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Porch, Window
Boxes Beautify
Modern Homes
Br Li l. LIE L MADSEV of soil should be used.
' There is no denying It, a mod-! For most annual flowers, at
trn functional type house is rath- j least six hours of sun 1 day is
er a "plain Jane" tu look at from j necessary and this requires a
the street, compared with the at-jsouth exposure. The best sub
tractively symmetrical and orna-jects are those of dwarf or trail
jnental iacade of traditional de- i ing habit, the latter drooping ies
ijgn, toons of bloom from the boxes.
It ma? never have the dignity Petunias of the balcony type are
of a pillard southern mansion,
excellent, as are the tall nastur-
but its Informal air and spread-! tlum- the, giant morning glories.
ing lines can be made home-like ID"' Prtuiuaa, marigolds, ager
ind inviting by growing flowers 'turn, calliopsis, annual pinks, lo
in window boxes and plantups bolia. dwarf morning glories,
luch as the architects often pro-1 Phl nd veB unniaa do well
ide. j in the window box.
1 If your architect forgot this de- Boxes which spend most of the
tail, it is a simple do-it-yourself . day in the shade offer a special
job to mafce them and fill them problem. If the shade is that of
Twith floral color during the sum- a building, perhaps only foliage
mer, and evergreen boughs in plans can be grown, such as the
.-. winter. lovely, colorful caladiums, or cro-
For a standard single window, . tonS( rubber plants and even ferns.
box a1 feet long, 8 inches i.
I deep and 10 inches wide is aj
f-J1 Divide Bathroom
longer porch planters need not
be deeper or wider for good re-
Z Is. , Dividing your- bathroom into
imnic of the. box s a decora- compartments , is an inexpensive
tion to the house; make it of I way tn oBlain the usefulness of a
suitable size and a color to second bathroom. When space per
i match the house color or trim. nuis, one compartment "can en
! Rich soil, of the type which close the toilet and another com-
florists call potting soil, must be ! partment, the bathtub.
I sed for window boxes. Because! The addition of twin lavatories
I mere is so litle of it to Iced the I equipped with countertops and cab-'.
ic.s, ii nouia oe well ter- inets and sufficiently large mir
tilized. A tablespoon of balanced ' ors will permit two persons to
plant food for each square foot wash at the same time.
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RON BLl'NDELL, 2910 Pioneer. Drive, spends bis evenings, when the light hours grow longer, la hta yard
-as it many ether homeewaers Is Salem's growing residential areas. Here he Is studying the landscap
ing plans and trying to Imagine what all that brown soil will look like when It turns Into a bright green
new lawn. (Joe Tompkins Photo) ' ' -
j,f , dj ) ) In painting a ceiling
Plastic pipe of the semi-flexible
polyethylene type which does not
'burst if water freezes in it, has
opened new fields of garden im
provements for the do-it-yourself
home handyman. .
1 Because this P'P can be laid
just under the sod at, a depth
of no more than J to 4 inches,
and calls for no complicated drain
ing system, outdoor plumbing proj
ects art made easy for the ama
teur. Pools Bad Waterfalls
Goldfish ponds for the garden
can be kept constantly supplied
with fresh water, miniature foun
tains and waterfalls can be con
structed, underground lawn sprin
kling systems (an be laid, bird
baths can be erected and con
venient hose outlets can be pro
vided in far corners of a property
Deep trenching of, S feet or
more is eliminated in the use of
plastic pipe. The material is
handled similarly to regular gar
den hose. ' Lengths of this ma
terial can be joined with plastic
couplings and stainless steel
clamps. A screwdriver and a
sharp knife are the only tools
required.
An easv wav to build a (arden
fish pool is to run plastic pipe'...
from a nearby host bib to the! XAnNnftfirH
pond. Excavate and shape a de
pression for the pond. No con
crete form is needed. The soil
will give you a shaping that will
'be even enough. -
Ready-Mix Is Bandy
The quickest way to line this
pool is use ready-mixed dry con
crete available in hardware stores
and building supply houses. This
mixture of cement and sand needs
only the addition of enough water
to make it workable. If you prefer
to mix your own concrete, a mix-
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MAIN INTO
GRAVEL FILLED
DRY WEIL
DIAGRAM for an easy-to-kaUd gwidllM paad. atiag pUttle pipe.
drain with a dry-well or other dis
posal with a length of plastic
pipe. Use another length, con
nected lo the dry-well for an over
flow to keep the water in the pool
at a desired depth.
A fringe of rocks around the
pool will give you an attractive
rock garden.
