to improve your landscape, and at the same time, save a tree. Before bringing a living tree into the house, water it thoroughly. Living Christmas trees should not be kept in the house for any longer than 10 days.


Perennials, annuals, and bulbs

If you potted up some bulbs, such as hyacinths, daffodils or tulips, last September for winter forcing, keep an eye on them. Make sure they remain moist, and in the dark until they have established their root systems. It is possible that they have already filled their containers with roots and that the new top growth has begun. If this is so, bring them into the house and set them in a cool room, in indirect light. After a week or so, move them into bright light, and watch them go to town!

Check on any corms and tubers which you dug up, and stored this fall. Remove and discard any which show signs of disease or rot.

Shrubs and trees
Winter rains tend to make you forget about watering your garden. However, plants and shrubs which are growing beneath large evergreens or under the eaves of the house, may be bone dry by this time. Lack of water in the cold winter months can be fatal to many of these plants. A quick check will let you know if you need to do a little winter watering.

If there is a sudden drop in the temperature, provide extra protection for your more tender flowering plants like Rhododendrons, Camellias, Azaleas and Daphne. You can provide temporary, emergency protection by driving in three of four stakes around the plant, and then simply covering the plant with some type of cloth, like burlap, a sheet or an old blanket. Don't let this material come into direct contact with the leaves of the plant. Remove the cover completely, as soon as the weather moderates.

December is a good month to take cuttings of rhododendrons, azaleas, and other evergreen shrubs. The cutting should be taken from new tip growth, and kept in bright light, at about 70 degrees f.

Lawn

Stay off frozen grass!!!

House Plants

Glossy leaved house plants such as Philodendrons, Rubber plants, and Palms should be sponged off periodically, to allow them to breathe.

Plants which have fuzzy, textured, or other non-glossy type leaves should be set in the sink and sprayed gently with room temperature water, until the dust is cleaned away. Be sure that the foliage is allowed to dry completely.

Provide your house plants with extra humidity by grouping plants together, or by setting the pots on leakproof trays filled with moistened pebbles.

If you successfully kept last years plants alive, and have been keeping it in 14 hours of darkness since September, your Poinsettias and and Christmas cactus should be ready bring back into the living room by December first.

With the proper care, these Christmas plants will remain beautiful for many weeks.

They prefer to be kept on the cool side, 65-70 degrees during the day and 55-60 at night.

Keep them in bright, natural light whenever possible.

Keep them away from heat sources.

Keep them out of drafts.

Be sure to water them when they become dry.

Never allow them to stand in water for more than an hour.

Odds and ends

Take care of our bird friends! Keep your bird feeder filled, especially when there is snow on the ground.

Don't let your hose freeze and burst. Stretch it out with both ends open, to allow the water to drain completely. Coil it up and put it away.

Make sure your outdoor faucets are covered to protect them from freezing.

If you go out partying this season and indulge in intoxicants (I'm not judging, suggesting, condemning or preaching)..... PLEASE bring along a designated driver, spend the night, or take a cab.