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Did you know that April is International Guitar Month? This week, Tidbits is studying up on the best-selling musical instrument in the world, played by more than 50 million people worldwide. • The guitar is a chordophone, an instrument that makes

its sound via vibrating strings stretched between two points. The word “acoustic” refers to a guitar that is not electronically amplified. An acoustic guitar produces its sounds by transmitting the strings’ vibration to the air, with the sound waves resonating though the guitar’s body. A soundboard, a thin sheet of wood, is placed under the strings to increase the resonance. Electric guitars have electromagnetic pickups that convert the strings’ vibrations into electrical signals, which are fed into an amplifier.

• The guitar’s origins date back around 4,000 years. The oldest known image of an instrument with a guitar’s feature is 3,300 years old, a stone carving of a Hittite minstrel in Turkey. A Cairo, Egypt, archaeological museum is home to a 3,500-year-old guitar that belonged to an Egyptian singer named Har-Mose. His instrument was made of cedarwood with a rawhide soundboard and three strings.

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Q: How many guitarists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Twenty. One to change the bulb and nineteen to say, "Not bad, but I could've done better".

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• Ancient stringed instruments used tortoise shells or hollowed-out gourds, with a bent stick for a neck, and strings of animal gut or silk.

• In the early days, a guitar was defined as having “a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard, ribs, and a flat back, most often with incurved sides.”

• The word “guitar” is derived from the Spanish word, guitarra, which is a very large six-string acoustic bass played in mariachi bands. Other ancient terms from various languages include gitarre, qitara, cithara, kithara, and sihtar.

• The neck of the guitar is comprised of the headstock (at the end of the neck), the fretboard (the fingerboard), the frets, which are metal strips embedded on the fretboard, the nut (a small strip of hard material at the junction of the headstock and neck), the tuners, and the truss rod, a metal rod along the inside of the neck.

• Frets are located along the neck at exact points that divide the scale into half-step intervals. Which fret the string is pressed against determines the note’s pitch.

• Decorative materials are usually set into the exterior of the guitar, such as dots on the fretboard to mark the positions or around the sound hole of acoustic guitars. These are known as inlays and are frequently made of mother of pearl. Inlays around the sound hole are called rosettes and serve as a type of reinforcement to the opening.

• Acoustic guitars might be classical or flamenco versions. The classical guitar has a wide, flat neck to enable musicians to execute scales and arpeggios more efficiently. Strings are usually made of nylon.

• A standard guitar usually has six strings, typically tuned from a low E to a high E, with A, D, G, and B in between. The 12-string guitar, used in folk music, blues, and rock and roll, has six courses of two strings each, usually made of steel. The bass guitar has four strings, turned to E-A-D-G, an octave below the lowest four strings of the six-string.

• Les Paul came up with the idea of an electric guitar in the late 1930s. He wired a phonograph needle to his acoustic guitar and connected it to a radio speaker to amplify the sound. Unhappy with the hollow-body guitar, he designed a solid-body one from a cast-off railroad tie, an instrument with less feedback and a richer sound because of the wood’s mass. He nicknamed it “The Log,” and in 1940, the Epiphone guitar factory helped him produce a more attractive version with curved sides and an Epiphone fretboard. The Gibson Les Paul was first sold in 1952, and they have gone on to manufacture 100 different variations of Les Paul models.

• In 1946, a southern California inventor named Leo Fender founded a new guitar company (although he was a saxophonist, not a guitarist!). In 1951, the company introduced a new solid-body guitar that would become known as the Telecaster. (It was first called the Broadcaster, but this was a conflict with a drum kit with the same name.) They also unveiled a brand new instrument, the electric bass, allowing those who played the upright bass to play a more compact instrument, rather than the cumbersome upright. The Stratocaster came along in 1954, created from ash wood. In 1956, the wood was changed to alder, which

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Congrats to the Region History Fair WinnersBaylee Schultz, Ethan Renelt, Amanda Ebben, Kaylee Argo, Dezi Johnson, and Cody Minder

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Wilmot Students Donate to the Children's Miracle NetworkWilmot students grades 7-12 raised an amazing $1,130.70 to donate to the Children's Miracle Network. Great job everyone!

