Show Homefront Crossword 10 :Win at Bridge 11 9 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday October 7 1996 At last! A deer product that works Little green thumbs By Mark Anderson Last week I went outside to water some trees I planted two months ago and could not believe my eyes My cistena plums becthel crab and flowering pear were missing half Qf their leaves! They have done in the e very well this year putting on some lush new growth before the cold weather slowed them down And I have diligently A R watered them so why would they lose their leaves? After closer inspection I found the culprit hoof-prin- ts and leaves pointed straight at our - half-nibbl- ed friendly neighborhood herd of deer Unfortunately these garden pests are here to stay and they love to eat our arborvitae tulips geraniums vegetables and almost everything else we enjoy looking at or eating in our gar- D dens Gardeners have attempted many meth- ods' for discouraging E frightening or prohibiting deer from browsing on their beloved plants Hot pepper sprays repellents chicken wire balloons M human hair fences sirens dogs reflective tape sprinklers and any number of other methods have all resulted in some success and are worth experimenting with to some extent However they all have their own drawbacks: expense short duration overpowering odor Scrippi Howard News Photos For the Prices of Alabama gardening is noisy inconvenient etc Wouldn’t it be nice to have just one product that you only have to use once or twice a year that doesn’t stink or look ugly or chase away the neighbors instead of the deer? Well there is a new product out that promises just that and guess what? It actually works This new product is called Bitrex It is a premixed latex-base- d repellent that sprays on milky dries clear and tastes horTible When applied properly this product will discourage deer from feeding on shrubs ornamental plants (such as bedding plants roses and tulips) conifers and deciduous trees Because of its latex base it won’t wash off in ram or snow Rebecca Taylor Scripps Howard News Sendee “If your child loves fish you can do a fish shape You can do a dinosaur shape also of course depending on how much room you have” By 2 Also unlike many other repellents Bitrex has no unpleasant odor a family affair Here Sarah 5 and Temple 3 weed while Sally and Lew supervise It is safe for plants (no cases of phototoxicity have been recorded) and for humans (it has been used for years to prevent children from biting their nails) The only drawback to this new product is its cost It only comes ready to use and is quite expensive But if the deer are destroying your plants and garden it is cheaper than replacing plants and trees When using Bitrex a few precautions must be followed Always always wear gloves and wash your hands thoroughly aftet spraying Trust me you don’t want to get this on your hands and then touch your mouth Also spray only when the Above: Sarah smells an herb she grew herself Right Sarah helps her mother with the harvest ally Price’s children don’t know the difference between annuals and perennials they don’t know whether a specific plant needs sun or shade But Sarah 5 and Temple 3 are already budLew will ding gardeners No doubt also begin horticulture training in another year or two Under her guidance Price’s children have planted and grown radishes and lettuce They’ve planted bulbs in the fall and watched them sprout in the spring and they’ve planted zinnias for more immediate gratification They even — willingly — help rake the leaves The trick to teaching children about gardening — or just about any activity — is to make it fun for them Price says Price of Birmingham Ala says that with fall’s arrival children should be included in the season’s gardening projects such as planting bulbs She suggests planting bulbs in interesting designs such as a face of yellow daffodils with a red tulip smile and blue iris eyes she says “Over the years it will fill in a lot But initially when the kids are young they can see it come up” In her family she digs the holes and the children throw in the bulbs and cover them with dirt Then they water together “Granted those don’t come up right away” Price says “They’ll forget about it all winter and then in the spring you can go back out there and show them which is a lot of fun” See THUMBS on Page 16 temperature is between 40 and 90 degrees If applied in the fall (which I would highly recommend if you have had trouble in the past with deer nib- bling on your evergreens) new growth in the spring will be unprotected and need a coating A second coating to the older foliage yrouldn’t hurt either After noticing the initial damage to my trees and shrubs I sprayed my plants I have yet to notice any new damage even though there are lots of around my yard We new hoof-prin- ts will see how it lasts through the winter If it works as well into the winter as it has for the last two weeks then it will