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V ictoria Stoppielio
‘JUNES
I saw a crow eating at McDonald's Crows are very bright birds, but not
very discriminating when it comes to food Crows don’t care much Whether
their food is fresh , they’ re "opportunistic feeders " O f course. I ’ m a bit
sim ilar in that I ’ m always pleased to find leftovers in the fridge instead
o f having to make lunch from scratch
This particular crow wasn’t eating at McDonald’s per se, but a couple
miles away in Ilwaco Someone had purchased an SA BIS 2 and an L HC at
A M and somehow the paper bag, food wrapper, bits o f left over biscu it and
LILIES
Somewhere 1 read, in the vast amount of gardening
magazines, books and catalogs that seem to find my
address, “Don’t throw out your Easter Lily after it finishes
blooming, plant it in your garden.”
I did plant the bulb of an Easter Lily I had received
and for several years it continued to produce flowers each
season. The success of growing that lily inspired me to add
Asiatic, Oriental and Trumpet varieties in my perennial
flower beds.
The first ones to bloom each season in June are the
Asiatics. These lilies are the hardiest and multiply the
fastest They are also valuable to use as cut flowers. When
cutting a bouquet of lilies, remove not more than one-third
of the stem; the leaves left on the remaining stem help re
build the bulb for next year’s blooms. Even if there are
many buds on the cut stem along with a few open flowers,
the buds will eventually open into full bloom. A bouquet
of lilies will last for several days. I pick mine early in the
morning and place them in a bucket filled with luke-warm
water, leaving them in the bucket for a few hours before
arranging them in a vase. This seems to help the cut stems
to soak up enough moisture for the bouquet to last even
longer.
As the Asiatic lilies finish blooming, the different
varieties of Oriental and Trumpets first start blooming in
mid-July. I’ve chosen different ones to bloom from July to
August and the first of September. These lilies have the
most fragrance. On a warm sunny day the open blossoms
add fragrance to the garden. You only need to pick one or
two stems of these lilies to fill your house with their
perfume.
Lilies come in a wide range of colors: white,
yellow, orange, and shades of red from dark maroon to
light pink. Some are two-toned; also several are speckled
with dark crimson spots.
Lily bulbs are hardy, but it is most important that
they are planted in an area that has good drainage or the
bulbs will rot. 1 have planted them in raised beds or some
of the shorter-stemmed ones in containers. They need open
space, light and air. Emerging sprouts should not be
crowded. In the spring when the new growth begins to
show I weed out any of the perennials that have grown too
close.
Clay or sandy soil needs amendments of organic material.
If your soil is clay, add sand or perlite, compost and
commercial or well-aged manure. If the soi, is sandy, add
organic materials of compost, manure and wood products.
My soil was mostly clay and through the years I’ve added
peat moss, compost and a commercial amendment made up
of manure, wood products and sand. This mixture is
available to buy by the bag in most garden stores. Once a
year I also feed the established bulbs with slow-release 9-
16-16 fertilizer which comes in tablet form, burying the
tablets Cose to the bulbs. I also use this same fertilizer
when planting new bulbs.
I prefer to buy lily bulbs that have been grown in
the Pacific Northwest as the bulbs have been conditioned to
grow in similar conditions as my garden here on the
northwest PaCfic coast. I rarely have had to stake the taller
plants. As the plant grows the stems become stiffer,
adapting to coastal conditions. Gale force winds we have
here along the coast generally do not damage either stems
or buds, but could shred large open blossoms. Some of the
most beautiful lilies in the world are grown on the bluffs
overlooking the Pacific ocean on the west coast.
When buying bulbs from a nursery or from a
catalog company, plant them as soon as you can, as lily
bulbs never go dorm ant
I have bought many bulbs from the local nurseries,
also from a grower in Port Townsend, Wa. That’s called B
& D Lilies. To send for their catalog, the address is: B & D
Lilies, P.O. Box 2007, Port Townsend, Wa. 98368; by
telephone Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(Pacific time), 360-765-4341; FAX 360-765-4074; on-line,
www.bdlilies.com. Catalogs are sent in both fall and
spring.
