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A brush that has been neglected to e ultimate may require boiling in vineâ€" , just up to the bristles. It‘s a techâ€" ique I have never used but I have it on od authority it will work when used ith a wire brush to get the hardened int out. The clean brush should be wrapped a strip of newspaper large enough to ver the ferrule and the bristles and be rapped around two or three times to Id the bristles in their proper place. 1d the end of the paper over the end how it could hurt them if they are ing used for oilâ€"alkyd paints. I want to mention a refinement on a mment I made in a recent column ut the diffculty of painting a wall th latex paint when the air was very , as it is in many homes in winter. The trouble arises when the "wet ge" â€" that area of paint you have just iplied and should remain wet until you t around to applying the paint to the a next to it and and blend it in with it dries out before you get there. This causes problems with latex int because when you paint over what u think of as the "wet edge" you are plying a second coat. If it is a dark or this bit of second coat is noticeâ€" y different from the rest of the wall. When this happens your only ourse is to set about painting the ole wall again with a genuine second t. Second and third coats are not iceably different. I just discovered a product that counâ€" lacts that problem. It is called Floetrol, Flood Paint Specialties, and a small ount is added to latex paint to keep t wet "edge" alive in a hot home in ter or on a summer day outdoors. Its sister product is Penetrol which is :d not only in oilâ€"alkydpaints and varâ€" es as a conditioner to make for easiâ€" pplications, but it also has many s on its own, such as cleaning and ditioning vinyl and fibreglass and tecting metl against rust and corroâ€" . I was quite impressed with it and ked to learn it has been around a time. I know a sign painter who rubs a few ops of baby oil into the bristles of her d natural bristles brushes to condiâ€" )n them. I am not sure it does that but I started to do it too because I can‘t the hardened paint in the root of the istles. In a worst case scenario you ay have to use varnish remover to sen it up. Now pour out the contaminated solâ€" nt into a soup can or such for storage. epeat this until the solvent shows no gn of paint. Painters have a special spinner like egg beater to perform this ritual. Just ve all that solvent and let it settle disturbed for a few weeks and you ill have a clear solvent for reuse with sidue at the bottom for hazardous raste disposal. If the bristles are not as supple as ey were when the brush was new you ill have to use a wire brush to loosen Exe brush to hold it in place and keep t out for storage. _ (Continued from page 17) ater for latex and mineral spirits for 1â€"alkyd base. Cleaning is done in an empty gallon in with a half inch of the solvent in the ottom. Press the brush down on the ottom to force out as much paint as ssible and then spin the handle of the ush betwen your palms so the solvent rays against the inside of the can. he crunch is on‘! This is the time when the 1 I seedlings from the seeds [~urchased in an excess of enthuâ€" i.iasm in February and March are eady to plant in the garden. bviously there is not room for 11 of them. But they must be lanted, destroyed, or given way. Fortunately I had a premoâ€" ition and declared a seedling urplus last month. These were old at the Royal Horticultural ociety plant sales and were napped up by knowing peony nthusiasts. Now they are gone I m sure they contain the plant at is better than any I kept. The privet seems to be the orst hit of of the hedge plants is past winter. Many were from the ground up but ome escaped the main winter old. Some early flowering hrubs started to bud out just efore. the last winter freezeâ€"up hich stopped the new growth. hey appeared initially to be still live but in a state of suspension ut are now withering,. The yelâ€" ow tree peonies are hard hit and ome still look like they may tart into growth. However, most ne 1, 1994 Baby oil ‘or alkyd brushes eedlings ready to plant, insect control near veggies have live roots so will grow back. The treatment is to cut the dead wood to the ground level or to where the growth has started. A shrub in a critical screening location may have to be replaced by transplanting a larger shrub from another part of the garden or purchasing a larger plant. It will take about five years for the privet to reach five feet from a stump. A variegated weigelia makes a good screening shrub and while less flamboyant than golden privet, is quite handsome. The Amur and Cheyenne privets are hardier and should be considâ€" ered for this area. Good news from the peony tree department. The Lutea Ludlowii is showing growth from below ground so there will be yellow flowers on it in three years. When cutting dead wood from the lutea hybrid tree peonies I found that it was mostâ€" ly the old wood that died back to the ground. The younger wood lost some tips and buds but startâ€" ed back into growth halfway down and produced a few flower buds. The removal of a few old branches each year will ensure a The Oakville Horticultural Society sale was a hectic but pleasant event. We sold hundreds of hosta and other perennials. I worked in the shrubs and trees section. We located the Porcelain plant in a member‘s garden which was good news for the searcher who called in last week. We found great interest in Rose of Sharon and all 58 sold. Hydrangea and Forsythia sold out, Golden Privet were neglectâ€" ed even after 11 a.m. when all plants were reduced to $1. The Angelica tree was a favorite, all eight sold out rapidly when an early buyer who bought one last year and loved it bought three more. Echinops, the blue thistle, was a hit and sold out. The Golden Rain Tree and Japanese Lilac were sold as threeâ€"inch strong healthy plant that will betâ€" ter weather hard winters. Sulphur, Captan and Benomyl are fungicides which with domestic labels are approved for both. There are two mixtures listâ€" ed, Fruit Tree and Garden Spray containing carbaryl, malathion and dicofol that are approved for both. When using the spray the Insect control near a vegetable garden A caller was concerned about spraying fruit trees when the vegâ€" etable garden was nearby and partly under them. In this case and also then spraying any large trees it is wise to use a tree spray that has been approved for use on vegetables. Publication 64 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food lists several mixtures that meet this requirement. Carbaryl, perâ€" methin dimethoate, maltathoin, insecticidal soap and methoxyâ€" clor with domestic labels are approved insecticides for both trees and vegetables. seedlings and sold out as fast as did similar size peonies. St. Paul‘s Church was an ideal ocaâ€" tion was parking is close and the sales items were spread out so there was always space for easy movement. The lawns are the best in years. The cool wet weather has encouraged rapid growth. If you are leaving the cuttings on the interval between spraying and using the vegetable should be observed along with any other instructions on the package label. For the best comfort and the economy of natural gas, we _ > recommend an Ultimate III natural gas high efficiency furnace by Heil. i4 CAAA i P UR ALL MAKES AND MODELS REPAIRED : Spring Air Conditioning _ _ Inspection Special _ "We Put Service Back Into The Service Business" Now lawn avoid â€"removing more than twoâ€"thirds of the grass bladé. This may require cutting more frequently than once a week. The other option is to bag the cuttings and use them under the shrubs as. a mulch. Make a shallow mulch to avoid a rotting, smelly heap.