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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Garden chores for October
October is a wonderful time of
year; in fact, it’s my favorite
time of year. With gorgeous
sunsets gracing the western horizon,
the dropping mercury giving long
sought relief from the blazing summer
heat, who could not help but love it?
Fall color in the garden and wood
land dominates the landscape through
out the South. Along with the benefits
of beauty come the obligations of main
tenance. Following are some sugges
tions for things to do in October in and
around the garden.
If you have an amaryllis plant out
side, now is the time to dig it up.
Remove the leaves after they dry and
store the bulb in a cool, dry place.
Repot and water at Thanksgiving for a
striking Christmas presentation.
Dig up other tender, summer-flower
ing bulbs, corms, and tubers such as
caladiums, dahlias, and elephant ears
and prepare them for winter storage.
Dig, divide, and replant perennials
such as daylilies, shasta daisies, irises,
black-eyed susans, achillea, coreopsis,
etc. now. Plant seeds of biennials such
as sweet william (dianthus).
Now is a great time to plant collards,
cabbage, lettuce, onions, broccoli, and
Don't lose money when furnishing your new homo
Just take a look around Houston
County and especially the Perry
area these days and you will
see that we are definitely in a building
boom. I’m not sure where all the folks
are coming from or exactly how they
are affording these homes that are in
the S2OOK and up range. I do see one
major mistake happening though that
I want to encourage folks to be aware
of.
When making the major purchase
of a lifetime, a new home, you should
furnish and decorate it with the best
quality you can afford. It is very easy
to just go down to a franchise store and
get it all done in one fell swoop. The
attractive thing about this is usually
that you don’t have to pay for it for a
couple of years. The bad thing about
this is that if you don’t pay for it within
that time, you will pay way more for it
in interest. It is easy to be utilizing the
furnishings and forget about that pay
ment due until it is upon you.
By time you get it paid for, it is
worn and possibly out of style. Another
major consideration to think about is
that as soon as you carry that S2OOO
couch out of the store, it depreciates
by 25-50 percent and is now considered
“used furniture”.
However, if you purchase an antique
piece for your home that is $2,000,
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terback.
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This is Question No. 4.
Whose road to the White
House started, according
to most historians, when he
gained national prominence
by firing over a thousand
police officers at once and
replacing them with war vet
erans?
cauliflower from
transplants and tur
nips, kale, radishes,
mustard, rape, and
spinach from seeds.
Plant container
grown woody orna
mentals later this
month after tem
peratures decline
some.
By planting them
then, considerable advantage can be
taken of the soil’s remaining warmth.
Root growth will increase rapidly, and
when new top growth begins in the
spring, the root system will already
be established to supply the plant’s
requirements of food and water. A
small container-grown shrub planted
in the fall will quickly catch up and
even surpass the growth of a much
larger plant set out later. Because of
the milder climate in the South, the
fall and winter months are excellent
for setting out permanent plants. Root
activity continues at temperatures
in the 40s and 50s even though top
growth has ceased.
When planting is delayed until
spring, little time remains for plants to
when you carry it
out the door, it is
still worth $2,000
and will most likely
appreciate in value
each year.
Now, of course it
isn’t really practical
to have a delicate
Duncan Phyfe sofa
in the playroom
where the kids
jump up and down
on it but vintage bedroom suites, din
ing room suits, tables, lamps, linens
and pictures are classic styles that will
remain fashionable for years to come
and are made of quality materials.
If you haven’t been in the furniture
stores lately, try to find a dresser or
table that is all wood and made in
America.
Also, a lot of modem furniture styles
are “massive” and “overstuffed” in
size. If you have an 11 x 12 bedroom, it
will be overcrowded by a modern set.
A 100-year-old table refinished, is
good for another 50 years! A lot of
modem furnishings appear to be wood
but are actually composites, and plas
tics and veneers.
A good quality antique sofa reuphol
stered is again fashionable and good
for another 25 years! Take a look in
Literary quiz
Nancy Braswell asks:
Which line of poetry by an
18th Century Englishman
provided the nickname for a
college football team?
