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Fall Gardening Tips
General
Fall is a great time to plant trees, shrubs, bulbs, perennials,
grass seed and sod. Plants that are planted in the fall enjoy
cooler temperatures and ideal growing conditions that allow roots
ample time to grow into the surrounding soil. Use starter plant
fertilizer mix when planting.
Plants and trees that provide color in the month of September include
Beautyberry, Crape Myrtles, Cotoneaster, Viburnums, Hypericum, Hydrangeas,
Potentilla, Pyracantha and Butterfly Bush.
Add a touch of fall to your landscape by planting hardy Mums now.
Lawns
September is the best month of the entire year to seed your lawn. This
includes both seeding a new lawn and reseeding (overseeding) an
established lawn to make it thicker and healthier.
If you need to, you can lime, fertilize and seed your lawn all in the
same day. Otherwise, seed and fertilize the same day and then lime
later in the fall.
If needed, fall is a great time to aerate and/or de-thatch the lawn.
If you decide to do one or both of these, they should be done prior
to seeding.
Fall Fun Activities!
Smithfield
Ava Gardner Museum Fest 2007
Sep 29, 2007 to Sep 30, 2007
This year's theme will be "Ava and Hemingway" featuring the films "The Killers",
"Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Sun Also Rises".
Special Museum Exhibits and lectures - admission
Ava Gardner Film Festival at the Historic Howell Theatre - Free
Live Jazz and Big Band sounds on the main stage - Free
Ava Gardner Heritage Tour, includes Ava's birthplace, gravesite and
other points of interest - admission
Fine Arts and Crafts Fair - Free
Festival activities held at 325 E. Market St. and Third Street in Downtown Smithfield.
Roanoke Island
Elizabethan Tymes:
A Country Faire
October 5 & 6, 2007
The Faire will be held, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days.
It is open the public. The admission price to the Faire is included in the
Park's general admission ticket and is good for both days of the event, $8
for adults and $5 for students 6-18; 5 and under is free.
Participants will step back 400 years to the Renaissance era to experience
a variety of entertainment. Children are invited to make a mask and learn
period dancing. Visitors can explore a 16th century tavern, tailor shop and
see a court dress display. Demonstrations will be offered in falconry and
black powder artillery. A mock battle between the Elizabeth II and the
Silver Chalice will also be held.
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Congratulations!
J. Osborne of the Raleigh area was the lucky recepient of the
Starbucks Gift Card!
Watch future newsletters for your chance to WIN!
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Interesting Link!
Info Please!
Looking for an answer? A word? An elusive fact? This is the site to go to!
There is a wealth of information presented here - many tabs to choose from,
and things to look up and learn. Take a quiz, look up a timeline...do a crossword!
You could get lost just poking around on this site!
In the kitchen....
Some Myths Debunked!
Part One
Searing meat seals in the juices
This old saw has been around for ages, probably because searing meat
that will be stewed, roasted, etc. does indeed give much better
results. It has nothing to do with sealing in the juices, however.
Careful experiments were performed in which identical pieces of meat
were cooked with and without searing. If searing did seal in juices,
then the seared meat would lose a smaller percentage of its weight
during cooking than the unseared piece. In actuality, both the seared
and unseared meat lost about the same amount of weight.
Searing, or more specifically browning, is important because of the
Maillard reaction. When the proteins and sugars in meat are exposed
to high heat (searing) a large number of chemical reactions take place,
resulting in the creation of lots of new flavor elements. It is these
flavors, both in the browned surface of the meat and in any pan juices
that result, that make searing such an important step in some recipes.
A box of baking soda in the fridge or freezer absorbs odors
This is a very clever and successful marketing ploy by the baking soda
people, but the fact is that baking soda is very poor at absorbing odors.
It seems to make sense, however, so lots of people have spent untold billions
of dollars to put boxes of baking soda in their fridge or freezer to no effect.
Activated charcoal would work much better but is expensive. Better to wrap
your food and clean the fridge once in a while.
Sushi means raw fish
Many people think that "sushi" is synonymous with raw fish. Not so - the term
actually refers to the vinegared rice. This is made by dissolving sugar in
vinegar (usually rice vinegar) and tossing with the hot, just-cooked rice.
Sushi therefore refers to vinegared rice served with other ingredients which
may or may not include fish (which in turn may be raw or cooked). The rice
itself is referred to as shari. Raw fish served by itself without the rice
is called sashimi.
Part Two Next Month!
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We appreciate your comments and suggestions!
Did You Know.....?
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If you refer us to another customer who then
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them, you will receive a $100.00 Thank You!
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