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The INDEPENDENT, April 18, 2002 Plant, book sale at Banks Library The Annual Plant and Book Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Banks Public Library will be held Saturday, April 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Banks Public Library, 111 Mar ket Street. A preview night for members of Friends of the Library will be Friday, April 26, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Membership will be available at the door. A nice selection of perenni als and shrubs will be available at great prices. Hardback and paperback books and maga zines will also be available at low prices. For more information, call Karen Ballard at 503-324- 8733. The hardest job that people have to do is move religion from their throats to their muscles. ——— —— — Can Ton Dig It? By Schann Nelson I intend to write once a month about what is happening in my garden. By sharing what I have done that works—and doesn’t work—hopefully others will be inspired to plant something. The joy of growing things is available to everyone, whether in a few small pots or a large garden plot. In our temperate climate we are blessed with an environment that will allow almost every thing to grow. Some things take more effort and special treatment, but persistence pays off. One of the best things about the yard and garden at this time of year is seeing the results of previous work. The bulbs planted in the fall with such loving care, are poking their heads out. Plant divisions, watered religiously over the summer to keep them alive, are growing vigorously. Shrubs, berries, and fruit trees dormant for the winter are beginning to show signs of life and the promise of bounty. Every year I plant peas with a lot of faith but probably very lit tle sense. Since my vegetable garden is ten raised beds I go out in late January and cover one or two beds with clear plastic. This keeps the cold drenching winter rains off the beds and even the slightest amount of sun warms the soil. By the middle or end of February I can go out, fork over a bed and plant peas. This year I planted ‘New Century’ shelling peas and ‘Mega’ snap peas. A month ago both were coming up nicely. Unfortunately, it looks like the voles really like the taste of very young shelling peas. I can Church Directory V ernonia F oursquare C hurch A ssembly of G od Pastor Paul Pastor 850 Madison Avenue Vernonia, 503 429-1103 Darwin Harvey, Pastor 662 Jefferson Vernonia, 503 429-4615 Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday School Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship 6 00 p m Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. Evening Service Youth Ministry Children’s Ministry Nursery Available Men’s Ministry 7:45 a.m. 3rd Saturday each month V ernonia C ommunity C hurch Grant Williams, Pastor 957 State Avenue Vernonia, 503 429-6790 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Children's Church w/Nursery Sunday Youth Group Junior High 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Senior High 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Wed. 7:00 p.m. Women’s Bible Study, Thurs. 7:00 p.m. G race R eformed B aptist C hurch D.J. Dickey, Pastor Grant & North Streets Vernonia, 503 429-1919 Sunday Services: Adult Prayer & Children's Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:15 a.m. Evening Worship 5:00 p.m. Wednesday Service: All Family Bible Study, 7:00 p.m. Page 7 Men’s Study, Tuesday 10:30 a.m. Women’s Study, Wednesday 1:30 p.m. Youth & Kids , Thursday 7:00 p.m. F irst B aptist C hurch John Cahill, Pastor 359 “A" Street Vernonia, 503 429-1161 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship Saturday, 6:00 p.m. N ehalem V alley B ible C hurch 500 California Ave Vernonia, 503 429-5378 Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Nursery available C hurch of J esus C hrist of L atter D ay S aints Lee Knowlton, Branch President 1350 E. Knott Street Vernonia, 503 429-7151 Sacrament Meeting, Sunday 10 a.m Sunday School & Primary 11:20 a.m Relief Society, Priesthood and Young Women, Sunday 12:10 p.m. S eventh D ay A dventist Kevin Reiner, Pastor, 543-2254 2nd Ave. and Nehalem St. Vernonia, 503 429-8301 Sabbath School 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting, Wed. 7:00 p.m. S t . A ugustine (C anterbury ) E piscopal C hurch The Rev. Robert Grafe, Pastor 375 North St. (Vernonia Grange Hall) Vernonia, 503 429-3700 Sunday Services 10:00 a.m. C hristian C hurch Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m. S t . M ary ’ s C atholic C hurch