A1	Vineyard Mountain Gazette

INDEX: A Main Story…A1 Classified Ads…A2 B Cooking…B1 Weather…B1 Gardening Tips…B2 May 22, 2001 Issue #6		Iva on our Street You may have seen Iva walking up and down the street or mowing her lawn in her 80’s. But did you know that Iva grew up in a Bemidji Minnesota and in the summers she stayed at her grandparents farm outside of town. During World War II she went to worked in Washington D.C. as an administrative assistant for the Wartime Aircraft Administration. She returned to College in Minnesota and finished her degree in education. But after some very cold winters and too many colds, she moved to Corvallis in 1947, where her sister lived. When she first moved here she taught Music and directed a few choirs. She stopped when she thought she was not doing music a favor anymore. In the late 1950’s, she was looking for some land to buy in the country, she checked with Mr. Amort but he was not selling any of his land at the time. But across the road (Lewisburg) Mr. Dudley was selling land from the Fuller Land Claim. In 1957 she moved onto the new Vineyard Drive as its first resident. At that time, there were only a few farms and people living Vineyard Mountain. She worked as a teacher in Corvallis until she retired in 1984 from Mt. View Elementary School. While living on Vineyard Drive, Iva has grown Christmas trees on her land and has had many dogs. She does not have a dog now and the rabbits are eating everything in sight. She is a great neighbor on the street.
A2	Classified Ads

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B1

Cooking

Tea Biscuits

Ingredients
	2 cups all-purpose flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup shortening 3/4 cup milk

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 Directions

1	Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
2	Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut shortening in until mixture has a fine crumb texture. Stir in milk with a fork to make soft dough. Knead 8 to 10 times, and then roll out to a thickness of at least 1/2 inch. Cut into rounds with a cookie or biscuit cutter. Place on cookie sheet, and allow to rest for a few minutes.
3	Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Serve warm.

Baseball Bars

Ingredients
	2/3 cup butter 1 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 cup light corn syrup 1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 cups quick cooking oats 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 2 cups butterscotch chips 2/3 cup crunchy peanut butter 1 cup chopped peanuts, unsalted

 Directions

1	Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease one 9 inch baking pan.
2	In a saucepan over medium heat melt the butter, brown sugar and corn syrup together. Stir in 1/4 cup of the peanut butter and the vanilla. Mix well and stir in the oats. Press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
3	Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 15 minutes.
4	To Make Topping: In the top half of a double boiler melt the chocolate chips and butterscotch chips together. Stir in 2/3 cup of the peanut butter and the chopped nuts. Stir until well blended.
5	Spread the topping over the still warm cooked bars. Sprinkle with additional chopped nuts, if desired. Let bars cool on a rack then refrigerate. Cut into bars once chilled.

Weather

Mon May 21				Sunny		82 °F		53 °F
Sunny and warm. Highs in the mid and upper 80s. Light wind becoming north 10 to 15 mph.		UV Index: 7 High

Tue May 22				Sunny		82 °F		49 °F
Sunny and very warm. Highs near 90. Afternoon north wind 10 mph.		UV Index: 7 High

Wed May 23				Partly Cloudy		81 °F		47 °F
Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 50. Highs in the lower 80s.		UV Index: 7 High

Thu May 24				Partly Cloudy		76 °F		44 °F
Partly sunny. Lows 45 to 50. Highs near 75.		UV Index: 8 High

B2	Gardening Tips

Keeping Rabbits

Out of the Garden

For the best protection against foraging rabbits, nothing beats a fence. Sprays are the second most effective deterrent. If you find fences unacceptable and don't want to spray, you are probably going to continue to lose plants to foraging rabbits.

That means you'll have to concentrate on protecting those plants you value most. To do that, you probably will have to resort to using a barrier of some sort. For small trees, wrap the lower trunk in plastic protective sleeving; for perennials or shrubs, you'll have to rig netting. Netting and plastic steering are available at hardware stores and garden centers.

With your defenses in place, work on habitat modification. Remove brush piles or any other dense vegetation that can offer hiding places for rabbits. Even some ground covers, such as Algerian Ivy, provide ample hideouts.

Or exercise the "bio-control" method. Get a dog. A rabbit has to feel threatened to abandon your garden, and a dog, even if it's on a tether, should do the trick. Just make sure the tether allows the dog into the garden, or the rabbits will quickly learn the dog does not pose a real threat.

Please send any comments or questions to:

Cory La Mont

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cory@redthermos.com

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