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Page 4B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, June 15,2022
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AT THE BEACH
ACROSS
1. Like a certain eagle
5. *Beach-goer’s protec
tive acronym
8. “To and to
hold”
12. Arabian bigwig
13. Indian lentil staple
14. Wild West grazer
15. TV prize
16. Between Illinois and
Nebraska
17. Quick and light on
one’s feet
18. *Wooden walkway
by the beach
20. Not this
21. Unwritten examina
tions
22. Cherry middle
23. Relating to a rib
26. *Beach suit type
29. Kanye’s genre
30. Pool hall mishap
33. 52 cards
35. *Sunny Dutch Ca
ribbean vacation desti
nation
37. Be unwell
38. Eagle’s home
39. Precedes carotene?
40. Twisted or mean
dered
42. Chill, with ‘out’
43. Seat by day, bed by
night
45. Modifies
47. *Just out of the water
48. Parallel grooves
50. Arrival times
52. *Wave rider
56. Nitrogen, in the
olden days
57. In of
58. Hipbones
59. Parcel of land
60. Et alibi
61. Auctioneer’s excla
mation
62. A.C.T. section
63. Tie the knot
64. *Casual beach tops
DOWN
1. British Broadcasting
Corporation, colloqui
ally
2. Shells in a magazine
3. Capital of Peru
4. Fungus damage (2
words)
5. *Same as sandbar
6. Catch for a ratchet’s
notch, pi.
7. Criticism
8. * Water at its highest
(2 words)
9. The largest continent
10. Retired electric
Chevy
11. Compass dir.
13. Hindu Festival of
Lights
14. Dyed fabric
19. Type of TV show
22. Eating contest staple
23. *Decapod on a
beach
24. *Propelled like a
paddle board
25. Plural of sputum
26. Type of bin in a
grocery store
27. Bundle of axons
28. Slipperier
31. *Building material
found at the beach
32. Jack Ryan’s and
Jason Bourne’s org.
34. Barrels of beer
36. *Hasselhoff’s beach
TV show
38. Improvise
40. Exercise group
41. Upbraiding
44. Annoy
46. Lao Tzu follower
48. Hotel room option
49. Metallica’s “Don’t
On Me”
50. Poet Pound
51. To perfection (3
words)
52. A bunch
53. *End-of-day sum
mertime soother
54. Rub the wrong way
55. Pops
56. Cash dispenser
Save Money by Planting Flower Seeds Directly in the Garden
photo courtesy of All-America Selections
Sunflowers, like Suntastic Jaune Coeur Noir,
are commonly started from seeds in the
garden.
Special to the Ledger
by Melinda Myers
Don’t worry if you have
already spent most of
your plant budget for the
year. Fill voids in your
gardens and containers
with heat tolerant annu
als planted from seeds
directly in the garden.
Zinnia and marigolds
are traditional favorites
often started from seeds
planted directly in the
garden. These germi
nate quickly and begin
flowering in about eight
weeks.
Zinnias are heat and
drought tolerant once
established. The Profu
sion series are compact,
disease resistant, and
produce flowers early
and all season long. The
Zahara series of zinnias
are also heat and drought
tolerant and resistant to
leaf spot and mildew.
Zinnias have excellent
pollinator appeal and
make great cut flowers.
Moss rose’s drought
tolerance makes it an ex
cellent choice for sandy,
gravelly, and rocky ar
eas. The fine seeds make
it a bit more challenging
to plant. Try mixing
the seeds with sand to
help distribute the seeds
more evenly. Look for
varieties like Afternoon
Delight and the Happy
Hour and Sundial series
with flowers that open
earlier or stay open later
in the day, extending
your enjoyment.
Cleome is a big annual
that can easily fill the
space between those
small, newly planted
shrubs. It prefers full sun
and moist well-drained
soil but will tolerate dry
conditions. Thin seeds
so the final spacing of
plants is between 1 to
3 feet. The more space,
the fuller and bushier
the plant. These plants
reseed readily so watch
for volunteer plants in
next year’s garden.
Sunflowers are com
monly started from seeds
in the garden. You will
find single and double
flowered varieties rang
ing in height from 18
inches to 12 feet or more.
Stagger your planting to
extend the bloom time.
Plant seeds every two
weeks, so you have lots
of fresh flowers to enjoy.
Just check the seed
packet for the number of
days from planting until
flowering. Make sure
your last planting has
time to reach maturity
and bloom before the end
of your growing season.
Mexican sunflower is
not as well known as
the common sunflower
but is just as welcome in
the garden. The bright
orange flowers combine
nicely with yellow, blue,
and purple flowers and
attract butterflies and
other pollinators to the
garden. Grow these
in a sunny area with
well-drained soil. Avoid
windy locations that may
cause the brittle stems to
break. Give this big plant
plenty of room to reach
its mature size. Mexican
sunflower grows four to
six feet tall and two to
three feet wide. Fiesta
del Sol and Goldfinger
are shorter varieties that
are a better fit for small
er spaces.
Check the seed pack
et for more details
on planting seeds of
these and other flowers
directly in the garden.
With proper planting and
care you will have lots
of flowers to enjoy this
season.
Melinda Myers has
written more than 20
gardening books, includ
ing the recently released
Midwest Gardener’s
Handbook, 2nd Edition
and Small Space Gar
dening. She hosts The
Great Courses “How to
Grow Anything” DVD
series and the national
ly-syndicated Melinda’s
Garden Moment TV &
radio program. Myers is
a columnist and contrib
uting editor for Birds &
Blooms magazine and
her website is www.
