Nobleton united Bazaar Saturday
By Angie Maccarone (905) 859-5174

Nobleton United Church marked its 111th anniversary Sunday. The festivities included Rev. Tim Dayfoot calling on members of the congregation to offer their memories of former ministers of the church, such as Rev. Edward Hughes, who served from 1991 until 1998.

Nobleton United Church

This Sunday (Oct. 28), we are going to have a special worship service for people of all ages.

There will be good music and wonderful stories and people of all ages are invited to join us. Our worship service is at 11:15 a.m.

Don't forget to mark your calendars, as we are having a Pasta Dinner and Euchre Night Nov. 10. Tickets are available from the church or from Sue at (905) 859-4260 at $12 each. Proceeds are to go to our stained glass window project. It all starts at 6 p.m.

Annual Old Tyme Bazaar

Hope you plan to attend our Old Tyme Bazaar at Nobleton United Church this Saturday (Oct. 27) from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

We have a nice selection of house plants available, as well as "treasures," knitting, sewing, quilts, preserves and gourmet foods. The bake table and candy table are always the first to sell out. Join us for lunch in our tearoom or outside at our barbecue. The children will enjoy the fish pond and we also have a large selection of books and games. See you there.

St. Patrick

craft and bake sale

The St. Patrick Catholic Women's League (CWL) will be holding a Christmas craft and bake sale Nov. 4.

It will be at St. Patrick Church in Schomberg, and will run from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tickets for great prizes will be sold after the weekend masses. For tickets or information, call Virginia at (905) 939-4002.

Horticulture

Cool by night and warm by day, there could be no better way.

Wouldn't it be quite a thing if October stayed around till Spring?

October is the ideal time to make or remake flower beds. It is a good time to plant, transplant or divide large clumps, or to rearrange the way your garden and flower bed looks, and the cooler weather makes outdoor work more comfortable.

Autumn showers encourage newly planted and divided perennials to anchor themselves firmly in their new location before the freeze-up. Author and gardener Richardson Wright says that waiting until spring to do this work means your plants will put so much energy into getting established that they will not flower well for another year. If the planting or replanting is done in the fall, the plants gain a good head start and by spring they are already established.

Keep in mind that digging and dividing plants for no good reason really gains you nothing. Peonies dictamus (gas plant), baby's breath (gypsophilia), balloon flower (platy codon), baptisia australis (false indigo) and even hostas do not like to be moved once they have become established. If plants are well placed, flowering well and generally thriving, don't disturb them unless absolutely necessary.

If you are dividing a plant clump, first dig up the whole thing and shake out some of the soil so you can see where best to begin separating. Shasta daisies (levcanthemums), coral bells (heuchera), Heleniums (sneeze weed) and peachleaved bell flowers (campanula persicifolia) will fall into distinct sections that can be easily pulled apart. Tightly knit clumps of plants such as day lilies (hemerocallis), yarrow (achillea) and phlox need to be sliced between segments of four or five shoots right down through the roots with a sharp, strong knife, shears or, if necessary, a shovel. Replant as soon as possible segments of two to five shoots, so they have a good root system. Be sure to cleanly cut off any broken or damaged shoots or roots.

The most recently developed segments from the edge of the old clump are the best candidates, as these will re-establish and grow better than the spent woody centre (which should be put in the compost). Replant divisions by spreading roots in the hole you have dug. Water and fill with soil, firming down the surface around the plant.

Resist the urge to replant every last segment. If it is a special plant, pot some divisions up and trade off with friends and neighbours.

By the by, primulas (Primroses) are best split in June and Iris in July. Perennials that begin their blooming period after the middle of August are best divided in the spring (chrysanthemums, asters and perennial sunflowers). However, if you must move a plant at a less than ideal time, move it as carefully as you can and water it well in its new place. Give it some TLC for a couple of weeks and it should survive, but it will take longer to settle in and reflower; perhaps up to a year.

The Nobleton/King Horticultural Society wishes all a happy and safe Halloween.

St. Mary Catholic Church

St. Mary Catholic Church will be hosting a concert this Friday (Oct. 26).

This is a fund-raising event to take note of with Andrea Garofalo, Peter Marino and Anthony Macri, Canada's Three Tenors. It is to be held at Marylake Shrine in King City.

Tickets are $40 per person, with wine and cheese to be served at 7 p.m., and the concert to start at 7:30 p.m. Coffee and dessert will be served at intermission.

Call (905) 939-2256 for tickets. Tickets will also be available at mass Sundays.

Seniors' euchre The winners in Senior's Euchre Oct. 16 were Cathy Kiekebelt, Walter Hill, Doris Hill, Bill Groombridge, Peggy Kimber and Hazel Harris.