f Porqvlmans Gardening ?y J?on Wlnahw I Full moon on the 3rd. Large pots o I (lowers that looked ) quite appropriate on your patio are going to be entirely too big to bring inside ? but you loved them, didn't yon? For me, it'i that fantaatic aalmon colored geranium and begonia. Take cutting! now, before froet. Dip enda in rooting hormone and plant in part (and, part potting ?oil. Try about S atoms together (or a really buahy plant this winter. I Sow snapdragons, calendulas, popies. Check mulch around evergreens. The roots must be protected against a dry, hot fall. World's Easiest Houaeplant Cacti and succulants are fun to grow in the winter for a busy gar dener, as the amount of care involved decreases in direct proportion to PTA meetings, football Saturdays, ' and Christm as shopping . Let's try these: ?Pincusion, or mammellarias, are globular or cylindrical, and spiny, or course. Little bell-shaped flowers for m in a circle at the top of the plant. ( Sometimes and pincusion will form red berries simultaneously. They are sold under such names as Powder Puff, Birdnest, and Snowball. Old \ Lady, another one, has long gray hairs, while Powder Puff has silky white hair. ?Tom Thumb varieties bear flowers at the base of the plant. ?Bishop Cap is mostly spineless and produces a profusion of yellow flowers over a long blooming period. ?Old Man is a Mexican cactus that produces a matted beard at an early I age. You can easily start these from seeds. ?Cereus is a tree-like cactus that is good for a greenhouse or solar window. It has long branches with needle-like spines and produces funnel-shaped flowers which can be as long as six inches. ?Hylocereus is the night-blooming variety that is a climber. Large white flowers will appear in the early evening and remain open until they | drop off the next morning. Succulants often mimic cacti. Totem pole is spineless, resembling a column of jade. Living Rocks arc a succulant curiosity. These arc dull gray to brown and resemble, ta-ta! rocks! Some succulant spurges are quite popular as houseplants. I have always been fascinated with euphorbias. They grow in fantastic forms with branches resembling tubes. When cut or bruised, euphorbias exude a milky white substance that will irritate the skin if not washed off immediately. Stapiliads of the Milkweed Family (succulants one and all) has an in teresting member called the Carrion Flower. It emits an odor detectable as decaying meat. But wait ? it's worth the try. Its flowers can grow to one foot wide and come in mottled colors one could only describe as lurid. Hoya, or Wax Plant, is a true Milk weed. Hoya carnosi is a popular twiner with ten-foot stems well suited to trellising or hanging baskets. The delicate waxy-pink flowers are lovely to behold in spring and summer months. Any how about Hens and Chickens, or Echeverias? The clusters of leafy rosettes are instantly identifiable, aren't they? Echeverias can range in size from a fifty-cent piece to a dinner plate. Their popular name is understandable. As the main plant becomes surrounded at the base by plantlets, it resembles a brood of little green chickies under a big green hen. Other members of the cacti succulant families frequently discussed are Sedums, Kalanchiods and Crussula (Jade Plant). These are so varied that they demand separate discussions. After you've purchased Star, Golden Barrell, Old Man, Bishop's Cap, and Ball cacti, bring them home to a south window. Fall and winter are dormant periods. (This is what I mean about easy care). Allow soil to dry out and water about once a month until spring. Do not fertilize until growth begins, then use a liquid houseplant fertilizer ocassionally from April to October Youth attends Meredith Ginger Stallings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Stallings of Belvidere and a 1982 graduate of I Perquimans County High School, is attending Meredith College. Stallings attended the annual President's Reception honoring freshmen on Friday, August 20, as well as many other opening activities offered at the college. School lunch menus Breakfast K-U Lvocb K-4 ! MONDAY. SEPT 6 . No school Holiday TUESDAY, SEPT 7 Cereal or danish, fruit or juice, milk Chuckwagon, French fries, fresh fruit, milk. I WEDNESDAY, SEPT ? ' Muffin or cereal, fruit or juice, milk. Spaghetti, green beans, applesauce, milk, t THURSDAY. SEPT ? Peanut butter/jelly sandwich or cereal, fruit or , juice, milk. i Cheeseburger, potato wedges, fruit cup. milk. ; FRIDAY, SEPT 10 | Cereal or honey bun, fruit or juice, milk. i Ham