Harrison's Sports
The quarterback in the
Eye Q holds two NFL TD
passing records that have
not been tied or broken.
Can you name them?
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become established before the stresses
of summer arrive.
Do not prune shrubs and trees now,
because pruning stimulates the pro
duction of new leaves which will be
very susceptible to an early or mid-
November freeze. You will do better to
wait until early spring or later to shape
them up.
Control weeds in established lawns
now. A little care can reduce weed
infestations in the spring. Since many
weed seeds germinate in the fall and
winter, now is the time to apply pre
emergence herbicides to control cer
tain weed species. See your lawn care
professional about this.
Enjoy your October. It can be a quite
satisfying gardening month!
Tim Lewis is a Georgia Green-
Industry Association Certified Plant
Professional, gardening writer, for
mer Perry High School horticulture
instructor, and former horticultural
ist at Henderson Village and Houston
Springs. He and his wife, Susan, own
and operate Lewis Farms Nursery
located on Hwy 26 two miles east of
Elko, where he was born and raised.
He can be reached at47B-954-1507 or
timlewisl @alltel.net.
Tim Lewis
Garden
Columnist
today’s decorating magazines and you
will find that antiques and modern
pieces also work together quite well
and you can mix and match differ
ent woods such as oak, walnut and
mahogany.
Good sturdy antiques that may have
lost their gloss and gloiy can also be
painted and/or distressed and used
many different places in the home.
Wardrobes or old radio cabinets and
servers make great entertainment cen
ters or TV stands.
A beautiful headboard that no lon
ger has its rails or footboard can be
put with a Hollywood bed frame.
Architectural pieces such as corbels,
moldings or mantels can find new life
as decorating accents.
Most antique shops are happy to
help you find just what you are looking
for and it is also fun to check out the
thrift stores and flea markets to find
that hidden treasure!
Happy collecting!
Jillinda Falen is the former owner
of Carrie Lynn’s Antiques in Perry.
She has been collecting and selling
antiques for over 23 years. She is also
an experienced estate liquidation spe
cialist. You may contact her via email
at falen@alltel.net, www.antiquesin
georgia.com or through the Houston
Home Journal.
Jillinda Falen
Antiques
carilynns@alltel.net
History quiz
It was depicted on the
Bayeux Tapestry. When will
it be seen again?
Faith quiz
Where was Jesus when he
spoke with the woman at the
well?
Weird quiz
Make sense of the follow
ing list: lions, gaggle, quail,
murmuration, geese, larks,
exaltation, bevy, owls, pride,
parliament, starlings.
Last week’s
answers
It was Natalie
The answer to last
week’s Eye Q was actress
Natalie Wood. Getting it
right were Terry Reddish,
Janie Gupton, Carl Shaw,
Rachel Wooden, Jane
Winston, Mike Stanley, Jim
Worrall, Bill Harrison, Terry
Everett, Laurie Jones, Nancy
Braswell, Sharon Cyr, Olivia
Stachorek, Jaloo Zelonis,
Larry and Chris Thomson
and Heather Wilkes.
Copycat
Bill Harrison says, “In
1896 when Clemson College
hired Walter Riggs from the
Agricultural & Mechanical
College of Alabama (now
Auburn University) as its’
head coach, Riggs brought
the nickname of “Tigers”
with him and also the school
colors. Later, Clemson col
ors were changed to orange
and purple but the nickname
remained."
Getting it right were
Heather Wilkes, Jaloo
Zelonis, Larry and Chris
Thomson, Olivia Stachorek,
Sharon Cyr, Laurie Jones,
Terry Everett, Nancy
Braswell, Jim Worrall, Jane
Winston and Mike Stanley.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2007 ♦
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Whatley Byrd of
Reynolds announce the
engagement of their daugh
ter, Sara Katherine Byrd, to
Talmadge Rowland Johnson
of Savannah. There will be
a small family wedding held
on St. Simons Island Dec.
