SPARROWS IN THE bird bath were a common sight at the

*HIMSELF’ photo

_Lang residence last year.

Planti

our half

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If you have a cement birdbath it
probably should be emptied,
scrubbed out with a wirebrush,
washed out with a dilute solution
of bleach and water, and then
refilled with clean water.

I'm going outside right now and
do that very thing. I feel like the
worst kind of housekeeper when I
see the robins splashing madly in
empty, grubby bath that is

TeeReview Wednesday, March 18, 1992 — A2I

doubtless contaminated with old
leaves and other wintry debris.

If you have a plastic birdbath
you could probably bring it inside
and tidy it up there, before getting
it back out in the garden.

We get such a kick out of
watching the birds bathe.

The sparrows are especially
funny, as they take communal
baths, and splash like a bunch of

Take the time to scrub and clean
that cement bird bath in the backyard

kids having a water war.

The robins seem to bathe singly,
but we always have to refill the
bath after the starlings have had a
tum.

I’ve never caught them at it, but
suspect they bail the water out
with small buckets when we aren’t
looking, because after a Starling
swim the pool is always empty.

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Mangolds Feb. 20 - Mar 10 1/4” deep 75° - 80° May Sun
Mimulus May Feb. 1 - Mar 15 1/4” deep 70° - 80° May - June Sun
Ice Plant (Mesemb) March 15 Uncovered 70° May - June Sun
Ipomea May 15 Apnil 15 1/4” deep 70° June Sun
Forget-Me-Not (P) June - Aug. Dec. - Jan. Complete darkness 54° May Shade
Nicotiana May 15th Mar 10 - Apr 1 Uncovered 75° May. Sun or Shade
Nasturtium May 1 - 20th 1/2” deep Warm soil May - June Sun
Nemesia Apul Feb. - April 1/4” deep Cool May Sun/shade
Pansy March 15th Dec. - Feb. 15 1/8” (complete dark) 70° - 75° March Shade
Petunias Feb. - Mar Uncovered 80° May Sun
Chinese Lantem (P) June Mar 1 - 15th 1/8" deep 60° - 70° May Sun/shade
Phlox May 10 Feb. 15 - Apr 1 1/8” deep (complete dark) 60° - 65° May. Sun
Portulaca May 20 Jan. 15 - Mar 15 1/8” deep 70° May 15 Sun
Poppy (annual) Apu 30 - June 30 Rake in Sun
Pyrethrum (P) July Mar 1 - 1/8” deep TEP May Sun
Primula (P) Feb - Apnil Uncovered 70° Fall Sun/shade
Ricinus June Before May 1 1/2” deep 80° June 1 Sun
Rudbeckia May Mar 1 - 15 1/4” deep 70° May Sun
Salpiglossis June 1 Mar 1 - 15 Uncovered (total dark) 80° May - June Shade
Scabiosa (P) Sept 1 - 15 Mar 1 - 15 1/4”. deep 60° June 1 Sun
Schizanthus May. 1 Jan. 1 Uncovered (total dark) 60° May - June Sun/shade
Salvia May 30 Feb. - Mar 15 Uncovered BS May - June Sun
Snapdragon May 5 - 15 Feb. - Mar 15 1/8” (cover w/clear plastic) 70° May - June Sun
Stocks Apnil 1 Mar 15 1/8” deep 80° May - June Sun
Statice (P) Apnil 15 Mar 15 Rake seed in 60° May - June Sun/shade
Sweet Peas March Feb. - Mar 15 1/2” deep 55° Apnil Sun/shade
~ Sweet William (P) Apr 15 - Aug. 15 Feb. 15 - Rake seed in 60° Apni - June Sun
Thunbergia June 1 Feb. 15 - Mar 15 1/4” deep 75° = 80° May - June Sun/shade
Tritoma (P) June Apnil 1/4” deep 80° Apnil - June Sun
Viscania Feb. 1 - Apr 10 1/4” deep 65° May - July Sun
Verbena May 15 Feb. - Apr 1 1/8” deep 70° May - July Sun
Veronica (P) May 15 Rake in 55° - 60° Sun
Zinnias Mar 20 - Apr 1 1/8” deep 80° June Sun
Wallflowers June 1/4” deep 50° - 60° Sept. Sun/shade
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April, May thin to 18” Eggplant — — May 15-Jun 10 1 Le
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Apr. 1-on a 1’ Radishes —— 1/8” every 2 wks. 3F 6’
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