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I Program Helps I Become Lawn ! BY TERRY POPE Nice lawns and shrubbery car. be an asset to an I home, but selecting and getting the right species to groi can sometimes he a pain. A pilot-program introduced to about 50 Brunswic H County families in mid-May by the Brunswick Count I Agriculture Extension Service makes a beautiful yar within the grasp of any homeowner. Called the Urban Integrated Pest Management pn t : :|1M I "M &W PUfiriU A \f /.nnprtlnatnr V ntlii) TnWo, 1 ?\ 1 -J txruiMti'i vuviuiiwatui 1 iwuitri CAOIIIIIICn 1/atlU Donnally's flower garden at his Boiling Spring I^kes home. The Integrated Pest Management program con 'linues until mid-August. \ Miss : I Picture wos token when Garry wot 15 The brothers were last missing 7-21-82. They c should contact the Will Div. \ 1 i CALABASH MC THE DEPOT RESTA COASTAL MACHINE 6 II KING'S HARDWARE I | HOLDEN BEACH COMMUN EC Residents Specialists gram, the three-month course works with county y residents to teach them things they may not realize about x their own yards. It also provides counseling and H<vityourseit manuals so residents can become their own lawn specialists. "I'm real pleased with it so far," said Billy Barrow, - assistant county agricultural extension agent and coord dinator of the program. "It's been good for us. It helps put us in touch with a larger number of people and gives > us an idea what the problems are in the county." Barrow said the AES office limited the scope of the I program to 50 families recruited through county garden clubs, focusing on problems with lawns and shrubs rather than with gardens or vegetable plants. Many of the participants live in the Carolina Shores, Calabash, Ocean Isle, Seaside. Boiling Spring lakes and Southport areas. Most homeowners who have time to work on their ^ yards are retired. Barrow said. Often, the retired couples J have moved to Brunswick County from other areas, ' where climates are different, pests are different and where a different variety of plants are known to grow well. "The people we are shooting for are those who have moved into the area and who have the time and interest to improve their landscapes," Barrow said. "A nice landscape can make a big difference if they ever decide to resale their home." A USDA grant helps fund the pilot-program along with a $30 fee per family. Kathy Tobler of Southport is the only staff member assigned to the program, making one I visit every three weeks to inspect how well each family is progressing. "1 do a lot of writing," Ms. Tobler said, while inspecting and recording the progress on David Donnaily's flower garden in Boiling Spring I<ikes. A manila file folder is kept on each yard, like a doctor's file containing charts and records, only the subjects arc flowers and plants. "You get to meet some of the most interesting peoa pie," she added, before Donnally invited her inside for a A quick tune on his banjo. Donnally was having problems getting his centipede ! grass to spread and in starting a flower garden when the H nriuirom f ? ? * $??*< ??? 0-.il * ' I^p- piv^iaui luoi licgau in ma), ouu samples were liiKcn Q| from his flower garden to determine how much and what fr type of fertilizer was needed. With increased watering, i the yard is improving while there are now flowers in |j bloom nestled in his elevated garden. "Centipede is a good neglected grass, and I've played & more golf this summer than worked on iny lawn," Donnally confessed. "But we've been tickled with the program. We didn't know what to do, but now we're getting a little education on it." The do-it-yourself manuals address many of the pro! ^ blems the typical amateur horticulturist may face. Once they learn how to use the guide manual, "they can flip I through and find the answers on their own before calling i us," which is the aim of the program. Barrow said. "A lot of the problems we're finding are dealing with cultural things," Ik* added, "like not enough watering, or ina NAME: Garry Patrick Sidden, Jr. RACE/SEX: W/M DATE OF BIRTH: 6-16-66 ^GE: 19 HEIGHT: 5'4" EYES: Brown WEIGHT: 160 HAIR: Brown SKIN: Ruddy SOCIAL SECURITY NO.: 237-29-0734 DTHER IDENTIFYING PHYSICAL :EATURES: Walks with a limp and must ?ear orthopedic shoes. 2" scar in palm af left hand. years old seen at the scene of their father' are believed to be together. Anyo <es County Sheriff's Office and asl N.C. Center for Victim/Justice Services Departn 800a5> ***. 7h's Service URANT Is Spo t WELDING ? APPLIANCE QviCl ITY HARDWARE R I THE BRUM i : ,L i f$ i , _ *i\ '* '"- . ^? j: ' 'WSti- ,-./L^V? BILLY BARROW, assistant Brunswick County Agriculture Extension agent, examines a problem with not enough fertilizer, or too much fertilizer." For Bill Shirk of Boiling Spring 1 akes, the program made him aware that there are different kinds of fertilizer available, and that each type of lawn requires a different form of care. "This is like gold," Shirk said, as he lifted up a section of grass removed from where he is relocating a sprinkler system at his lakefront home. Before the program, Shirk said he actually knew very little about lawn care. "Most people, when they go out to buy fertilizer, they go to the store and buy whatever's on sale," Shirk said. "1 found out 1 was overfertilizing my lawn." Shirk, who retired in Brunswick County after moving Crept* Myrtles ^ | *li0-,2M-,5?0 I ON THE R 10 miles north of Bolivia on US fl 1 CAUSEWAY "o6 VtOlOEN B1A hiildre kl tk'x R> sf PI Sfiht- ^8811 SC Ujjl Picture woj token when Golvin wo* 10 yeort old s murder, in Wilkes County, NC. ne having information reaardina - - w a < for Capt. Garry Phillips. Please Missing Children lent of Crime Control and Public I2-KID! Public .. ANSLI zzr These' BRUNSWICK Minded J0YCI BR0* rms BRADSHtR'S I ISWICK BEACON. Thursday. August 1, 1985?Page 13-B m : sp| W; stah photos it* tiiiry pop* azaleas that Boiling Spring l akes resident Rill Shirk is having. from the midwest, cleared his yard of woods and stumps just two years ago and now has a good stand of grass. He would also like to get evergreen trees to grow there, something other than pines. Shirk took someone's advice about planting two Christmas trees in his yard two years ago, but they both died. With the proper care, Shirk should be able to get some types of evergreens to grow in his yard, Barrow said. "We don't have all the answers, but we can reacli a good number of people and give them advice atx>ut their yards," Barrow said. He hopes the program will continue next summer and expand to a new rotation of homeowners and amateur horticulturists. S. SdcvaAdb, Snc. A CAROLINA'S TRADITION IN FINE fl FLOOR COVERINGS SINCE iV46 UBff/fBKM I CARPET*VINYL*HARDWOOD | MINI, MICRO. AND VIRTTCM HINDS flW/j I ifl fi i ^11 \w AME: Galvin Lee Sidden <\CE/SEX: W/M ATE OF BIRTH: 8-23-71 GE: 13 EIGHT: 5' EYES: Blue EIGHT: 110 HAIR: Blonde (IN: Fair DCIAL SECURITY NO.: 237-29-0812 They were both reported these missing children call (919)838-5104. Safety ? :Y & ASSOCIATES L PARTS COMPANY AUTO MACHINE, INC. \ 1H CUSTOM DRAPERIES GOODYEAR TIRE STORE i
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