in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, Ju ne 25 ,2 02 0 | 34 PenTACOSTAL UnITeD DIRECTORY If you'd like to advertise your place of worship in this feature please email Kelli Kosonic kosonic@starmetrolandmedia.com or call 289-293-0691 PenTACOSTAL kk Worship Services are suspended due to COVID- 19 until further notice Tel: 416-892-8123 Fax: 1-866-281-5983 Bishop M. Brissett (Pastor) Email: mjbrisse@yahoo.ca Jesus is lOrd Oakville PenTecOsTal aPOsTOlic cenTre 1469 Nottinghill Gate, Oakville 905-825-5292 www.glenabbeyunitedchurch.com GLEN ABBEY UNITED CHURCH REV. TED VANCE EPIPHANY SUNDAY! Your Best New Year Resolution? ...Come to Church! Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit! ONLINE CHURCH SERVICE INCLUDING HOLY COMMUNION AVAILABLE ANY TIME This new reality is far from normal! A Church service can help provide some stability and normalcy. Click on www.glenabbeyunitedchurch.com any time to see an online Church service that will offer comfort and hope. New services will be added every Saturday night or Sunday morning. This Sunday: Message: GOD'S PRECIOUS GIFTS John 15:8-17 To help your Church survive the pandemic, please send e-transfers to: donations@glenabbeyunitedchurch.com Thank you and God Bless you! As we approach the lon- gest day of the year, we can almost hear the plants growing. There is still plen- ty of time to direct sow car- rots, beets, beans, leaf let- tuce, bib lettuce, mesclun mix, radishes for a continu- ous harvest into the fall. If you are finding your grilling lacks zest, plant up some container herbs for the sunny spot on your pa- tio. Dill, mint and coriander should get their own plant- ers, or they risk taking over the whole show. This month, bordo spray will be important for your tomatoes and potatoes. Bor- do is a copper-based spray that is organic-approved. Before the end of June be sure to stake your tomato plants with a spiral stake, which are easy to use, per-which are easy to use, per-w manent and reduces the need to hold the plants up with a string. Getting your tomato crop off the ground will double your crop and dramatically reduce dis- ease. Another important treat- ment this spring is End-All and Garden Sulphur on the fruit orchard every twofruit orchard every twof weeks until the end of sum- mer. Those sweet apples are attractive to so many pests, and the leaves to disease, so this is one area of the garden where the "hands-off" ap-where the "hands-off" ap-w proach is not going to get you where you want to go.you where you want to go.y Remember to treat cu-Remember to treat cu-R cumbers and squash with diatomaceous earth (sili- cone dioxide), to control bee- tles. Avoid the temptation toAvoid the temptation toA cut back or harvest what is left of your rhubarb and as- paragus. Leaving the "green" on these plants to die back naturally is essen- tial for returning energy in- to the roots for next year's harvest. Spring flowering bulbs can have their foliage removed now without af- fecting the flowering poten-fecting the flowering poten-f tial next year. Apply 5 cm of compost to onions, leeks and garlic which are absorbing soil-which are absorbing soil-w born nutrients to fuel their growth. Compost can sim- ply be left on the surface of the soil for earthworms to mobilize, no need to dig it in. This is also a great time of year to heap on that mulch. Ben remains loyal to straw, with about 20 cm or so going down on his veggies, and Mark applies 12 cm of finely ground bark mulch.finely ground bark mulch.f It just so happens that Ben has more farmer friends, and Mark knowsfriends, and Mark knowsf more arborists. Mark Cullen is an expert gardener, author, broadcast- er, tree advocate and Mem- ber of the Order of Canada. His son Ben is a fourth- generation urban gardener and graduate of University of Guelph and Dalhousie University in Halifax. Follow them at mark- cullen.com, @markcul- lengardening, and on Face- book. IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PLANT CARROTS, LETTUCE, BEETS, BEANS Mike and Ben Cullen share some tips for growing vegetables in your summer garden in this week's column. Mike and Ben Cullen photo OPINION THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO PLAN FOR A BOUNTIFUL FALL HARVEST, WRITE MARK AND BEN CULLEN MARK AND BEN CULLEN Column