Ski Notes

Circa 2002

• Cleanup fallen fruits, twigs, and leaves around trees to reduce disease and insect carryover.
  
• The popping sound you hear when you crack knuckles is make by the release of gas trapped between bones.
• In October winter birds are arriving from their summer homes in the north. Watch for the last of the hummingbirds heading south to winter homes.
• Cool weather annuals such as snapdragons and pansies do well in the fall -- you many see a resurgence of growth.
• Aeracatious - plants that need air around their roots such as woodland plants, ferns, holly, rhododendrons.
• Do not fertilize fall-flowering, potted plants as they are highly fertilized in the nursery or greenhouse.
• The best time to get rid of weeds is before they go dormant. Otherwise, they will grow back bigger and stronger in the spring.
• Carve that large zucchini like a pumpkin. Instead of a "lid", clean them out using a "back door."
• Plant radishes, lettuce, spinach, and onions for fall harvest.
• In Turkey during the reign of Sultan Marad IV, he punished smokers by cutting off their noses.
• Instead of using the whole tree, only the bark is used for cork. Trees take about 25 years to reach first harvest. After that, baark can be reharvested every nine years or so.
• All 50 states are listed on to of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a $5.00 bill.