biscuit, baked apples, green peas. milk. Lunch 5-12 MONDAY, SEPT 6 No school. Holiday. TUESDAY, SEPT. 7 Chuckwagon, hot ham and cheese, French fries, fresh fruit, tossed salad, milk. WEDNESDAY, SEPT 8 Spaghetti, smoked sausage, green beans, ap plesauce, whipped potatoes, milk. THURSDAY. SEPT 9 Cheeseburger, potato wedges, manager's choice vegetable, fruit cup, milk. FRIDAY. SEPT 10 Ham biscuit, latagna, baked apples, green peas, mixed greens, toast, milk. iUnion School news ! Amid the usual hustle and bustle of ?, making homeroom assignments, ; issuing books, collecting fees and ? assigning lockers, the faculty, staff [ and students of Union School are off J to a good beginning for the 1982-83 J ye?r. ? Gary Stubbins, principal, is 1 pleased with the smooth running of j the first days of classes. With the visitation of the Southern I i Association of Colleges and Schools' '.accreditation team soon ap 'proaching. Union personnel have 'been deeply involved in the t reorganization of curriculum, the ?remodeling of the building and in ? planning for a new group of students I for the coming year. Arriving with brand new pencils, notebooks filled with paper and smiles for all, the students have made great efforts to follow the guidelines and rules set down for the year. Adjustments have been made for new teachers and classes; friend ships have been renewed; and plans for an active school term academically, athletically and socially are in the making. Welcomed to our community and the Union faculty were Pam Price, eighth grade math teacher; Wanda Barnes, speech therapist and Billy Taylor, physical education in structor. Wildlife ( Continued from page two) " Bogs and marshes are another "home (or seaside animals, says ^Ranger Rick. Look for parchment worms, fiddler crabs and moon t snails in these wet regions protected f from the open sea Sjffl Jfc Parchment worms build U-shaped J tunnels in shallow water. Light ; brown Ups, or chimneys, of the ? tunnel protrude about an inch out of ? the sand at each end. i Usually homebodies, parchment worms feed on minute food particles that pass through their tubes, ac cording to Ranger Rick. If a passing crab or fish bites off its head when it jwentares out of it* home, it's no problem; a parchment worm simply Fiddler crabs live In burrows high i-. * , tt ? ? on the' beach until low tkle, says Ranger Rick, when they march down to wet tand to feed. Each male uses a large foreclaw, its "fiddle," to at tract mates and ward off rivals. When the tide tarns, fiddler crabs scamper hack to their homes, sealing off the trout entrances with mud so they won't be flooded. Moon snails also spend much of their time under the sand. Using a digging foot similar to the raaor clam's, expiates the magatine, they create small lamps of sand or mud as they move along the shore. To capture a moot) nail, -dig down at the edge of one of the moving lumps and lift up. You probably wont mo his , respectively, at the Perquimans County High School Vocational Building. Class time for each course will be from 7-10 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday. Short says the dark room course will teach bask developing, printing and enlarging of black and white tMr own Mm iak| the facilities. for owners of SSmm single IturrOn cameras. wiU cover a variety of topics and camera )ft>?i|m, d? said. These will include controlling exposure through the use of shwtter speed and leas settings. depth of fMd control, composition, flash photography and pictures hy existing light. The tuition fee for each of the 14 week courses will he $15. Registration will take place during the first two class meetings Cook's corner EDNA WOLVERTON Prepare ? quick u4 Mcmms ?ffte cnsf for your Labor Day nUuri festivities. TV original recipe calk for peackes and either fruit is tasty The disk is equally good MKt< vara witk ice cream or cold without tke ganush APPLE CUSP S cops (appro* 3 lbs > apples or peackes IT. lemon juice *ic. sugar TOPPING *? c graooia 2T. brown sugar 2 T. all purpose flour to t auspice to t. salt to e. butter i Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Toss first three ingredients and spoon into an S inch square pan. Combine dry ingredients (or topping. Cut in butter with pastry blender. Sprinkle topping evenly over fruit. Bake 50 minutes until brown and bubbly. Serves 6. Come by and see Clyde or Steve Sutton for the best tire deal around for your car or truck. We also offer tire repair, batteries and state inspection. ALBEMARLE TIRE SERVICE Dobb St., Hertford 426-8343