Remodclcrs
Still Favor
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lapping the strip you have
painted with a brush. Roll a
second and third strip in the
same way, overlapping each strip
slightly. Thon to level 4he-pint, (Ure
roil across me sirips. Loniinue pnrnanrt ramnnt thmiin ba Ho.
quate,
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you can
go to town wXh a roller if you over the ceiling in this manner,
pamUtheair5l..WUnlJctp.ui pe sure ?oineenurLintthe j,olc wittj bflut 2 inches
inch brush. .Experts recommend ceiling at one session. This' will 0f concrete, sloping the bottom to
rolling forward and back, over-' prevent lap marks from showing. ward a drain hole. Connect the
Vegetables Add
Beauty to Ga rden
Gypsum wall board has become
a basic material lor most nome
remodeling projects. For adding a
room to a house, whether finishing
an attic, enclosing a breezeway or;
porch, or converting a garage into
living quarters, this material pro
vides virtually prefabricated plas
ter in easy-to-handla sheets 4 by
I In size.
High in fire resistance, gypsum
wallboard can be used In either
single '"snects or double. When
doubled one layer Is installed with
the nanels runnine horizontally
v pans saira 10 one pan i an(j the other vertically.
The use of gypsum wallboard is
known bi drywall
A vegetable garden can be
beautiful. Professional gardeners,
who devote their lives to main
taining the beauty of private es
tates, take pride lo their vegetable
plantings.
The beauty of vegetable plot
lies in its order, with crops grow
ing in straight parallel rows,
plants properly thinned to give
them room, rows squared with
plot boundaries, and not a weed
to be seen. ,
Not only beauty, but efficiency
is gained by such a layout One
quick trip with a wheel boe down
the straight aisle between two
rows will destroy hundreds of
weed sprouts, in a fraction of the
time required to cultivate a dis
orderly garden.
Rows should be spaced with
varying distances between them,
depending on two factors: The
-the erop, and the con
venience of cultivation. In rich
the rows.
Crops (rowing twelve Inches
tall or less may be placed It
inches to a foot apart if cultivated
with hand tools. For a wheel hoe, ,
eighteen inches is likely to be a
minimum distance to avoid dis
turbing the roots of the vegeta
bles. Taller vegetables, and these that
make vines, large bushes, or have
a sprawling habit, must be given
more distance between rows, la
small gardens, 4 feet will usually
be the maximum distance, given
only for such crops as bush squash
and cucumbers;
After you know where the rows
are to be, a line should be
stretched to mark the first row.
construction. !- vegetables may be spaced:
You. can paint or wallpaper immo- niore closely than In poor: but1
diately, instead of waiting for when spaced too close together,
months for walls to dry out. 1 it Is difficult to cultivate between
IARCI GRAFTED
HOLLY TREES
PERENNIALS
fall Weekends, or After I p.m.
Sam Wrlnmsa, till N. ComX
A level concrete driveway can I To build an outdoor shuffle- j but If space is lacking the court
do double duty by serving as a board court on , a specially con- can be scaled down. Special home
shufflcboard court for the outdoor structed concrete slab may cost size equipment includes discs and
season. Some painted lines and! as much as $230. A 'second-best; cues about two-thirds regulation
numbers to mark scoring areas
and a few items of equipment
hard fiber discs and ' aluminum
cues are all that it takes.
is to use a flat section of a drive
way. A regulation size court will
measure about 52 feet in length,
Why New Survey
Is Important
An Atlanta man bought I lot
oil a curving street in a sub
division where frontages av
eraged 70 feet and lots extend
ed some 350 feet in depth. He
built a house without having
engineer check on his bound
aries. After the house was
completed, he found that he
had used the front corners of
his lot and the rear corners
of the adjoining lot in placing
the house. Both his mortgage
and title were in jeopardy,
with the house being too close
to his real boundary. He was
required to buy the adjoining
lot- ..
George F. Anderson, legal
expert of the National Assn.
of Real Estate Boards, in cit
ing this case, observed: "Not
to get a survey before build
ing is nearly always a pitfall.
The "man was lucky to be
able to buy the adjoining lot,
as L assume, at a reasonable
price. This situation is a per
fect setup for extortion."
Extension Phone
Adds Convenienc
More than one telephone in
your home not only goes far as
a modernization convenience but
also serves as a safety device.
Many persons have besn hurt in
falls while running upstairs or
size fos use on a shuffleboard
court 30 to 35 feet In length.
The game, incidentally, is more
than 500 years old.
down to answer the phone.
The handiest extension phone
is portable. It can be plugged
into jacks in various rooms. A
permanent phone may be in the
kitchen, while jacks for a port
able phone can be provided at
writing desk or at a bed table.
One phone in a house must be
stationary so that its bell will
ring even if you fail to plug in
your portable phone.
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