RED'S BAR & GRILL in Summit, SDLUNCH SPECIALSTuesday 04/19: Chciken fried Chicken and mashed potatoesWednesday 04/20: Scalloped potatoes and hamThursday 04/21: meat balls and mashed potatoesFriday 04/22: Roast beef dinnerSaturday 04/23: bacon swiss chicken breast sandwichSunday 04/24: hot beef combinationMonday 04/25: meat loaf and baked potatoTuesday 04/26: pork loin dinner

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• Monday, April 18th – Smarter Balance and Dakota Step testing begins for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 11th grades. Booster Club Meeting in the school library at 6:30 pm. • Tuesday, April 19th- Golf in Britton at 11:00 am. • Thursday, April 21st- TZ Track Meet at 3:30 pm. • Friday, April 22nd- Staff day. 3rd-5th Field Trip to Sioux Falls. Drivers Ed starts, 5:00 to 9:00 pm. JH Golf in Hamlin at noon. • Saturday, April 23rd- Drivers Ed, 8:00 to noon and 12:30 to 4:30 pm. Prom.

April 20 - 2pm Donor Appreciation Lunch • Good Samaritan Society-Deuel Co.April 20 - 6pm Ladies Night Out • Community Center April 21 - 2pm Hospital & Home Auxiliary Meeting April 26 - 6:30-8:30pm DADi 2016 2nd Quarterly Meeting • ITC Upstairs Board RoomMay 8 - Mother's Day Brunch Buffet • High Mountain Supper Club & Lounge

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continues to be used today. In 1957, Buddy Holly and the Crickets made their television debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” That was also the television debut of the Stratocaster as Holly belted out “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue.”

• Famous Fender guitar players include Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Jimmy Page, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, and John Mayer. Artists who have chosen Gibson have included Chet Atkins, Chuck Berry, Bob Marley, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, and Joe Walsh.

• The Fender factor manufactures about 90,000 strings a day, equaling about 20,000 miles (32,187 km) in length, enough to circle the world.

• In 2004, Eric Clapton sold his favorite guitar, a Stratocaster nicknamed Blackie at Christie’s Auction House in New York to raise funds for an alcohol and drug treatment center he had founded in 1997, the Crossroads Centre Antigua. The instrument fetched $959,500.

• In 1998, a devastating tornado struck Nashville, Tennessee, felling a giant 275-year-old poplar tree that stood on the grounds of the plantation of 7th U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, The Hermitage. The Gibson Company built 188 guitars out of the old tree, inlaid with the name “Old Hickory” (Jackson’s nickname) and pictures of the president and his home. The first Old Hickory was donated to the Smithsonian Institute, and proceeds from the sale of the remainder were donated to support restoration of The Hermitage.

• Some electric guitars have a lever attached to the bridge or tailpiece to enable the musician to quickly vary the tension and length of the strings to produce a vibrato or pitch bend effect. This accessory is referred to as a tremolo bar, or more commonly, a whammy bar.

• The C.F. Martin guitar company was established

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Kim's Kreations/"It Only Takes a Spark" Cancer Walk Cupcake Dona-tion Dates:Make sure you get to these places early to get your favorite cupcakes!April 23 - Watertown Mall Women's Show! Join us for LOTS of fun!April 28 - 4-8pm Runnings.

All City Rummage Sales will be May 6 & 7, followed by city wide clean-up the following weekend

SchoolsApril 19 - 3 pm-V-Track @ Clear Lake-Kiwanis InviteApril 20 - 10 am - V-GGolf @ OrtonvilleApril 21 - noon - V- BTennis @ BrandonApril 22 - Earth DayApril 22 - 7 pm - Life Light Concert/ArmoryApril 22 - No SchoolApril 22 - 2 pm - 7/8 Track @ Clear LakeApril 23 - Milltones ConcertApril 24 - 3-5 pm - Just for Kix Practice-ArmoryApril 25 - No SchoolApril 25 - 10 am - JV-V- GGolf Here - POET InviteApril 26 - 4 pm - JV-V-BTennis @ AberdeenApril 26 - 1:30 pm - JV-V-BTennis @ Aberdeen RoncalliApril 26 - 12 pm-V-Track @ Groton-Kiwanis Invite

