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The Morrison Creek residents took over while I was away for a few days. The skunks trashed a twoâ€"foot square area of the lawn looking for white grubs. The racoons made off with the jar of cat Information for fall gardening 5‘ to 8‘ White Cedars, perfect evergreen hedging materal for privacy at $6.35 ea. * Home Garden Improvement and Bathroom Cabinetry is being made available to selective homeowners at a surprisingly pleasing price. So if you‘ve always wanted to own a Hanover Kitchen or Bathroom, now is the time to visit your Hanover Dealer Don‘t Miss Our Super Hanover Sales Event! From now until October 16th, Canada‘s Premier Kitchen _ All our plant material is backed by a 1 year guarantee. Oakville North News Caliper ornamental evergreen trees up to 20 feet in height or a 30% savings. food and robbed the red worms of their garbage. Last time I was away, they broke the glass jar on the garage floor. I cannot find the plastic jar anywhere. Let me know if you see it floating down the Unilock uthorized Dealer Paving Stones from .99¢ Seasoned Hardwood Firewood Special Large Bag of Kindling Reg. $4.99 NOW $1.99 These are available under the Bio Safe label and are distributed by Ortho. The nematodes are invisible to the naked eye and attack the white grubs and pupae from beetles and fleas in the soil under lawns and flower beds. One treatment will protect the lawn, garden, Dursban (Chlorpyfos) is the recomâ€" mended insecticide. Follow package directions and water the lawn long enough to wash the insecticide deep to make contact with the grubs. An organic treatment is to apply predatory or beneâ€" ficial nematodes. The skunk was foiled or he would have worked over a larger space. I dug around the area and did not find any grubs. Neverâ€"theâ€"less, midâ€"September is an appropriate time to treat the lawn for white grubs. Lease Expi Inventor;rf) al Clearout Speaal Discounts on Robert Bateman, Cafl Brenders, John Seereyâ€"Lester, etc.. 177 Lakeshore Rd. E. +338â€"6138 Mon.â€"Sat..10â€"6 pm, Sun. 1â€"5 pm . More good news for lawns! Pickseed Canada has released a supply of the new highly rated (by the National Turf Evaluation Program), Cutter Perennial rye grass. This is the newest generation of turfâ€"type perennial rye grass. It has high ratings for disease resistance, winâ€" ter hardiness, low growth habit, fineness of leaf, drought tolerance, and resistance to the hot weather disease, Brown Patch. and pets for two years. Worms are not attacked. â€" The Japanese lilac and Golden Rain tree flower when three or four years old. Have the children plantsome They will take pride for years in "their" tree. . Most of the trees around my house are grown from seed. Japanese lilac, Golden Rain tree, chestnut, several maples, catalpa, mulberry tree, and black locust are some specimens. It is surprising how fast they grow. Plant the seeds in a protected place to keep the birds and squirrels from them. Woody plant seeds need a month or two in a cool area outside or in the refrigeraâ€" tor before they will grow. The seeds may be planted in the house under lights in January or February and the plants set outside in May. The Japanese lilacs that provided few blooms this spring are making up for it this fall. The pale pink Chinese lilacs in St. Jude‘s Church garden are also reblooming. These are not as specâ€" tacular as the spring flowers, but is a pleasant surprise in the fall. PERENNIALS AND WOODY PLANTS FROM SEED Gathering seeds from plants is a fall activity that provides plants for next year. Many perennials produce seeds which if sown now will form plants next year and bloom a year or two later. Daylilies are the easiest and a pretty plant often produces pretty plants from its seeds. September is a colorful month. In addition to the normal blooming of the perennial hibiscus, the shade loving turâ€" tle head, the Rose of Sharon and the roses, and some lilacs are reblooming. The program has been approved by classroom teachers across the U.S.A. Orders may be placed by contacting Yoder Brothers, P.O. Box 230, Barberton, OH 44203. Phone 1â€"800â€" 321â€"9573. Let me know if you would like to try the program and I will look into funding and helping with it as a Master Gardener of the Oakville Horticultural Society. REBLOOMING PLANTS The price includes a teacher‘s Resource Kit containing 60 mums, kids stickers, a garden mum poster, a pad of garden mum care and handling sheets, a history of chrysanthemums, a resource list of books and magazines, a variety list, 50 pushâ€"on tags containing growing tips, and a photo. Included is ordering information for a Classroom Chrysanthemum Cutting Kit providing enough plant cuttings to grow 50 plants. The Yoder ‘Magnificent Mum Education Program‘ features 32â€"page booklets for three levels (Kâ€"1, 2â€"3, and 4â€"5) of elementary schools. These conâ€" tain practical lessons for integrating plantâ€"based teaching throughout the curâ€" riculum. The books are available from Yoder Brothers for U.S. $9.95 plus $1.50 for shipping. Millie, Moe and Minnie work with elementary teachers to introduce plant science to the classroom. Cutter rye grass contains over a 90% ratâ€" ing for endophytes. These provide high resistance to above ground crown and leaf feeding insects. The seed germiâ€" nates from five to 10 days. It is ideal for overseeding thin areas of the lawn or renovating weedy spots. Most garden centres carry Pickseed seed. PLANT BASED TEACHING