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FABRICS
ACROSS
1. Ingratiating behavior
6. Testing site
9. Mix together
13. Veranda on Moloka’i
14. Lennon’s widow
15. Pilaff, to some
16. Neural transmitters
17. Stumblebum
18. Renter’s paper
19. *Plaid weave
21. *Cozy pajama fabric
23. Thanksgiving side?
24. Sign up
25. Francisco
28. 100 centavos
30. * Woven reversible
patterned fabric
35. Tucked in at night
37. Unwelcome mail?
39. Italian alternative
40. Brazilian indigenous
people
41. Give out
43. Eye part
44. Violinist Perlman or
violinist Stern
46. Toy flyer
47. Clickable text
48. Lady Hamilton’s
lover
50. Become puddle from
icicle
52. Hula dancer’s neck
lace
53. Bloody
55. Cuban dance step
57. *Popular prom dress
choice
61. *Namesake of a lem
on cake
65. Approximately 70%
of Earth
66. Daniel -Lewis
68. City in Belgium
69. Not slouching
70. Khan’s honorific
71. Viva voce exams
72. Expunge
73. Actor/director How
ard
74. Boundary lines
DOWN
1. Smelting waste
2. Longer than midi
3. Any day now, former
ly
4. Long-limbed
5. Unfortunate outcome
6. *Rumpelstiltskin’s
weaver
7. Saint Anne, or Santa
8. Resoundingly suc
cessful
9. Demeanor
10. Slovenian ski maker
11. Cut with a beam
12. Matt Damon/Adam
Driver movie “The Last
15. 2-dimensional
20. Single-cell protozoan
22. Manhole cover
24. Joviality
25. *”Nights in White
26. Bullying, e.g.
27. Katmandu country
29. *Eurasian trade route
namesake
31. Stake driver
32. Blacksmith’s block
33. Part of a play
34. *Chinos fabric
36. “Buenos ”
38. Adverse
42. Crosby, Stills, Nash
& Young: “ Your
Children”
45. Powerfully persua
sive
49. 1990s negation
51. Formerly, formerly
54. “M*A*S*H” char
acter
56. FlambE
57. Three- sloth
58. 0.405 hectare
59. Perceive by touch
60. *A wedding veil
covers it
61. Blue hue
62. Notable achievement
63. Eye amorously
64. Scotland’s famous
lake
67. Gone by
Sustainable Water Use
in the Landscape
Special to the Ledger
by Melinda Myers
No matter where you
live, the conservation and
wise use of water in our
gardens and landscapes
is important. Sustainable
water use helps grow
beautiful gardens while
conserving water and
helping reduce water
pollution and stormwater
overflows.
Amend the soil with
compost or other organic
matter to increase the
soil’s ability to absorb
and retain rain and irriga
tion water. More water is
absorbed by the amended
soil so less runs off your
landscape and into the
street. This means less
fertilizer and pesticides
wash into nearby storm
sewers, rivers, and lakes.
Cover bare soil with a
layer of organic mulch.
It conserves moisture
so you water less, pre
vents erosion and helps
suppress weeds. As the
mulch decomposes, it
improves the soil by add
ing organic matter and
nutrients.
Use rain barrels to cap
ture rainwater that drains
off the roof. Purchase a
rain barrel or make your
own from a recycled food
grade container. Evaluate
the functional design, ap
pearance and space need
ed when making your
selection. The Flat-Back
Rain Barrel fits snuggly
against your house and
holds 50 gallons of water.
Add some storage or
planting space with a rain
barrel like the Madison
Rain Barrel with space
on top to hold watering
accessories or flowering
plants. Use the rainwater
for watering gardens and
containers. Start with a
call to your local mu
nicipality as some have
restrictions on water
harvesting, while others
encourage this practice
and even offer rebates.
Use drip irrigation or
soaker hoses for applying
water right to the soil
where it is needed. You’ll
lose less water to evap
oration and overspray.
