Donations Being Taken To Replace Manito Trees

Fri., May 2, 1997

By Susan English susane@spokesman.com

Anyone who has driven through Manito Park knows the devastation in this historic park from the winter storms. More than 60 trees were broken and had to be cut down this spring.

A drive to replant the trees in Manito has been launched by the Friends of Manito. Donations to the Manito Park Tree Fund are tax-deductible.

Send your donations to Friends of Manito Tree Fund, 4 W. 21st Ave., Spokane, WA 99203-1974. For more information call 456-8038.

Beyond daffodils

More than 43,000 schoolchildren participated last fall in a nationwide bulb-planting project called Kids Growing with Dutch Bulbs.

The program offers grants to elementary schools in the form of bulbs, which the students plant at their school. The spring blooming can coincide with lessons on growing plants or botany.

In Washington, one school and one group were awarded grants: Sunnyside Elementary in Pullman and the WSU Cooperative Extension in Asotin, which works with school-age children. Kudos to those two winners, we hope your bulbs are blooming just about now. And, for elementary schoolteachers who want to apply for a grant of 250 bulbs for fall planting, contact the Mailorder Gardening Association Executive Director Camille Chioini, PO Box 2129, Columbia, MD 21045; or call (410) 730-9713.

Just a little help

Sue Ellen Bartlett will give a decorating workshop Saturday at 10 a.m. at Foster’s Crossing Antique and Country Market, Fifth and Cedar in Sandpoint.

Bartlett is a design consultant and she will give a brief talk at 10 a.m. and at 1:30 p.m. In between, participants will take a self-guided tour of the shops which will present vignettes incorporating modern and vintage decorating elements. Lunch is available but reservations are advised, call (208) 263-5911.

Get out those loppers

It seems as though the pruning of winter-damaged trees will continue on into summer and it’s not too late to learn how to do it right.

A program titled “Pruning and Yard Repair After the Ice Storm” will be offered Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the East Side Branch Library, 524 S. Stone.

Master Gardener Mark Davis will cover shrub, tree and lawn care and offer tips for pruning. The program is free but preregistration is recommended, call 626-5375.

From the Farmer’s Almanac

Banana skins are ideal rose food. Bury a peel or a whole, soft, blackened banana in the soil near the base of the plant. As the banana decomposes underground, it feeds the roots. Once a month ought to do the trick.

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