29.
The bride-elect is the
granddaughter of Sara Hart
of Americus, the late Henry
Aaron Hart and the late Mr.
and Mrs. Garland Turk Byrd.
She was an honor gradu
ate of The Westfield schools
in Perry, and an honor
graduate of the University of
Georgia, where she received
a degree in education and
was a member of Phi Mu.
She will complete her mas
ters degree in education this
fall. She teaches fifth grade
in Effingham County.
The groom-elect is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. G.W.
Johnson Jr. of Twin City.
He is the grandson of Mrs.
George Watson Johnson
Sr. of Midville and the late
George Watson Johnson Sr.,
the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert
‘Shopping’ - a word
that evokes terror
Tl IF om, we need to go shop
|\/| ping.” How can one sim-
JLVJ-ple sentence spoken by an
innocent child evoke such terror in my
heart? Well, for one thing, shopping is
not simple and for another; he’s not just
an innocent child.
I have found that children turn into
mass media monsters when they hit the
stores. They know every slogan, brand
name and trademark on the planet.
Children can’t remember where they
left their shoes or their book bag, but can
recite every advertising jingle that they see while watching
television.
My boys are no exceptions to this. Someone once told me,
“Boys are easier to dress than girls. You just have to buy
them jeans and T-shirts.” Yeah, right. Now, I’m sure parents
of girls have it really tough when it comes to the clothing
department, but boys are pickier than I thought they would
be.
They like their jeans, but they also want a specific brand,
color, cut, and leg. I didn’t know they could make so many
types of blue jeans. Its mind boggling, and when you multi
ply that times five boys, its sheer chaos.
I recently had to take the boys shopping for blue jeans.
We got to the store and the boys department looked like a
See LINEBERGER, page 4C
Man with a message
Oliver Hazard Perry, after
whom the city of Perry was
named, sent the message,
“We have met the enemy
and they are ours...”, con
cluding with, “two ships, two
brigs, one schooner, and
one sloop.” Getting it right
were Terry Everett, Jane
Winston, Nancy Braswell,
Bill Harrison, Jim Worrall,
Mike Stanley, Jaloo Zelonis,
Larry and Chris Thomson,
Olivia Stachorek, Sharon
Cyr, Heather Wilkes and
Laurie Jones.
George and John
There are a number of
different ways to put it, but
basically George Whitefield
and John Wesley differed
on the issue of predestinaton
(or divine election) vs. free
grace (or universal redemp
tion, with Whitefield hold
ing out for predestination.
Getting it right were Heather
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Sara Katherine Byrd
Hardeman Durden and the
late Philip Arnold Rowland.
He was an honor graduate
of Emanuel County Institute
in Twin City and gradu
ated from the University of
Georgia with a degree in
business administration. He
was a member of Sigma Chi.
He will complete his mas
ters degree in accounting in
the spring of 2008. He is a
public accountant for Dabbs,
Hickman, hill and Cannon
LLP in Savannah.
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By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Wilkes, Jane Winston, Mike
Stanley, Jim Worrall, Bill
Harrison, Nancy Braswell,
Terry Everett, Laurie
Jones, Sharon Cyr, Olivia
Stachorek, Larry and Chris
Thomson and Jaloo Zelonis.
Beetles and bugs
Beetles have hard wings
or “elytra” which distinguish
es them from bugs, but it
turns out there are numerous
other anatomical differences
like the shapes of their
mouths and various internal
parts. Degrees in entomol
ogy go to Terry Everett, Jane
Winston, Nancy Braswell,
Bill Harrison, Jim Worrall,
Mike Stanley, Jaloo Zelonis,
Larry and Chris Thomson,
Olivia Stachorek, Heather
Wilkes and Laurie Jones.
Send answers to
hhjquiz@yahoo.com, or leave a
message for Charlotte Perkins
at 987-1823, Ext. 234. The
deadline for all answers is now
10p.m. Wednesday.
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Angela
Lineberger
Me and the Boys