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ByJulieRenier OneofthethingsIlove best about gardening is the aromas. I am either cursed or blessed to possess an ex- cellent sense of smell. My gardens always contain plants with distinctive odors that I crave. My very favorite plant is basil. I love the smell and taste of this herb and enjoy making rata- touille and bruschetta as well as adding fresh ba- sil to salads, sandwiches and spaghetti sauces. I al- ways dry lots of branches as frost approaches but I prefer fresh basil. To that end, I have made an em- barrassing number of at- tempts to have fresh ba- sil in the winter months. I have brought plants in- doors, I have taken cuttings from my own plants, pur- chased plants from gro- cery stores — often cheaper than buying cut packages — and even have tried to use the cut packaged basil from the produce aisle. Of- ten the stems have black- ened and died which I as- sume is from being chilled before purchase. Surpris- ingly, the plants I have tried to adopt die within a cou- ple of weeks and appear to have been terribly over fer- tilized. The stems blacken and the forest of basil be- gins to die. One friend said they have mites? At any rate, I have not been suc- cessful so this fall I decided to do some research. There are perennial herbs that will grow in non- distilled water throughout the winter. Some of the eas- iest and most popular are: sage, stevia, thyme, mint, basil, oregano and lemon balm. I am currently grow- ing chocolate mint, spear- mint, cat mint — my cat has no use for this, not even close to catnip in her book — Thai basil, Genovese ba- sil and lemon basil in large containers outdoors. But there are some tricks to these project, just as I sus- pected. Use opaque glass jars — I found blue mason jars lo- cally. Algae will form in clear glass more rapidly — that was my mistake pre- viously — and is not rec- ommended. Clip the stems at an angle and remove the leaves from the bot- tom 4 inches. No foliage can be in the water of course. Place your clippings in your opaque jars in a location where they will receive at least six hours of sunlight each day. As your plants take root and grow you will need to refresh the non-dis- tilled water occasionally. Harvest mature leaves to- wards the base of the stem as they reach full size with scissors. This will allow the stem to produce more leaves at the top. I have started Thai and Genovese basil, chocolate mint and sage. After sev- eral weeks into my experi- ment, both of the basils are the last to root. Not surpris- ingly, the mint rooted first. I also am rooting a branch from my citronella that my dachshund ripped off in an attempt to find something green to eat. Citronella is poisonous for dogs, by the way. She has finally stopped snorting the foxtails so this is a new fetish. Hopefully this project will produce enough herbs for my needs over the win- ter. The prospect of buying expensive sad little plastic containers of basil in vari- ous stages of death may be averted. The next garden club meeting begins at 1 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 25 at the Red Bluff Community Cen- ter, please feel welcome to join us. RedBluffGardenClub is a member of Cascade District, California Garden Clubs, Inc. and Pacific Region, National Garden Clubs, Inc. GARDEN CLUB Tipsforindoorherbgardening The Bend-Jelly 4-H will be holding a pa- per clover drive 4-5:30 Thursday, Oct. 13, at Tractor Supply Company on South Main Street in Red Bluff. Club members will be available to talk to peo- ple about what 4-H does. There will be an open house for 4-H at the Dairyville Orchard Fes- tival, which is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Lassen View School. 4-H Paper clover drive today, open house on Saturday Tehama County Health Services Agency — Public Health will be holding flu clinics this October in sev- eral county locations. The public is encour- aged to treat themselves to good health and plan on getting a flu shot. At this event only there will be no charge for flu shots at the drive through flu clinic 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Te- hama District Fairground. All other flu clinics will accept Medicare Part B and fees will be based on a sliding scale determined by household income. Other clinics include 1-4 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Public Health Red Bluff Office; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Corning Senior Center; 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 19 at the Los Molinos Veterans Hall and 1-3 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Rancho Tehama Recre- ation Hall. For more