You Ask, You Answer
(ContlniMd from Pag* B 16)
ANSWER—Thanks to Fran Pierman, Stockton, N.J., for
sending directions, which had been requested from a Hon
esdale reader, to make a basket from paper grocery bags.
16 yards (3 packages) raffia ribbon
5/8 yards material
5/8 yards quilt battin {'A -inch thick)
1% yards lace
3 grocery bags
You’ll need a stapler and a hot glue gun. Measure, cut
and unwrap raffia as follows:
6 pieces 25-inches long
4 pieces 29-inches long
4 pieces 40-inches long
Handle: 3 pieces 24-inches long
Bow:
2 pieces 36-inches long
2 pieces 13-inches long
To cut bags, leave folded and cut where bottom folds
against side of bag. Cut tops off bags. Set one bag inside of
the other and staple edge of top. (To make more sturdy, glue
cardboard to paper bags).
To unwrap raffia, wet to slightly dampen strands. Do not
wet heavily or the strands will take too long to dry. Just wet
hand and squeeze strands in groups then unwind raffia.
(Strands split easy—be careful).
Take 25-inches raffia, which has been unwrapped and is
dry, and fold over side of bags at one end (corner) about
VA -inch and staple. Continue all six pieces in same man
ner. Take 29-inch pieces, weave across bottom—draw up
ends, bend over edge and staple.
Now take 40-inch strands, and weave around sides of
bag. Starting and ending on the underside of a strand and
staple. Where stapler doesn’t reach use hot glue.
Next hot glue batting by spot touching glue about 1-i'nch
from top on outside of basket. Just let hang loose on inside.
Take material and fold in half lengthwise and cut on fold.
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Spot glue at close spots around edge of batting and attach
material then turn over basket to hang on inside as did with
batting.
Pillow for the bottom: Take the three cut-off bag tops and
fold in half and staple to hold. Wrap around with batting—
staple and then wrap around with material. Cut off excess
piece. Glue across pillow. Fold ends as you would a pack
age and glue. Put in basket.
Edge outside of basket covering glued part of material
with the lace.
Use the three 24-inch pieces of raffia and braid for the
handle. Glue handle tightly to each side.
Lastly, take one 36-inch piece and fold ends to cross in
middle to look like a bow. Pull ends to give bow shape. Just
pinch together. Now take 13-inch piece and bring ends
together in middle just crossing about an inch and squeeze
the middle. With material, cut strip about 2-inches wide and
6-inches long. Fold material about 1-inch and holding both
pieces of raffia together like a bow, wrap and glue material to
hold firm and glue on end of handle. Do the same with the
other side.
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When the lowa station was
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put to work in the 1970’5, and they
remain the station’s principal pol
linating workhorses.
But, over the winter, hives nor
from suppliers in the southern
United States is costly and runs
the risk of conveying diseases and
mites.
That’s when cool-season work
ers like Ostnia come in handy.
Introduced from Japan in 1977,
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have for the past two years proved
their worth in pollinating canola
and other members of the mustard
or Brassicaceac family. The bees
emerge from artificial nests to pol
linate at precisely the time Brassi
ca plants flower.
The station also uses bumble
bees. Their long tongues and large
size allow them to pollinate flow
ers like snapdragons.
Other plants the station main
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flowers, melons, cucumbers, car
rots, chicory, herbaceous orna
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An article on controlled pollina
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article also is on the World Wide
Web at;
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/ar
chive/oct97/pollen 1097.htm
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Regional Plant Intro
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v/ars/Midwest/Ames/
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genetically separate
types of plants from
around the world. The
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national system for
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and their relatives as
potential sources of dis
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