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Wednesday, March 18,1992 — A22

Recipe for drying flowers

This recipe is thanks to Jennifer
Chandler from ‘‘Let’s Cook
Microwave.”

For best results use roses,
"mums, daisies, asters, pansies, or
flowers with thick petals. A sug-
gestion is to’ dry one flower to
judge the results.

Ingredients necessary are one
pound silica gel, or a bag of kitty
litter. Also necessary are brush,
scissors, toothpicks, florist’s wire,
florist tape, plus fresh flowers.

Dry immediately after picking.
Leave a half-inch stem on each
flower.

In an eight-by-four inch glass
loaf pan, or a shoebox, layer
one-half inch litter or gel on
bottom. Spoon gel onto, around,
and between petals, using a toot-
hpick to spread it.

Microwave on high together
with one cup of water in oven for
1-2 minutes.

(Time will vary with size of
flower). Rest 30 minutes, or over-
night on a flat surface. Remove

blossoms with a toothpick. Attach
florist’s wire making a hook
through top of flower, and care-
fully remove gel (litter) from buds
with a brush.

Wrap wire with florist’s tape
beginning at flower end. If not
quite dry hang upside down to
dry). Make flower arrangement.

A plastic spray will help pre-
serve flowers.

Dry leaves separately for one
minute on high. Flowers should be
only half open, and firm. Yellow
flowers maintain their color beau-
fully. Try daffodils.

Do not attempt to dry wet flow-
ers. Cut blooms early in the morn-
ing and refrigerate for best results.

Custard cups with kitty litter
may be used for single blossoms.

What io put in hanging baskets

Every gardener will have some
ideas about what to put in a
hanging basket.

Moss baskets are the ultimate in
luxury for plants, of course, but if
you will keep plastic or wooden
baskets well watered and regularly
fertilized they can also be beauti-
ful. ~

Baskets to be hung in the shade
may be planted with ferns, ivy,
impatiens, lobelia, fuchsias, tuber-
ous begonias, nepeta, pansies, lil-
ies of the valley, bleeding hearts
and violas.

Hanging baskets for sunny areas
could contain nasturtiums, lobelia,
ageratum, anemonies, pinks, com
flowers, bachelor buttons, alyssum,
baby’s breath, viscaria, schizan-

thus, nemesia, marigolds, scabi-

HIBISCUS CAN be put outdoors once hot summer days
arrive, with beautiful flowers the result.

osa, salvia, dwarf Zinnias, gera-
niums, plus canary vine, mimulus,
sweet William, thunbergia, vinca
.. almost anything that doesn’t
grow too tall and loves the sun
should look marvelous in a hang-
ing basket.

Space out
bird houses

If you are putting up a bird
house or two this year, space
them well apart, since many
birds compete for territory,
and just can’t bring them-
selves to share.

Bird boxes should face
either East or North to keep
the sun from overheating the
house.

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