Pastoral Associate Juanita Dennis 960 Missouri Avenue Vernonia, 503 429-8841 Mass Schedule Sunday 12 Noon Religious Education Sunday 10:30 a.m. Joel Stith, Pastor 410 North Street Vernonia, 503 429-6522 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Every Wednesday: Ladies' Bible Study 9:15 a.m. Children’s Choir 3:00 p.m. Family Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Women's Fellowship, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m. - literally see little rodent tooth marks in the seeds left on the sur face of the remaining seeds. Today I am replanting with ‘Oregon Trail’ shelling peas, though it seems awfully late to plant a pea with a 120-day maturity date, even if is supposed to be enation resistant. Last year I spent a lot of time moving, and dividing things in the perennial flowerbeds. The irises are coming up, though I don’t expect much bloom for a couple of years. The daffodils are, of course glorious, like they are all over town, and the row of ‘King Alfred’ bright, tall, yellow trumpets that I moved to the front of the bed, and that I see as I drive in my driveway is coming along nice ly. I’ve inter-planted the daffodils with the hardy bright yellow prim rose and some blue grape hyacinths. By next year it should be a solid row of riotous yellow to welcome spring with a little blue to mellow it later in the season. Also coming along nicely is a long row of daffodils I moved two years ago. As my Uncle Ralph says, “Once you plant daffodils you will always have them.” Suffering from overcrowding, I dug them up planted them along the hedge at the front of the yard. Last year, there were very few blooms but this year there are quite a few. Since I have both early and late varieties of daffodils planted in both sun and partial shade, I can pick daffodils into the month of May, most years. Last fall I chanced upon an inspiring book, The Art of the Kitchen Garden, by Jan and Michael Gertley. The Gertleys have studied the famous European “knot” and monastic gardens that were created to be both beautiful and bountiful. They keep their beds small and easily maintained from heavily mulched paths. Annuals such as parsley, marigolds, lobelia, and alyssum, replace the boxwood hedges of Italian renaissance gardens. Included are well laid-out geometric designs, based on a Japanese family crest, an American quilt block, and a Celtic knot, for planting mixed gardens of vegetables and flowers. Of course, these include a HUGE number of border annuals (several flats), far beyond my means. I have, however, used their ideas and planted a bed of cabbages, with garlic creating a diamond pattern around the cabbages. Hopefully, the design will be successful. I have planted garlic or onions with cabbages in the past and noticed sig nificantly less predation by cabbage moths so, at least, I expect that to hold true. Soon my tomatoes will be in the ground under hot caps. I order plants from Territorial Seed Company and, as usual, I’ve probably ordered far more than I can use. This year it was way too cold to set them out, so I potted them up. They’ve progressed from the two-inch pots they arrived in, to four-inch pots, and have been kept under lights. They loved it! This year I’m growing the follow ing varieties: Stupice, Legend, Willamette, First Lady, Fantastic, Seatle’s Best of All, Persimmon, Tiger-Like, German Cherry, Sund Gold and Sweet Million. It’s so-o-o-o great to taste that first gar den tomato and if I can get it by the Fourth of July I feel enor mously successful. The misty weather we’ve been having is great for transplanti ng. Though you need rain gear to do it, moving things around when a light mist is falling is extremely successful. Plants set out as transplants, or moved from one spot in the yard to another, hardly even know they’ve been moved and just keep right on growing. There is a narrow window at this time of year, and again in the fall, between the ground being too wet to work in and too dry for much success. I love working in the yard at this time of year because any effort made has such great dividends. Weeds, slugs and yellow-jackets controlled now will be much less of a problem later. Unhappy perennials can be moved to a better loca tion for more sun or shade, or better drainage, and be beautiful by June. Now all I need is the time to get out in the yard. Enjoy digging in the ground. Start fertilizing houseplants and thinking bout taking them outside for their summer vacation. Plan your vegetable garden, try new varieties, put a few herbs in pots to grow in a sunny window. Happy gardening!
