| Show yiT ifWvnpa ' ' 1 - Crossword 12 Win f at Bridge 13 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday March 20 2000 By Mark Anderson A little warm weather mixed 1 with an occasional snowstorm — 1 isn’t that what March weather is all about? Most enthusiastic gardeners have had their quota of weather frustrations this spring Just when it seems as if die warm weather might stay for a while Mother Nature sends us a new wake up call Even with the unsettled elements outside I think we’re about 10 days ahead of schedule when it comes to planting How do I know? The bugs crawling all over house told me Can all those excited garden-o-s out tilling their gardens be wrong? Other signs point to the same thing Strawberry and raspberry plants are starting to arrive in local nurseries And leaf buds on the roses swell with life But just because it appears that box-eld- er we’re ahead of schedule doesn’t mean it will stay that way Even with all the warm weather of late I still wouldn’t get too excited - about uncovering and pruning roses just yeL By prema- turely removthe ing protective mulch then ' stimulating new growth by pruning and fertilizing you could unknowingly do severe damage to your Valuable plants Wait until the first week of April until you do much with your roses At that time a good pruning and a little fertilizer will have them in shape for summer in no time Don’t forget to take a look at all the awardwinning and patented roses that have started to arrive Diana Princess of Wales Veteran's Honor Weight Watchers Success and Vanilla Perfume all look like winners Trite the time to check them out If you want fresh strawberries and raspberries growing in your garden get started while the weather stays cool and wet When purchasing new plants or canes look for healthy from nurseries Slants varietiesreputable of strawberries and raspberries grow well in Cache Valley The most common varieties of strawberries are Hecker (everbear- ing) Ft Laramie (everbearing) and Quinalt (everbearing) (June-bearin- All-st- ar For Raspberries g) Photo iuatrition by SJohn WMdnHarald Journal And present for TV viewers in Cache Valley By JoLynne J Lyon features writer L line-of-si- it seems that television is geta ting lot more complicated than it : used to be that’s because it is Gone are the days when a viewer just pointed his antenna in the direction of a transmitter These days there are more than one transmitter The airwaves include VHF signals UHF signals digital signals and signals for mini satellite dishes And somepeapfegetthekTV program- ming via caMeT """ As if that wasn't enough to muddy the water Cache County viewers who depend on an antenna for their reception have more uncertainty to deal with The TV transla- tor site on Mount Pisgah above Wellsville Canyon is the subject of a te nals originate said Channel 12 KUTN owner Earl Rouse Rouse’s Channel 12 has its own transmitter atop Crow Mountain north of Smithfield Cache County Executive Lynn Lemon said county residents in the area the Island area in Logan and other Logan areas obstructed by trees tend to get poor- "W reception from the Pisg&b site "’ ' Residents in the north end of the county just point their antennae to pick up from the Preston translator Lemon said people in College Ward have told him that they do better pulling their signals in from Preston : Avon-Paradi-se Other Cache viewers just - sub- scribe to cable TV but that's not an pending lawsuit Cache County is being sued on the grounds it owes money to the property owners Those who concern themselves option for people who live too far away from a TV cable line Cache County has a number of rural TV viewers for whom cable is not an option Meanwhile the Cache County Council looked into relocating Over-the-t- them in You can’t go wrong with a dotted shoe" op before transplanting If necessary use a soil acidiner or gypsum to combat high ph or heavy clay soil Weeds have always been a major i ? concern with berries Fortunately your fingers and hoe now have some helpful companions to make weeding easier Grasses constantly infiltrate strawberries and raspberries and seem impossible to remove Boast an herbicide that only kills grasses can be applied safely to many berries (as well as many orna- mental plants and flowers) and when used properly can save you many hours of work Poast will kill most grasses best when they are growing vigorously and range m height from See PESTS on Page IS ‘ —Ernesto Esposito ' Floral fantasy Nothing says spring more than flowers This year floral patterns bloom on shoes bags and purses to keep you feeling lovely and natural all season As Eva Thub of Christian Diro states in W: “Floral They’re patterns are feminine and flirty giving any look a softer sexier edge” Cocktail rings: If glamour suits you don’t forget to don your most exquisite jewels when going out this spring Cocktail rings arc available in warm and soothing colors such as pink magenta and baby blue Touch of gold: Taking its cue than $1300 spent on parts produced: An ATX tower system with a Pentium IL 100-- to system bus and 128 megabytes of system RAM (133 megahertz for possible future upgrade) A color monitor with I Michael Dell of Dell Computer isn't tiie only one who can build a PC from scratch but it will probably be a while before his latest competitor 400-megahe- tries it again CompuBug readers who have foland lowed the recent agonizing assembly of a PC might be surprised — as was its creator — to 19-in- ch 026-d- ot paits-shoppi- 1280-by-10- 24 - ut disco days of the from the decked-o’70s designers have added a touch of gold to everything from strappy sandals to slingbacks Conjuring up images of sexy elegance and Old World splendor gold can add to an outfit or simply blend right in As Lauren Moltedo president and of Bottega Veneta confirms: “The colors for spring are bright and warm and really lend themselves to be combined with gold for a more feminine and captivating effect” ' Purple haze: This season's fresh feeling can be seen and reflected in shades of bright pastels pumped up to the extreme on all kinds of accessories One of the best colon to capture the look is violet Somewhere between pastels and purple vibrant violet can be