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Show A fine line: Oyttsni edlie in y araen ios8ir. ti P T e to edge flower beds. gardeners sometimes edged beds with 11 .4 rows of upturned bottles. A lice of Oood gardeners draw the fine ' upside-dow- n line between flower beds and the clay flower pots would have a similar " effect. rest of the garden in the most ingenious ways. Rocks, conch shells, Perhaps the simplest border of all, a sharp edge between lawn and tiles, low boxglazed or terra-cott- a rose bed cut with a spade, is very wood hedges, stout planks and soland not hard to dierly bricks do more than enforce maintain. the decisions you've made about John Parkinson, a shape and location of flower beds. described a garden horticulturist, They decorate the garden, adding St form, color and texture to the comedged with sheep shanks,' buried knuckle up. In the 19th century, a position. novelist wrote of a "contempla-- i edges may stop a few weeds from sneaking into the tive " gardener who collect flower beds, but that is not their "short ham bones ... and made o main role. Edges are the strokes them a border round my wife' flower bed. The bones stuck ur? that outline our ideas and give the a garden its identity. Whatever they straight a few inches above th are made of, they should compleground, all along the edge of thf vf ment the house and reflect the garbed, and die marrow cavity of eacf one was filled with earth, in whio den's style and the gardener's taste. she had planted seeds." -- : . f Green borders of boxwood, Borders of bones might rai ' yew or neatly clipped ribbons of eyebrows in certain gardening ct, art cles today, but germander or rosemary around an herb garden create a formal look. ingenious edging is part of th, Tore";TS, violets, strawberries and game of gardening. Black plasti otht. plants that tend to sprawl are seem yef edging just doesn't " more informal and will look better 1 sporting. ' , around flower beds in a ldSh cotSOURCES ' tage garden than in a formal garPenny Bouvette's historic gar, den that demands den tile reproductions are avai " lines. able through Walt Nickels Garde "Hard" edges of stone or brick r. Talk, P.O. Box 433, Topsfieli suit gardens of any style. Mass. 01983; (508) U Wherever bricks are commonly tiles are approximately 8 inch used in building, they naturally wide by 8 inches tall, and weigh ) Lany Vtorfcman photo migrate into gardens. Terra-cott- a material 5 pounds each. Five tiles, $60 to with link to a Bouvette's Gardener the past. Edges Penny reproduction garden gant edging roofing tiles, buried partway, give Mortise and tenon frames ft tiles, such as the sunflower design, are easy, ele- - are the strokes thai outline ideas. the garden a pretty, scalloped finbeds are available throug raised old slates look very ishing touch; antique edging tiles emerged from for 245 tiles, was from the Historic something that looked colonial." Hugh Davis at The Farmstec distinguished. Seashells are often the earth one n in Foundation The Davises day in Penny Savannah Broad Hill Road, Leverett, Mas used to make graceful borders Bouvette's Ga. made of 01054; (413) 548-925are frames for raised beds in them all She cast Savannah, garden. Prici around flower beds near the coast. " "I was renovating my house, her dining room. Now Bouvette white cedar, which resists rot and available on request. Willow wands, or any other flexiI somelittle of and this five saw differto weathers a makes of free-lanrustic, gray. Ross tip silvery is a reproductions ble branches, can be woven into gal Marty He also makes fence den wnter. She is the gardenu low fences to support flowers and thing sticking out of the ground," ent garden tiles. she says.-Shdug up a number of Hope and Hugh Davis of sections, which are part of a design columnist for The Kansas CL keep them in their place. Ideas for edging material may old garden tiles right by the back Leverett, Mass., design their own borrowed from a "big sophisticatStar, a contributing .editor ft ed cottage garden" the couple saw American come from anywhere. The great stairs. They were so striking that historical garden edging. HomeStyle "We have terrible soil here and in England, Hope says. The origiEnglish garden designer Rosemary she made a mold and started castGardening, and writes frequent Verey laid out a garden with edges ing more of them. When word got we needed raised beds in order to nals were made to throw together for national gardening magazines of old worn-otrowels, buried to around, the tiles became her liveligarden," Hugh says. Their house as lambing pens. You don't have to buy anything the hilt. In Charleston, S C., hood. Bouvette's first big order, was built in 1723, and "we wanted By MARTY T:DSS Universal Old-tim- Press Syndicate good-lookin- . Iv ft g, 17th-centur- y: d3 Well-defin- if r, w laser-straig- : W X .;y. good-looki- ng ht 887-338- 8. mortise-and-teno- 5. ce 19th-centu- ry ut on u?els:;i Real estate answers: Seller disclosure By GEORGE KARVEL Newspapers Q. Last year the entire drain field of my septic system had to be redone at a cost of nearly $3,000. ' The company I hired to put in a new drain field discovered that the old drain field had been altered, despite there being no recent permits on record indicating the alteration. The house had undergone a major remodeling in 1977, with, the old drain field draining under the new addition and altered from its original construction in 1967. The people who sold me the house in 1992 did die remoeding themselves, as well as the septic system (neighbors verified this). According to the disclosure statement at the time of purchase, there was no problem with the septic system. Do I have any recourse against the sellers? A. You may have recourse for Knight-Ridd- . the seller's failure to disclose potential problems with the septic system, particularly the noncompliance with the building code installation requirements. There also may be. a violation of state health, safety, sanitation and groundwater quality standards. The seller's obligation to disclose depends on the laws of your state and the language of your purchase agreement. Depending on Beckie Herring 373-24- 18 the statute of limitations, you may have waited too long to bnng legal action. 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