MelindaMyers.com.
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Dave Says
(Be vigilant about in
surance)
Dear Dave,
My wife and I are on
Baby Step 3, and we
were talking the other
day about
how our
home,
travel trail
er and cars
have ap
preciated
recently.
Everything
is paid for
except the
home, but
we were
wonder
ing if we
should in
crease the
amount of
insurance
coverage on these items
since they have skyrock
eted in value.
Dale
Dear Dale,
Yes! And you should
make it a habit to review
all your insurance cover
age once a year.
With most homeowners
insurance policies you
have a stated amount of
coverage. Some poli
cies have a “cheat” that
allows you an extra five
or 10 percent, maybe
even 20 percent in some
cases. But if you’ve got
a $300,000 policy on a
house you bought five
years ago, and it has
appreciated to $450,000
then burns to the ground,
you’re screwed. The only
thing dumber than not
having enough insurance
to replace belongings
like that is having no
insurance at all.
Lots of times, in the old
days, if you bought a car
or homeowners policy,
it covered your car or
home regardless—even
if they had gone up in
value. Then, when some
insurance companies got
absolutely hammered
after some events like
Hurricane Katrina, they
stopped
doing that.
They stopped
covering ac
tual replace
ment value,
and started
covering only
the specified
amount on
the policy.
Today, it can
be tough to
even find
replacement
value cov
erage on
houses. And
if you do, it’s
crazy expensive.
When it comes to your
home especially, you
need to have a policy
equal to the value of the
home, and you should
revisit your coverage and
your home’s value every
single year. You have to
be vigilant about things
like that, Dale, because
your insurance company
won’t be!
— Dave
Dave Ramsey is a
eight-time #1 nation
al best-selling 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 enhance
their lives. He also serves
as CEO for Ramsey
Solutions.
Dave Ramsey
Happy Birthday To:
June 16: Mary Phillips, Dr. Valerie Moates, Amy
Barlow, Nancy Musgrove, Steve Graffam, Kevin
Futch, Esther Griffith, George Harris, Jr., Steve
Lansdon, Amanda McRee, A.R. Graybar, Brad
Giddens, David A. Gadd, Brian Sander, Misty B.
Dean, Ashley Breneman; June 17: Shannon Hobbs,
Erin Branch, Amanda Wood, Hannah Pilgrim, Linda
Carney, Keylon Thompson, Corey Masters, Erin
Simpkins, Irene Willis, A’Keia Henry, Melissa Stew
art, Heather Knight, Joshua Akins, Jessica Jowers,
Melissa Creely, Diane Judy; June 18: Michael Mor
ton, Greg Benson, Susanne Gardner, Daniel Griffin,
Amy Barlow, Carey Evans, Christy Jones, Christine
Barfield, Thomas S. Young, Suzannah Martin,
Wesley Lowthian, Hill Layfield, Robert Espinoza,
Larry Tomlinson; June 19: April Harris, Anita Wil
son, Chris Morton, Lindsey Harrell, John Bentley,
Christopher Carter Tanner Shirah, Brock Russell,
Clay Griffith, Cathy Bullard, Randy Hall, Scott
Hunt, Horatio Green, Rosa Henson, Shirley Eure,
James Williford, Janet Murray, Dee Dee Wilson,
Shianne Satterlee, Renee’ Lasseter; June 20: Noah
Harris, Paul Hendley, Ava French, Sandy Kirksey,
Melonnie Wilson, Jack Rainwater, Michael Spieker,
Dan Ellis, Chad McClung, Patricia A. Crumbly,
Nathan R. Brown, Linda Harrell; June 21: Johnnie
Pool, Hannese Tison, Abigail Nance, John Tillman,
Tyler Uppole, Charlotte Vance, Jenny Denham,
Melanie Lentz, Tyler Freman, Mary Wilkinson, J.
Frank Everson, David Goodson, Billy Pate, Jessica
Bodley, Harold Melvin; June 22: Mason Cox, JoAnn
Young, Melissa Jenkins, Margaret Leverett, Jordyn
Cox, Stephanie Tyson, Billy Chambers, Barbara Mo
rey, Austin Crews, Michael Willis, Dianne Christ
mas. Wesley Wells
Happy Anniversary To:
June 16: Mr. and Mrs. John Johnsen, Mr. and Mrs.
Gregory Gilmer, Mr. and Mrs. Todd Archer, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Aider-
man; June 17: Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gibson, Mr. and
Mrs. Brian Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stew
art, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Dato, Mr. and Mrs. James
Musgrove; June 18: Mr. and Mrs. George McDon
ald, Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Ivey, Mr. and Mrs. A1
Nichols, Mr and Mrs TJ McConnell, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Arnott, Mr. and Mrs. Hillman Bacon, Mr. and
Mrs. David Baranko, Mr. and Mrs. Keith E. Wisen-
er, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Sheffield; June 19: Mr and
Mrs Travis Bowser, Mr. and Mrs. Shaun Glover, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Morris, Mr. and Mrs. John Wright,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Manders; June 20: Mr. and
Mrs. Joey Pait, Mr. and Mrs. Rich Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Harrington, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Futch;
June 21: Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs.
George Busbee, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James Page, Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Shiver, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Landon,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Francis; June 22: Mr. and Mrs.
Eric Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey “Mack” McDon
ald, Mr. and Mrs. Craig Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Broome, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Nutt