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' (Can't from RE 10) ply indicates where rain runs off the leaves on the outermost tips of tree branches. Tree spikes arc an economical, slow-release fertilizer that will feed trees for an entire growing season with just one application. . Fo/hedges, you‘ll find another slow- release fertilizer like Tree and Hedge Feeder 18-4-6 is particularly effective. It Fertilize your garden early for best results is a granular fertilizer that you just spread on the ground at the base of the hedge plants. Use it at the rate of three pounds per side for each hundred running feet of hedge. ' Another good granular food is Garden Fertilizer 6-12-12. It should be used around the base of all roses and flowering shrubs. And it can be cultivated into pre- pared perennial and annual flower beds And that reminds me... if you haven't yet prepared vegetable and annual flower beds, start as soon as the ground is work- able by turning over the soil 12-16 inches deep and adding 6 cubic feet of peat moss, two 20 kg. (44 lb.) bags of com- posted manure and two pounds of a gar- den fertilizer like 6-12-12 per hundred and vegetable gardens at the rate of two pounds per hundred square feet. feet. The sooner you get that job out of the way, the better. Then you’ll have lots of time to do your spring planting when the weather and soil is warmer. Remember that "healthy is happy" when it comes to plants (and people! for that matter). Spring fertilizers applied early will greatly increase foliage, blos- som, and fruit development as a by-prod- uct of good health in your garden.