The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 May 1967 — Page 8
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Th§ Dally Bannar, Oraaneasfla, Imnant
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Monday, May 22, 1967
Cleaning Really Applies To Outside
For added beauty and service to his home, Manson Buster, 714 East Washington Street, is adding this carport.
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Make Your Choice Of Plants with Great Care
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Gardening is much more tablish a good background, than making things grow. It’s something that shows off the a matter of choosing and ar- whole garden and fills in as ranging plants to gain a total certain plants wane,
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That something is often that
In many respects, gardening which can serve the dual puris like interior decorating be- pose of screening the yard for cause everything must be con- privacy, as well. A tall, solid sidered in terms of contrasts board fence is frequently the and complements — leaf and best possible choice, for it acbark textures, petal colors, cents both tall and low plants shapes and, of course, sizes. But and makes a perfect espalier outdoors, everything wears four for exciting materials like a faces, one per person, and that i crab apple, choice roses, or a
favored type of vine.
A high board fence also invites use of raised beds in cer-
“Cleaning” applies more to outdoors than indoors in this era of fresh air homemaking. Why break your back indoors, when you are going to live outdoors, weather permitting? That’s the reasoning behind the big outdoor sweep; and, besides it’s good exercise. So—if you haven’t looked at your backyard playground, be prepared to rid it of its winter weariness. The object is to get a clean uncluttered look. One way to accomplish that is to take a leaf from indoor cleaning methods: Get rid of everything that doesn’t belong before you install new gimmicks on the lawn, terrace or around the swimming pool.
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Divide chores into so many each day or each week, but do something each time the schedule comes up. It should be : painless, if you don't w'ait until the first outdoor living day to do the cleaning. By then, you should be ready to live it up in the great outdoors. Here are some reminders to help speed cleaning.
ful if part of it, at least is shaded from the boiling sun. It can be partially shaded by trees or fully shaded by an awning. Order the awning early as these usually must be custom
made.
One enormous problem of liv-
makes the job a bit tricky. Most important of all is to es-
Shed Is Good Winter Project One year, a good wintertime ’
project could be the building of a small storage house for all of this stuff. Call it a “yard!
Trash Pickup: Supply helpers with big fruit baskets and send them on a scavenger hunt to bring back papers, boxes, cans and other trash that may have drifted on your property or may have been dropped by garbage men emptying refuse cans. Sticks and Stones: Tree twigs and limbs that may have blown down in winter make good kindling for outdoor and indoor fines. These, should be bundled and stacked \yith firewood for indoor use or put at the outdoor barbecue. Tiny pebbles and rocks can be sorted out for use around flower beds or in patch-
ing mortar.
Leaf raking and bush pruning : r niis can be fun or a chore, depending on the size of the lot, but if done early enough there may be a lot of satisfaction in the effort. Leaves and dead shoots should be carted away and disposed of 1 as soon as possible. A strong wind can disperse trash over the same area
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tain areas of the year — always a good way to create a change of pace and to make a big show with exotics, flowers and small but interesting evergreens that sometimes get lost from view when set at ankle
level.
A perfect place for the raised bed is right around the patio, where it softens the height of,
house ” There are inexpensive i the fence at 1116 most needed, that cleaned. Many a home nouse. mere are inexpensive J owner has had this happen as tool sheds that could serve this P° int and P laces lts contents at ™ 71 ” ™* *** pp * purpose. They may be eohsld- W “"ted per . he .topped h.s to drml.
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ered to look more attractive
finished with paint or siding Pressure-treated timbers or Paraphernalia Pickup — It is that conforms to the house. masonry may be used for rais- amazing how many things es-
ed bed’s retaining wall. In ei- j cape the eye when the outdoors
Many people use the garage ther case, it’s well to minimize j i s being bedded down in winter,
for storage spaee. leaving the the wall by building a garden j
family car outside. seat against it and propping up! ° n « is likely to find every
colorful cushions to make a, thing from can openers to door backrest. i mats under bushes, porches and The board fence will be an at-! eve n in the open buried under tractive addition to the yard l eaves > snow r , sand. Winter, itself if properly designed and i moves swiftly for outdoor i sturdily built. Landscape archi- 1 buffs w r ho spend the last fail: tects have found that four-inch-: ^ a l* 8 li°Pi n S that the cold seawide boards give the lightest 8011 ^ s ^PP ed altogether, j touch, even for an unusually When everything is trimmed high fence, and that resawm and picked up, plans can be lumber — western red cedar j made for small repairs and the | Douglas fir or pine —provides refurbishing of lawns, terraces,
' the texture needed to comple- gardens,
ment other garden textures. Size up all those nagging little Color-wise, the best .shades projects — repairing of fences, are natural wood tones, i stairs and mortar loosened from sandy golds, silver-moss-green,! flagstone walks and painting
A great deal of outdoor equipment and furniture is made to i stack or fold up, something to keep in mind then purchasing such things if storage space is
limited.
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and driftwood. Other hues compete unfavorably with plant colors. and the old favorite, white,
and repair of swimming pools. The outdoor decorator can get busy with her plans. Will she
is good only if it is sparkling paint furniture, repair or refresh at all times. Any paint, in place the cushions,, plant flower fact, is tough to maintain in top borders? Are there purchases condition. The better choice fori to be made—terrace pots, topifencing and other garden struc- to be made—terrace pots, trees, tures is a transparent penetrat- a slide for the swimming pool? | ing stain. A terrace is-much more uae-
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ing it up outdoors is the mass of equipment and furnishings that accumulate. These are things that were unknown for homemaking enjoyment in other eras, but we seem to be trying to manage with less rather than more storage space than
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