Clark SchoolsApril 19 0 Deuel Meet (Kiwanis) @ 3:00 pmApril 21 - Golf Hamlin Charger Classic @ 12:00 pmApril 22 - Watoma Relays @ Watertown @ 11:30 amApril 23 - NEC JH Golf @ Clark @ 10:00 amApril 24-26 - FCCLA State Meeting @ Sioux FallsApril 26 - Spring ConcertApril 26 - Golf DeSmet Invite @ 2:00 pmApril 26 - Hamlin Banana Relays @ 4:00 pmApril 27 - Large Group Band Contest-WatertownApril 28 - Golf Hamlin Invitational @ 12 pm

At Heather's BistroEvery Tuesday - 11:30am-1:30pm 4 Beer Battered Chicken Strips & Salad Bar $9.99Every Wednesday - 11:30am-1:30pm &/or 5:30-8pm Salad Bar & Pizza Bar $9.99Every Friday - 11:30am-1:30pm Taco Bar for $9.99!Every Friday Night - 5-8:30pm (or until gone) Fish Fry (up to 3 pieces) & Salad Bar $9.99

in 1833 and to this day, remains in the hands of the Martin family, with the great-great-great-grandson of the founder as its current CEO.

UNUSUAL ANIMALS:

ELEPHANTSLet’s observe Save the Elephant Day on April 16 by focusing on the facts about this pachyderm.• There are two species of elephants, African and Asian.

The African elephants are the larger, and can reach a height of 13 feet (4 meters) head to toe and weight up to 14,000 lbs. (6,350 kg). The smaller Asian variety grow to a height of 9.8 feet (3 m), weighing up to 11,000 lbs. (4,990 kg).

• The African elephants, the largest of all land mammals, have two subspecies, the savannah and the forest, with the savannah breed dwelling in the grasslands south of the Sahara Desert and the forest elephants inhabiting the rainforests of western Africa. Asian elephants are found in India, Sri Lanka, China, and Southeast Asia.

• You can tell the difference between the two species by looking at the ears, since the African’s are much larger. Its skin is also much more wrinkled than its Asian counterpart. The African elephant’s trunk has two “fingers” at the end of the trunk, enabling it to pick things up, while the Asian breed has just one “finger.”

• The elephant’s trunk contains eight major muscles on each side, and another 150,000 portions of muscles throughout this unusual appendage. Although there are no bones in the trunk, it’s strong enough to push down trees, yet nimble enough to pick up a piece of grass. The elephant uses the trunk to drink, with water sucked partway up the trunk. The animal then tilts its head back, emptying the trunk into its mouth.

• The diet of the herbivorous elephant consists of grasses, leaves, fruits, and bark. This pachyderm spends about 16 hours a day eating, and can consume over 400 pounds (181 kg) of food a day.

• An elephant’s ivory tusks are actually its incisors,

the only incisors it has. The animal also uses tusks to defend itself, to dig for water and food, and for lifting. An elephant’s first tusks present at birth fall out after a year, similar to human’s baby teeth. The tusks are about 12 inches (30.5 cm) when they fall out, and the replacements grow throughout the elephant’s life. In addition to tusks, an elephant also has four molars about the size of a brick, two up and two down, that weigh about 5 lbs. (2.3 kg) each.

• Although the elephant’s ears are very large, it has a poor sense of hearing. Its eyesight is also quite weak.

• A herd of elephants is led by the oldest female of the group. While the females all stick together, adult males enjoy wandering on their own. The gestation period is 22 months and a litter will consist of just one calf, with more than one a very rare occurrence. The baby calf


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Q: I have a match safe with cigar cutter that originally belonged to my great-grandfather. It is probably from the 1880s or ‘90s. It is brass with the figure of a horse as part of its design. What can you tell me about match safes, and are they collectible? -- Steve, Irvine, California

A: Match safes were used to carry matches during the last half of the 10th century and until about 1920, when cigarette lighters became commonplace. The fact that your safe includes a cigar cutter makes it especially interesting. After checking eBay and several references, I think your match safe could be valued in the $150-$250 range.

