74 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, May 30 - June 5, 2003
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Milton gears
The fourth annual Milton Garden Tour and Gar-
den Market will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Saturday, June 7. The self-guided tour, sponsored
by the Milton Garden Club, will feature nine local
gardens in and around the Broadkill River. Tickets
for the event are available at these Milton loca-
tions: Governor's Antiques, 109 Union Street; and
Federal Street Gallery & Espresso Bar, 108 Federal
Street. Tour tickets are $8 in advance and $10 the
up for annual garden tour June 7
day of the event. Funds raised from this event will
be used to continue the club's purpose of beautify-
ing the town of Milton with plants and flowers.
Concurrently with the garden tour, a Garden
Market along the Broadldll Riverwalk will include
plant sales, garden and lawn decorative items,
artists' exhibits and craft sales.
For more information on the Milton Garden
Tour, call 684-8091.
Journal
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Not all flowers bloom in the
sun; flowers that are pollinated by
moths, such as datura and moon-
flower, release their scent only at
time when moths are most active.
You can have fragrance all sea-
son long with a little planning.
Start in the spring with Lily-of-
the-valley, hyacinths, and even
some fragrant narcissus such as
the old fashioned Poet narcissus.
Early summer will include sweet
peas, but be forewarned that not
all sweet peas are sweet. Oddly,
many sweet peas have no fra-
grance at all.
' " Round out your garden with
shrubs such as like lilac (Syringa
species), and mock orange
(Philadelphus 'Virginal') and an-
nuals such as sweet alyssum (Lob-
ularia maritima), lemon marigolds
(Tagetes tenufolia) and even some
daylilies (Hemerocalis). Once
summer has passed and the Orien-
tal lilies have stopped perfuming
the beds, your fragrant garden
doesn't have to end.
Even the coldest and shortest
days of the year Can be fragrant if
you plant witch-hazel or winter
honeysuckle. Fragrance can come
from leaves as well flowers. In-
clude plants like scented gerani-
ums, (Pelagornium) and you can
have leaves that smell like apples,
chocolate and old rose. True
mints also come in many flavors.
Lavender, lemon verbena, sage,
and even poisonous sthemwood
can add to the scents.
Fragrant kitchen herbs to in-
elude in your plantings are basil,
chives, bee balm, peppermint, dill,
clary sage, sage, fennel, parsley,
thyme, sweet marjoram, and win-
ter savory.
When planting any scented
flowers try to avoid confined ar-
eas so that the fragrance won't get
blown away in the wind. Instead
put the wind in your favor and
place fragrant plants between a
barrier such as a lattice fence or
light hedge and your windows.
Take a cue from the salmon,
bring fragrance back into your life
and you won't be able to beat the
sweet smell of home.
Paul Barbano writes about gar-
dening and farming from his home
in Rehoboth Beach. Address
questions or comments to him c/o
the Cape Gazette,
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growth industry," said Bob Stall-
man, president of the American
Farm Bureau Foundation for
Agriculture. "Most young people
who grow up on farms already
hoM a deep commitment to agri-
culture, and these scholarships
will provide them an added boost
so they can give something back
to their agricultural heritage."
Since the program's inception
in 1999, the Commitment to Agri-
culture Scholarship program has
awarded more than a half-million
dollars to 450 students for their
devotion to the agricultural indus-
try. This year, students in 31 states
received the academic grant.
"Monsanto is pleased to support
individuals who are pursuing a ca-
reer in agriculture," said Kerry
Preete, vice president of U.S.
Markets for Monsanto.
"Hard working farm families
across the country are the reason
this industry has been a success in
the past and will continue to be
one in the future. These families
serve as a guiding light for stu-
dents interested in the industry,
and Monsanto is encouraged by
their devotion," Preete said.
"In line with this, we have fo-
cused our support for young men
and women who were raised on
the farm and have a passion for
helping this industry grasp the op-
portunities of tomorrow," Preete
said. "Monsanto is proud to give
back funds received through pre-
trial settlements of seed patent in-
fringement cases and invest them
in the future of these young men
and women."
In order to qualify for the schol-
arship program, the high school
senior was required to come from
a farm family, plan to enroll as a
full-time student in an agriculture-
related academic major in an ac-
credited school, and be committed
to pursuing a career in agriculture.
Applicants were also evaluated
on their academic record, ex-
tracurricular activities and person-
al essays submitted as a part of the
application process.
Monsanto Company is a lead-
ing global provider of technology-
based solutions and agricultural
products that improve farm pro-
ductivity and food quality. For
more information on Monsanto,
visit the webiste monsanto.corn
The American Farm Bureau
Foundation for Agriculture is an
affiliate of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, (website
fb.org), the nation's largest gener-
al farm organization. The founda-
tion is a charitable organization
created to initiate and finance
agricultural research and educa-
tion programs.
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