Avoiding overhead wa
tering helps reduces the
risk of disease. Irrigation
systems also reduce your
time spent watering and
are especially helpful for
container gardens and
raised beds. Systems with
closer drippers like the
Raised Bed Drip Line
Irrigation Kit (gardeners,
com) are more effective
at watering small areas
like raised beds.
Plant native plants
suited to your growing
conditions and landscape
design whenever possi
ble. These deeply rooted
plants help keep rainwa
ter where it falls, reduc
ing the risk of basement
flooding and overwhelm
ing storm sewers. The
plants slow the flow of
water, helping keep it on
your landscape for the
plants to use. Their deep
roots create pathways for
rainwater to enter and
travel through the soil.
Plant roots and soil help
remove impurities from
the water before it enters
the groundwater and
aquifers.
When adding walks, pa
tios or other hard surfaces
to your landscape con
sider enlisting permeable
options. Permeable pavers
allow water to infiltrate
the surface rather than
run off into the street and
storm sewer.
Stepping stones placed
in mulched pathways or
surrounded by ground-
covers make an attrac
tive walkway or patio.
Look for attractive, long
lasting and easy to install
products like the Rubber
Leaf stepping stones.
Plant groundcovers suited
to the growing conditions
and those that tolerate
foot traffic. The planted
spaces between the hard
surfaces allow water to
move into and through
the soil.
Implementing just a few
of these changes in your
landscape design and wa
ter management can help
increase your landscape’s
sustainability while re
ducing your workload.
Melinda Myers is the
author of more than
20 gardening books,
including Small Space
Gardening and Midwest
Gardener’s Handbook,
2nd Edition. She hosts
The Great Courses “How
to Grow Anything” DVD
series and the Melinda’s
Garden Moment TV &
radio program. Myers is
a columnist and contrib
uting editor for Birds &
Blooms magazine and
was commissioned by
Gardener’s Supply for
her expertise to write
this article. Her web site
is www.MelindaMyers.
com.
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Dave Says
(I’m not doing that)
Dear Dave,
My wife and I are emp
ty nesters, and our house
is too big for just the two
of us now. We talked
about selling the house
and moving into an
apartment in a multi-use
development with retail
and restaurants that we
go to several times a
week. Then, in a year
or so, buying a smaller
house when
housing pric
es go back
down. How
do you feel
about this
idea?
Ephraim
Dear
Ephraim,
I like the
idea of
downsizing. My wife
and I did the same kind
of thing recently. But at
this point, I’d say there’s
about a 99% chance the
housing market is not
going down. It has gone
down two times in the
last 100 years—way
back during the 1930s
and again in 2008. And
the market snapped back
fairly fast after 2008.
I don’t think the price
of housing is going to
go down at all anytime
soon. I do believe the
housing market’s rate
of increase will slow
down, but that still kind
of defeats your premise
of renting until then. I
wouldn’t be opposed to
you two buying a differ
ent property in the same
area and just moving in,
but I’m not going to tell
you to go rent some
thing right now. That
would put you in a hole
with the rental amount,
plus the fact that hous
ing prices are probably
going to continue to rise,
even if not at the pace
they’ve risen recently.
In other words, if you
rent, you’re going to lose
money two different
ways—
with the
rental
amount
and home
prices
continuing
to increase.
Buying
high and
selling high
isn’t such
a big deal. But buying
high, and later buying
higher after renting? No,
I’m not doing that.
— Dave
* Dave Ramsey is an
eight-time #1 nation
al bestselling author,
personal finance expert,
and host of The Ram
sey Show, heard by
more than 18 million
listeners each week. He
has appeared on Good
Morning America, CBS
This Morning, Today
Show, Fox News, CNN,
Fox Business, and many
more. Since 1992, Dave
has helped people take
control of their money,
build wealth and en
hance their lives. He
also serves as CEO for
Ramsey Solutions.
