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8 Homes and Gardens, Supplement of The iCanadian Statesman, Aprii 25, 1979 LETS5 GET GROWING!1 By Harry Vani Belle Patios - What are patios, they are the places where yeu can spend some leisure time in. y our garden, whetber this is at hme or at the cottage. Patios can be successfully placed at different locations in the backyard or at the side cf the bouse and it is net uncornmen ini the southern states to have patios in the front yard screened by fences or hedges. Basiecocnsideration should be given te the location with regards te weather conditions, where the prevailing inds corne from, where the neigh- bor's house is siftuated, where the patio will be ini relation te the sun, for instance if you want te have the most sun in the evening or if yeu weuld like te have the sun on the patio in the morning te eat your breakfast outside etc. and 1 have seen patios on the south side that you could net sit on, because the sun was se hot that you would iterally bc baked by the suni. Semetimes a compromise between sun and shade can be dene by building the patio around a corner. Surface Texture - Consider- ation should be given what type of materials you are geîng te use te build your patio, in texture and aise in celer of the building mat- erials. You may want a very smeoth service se that child- ren can play on the patio with their wagons or tricycles, or you may want a very rustie setting with trees and shrubs surreunding the patio. If yeu are the entertaining family then provisions should be made for barbeque grills, tables te hold the food and drink, and the pessibility of food spilis sheuld be kept in mmnd, and can the outdeer furniture be easily meved, and is it sitting smootbly. Most patios today are made with the precast patio stones, in varieus shapes, patterns and a variety of cler, but other materials are often overlooked, such as the paving bricks, cernent blocks, round patio stones, railway ties, er even round slabs of wood cut off telephene peles, fine pea gravel, or different patternis can be created by using 3 or 4 dîfferent materials such as pebbles imbedded into cernent or very large areas can be divided with strips of woed and new patterns can be created. Today there are a number of new interlocking stones en the market in varieus colors that will make a beautiful patio. When building a patio make sure that the soil under the patie will drain away properly er place some drainage tiles under the patio and once you are satisfied with the drainage you can grade the site te the preper height. Most patios will require a base of 5 te 8 inches of sand se that the surface will be smeeth te lay the building material level, and wil keep the weeds te a minimum, since weeds will net grow in Container-grown trees should have fibrous roots de- veloped se that the rootball w.ill remnain intact when the plant is remnoved fromi its container. Bypass trees with roots which have kinks or circles, which cari obstruct the flow; of water and nutri- entis to the rest of the plant; if circled roots are net im- mediately visible at the sur- face of the sou, stick your finger a few\ inches, into the soi] to check for faulty rmots. plantcotie-r n trees as soon as yoit get them home; otheris,ýe keep) them in a shady, spot, and make sure the soil is 'kept moist and the foliage ligh.tly ist;ed until planting is Possible. sand. Some peopie will put be satisfactory, since most of plastic down to keep the weedis the weeds will grow in the soil out, but! havenflt found this to that cornes in between the cracks after the patio bas been down for a year, and weeds can be easily controlled by p ouring a soil sterilant btween the cracks. -The only way to build a patio properly is to first have it al laid out on paper, preferably tree and specially around the graph paper, se that the perurneter of the patio provis- finished product cati be seen ions should be made for some on paper, and changes can type of flower beds that will be still be made. Consider a few colorful. Try to build it open spaoes in the patio for yourself, it is a lot of fun. Until flower beds, or for a dwarf next week, happy gardening. FLORAL SHOPPES and GARDEN CENTRES SPRINO FEVER.. FROM OUR PISSANIACOLOGREEN From, JUNIPERTA JUIE A iovely deep green AMverJf at Ee pyraid hichcangr een Juniper which be used for the can be used as a corner et the house corner pîanting or or piaced in th piaced in front of a fiower beds for- yra i s excel- Sacnt. eg17.99 lent for a rockery or nowl4.99 a retaining waîî where it can drape DRACEA SPTTEDover the side. Reg. MAlItJAA lDPTTE MOUNTAIN 9.99 now 7.99 Highway 2 See our new Showroom with a Firepace. Open 9-9 Sat. 9-6 OSHAWA WEST 292 King Street West Garden Centre and Floral Shoppe' DEBORAH MAPLE An improved strain of Schwedler Maple wvhich starts in the sp ring with deep red leaves and then turns green during the sumrmer. Fast growing and very hardy. PEACE ROSE The ever popular Peace rose that ýmany admire, its yeilow celer chang- ing with a slight fiush of pink is a must in any rose garden, very hardy and slightly fra- qrant. 3.95 BLAZE CLIMBER 0f ail the ciimbing roses, Blaze is Con- sidered te be the best in a red climber. 3.95 728-5159- OSHAWA NORTH 1l124 Simcoe Street North Floral Shoppe SMARAGD CEDAR A new variety whiCh wili stay green al year and wiII remain siender net like the oid Cedar wvhich grows tee fat. Very thardy and can be used in sun or shade. Reg. 24.99 Now 19.99 SUN BURST LOCUST This ornamentai tree is becoming very pepular, since the levely new grewth is a pure yeilow, contrasting niceiy with the green iawn and other green trees. 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