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Page 4 — Real Estate This Week, Wednesday, May 12, 1993 ((==aew,) MARTHA SUMMERS 877-5165 874-3040 SOLD 833-9714 873-0655 FABULOUS RAVINE LOT $149,000 Upgraded with new kitchen with Large principle with Bill Ellis THE GARDEN We were wandering through a garden centre the other day, admiring all the seeds and the vegetable and flower plants. They sit there looking so strong and showing such promise of growing to be large and gorgeous. I was sorely tempted to load up with all sorts of seeds and plants and start up gardening again. But then I remembered back to those days when we started our gardening and all the hope we Out at the Ranch each lovely cob. I and planned the & all night vigil in the back yard. Pat counselled me away from any imprudent action with a shot gun. She reasoned that at best I would blow a window out of someone's home, get arrested for discharging a gun, give a neighbor a heart attack and raccoons really are so cute, don't you know! When the grapes were about ready to pick, the raccoons started picking -- naturally. Each . new win- 2 4 dows, upgraded morning, there were piles of bathroom wi grape skins and seeds on the held for those bountiful harvests. Goroge. Wot a “ : . ‘Hae sane oats Ne deck. What a mess ~ and they left stort. he . the wildest purple stains, 322 93-2-305 we packaged and we froze. We Do’ th vides aid “3 - gave our friends bags of tomatoes ‘‘ Siechcass af om ‘3 1 ERIN 5 ACRES} fj and cucumbers and grapes until at poets =e: gee $239,900 they pleaded ~ stop already! just to make sure we haven' planted any new vines, I wouldn't mind giving up gardening if it was my own decision -- but to be forced out of gardening by a bunch of cute little animals -- it's humiliating. Pat, who always says soothing things, Says that we are just as wise to buy the exact quality and quantity of produce we require, and we don't have to foist off bags of We watered and weeded and Picked -- and wondered what we were going to do with all the stuff. The answer was obvious. Cut down the size of the garden, So I grassed over half the garden and be following year I grassed over the garden. And that was the eat year disaster struck the garden. A family of raccoons took up residence in our neighborhood prosiice fo friends: Sang : i acquaintances all summer. spacious and gra- -- their descendants still leave 1 us ath arc I muddy foot prints on our deck. I did sneak two tomato plants floors, 25' di into our flower garden this As I recall, we had a bumper am assured by the experts that atch oe Pe a raccoons do not eat tomatoes. ll see! showed real promise. About a I see} week before the corn was ready. for picking -- disaster. Ate Bill Ellis is an Associate Broker taccoons knocked over every corn With Canada Trust pare. stock and took a few bites out of Georgetown, ‘Good location, 3 92-2-275 needs, oe call Kathy 873-2254 ERIN — 84 ACRE HORSE FARM $519,000 includes STARTER $157,000 concept, vaulted ceilings, sunroom, large bedrooms with walkouts, full en- Fabulous mature lol WOW! $123,900 COUNTRY! 4- bedroom | BARGAIN $125,500 - BEAUTIFUL DUPLEX. Live. home at Crewsons Comers. Main floor! in one, rent the other. Upstairs ‘complete- emily toom with wood-burning stove. |ly updated including bathroom and kitchen. New Nidieo newly re-dry walled. ir and] {fumace and root in 1992. Walk to "GO" station. Call now! i 5 MAC93-33 "Have a good look, ‘ Bn EXECUTIVE RED; i ~ large master bdrm. is maintained in LOVERS UCED | location, Separate large 2 car garage, of park- quality in-law suite ; ae with Ikea kitchen. Ing. Adjacent comer | 1 acne sour oF azoncETOMN $274,000 Many 2200 sq. ft. home in G lot available at $99,900. 32-266 ing, wall bar, ng stove. Each 3 a with its up! i ed and lots of | loak Kichen wih wakouttothe lt__ RMACS3.24 I cl ie ay WALKOUT . BASEMENT Sean } COUNTRY WITH IN-| pie tee -|GEORGETOWN BARGAIN - $185,000, $18 cae 1 acre, walkout from basement | Country-in-town. and look, with large pri- Double garage, huge cour i lop it iioy cious brick he fae offers country ting ye , the patio. Super recreation room with walkout. close to schot RMAC93-48 |