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If you have never landscaped before, don‘t let that give you cold feet. Everybody has to start somewhere. Besides, you can get lots of expert advice from your local garden centre and a wealth of information from gardening catalogues. Create your own plan or inquire about the landscape design serâ€" vice at your garden centre. If the fee for a landscape design plan is deductible from the cost of the plants to create the plan in your yard, my advice is to take advantage of this service. In the long run, it is the least costly route to take. and the easiest. I know it‘s difficult to be thinking about spring when we‘ve been hit with some nasty snowstorms recently. You look out your window and all you see is graying snow, or worse, the neverâ€"ending ugly brown of winter. Don‘t just sit there longing for summer days in the garden â€" get started now! With proper planning, your garden could be the envy of the neighborhood! Hi! It‘s nice to be back again for another season of gardening information to help you make your greener thumb greener! By MARK CULLEN Special to the Beaver Columnist back for 1993 season 64 Acres, stone, S. of Hwy. 401, 5 badrm QUALITY AT BEST PRICE YOU CAN AFFORD SOLD $820,000 1988 E. Oakville 1.3 ACRES!! California Bungalow E. Oakville 5â€"bdrm.! 3 FPs! Den|! NOW $495,000 CAMPBELLVILLE S. of Lakeshore Main fir. FR, Ravine CALL BRENDA CLARK, Sales Rep $649,900 $529,900 $329,900 Ravine Supporter of the Children‘s Miracle Network $42â€"7000 ‘"IRsREL ; | m T q pu0l) Therapeutic Wonders If you‘re a regular to this column, you may remember a story I told many years ago, but one I feel worth repeating. The choice is yours... create your own plan, or call your local nursery garden centre and have an expert help you. Either way, this is a great time of year to get started. Another result of poor planning can be the expenditure on landscape plantings which must be removed in a couple of years when you decide to install a deck, patio, pool, or addition to your home. Keep this in mind while creating your plans. Much time and money can be wasted by planting trees and shrubs that are inapâ€" propriate for the size of your home and lot, especially keeping in mind the growth potential of particular trees, shrubs, and evergreens. What you plant now may look rather overpowering 10 years down the road. Creating your own plan can be a very rewarding experience, but you will have to do your homework to ensure that the plants you want will be right for the size of your lot and existing light and soil conditions. friend of mine. who is one of the batns, eatâ€"in kif. w/walkâ€" Sep. living and formal pure heaven. Formal _ ® out to custom deck. dining rm. Double gar. Scarlett O‘Hara staircase. ® ® Southern exposure. Neutâ€" Sunken mbr. with full ens.,. White ceramics thruâ€"out. 5 @ & rol decor, A real pleaser. hrdwd. firs., FP. Real Glen barms., incredible mstr. @ e ADAM CAMPBELL 842â€" Abbey Value. ADAM Only $329.200? Won‘t last. o 7000. CAMPBELL 842â€"7000. ADAM CAMPBELL 842â€" * 7000. ng 0 0 6 o 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 6 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o e best gardeners I know, lost her husband to heart failure. He had been her partner in life for over forty years. She buried him during a rainy spell in February, sayâ€" ing bravely "happy are the dead the rain falls on." There was a package of Forgetâ€" Meâ€"Not seeds tucked in the pocket of his suit when he laid to rest, and a handâ€"writâ€" ten prayer which reads: The kiss of the sun for pardon The song of the birds for mirth One is nearer God‘s heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth It is a testament to the therapeutic wonders of gardening that instead of lanâ€" guishing, she is preparing for planting of her annual flower and vegetable seeds to DETACHED?â€"GLEN ABBEY Det. 2â€"sty. Upgrades. Mn. Air. faom. rm. & laundry. ep. living and formal djining rm. Double gar. unken mbr. with full ens., irdwd. firs., FP. Real Glen This is an unusual woman because her strength of faith and her love of gardenâ€" ing are so closely bound, they are one in the same. But the phenomenon of gardenâ€" ing as therapy is neither unusual nor uncommon. place under grow lights in her basement. ® She has her overwintered geraniums J repotted so they will be ready for May 0 planting. She‘s watching her magnolia 3 tree for signs of premature bloom, has a topped up the bird feeders in the birch P tree and is patiently waiting for spring to g plant the forsythia shrub her husband had wanted to add to the garden because hc§ loved the early spring colour. a (See "Psychologists" Page RE 30) to to m