• • •Q: I have an old paper recording by Rudy Vallee with his

picture on the blank side. Is it worth much? -- Donna, Wiers Beach, New Hampshire

A: Your record was issued by Hit of the Week and was sold at news stands beside the latest copies of Liberty, Saturday Evening Post and Punch. The recordings, which featured such popular entertainers as Eddie Cantor and Duke Ellington, sold for about 10 cents, making them extremely affordable.

Your Rudy Vallee recording is worth about $5 in good play-

able condition. Incidentally, the main drawback of these products is that they had a tendency to curl.

• • •Q: We have several Lee Reynolds oils that we acquired

when we purchased our home. Any idea of values? -- M.M., via e-mail

A: Since I was not familiar with Lee Reynolds or his work, I looked for him in one of my favorite reference books about art, Hislop’s Official International Price Guide to Fine Art, edited by Duncan Hislop and published by House of Collectibles. He isn’t listed. I next contacted two dealers, and they knew nothing about him either. You might contact your nearest art museum. I suspect Reynolds was either an amateur or regional artist.

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A: Possible Dreams is a line of colorful clothtique Santas and other holiday figurines. Unfortunately, the secondary market is stagnant and they are almost impossible to sell. I suggest you try and sell your collection on eBay.

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• It was early 20th-century financier, philanthropist and political consultant Bernard Baruch who made the following observation: “Millions of people saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one to ask why.”

• You might be surprised to learn that beloved American musician Johnny Cash wrote more than just songs; in 1953, before he started his music ca-reer, Cash wrote a science-fiction tale called “The Holografik Danser.”

• According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are at least 350 languages spoken in American homes.

• In the mid 17th century, the French colony of New France in present-day Canada was running desperately short of currency. Without cash on hand, the government representatives were unable to pay

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soldiers or purchase provisions to sustain them. After spending eight months using his personal fortune to provide for the soldiers, Jacques De Meulles, New France’s intendant of justice, police and finance, took matters into his own hands. He used playing cards to create notes of currency and issued an ordinance re-quiring everyone to accept the cards as cash. Though this was meant to be a short-term financial device, the cards continued to be used for nearly 75 years.

• Those who study such things say that lightning flashes 100 to 125 times every second worldwide.

• Historians say that the romance between Cleo-patra, Ptolemaic Egypt’s last active pharaoh, and Roman statesman Julius Caesar was something of a May-December romance: She was 21 and he was 54.

• Mexico has the world’s highest per-capita rate of carbonated beverage consumption.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’d like to adopt a dog that is family-friendly, one that my two kids can grow up with. A beautiful golden retriever is up for adoption at our lo-cal shelter, but even though friends have told me she will probably be a perfect dog for us, I have my doubts after meeting her. Should I adopt this dog anyway? -- Doug H., Houston

DEAR DOUG: When bringing any dog home, there’s

Which Dog to Pick?By Sam Mazzotta

always a risk that despite all of your homework, despite knowing as much as you can about a particular breed and even about a particular dog, things will not go as expected.

Many experienced dog owners know this, and quite a few accept that chance and just roll with unexpected behavior or temperament issues.

However, you’re looking for a dog that has a good temperament around children. Retrievers -- particularly Labrador and golden -- tend to be great family dogs that socialize well with kids and other pets. It’s a big reason why Labradors were the most popular breed in the U.S. in 2015, and goldens were No. 3 -- a rank both have held for at least three years, according to the American Kennel Club.

But every dog has its own personality and temperament as well. A number of factors can affect a dog’s behavior, and shelter dogs in particular can have traumas, such as being abandoned or abused, that change how they react to people and situations.

In this case, follow your gut instinct. If the shelter al-lows you to take the dog home for a few days as a trial, consider doing that. Otherwise, if you are unsure about this particular dog, you may want to keep looking.