Lilies bought through this catalog are only shipped
at the time they are to be planted regardless of when you
order, as they are kept in cold storage and are conditioned
to grow immediately at time of delivery. The bulbs that are
sent from this nursery are hand-inspected for mechanical
damage and soundness before packaging and they give
extra attention to quality and size of each bulb to assure
satisfaction..
My favorite lily this year that 1 had bought from
them was an oriental called Acapulco. Mine produced
three very fragrant bright deep pink blooms. The
information on this lily also said that once it’s established I
could eventually have about 5 or 6 blooms to a stalk... Lily
bulbs are more expensive than many plants; however you
only need a few to add beauty and fragrance to your
garden. Also especially the Asiatic hybrid bulbs will
multiply rapidly and in time you will have many more
plants.
Some information , ’ve given in this column was
taken from the B & D Lily Catalog.
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unused napkins ended up on Spruce Street in Ilwaco at 12 50 PM on July 6
The person paid for their snack with a five dollar b ill. A ll this I learned
from the receipt which also was in the crow ’ s lunch bag
The crow took a few jabs at the paper bag, stood on it with one foot
w hile extracting two chunks o f biscuit with its beak I figure the bag had
been on the street for less than a h alf hour, because my experience with
crows and stale crackers in our yard is, regardless o f an apparent absence
o f crows, it takes less than 30 minutes for a crow, constantly scanning from
the air, to spot something w ith food potential
M y first thought was that some thoughtless person had bought their
M cDonald’s food, driven south through Ilwaco, and threw the wrappers out the
car window, but on examining the receipt which said June 4, not even July 4,
that was unlikely Given this evidence, it’ s more likely the paper bag and
its contents were deposited in a trash receptacle roughly a month before,
and when the garbage truck came by with its mechanical hands and picked up
the can, the lid o f the receptacle opened, a breeze came by and lifted the
M cDonald’ s bag up and away from the truck and onto the street
That little bit o f litter had a slight and temporary impact on Ilwaco,
but M cDonald’ s impact in Long Beach is another story
Whether you like McDonald’s food or not, whether you patronize their
outlets or not, McDonald’ s plays an interesting role in our towns and
roadsides For some people, M cDonald’ s is a gastronomical security blanket
in terms o f obtaining reliable, predictable food in a strange community
I t ’s a place where most kids w ill eat something on the menu and one has to
admit, a lot o f adult Americans revere hamburgers as comfort food
On the other hand, M cDonald’ s symbolizes the worst in freeway
architecture, suburban sprawl, strip development, corporate cookie cutter
food and buildings, and disregard for any sense o f place McDonald’ s w ill
attempt to put exactly the same cheesy (is that to go or for here, sir?)
building among Santo Fe’ s adobe, Vermont’ s white clapboard, and any big
c ity ’ s high rise environment
It takes a tough, self-assured local government that is interested in
smart development, not just any development, to stand up to M cDonald’ s land
use attorneys and corporate architects Well, you probably never get to meet
their architects, those guys most likely toil away at headquarter, using
computers to put the same size McDonalds on a variety o f lots in a variety
o f communities, all with the same rooflines, signs and materials That is
part o f M cDonald’ s success They’re easily recognizable, even from the
freeway at sixty.
When you’ re driving through Long Beach, however, at 25 or 35 mph, a nice
sign w ith M c D ’ s fam iliar golden arches would probably be enough to attract
customers But perhaps business hasn’t been as good as some
bottom-line-oriented corporate accountant figured when M cDonald’s came to
Long Beach— for now the building is no longer the relatively subdued pastels
that were part o f McDonald’ s passing design review in Long Beach As i f the
flashy, south-facing playplace wasn’ t already enough to belie any attempt to
fit into the tow n’s scheme for aesthetics, a new red and white paint job,
w ith the subtlety o f a crowbar, has appeared, plus a similarly garish sign
out on the highway
Methinks they think i f they only advertised more, i f they only could
make sure everyone can find them, business w ill boom W ell, could be
management is missing the point When it comes to food, some o f us would
rather eat in locally owned places where we know the owners and expect the
unexpected And some o f us might even be driven away from eating at a place
which so blatantly thumbs its nose at community standards
Victoria Stoppielio writes from Ilwaco, at the lower left comer o f
Washington State
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