informa- tion, call Tehama County Health Services Agency — Public Health at 527-6824, TEHAMA COUNTY Free flu shots available at drive through clinic To Woodland Parlor No. 90, Native Daughters of the Golden West, gets the credit for giving the first women's endurance talk- ing contest in this coun- try. Two hundred natives participated. The contes- tants' chances depended on their ability to talk and refrain from smiling. For two hours, by a stop watch, they talked. Five of the Cal- ifornia daughters tied for first honors, as follows: Mesdames Mary Duncan, Hazel Scarlett and Anna Kinkade, and Misses Har- riet S. Lee and Kathryn Simmons. In the finals Mrs. Scralett won. The talkfest was held during Woodland Parlor's obser- vance of its twentieth an- niversary. — Oct. 13, 1916 100 YEARS AGO... Women matched in talking contest The Sierra Club, Yahi Group, is hosting the following event for Oc- tober. Outings are free and open to the public. If you have any questions or want further informa- tion, call Wayland Au- gur at 519-4724 or write to wba@acm.org. Thai Dinner at Coco- dine's — Friday, Oct. 14 Enjoy a Thai dinner with friends at Coco- dine's Restaurant in the Raley's shopping center in southeast Chico. Meet at 6:30 p.m. Call Alan at 891- 8789 or write to ajmen- doza777@comcast.net to reserve space. SIERRA CLUB Ne xt Ya hi group outing on O ct . 14 The Salvation Army will hold a food drive 4-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Walmart Supercenter parking lot in Red Bluff. The Red Bluff food pantry is extremely low. Non-perishable items needed include canned fruits, vegeta- bles, meats such as tuna and chicken, beans and soups; dry goods such as rice, beans, cereal, oatmeal, pasta, sauce, macaroni and cheese, crackers, boxed dinners, powdered milk, peanut butter and jam. Donations will be ac- cepted Monday-Friday at the Red Bluff Salvation Army at 940 Walnut St. in Red Bluff. For more information, call 527-8530. SALVATION ARMY Food drive set for Friday Thefollowinginformation is compiled from Red Bluff PoliceDepartment,RedBluff Fire, Tehama County Sher- iff's Department, Corning Police Department, Corning Fire, Cal Fire and California Highway Patrol logs. Battery MainStreet:A52-year- old woman reportedbeing attacked about 3:20a.m. Wednesday by an unknown man in the 700block of Main Street near Ramos Donut House. The victim was walk- ing to a store when she was confronted by the man and was reportedly thrown to the ground. The victim was able to fight off her attacker and ran from the area. The suspect was described as a man with scraggly brown hair and a thin build. Anyone with information is asked to call 527-3131. Fight MainStreetatSycamore: Two men reportedly got into a fight about 1:30a.m. Wednes- day following a non-injury two vehicle collision. Missing McKinleyAvenue: A Corning resident reported a tan pit bull puppy with white on its face had been missing since Oct. 9. The dog hasa chip in it. ThirdStreet: A man reported campaign signs missing from his residence and other areas of town. Patrol ElderCreekCircle: A Corning resident requested extra pa- trol due to someone prowling around the yard and purses missing from an outside stor- age container. Suspicious PineStreet: A man with diamond earrings and wearing a white T-shirt reportedly tried to enter a woman's residence about 6:30a.m. Tuesday. He le when the woman's dogs attacked him. RioBravoCourt: A Corning woman reported finding ani- mal feces inside her mailbox on Monday and requested extra patrol. BlackburnAvenue: A boy and girl were reportedly overheard near Corning High School in a discussion during which the boy threatened to bring a .22 caliber gun to her residence to "take care of business." The girl replied that he should go ahead becauseher father was ready. The s ClarkAvenue: A .22caliber rifle was reported missing. WalnutStreet:An EBT card was stolen from a woman's unlocked car at the Brickyard Creek Apartments. HoughtonAvenue: a burglary took place in a mobile home behind a residence sometime between 9:30a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Entry wasmade through a sliding glass door at which time a riffle,hand gun, laptop and other items were taken. Vandalism SchwabStreet: Gang graffiti was reported on a building near White Feather 4x4Conversions Inc. Police responded a fewhours later for a report of the of gasoline from vehicles at Paratransit Services. Police Logs CONTRIBUTED A winter herb garden is pictured. Wilcox Oaks Golf Club Junior Membership (Ages32&younger) Monthlyfee $100 includes family 527-6680 or 527-1020 25yearsprofessional experience. 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