be worth every penny Deer are as big a problem in the spring as they are in the fall sometimes even a bigger problem especially if you plant lots of tulips No matter if you plant one tulip among SO daffodils the deer will find that one tulip If this - sounds like your garden aside from using repellents try planting later varieties of tulips Early tulips will always get gobbled up But late varieties often escape the deers' seeking eyes and noses because there are plenty of other food sources available Give it a try it has worked well in the past for me Another pest that has recently reemerged to invade my home is the box elder bug Something about the cold nights and warm sunny days just brings them out of the woodwork in droves to congregate on the south side homes and buildings Permcthrin and Cypermethrin have both given the best knockdown and residual control of any product that I have used relatively Both are virtually odorless safe to use indoors or out and will kill box elder bugs by the thousands Tuesday Health: One-sto- p Young career women more eager to wed while ago may have waited but career-mindwomen in their 20s are increasingly eager to become brides Well-educat- sidered a career hindrance “There is a type of person who a By Redboofc Magazine ed Today for the first time since the Lois Smith Brady wrote in an article in the current issue of Red-boo- k smart young women want to wed Although official Census Bureau statistics continue to show a rise in marriage age amonp Americans overall people who toil in the marriage field from sociologists to wedding planners tell a different story about young women mid-196- 0s who’s feeling secure enough about her future to tinker with marriage earlier rather than later” said Pepper a of Schwartz professor sociology “Some of them have also said ‘I do’t want to be 33 and worried about fertility complications before I have my first kid’ “My generation was scared silly that if they got married and had children they'd have to give up their careers This generation is thinking they can do it all at once” Marriage she said no longer is con Brides enter their relationships less naive than wives before them often going to marriage counselors even before the marriage has officially begun “There's a real strong feeling that they should have egalitarian marriages with better communications a high level of intimacy and shared responsibilities and burdens ’ said Ross Goldstein president of Generation Insights in San Francisco a marketing consultation firm “They are not taking a headland" long dive into never-nevRiey had better not be according to Schwartz because marriages today arc more complicated than ever “No today's woman is not as naive as a woman in the '50s but that woman had fewer variables to contend with" Schwartz said “She and her husband probably had the same view of mar riage Today couples might move They might both work There are a zillion more things to complicate it So it's a more challenging world in which they're trying to manage marriage" Schwartz added: “The younger you get married the less you know about er See BRIDES on Page 16 Look for browns reds and golds this fall By Catherine Fitzpatrick The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Cool weather and w arm color are in die air neutrals and After several seasons of anemic pales after the icy pastels of spring and the blinding blights of summer fashion designers are leading us straight into the woods “Tbe colors are earthy and organic” says Donna Karan And with the very notable exception of her k tube skirts a season or two ago Donna does it right “We are seeing designers not only embrace color but take it a step further by using it as a guiding force oil-slic- birthing in the design process” says Lawrence Herbert president of Pantooc Inc a worldwide developer of color systems and technology for textiles coatings and plastics “Color is a key element in enlightening the spirit" says designer Carolina Herrera “Color plays an important role in establishing proportion” says Isaac Mizrahi “It’s more interesting more modem to mix colors together” says Calvin Klein “There is less black and more experimentation in oolor” says Nicole Miller The palette works off a hase o( brown according to Mariana Keros trend director for Mar cool-wcaih- er shall Field's Yet brown is anything but basic this year Interpreted in hues ranging from espresso to chocolate milk to deep mocha brown fans out into a palette of dramatic tomato red and deep raisin-re- d squash orange and harvest gold concord gr pe and ripe plum (live green and yellow lime So organically comet So delicious But that's just the main course The season's sartorial side dishes include menswear grays from pewter to charcoal done up in chalk slnpcs and mini --chec k' Accents and interest come from bold animal prints graphic geometries hearty argvlc and tartan patterns the occasional cool sweep of aqua -- Features: 752-212- 1 |