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Time to fertilize the lawn, repair the bare spots Q.
The last half of March I have a rose The is a prime time for lawn that is supposed repair, rose pruning Compleat to be yellow but over the and berry feeding. If years it has been taken Home you have not yet given over by long shoots that Gardener bloom with red flowers. your lawn a spring feed, now is the time to apply I am thinking I should Marianne Binetti a slow-release lawn food just dig it up and plant Columnist with nitrogen. If there a new rose. Can I plant are bare spots in the a new rose in this same lawn, repair them this week by raking out spot or will all roses turn red like the yelthe moss and debris and sprinkling fresh low rose? J.P., Olympia I agree it is time for a change and seed. Be sure to use the same type of grass March is a good month to add seed or overseed the entire lawn as different grass seed varieties will be different bare root roses to your landscape. Your colors. Another way to repair a patch of yellow rose was taken over by a sucker that lawn is to dig sod of the same shape and emerged from the root stalk of your grafted size from the edge of the lawn and use this rose plant. To prevent this hostile takeover matching grass section to fill in the bare you can purchase roses that are grown on spot. Then reseed in the less visible perim- their own roots like the David Austin varieter parts of the lawn where you removed eties or hardy “landscape” roses. The real root of the problem for most rose plants the sod patch. When do I fertilize raspberries is not digging a big enough planting and what type of fertilizer should hole. When you are placing a new rose in I use? J.H., Maple Valley the same spot that an old rose had been Pull on the garden gloves and growing you also need to replace the soil shovel up some manure because in that area to prevent “rose replant” March is the month to pile manure around disease. Dig a hole at least 2 feet wide the roots of raspberries, blackberries and by 2 feet deep and use soil from a differblueberries as these small fruits wake up ent part of the garden to fill in around from winter dormancy and decide how the new rose plant. Soak bare root roses much fruit to bear this summer. A mulch overnight before planting and if there is of rotted manure applied in early spring a cardboard box around the roots remove will also help to keep down weeds that this – despite what it says on the planting compete with the raspberries for food and instructions. New rose varieties are more water. Roses and perennials also appreciate disease resistant than ever before so get a blanket of manure or Moo-Doo this time them off to a good start and I can promof year. ise you a rose garden.
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I have a hedge of healthy Flower Carpet roses and I have never pruned them. I also rarely fertilize or water these roses. Do I need to cut them back every so often to keep them healthy? A.T., Tacoma No, the reason the Flower Carpet roses are sold in pink plastic pots and not bare root like other roses is because they are grown on their own roots and are more closely related to our wild or native roses. Flower Carpet roses and other landscape roses do not require annual pruning and get by on less water and fertilizer than the traditional hybrid tea rose. These tough varieties do grow into large plants, however, so if you want to give them a spring haircut just prune to shape by shortening all the branches by one third or use long
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Local students earn WSU degrees
APNEA FROM 10 tube so that the air can more easily pass back and forth on its own. Not everyone with sleep apnea should be treated with an oral appliance, especially those with the severe form, which means anyone with an Apnea Hypopnea Index greater than 30. However, there are large number of people that could be helped with an oral appliance, even those patients with severe sleep apnea who have tried to get used to the CPAP but
Buckley: Mitch J. Iverson, bachelor of arts in sport management; Deidre A. Mance, bachelor of science in nursing, magna cum laude; and Kristin C. Rainard, bachelor of arts in communication. Enumclaw: Stephanie E. McKinlay, bachelor of arts in English; Katelynne N. Mierz, bachelor of arts in criminal justice; and Ashley N. Nelson, bachelor of science in natural resource sciences. South Prairie: Kelsie L. Kauzlarich, bachelor of arts in communication, cum laude.
couldn’t. The CPAP’s effectiveness is great, if you wear it. If it sits in your closet, its effectiveness is zero. Most people who have stopped wearing their CPAP are unaware of any other option, so their sleep apnea remains untreated. If the idea of wearing a CPAP is causing you or someone you know to avoid seeking help for sleep apnea, or if you have tried and been unable to use the CPAP, get more information on this underutilized option. It is estimated that more than 85 percent of heart
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attacks occurring between midnight and 6 a.m. are sleep apnea related. Don’t wait. Find out what your options are. Quality sleep is essential for a healthier and longer life. Stuart Rich, DDS, is the owner of Sleep Solutions Northwest. He has special training in the evaluation and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and is a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine as well as the Academy of Clinical Sleep Disorders Disciplines. He can be reached at 253-939-6900 or sleep@ StuartRichDDS.com.
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The following local students earned undergraduate degrees for the fall 2013 semester at Washington State University. Students graduating summa cum laude earned a cumulative grade-point average of 3.90 or better; those graduating magna cum laude earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.70 but less than 3.90 and those graduating cum laude achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50 but less than 3.70. Black Diamond: Madisen A. Warnstadt, bachelor of science in civil engineering.
handled loppers to snip out any branches that are dead, diseased or damaged. • • • Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens” and several other books. For book requests or answers to gardening questions, write to her at: P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, 98022. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a personal reply. For more gardening information, she can be reached at her Web site, www.binettigarden.com. Copyright for this column owned by Marianne Binetti.