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Porqvlmans
Gardening
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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.
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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 <Hgf*lig foot, however.
When he senses danger, he retract* It
?*Wr.
Photo class offered
New camera owners win have as
opportunity to learn the basics of
camera handling and dark room
procedures by enrolling it two ex
tension courses which will be offered
locally this month by the Continuing
Education Division at College of the
Albemarle.
Val Short will teach Dark Room
Procedure* and Beginning
Photography starting on September T
and >, 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
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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.
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TIRE SERVICE
Dobb St., Hertford 426-8343