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weighs nearly 250 lbs. (113 kg) at birth and will gain 2 to 3 lbs. (0.9 to 1.4 kg) every day for its first year. It won’t be weaned until it is almost three years old.

• The elephant population is on the decline. At the turn of the 20th century, a few million African elephants occupied their habitat, and about 100,000 of the Asian variety. The African population has plummeted to between 450,000 and 700,000, and there are an estimated 35,000 – 40,000 wild Asian elephants remaining. Their lifespan can be up to 70 years.

JELLY BEANSWith National Jelly Bean Day scheduled for April 22, Tidbits wants you to be in the know on this favorite confection. • Did you know that jelly beans were the first candy to

be sold by weight rather than by the piece? In 1905, the first recorded ad for the little beans was published in the Chicago Daily News, with a price of nine cents per pound. However, a Boston candy maker named William Schrafft was making them long before that, encouraging people to send his product to Union soldiers in the Civil War. It wasn’t until the 1930s that they became associated with the celebration of Easter.

• About 16 billion jelly beans are manufactured in the U.S. every year just for Easter. Laid end to end, that’s enough to go around the world more than three times.

• The process of making jelly beans is called “panning,” a method that creates the firmer outer shell while preserving a gummy interior. It takes between one and



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three weeks to make a jelly bean.

• In 1869, 24-year-old German immigrant Gustav Goelitz and his brothers established a candy business in Belleville, Illinois, featuring caramels and candy flowers for cake decorating. His sons relocated the business to Ohio in 1898, and specialized in candy corn and buttercreams. The company remained family-owned for decades. In the 1940s, the Goelitz plant introduced mint wafers, followed by tangerine slices, spice drops, and jelly beans.

• In 1965, a new item was introduced by the Goelitz family, a mini-jelly bean, infused with mint flavor in the center. Then-California governor Ronald Reagan was attempting to give up smoking a pipe and munched on the little beans whenever he craved tobacco.

• In 1976, the Goelitz beans, now called Jelly Belly, were offered in eight gourmet flavors – root beer, green apple, licorice, cream soda, lemon, tangerine, very cherry, and grape. By the 1980s, 40 flavors were available, including now-President Reagan’s favorite, blueberry, created expressly for him. More than 7,000 lbs. (3,175 kg) of red, white, and blue Jelly Belly beans were served at Reagan’s inaugural ball in 1981, and the President was reported to order 60 cases of the beans every month. He also gave jars of the beans to visiting dignitaries as a welcome gift.

• Visit the Ronald Reagan Presidential library in Simi Valley, California, and you can view a portrait of the

former chief executive made from 10,000 Jelly Belly beans.

• Jelly Belly owns the distinction of being the first jelly beans in space when they were part of the treats packed on the 1983 Challenger Space Shuttle.

• Jelly Belly has had some unusual flavors over the years, including the first “savory” flavor, buttered popcorn, which then debuted in 1989. In 2000, the “Harry Potter” flavors were introduced – dirt, bacon, spinach, earwax, and vomit. Their “Boozled” line was presented with yummy flavors of dog food, baby wipes, and pencil shavings.

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• The term “jelly bean” isn’t always about candy. In the 1920s, it referred to a young man who dressed stylishly for the ladies, but had nothing much else to offer.

• “You can tell a lot about a fella’s character by whether he picks out all of one color or just grabs a handful.”

— Ronald Reagan

• For smoothie prep, we buy a large tub of plain yogurt. Then we portion it out in ice-cube trays to freeze. Once fro-zen, pop the yogurt cubes out and bag them with smoothie in-

gredients -- fruits, veggies, etc. You have only to dump the bag in the blender and add a little bit of water, and you’re drinking breakfast! -- D. in New Hampshire

• To get great slices of avocado, cut in half around the pit. Then slice or dice your avocado in the skin. Push gen-tly on the middle of the avocado half to turn the skin inside out and free the slices.

• Remove burned-on food from your pans with baking soda. Soak in hot water, and add a healthy scoop of baking soda to the soak water. Then scrub to remove. Add more baking soda for tougher stains.