seen on shoes and hand- bags R hard drive and a floppy drive SoundBlaster 64 sound cara US Robotics V90 modem The star of the production a Kenfrom wood 72X TrueX An 33-inc- ed 84-gigab- h CD-RO- M Kenwood Technologies delivering and its $129 price — about drives twice that of other — seems worth it Plus of coiirse die experience of putting it all together which facilitates future changes But in truth unless you build a PC for the fun of it buying an assembled system is better The same $1300 will buy a hard Pentium m with a drive comparable graphics system memory sound card modem and monitor with software thrown in — and it requires about only 10 minutes to assemble For here are tips learned the hard way: Get a nut driver and a Phillips screwdriver with a magnetic head to reduce (but not eliminate) the chance of screws falling off CD-RO- M 550-megahe-rtz top-na- ELSAERA-ZO- II AGP video card with 32 megabytes of memory switched on the murderous concoction of sharp edges tiny screws tangled wires fans and cables came to PC one that life as n allowed formatting of its hard drive and installation of Windows 98 with nary awhimpet About six hours of shopping seven hours of assembly and slightly more well-behav- pitch and resolution driven by an learn that when the power was Hiesday Food: This little plggle went low-f- C channel at the same time If a mini dish viewer wants to Newton Hill near Newton Dam in receive two channels on two TVs at hopes of delivering a better signal to the same time she will have to buy those who rely on an antenna So far another dish and pay a little more the FCC has rejected that idea argufor programming Hancey said If ing that on Newton Hill the Cache you have ten TVs a mini dish probCounty translator would interfere ably isn't for you with TV signals in parts of Box Likewise some promotions are Elder and Franklin Idaho counties not as clear-cas they sound over Lemon said for now the county the radio Currently the Dish Net- -' will concentrate on resolving the work will give a free dish to cuslawsuit regarding the Pisgah site He tomers who bring in a cable TV bill "is filfly'cohfldent that the county but customers will have to spend will be able to use the Mount Pisgah $40 per month on programming for site until 2004 he said a year in order to qualify Hancey But for those who want cable-fre- e said That package is not the least antenna-fie- e reception a mini expensive offered by the network satellite dish may be a solution — Then there arc installation charges provided the customer understands that may or may not be waived what he is getting into according to the promotion at the Video and Audio time Hanirey cautions customers to Lynn's manager Bret Hancey says he knows many get all the facts before locking people who like their dishes Others are surprised to learn the facts: Sure See FUZZY on Page 18 Frankenstein PC: working but they will all be on the same the Cache County translator to ut June-beari- ng er you can link a mini dish to six TVs Dots hot along with royal colors Consider and Heritage Canby (everbearing) have performed well for years A newer variety called By AP Special Features Ruby (everbearing) produces wonderful lare berries that taste great Spring will soon arrive in full and there Is a new purple raspberry bloom accessories take available this year that looks fun to the cake this spring as adornment is the key to success Everything ladyprow Just remember that berries will produce a lot all at like from flowers to tiaras to jewels once then quit for the year while and glamorous golds will add life to everbearing will produce a little in your wardrobe and make you feel the spring and then again much like a fairy-tal- e princess according to heavier in the Fall the March issue of W magazine After purchasing bare root strawAs reported in W spring's hottest berries or raspberries do not let them accessories are bright sparkly dry out before planting or you might vibrant and full of flair just lose your new purchase Keep Polka dots: If spring is all about them damp by covering them with a the return of the girlish classic nothdeep mulch until you are ready to ing can be more fashionable than plank dots Polka dots make a debut polka Soak them in water for an hour or this year over sandals stilettos and so before transplanting to help your bare root plants absorb extra water Sabrina heels As designer Ernesto Esposito tells W: “For a sophisticatand improve their chances of survived look with a youthful flair just a ing Most berries prefer deep well- - small touch is enough You can't go drained soils and do not perform wrong with a dotted shoe” well in heavy clay or high alkaline soil Depending on your soil type add ample organic soil amendments (peat moss soil conditioner composts etc) and a slow release fertilizBy The Associated Press (June-bearin- g) with broadcast TV agree that the Mount Pisgah site really isn't the best place for a translator anyway It doesn’t have a great to Salt Lake City where the TV sig- which claims transfer rates as high as 108 megabytes per second across the entire disk So far it seems to be See PC on Page 18 shade in new trees ‘ By Scripps Howard News Sendee AMERICAN HORTICUL- TURAL SOCIETY: SMALL TREES By Allen J Combes DK Publishing $895 “When growing trees in combination with other plants one of the main points to consider is the amount of shade the tree produces since this will determine which plants inay be grown beneath “Birches for example cast relatively little shade but they are hungry feeders and quickly remove water and nutrients from the soil Barberries (Berberis) dogwoods (Coraus) and many Euonymus are therefore ideal planting companions since they thrive in a light position and a poor soil “Beneath many trees that create denser shade for example many spreading or weeping tress you will heed to choose plants that require little light “Bulbous plants that produce their flowers and foliage before the tree's leaves are fully open are excellent under these trees” Garden Bookshelf is an occasional feature which excerpts advice from a new how-t-o book Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service Features: at 752-212- 1 vs wgar 1 r w ivnrv-flm- |
