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Show 4D Garden Bari: Versatile 'Tool' Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, May 4, 1983 ' A 7 I One of the most versatile landscaping tools available to todays home gardener is bark. With the wide variety of sizes, color and textures of bark available at most nurseries, garden centers, hardware and large chain stores, the homeowner can produce professional land- into ches in size) are called mininuggets. e Most decorative bark is processed from evergreen tree bark producing a ground cover that is and atpractical, (one-quart- three-quart- er high-grad- rustic-loo- king long-lastin- g tractive. And there is ample opportunity to use bark creatively in both large and small areas. Todays typical townhouse scaping effects within the bounds of reasonable cost and effort. Decorative bark, according to the National Bark Producers Association grade standards, usually means bark over, inch in particle size. However, there is considerable gradation in uniformity,, color and texture, adding to barks landscape versatility. the larger chunks, over of an inch in diameter, are generally referred to as nuggets. The smaller chunks with its tiny patch of ground space in front and back of the property is ideal for creative use of bark. Bark nuggets applied to there areas, enhance the beauty and utility of the space while reducing maintenance to near zero. one-quart- er three-quarte- er Lawn mowing and the need rs for the mower itself can be eliminated and new found storage space can be adapted for 0tproperly applied bark needs each year to only a light topping offset decomposition. In larger landscaped areas homes, outside of works well around the barque pit, pool, patio, driveway, and play areas. Tedious clipping and edging of grass is elminiated by applyin pering bark around trees, manent flower beds and around is as walkways. Mowing grass as a powas easy er mower will now do all the right up to the bark single-famil- y e, cutting 6d6 Bark mulch can be applied at Initial any time of the year. should of bark applications me-asu- re four to six inches in depth, although variations on this general rule should be made to adapt to the site and its Test Garden Soil Regularly to Get Return on Fertilizer Investment to find As the land is cropped, Lamborn expects High interest rates and research findings point This in deficient potassium. up the importance of regular soil sampling and more soils becoming more with soils and sandy now seen is deficiency testing. land irrigated from mountain streams. USU soil scientists say phosphorus and potasHe advises that you regularly have your soil sium are soil nutrients that will stay in the soil needs are. until used by the crop. They dont leach out with tested to determine what the fertilizer can be benefit immediate the water. Putting more on than the current crop In that way greatest fertilizer. for needs is like putting money in the bank, but obtained from dollars spent Lamborn cautions those wanting their sou testwithout it drawing interest. Find out if you need to fertilize first, advises ed to first obtain instructions from the county extension office on taking a proper soil sample. Reuel E. Lamborn, director, Utah State Universiwill help assure that ty soils and crop testing laboratory. Theres no Following those instructions the sample will be representative of all the soil in use buying more and putting it on just for insur' the field. ance. Interest cost on money is too high for that. he said,, just grab a Too many people, Utah farmers have long recognized the value of it in a plastic bag of shovelful put soil, or applying phosphorus, especially on their alfalfa. handful Studies indicate returns of from $20 to $50 per and take or send it in. It may only be representaacre in added hay production are achieved from tive of one spot or of the surface two inches of soil applying $5 worth of phosphate to soil deficient in where manure was put on last year. If you want maximum value from your soil this nutrient. on USU Recent Utah soils that testing, you must try to take the smples accordexperiments tested low in potassium and were irrigated with ing to the instructions provided by the county low potassium water also revealed economic agent and heed recommendations from the soils value in adding this nutrient. laboratory, Lamborn added. . SWEEPING branches of the birch tree give it a graceful appeal. Fragile Appearance Birch Tree Needs Special Care clump, bronze, and By CHERYL ARCHIBALD ' Review Correspondent In BOUNTIFUL its stateliness, with bleached bark trunk reaching up, showering delicate leaves that shimmer in slight breezes, the birch captivates all who love beauty. On crewel embroidered cloths and painted canvasses, artists have tried to capture its simple elegance. To own one is to protect it, nurture it, and fear its death. But, according to Albert Smith, garden manager at J&L Garden Center, "Theyre not as delicate as some would think. He said that a couple of years ago some birch trees in the Davis area died from winter kill and some are lost each year because of insects or improper planting. Varieties of birches in this area are the white, willow, river birch. The river birch is native to Utah. Birches have shallow, fibrous, hair roots, and if one is planted too deep and kept too wet, the roots will be injured, said Smith. It must be planted at the same level as it was in the nursery, and the hole must be three times as big as the root system. "Plenty of mulch and topsoil must be used to pack around the roots, and a stimulator must be applied, said Smith. Any young birch tree has to . deterrant. It must be sprayed over the entire tree. Bronze-birc- h borers are burrowing insects that leave a clue that they are holed-u- p in the hole is the tree. A give away. Lindane must be applied to the bark of the birch immediately, because the borers kill rapidly, eating the inner bark so no sap can flow inside the tree. To protect birch trees from these pests, a dormant spray can be applied before any leaves appear. After the leaves be protected, said Smith. The appear, Malathion can be bark is thin and must be wrapp- sprayed over the tree. An applied with tree wrap the first cation of Lindane to the trunk in season. June will guard against the The spittle bug is one of the tormentors of the birch tree. Spittles exude a frothy, substance for their young. Malathion, according to Smith, is the best borers. Just be sure not to spray the leaves with Lindane, says Smith. Because it will burn WALK-BEHIN- D THATS A STEP AHEAD! This is a very special opportunity for you to d own the first mower fine enough to bear the Ariens name. 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