• Use small stick-on hooks inside cabinet doors for oven mitts and rarely used accessories. You can even hang a

• For smoothie prep, we buy a large tub of plain yogurt. Then we portion it out in ice-cube trays to freeze. Once frozen, pop the yogurt cubes out and bag them with smoothie ingredients — fruits, veggies, etc. You have only to dump the bag in the blender and add a little bit of water, and you’re drink-ing breakfast! — D. in New Hamp-shire

• To get great slices of avocado, cut in half around the pit. Then slice or dice your avocado in the skin. Push gently on the middle of the avocado half to turn the skin inside out and free the slices.

• Remove burned-on food from your pans with baking soda. Soak in hot water, and add a healthy scoop of bak-ing soda to the soak water. Then scrub to remove. Add more baking soda for tougher stains.

• Use small stick-on hooks inside cabinet doors for oven mitts and rarely used accessories. You can even hang a zipper-top baggie from the underside of an out-of-the-way cabinet shelf. I do this for my specialty cake-making supplies. They are hanging from the top of a high cabinet — out of the way, but at the ready. — R.W. in North Car-olina

• Tucking away winter coats and sweatshirts? For more closet storage, double-hang. On a sturdy hanger, tuck a thinner jacket or long-sleeved shirt into a bulky coat!

• Whenever I am working with olive oil in the kitchen, I rub any excess into my clean hands and wipe off the extra, leaving my nails healthy and my hands soft! — C.U. in Oregon

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zipper-top baggie from the underside of an out-of-the-way cabinet shelf. I do this for my specialty cake-making sup-plies. They are hanging from the top of a high cabinet -- out of the way, but at the ready. -- R.W. in North Carolina

• Tucking away winter coats and sweatshirts? For more closet storage, double-hang. On a sturdy hanger, tuck a thinner jacket or long-sleeved shirt into a bulky coat!

• Whenever I am working with olive oil in the kitchen, I rub any excess into my clean hands and wipe off the extra, leaving my nails healthy and my hands soft! -- C.U. in Oregon

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Grow Ivy Topiary from Cuttings

Even if you don’t have a backyard, you can share in the joy of spring gardening. Let’s start with what you already might have growing indoors: Is there an ivy plant that’s been send-ing off new, bright-green shoots in the past few weeks? If so, give it a trim and pot a new plant or two using the cuttings. This whimsical topiary-style ivy plant will be at home on a deck or porch or in a child’s bedroom.

We have a beauty at our house that lives happily on an upper windowsill in a sun-ny room. With new, healthy growth trailing in all direc-tions, I clipped off several 10-inch vines, removed the leaves beneath the bottom nodes, and placed the new cut-tings in a large, clear mason jar of warm water. Before long, we could see roots growing. Why not pot and wind the ivy into a mini topiary or two, and give them away? Friendship plants, I thought. And a fun gardening project for kids.

Here’s how:—Fill a 3-1/2-inch flowerpot with

drainage hole with good potting soil. Water.

—Cut a 22-inch length of strong, bendable wire (or clip off a 22-inch length from a wire coat hanger). Bend it into a 5-inch-tall heart or circular shape. Twist the loose ends together tightly and poke the twisted portion vertically into the damp soil. The form

should be upright and stable. —Dig a hole in the soil to the right

side of the form, remove one of the 10-inch well-rooted cuttings and plant it in the hole. Fill with soil. Repeat on the left side. Tamp down soil. Careful-ly wrap the ivy around the wire form.

—Water regularly to keep the soil moist. As new growth appears, tuck it in and around the form for a full topi-ary that will look lovely for months to come.

Alternate topiary idea:Purchase a potted indoor ivy plant,

or use one growing in your home. Carefully poke the straightened end of a wire shape directly into the soil as close as possible to the center of the plant, being careful not to injure it. (The size of the shape should be in proportion to the flowerpot.)

Wrap the trailing vines evenly around the form, tying where needed with wire or string. Within a day or two in a sunny window, the vines will conform to the frame.

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