Dave Ramsey
Happy Birthday To:
June 2: Vicki Tunbes, Jeremy Robinson, Kay
la Hadley, Jennifer Mitchell, Carla Mohl, Sandy
Graham, Latina Majors, Cynthia Caldwell, Jim
Bateman, Katrina Everson, Laura Shoe, Cathy
Jackson, Jennifer Mitchell; June 3: David Turner,
Ronald Hawthorne, Angie Hood, Lawson Gatlin,
Kalyn King, Ginger Banks, Willie Melton Jr., Josh
Hopewell, Larry McDuffie, Sr., Kenny Thomas,
Susan Parr, Glenda Busbee, Ronnie Middlebrooks,
Mrs. Flethcer Hill, Lynwood Denham, Charles
Bourgeois, Kimbley Laster, Joshua Hopewell; June
4: Pauline Worthy, Calvin Lightfoot, Kathleen Teel,
Betsy Usry, Abby Barlow, Belinda W. Bailey, Ellen
Everson, Lydia Fulton, Michael Hunt, Tobi North,
Mark Phillips, John Short, Ansley Crews, Ken
Andrews, Beth Graham, Savanna N. Reese; June 5:
Jennifer Bryant, Bradley Pollock, Hannah Grimes,
Sandra McDonald, Lauren Nicole Dunnagan, Ethan
Helm, Alison Childs, Stacey Cheshire, Doug Little,
Debbie Bruner, Julie Pate, Joshua White, Bruce
Black, Andrea Kennedy, Joseph Woodham, Nick
Terebecki*, Dessely Brock, Summer Odom, Melissa
A. Reese, James Faulk, Stacey Scott; June 6: Grace
Lawrence, Teresa Carmon, Cody Mark Young, Cody
Lierce, Zack Thaggard, Melvin Crain, Jeff Parrish,
Park Cannon, Jimmy Courson, Mike Godfrey, Jar-
rod Mark Brooks, Ashley Jones, Virginia Douglas;
June 7: Miles Pitts, Nick Lokey, Gerald Cordle,
Mary Faison, Kelsey Harper, Kaci Crawford, Mi
chele Harris, Sherry Kennedy, Sarah Harris, Saman
tha Harris, Cherie Long, Michele Harris, Betty Jean
Griffith, Jesse Espinoza, Lara Francis, Jim Hender
son, Thomas Bruce, Samantha Kawalek, Pete Shead;
June 8: Thad Krikorian, Maggie Tucker, Michael
Manley, Conner French, Keithon Heard, Michael
Manley, Gabrielle Hart, Kyle Taylor, Cleve Taylor,
Morgan Sumners, Murin Ahmad, Stan Ruffin, Laura
Mclendon, Wendell Ware, Alice Hay slip-Robinson,
Adair Duke, Shawn Skandamis, Wesley Blackburn,
Mary Jane McGinley, Justin Walker), Alice B. Jones,
Amy Styck, Jerry Coffee, Shelley Wingfield;
Happy Anniversary To:
June 2: Mr. and Mrs. Gary Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Mac
Amburn, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Watson, Mr. and Mrs.
Erik Faulk, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Holland, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton E. Rabon
Sr.; June 3: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Francis. Mr. and
Mrs. Felix Marbury. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eubanks,
Mr. and Mrs. John Whitehead, Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Tompkins, Mr. and Mrs.
Hill Layfield, Mr. and Mrs. Travis White, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Woodham; June 4: Mr. and Mrs. Ryan
Harrell, Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Luckie, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Cromer, Mr. and Mrs. Chad Garrett, Mr.
and Mrs. Marcus Kilgo, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gold
en, Mr. and Mrs. Mike May, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
Norman; June 5: Mr. and Mrs. John Nestale, Mr.
and Mrs. Terry Carrington Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. Stoy Robinson, Mr. and
Mrs. Titus Aycock, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lamkin, June
6: Mr. and Mrs. Nick Lokey, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
Champion, Mr. and Mrs. James Arnold, Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Kent Dowis, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Tye, Mr.
and Mrs. Phil Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Edward “Bud
dy” Douglas; June 7: Mr. and Mrs. Casey Erdmier,
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Berisford; Mr.and Mrs. Eric
Tabor, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gillis, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Whiedon, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Halstead; June 8:
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Doggett, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Copelan, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Kistler, Mr. and
Mrs. Randy Jackson