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Kingsway Arms
Independent & Supportive Retirement Living
Your Choices:
• Care Choices
• Menu Choices
• Leisure Choices
• Suite Choices
• Short Term/
Convalescent Stay
and Trial Stays
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589 SQ. FT.
Carleton Place Manor
6 Arthur Street
Carleton Place, ON K7C 4S4
marketingcpmanor@rogers.com
613-253-7360
Walden Village
Retirement Residence
27 Weaver Crescent
Kanata, ON K2K 2Z8
waldenv@magma.ca
613-591-3991
Creating An
Environmentally
Friendly Yard
“Your Family Matters”
Walden Village’s
Expansion Suites and
MORE NOW OPEN!
20 NEW Expansion Private Suites
NOW OPEN at St. Joseph Manor
Specializing in the care of
Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia
Orléans Villa
6419 Lumberman Way
Orléans, ON K1C 6E8
villaorleans.kams@bellnet.ca
613-837-1100
St. Joseph Manor
1510 Boul. St Joseph Blvd.
Orléans, ON K1C 7L1
manoirstjoseph@on.aibn.com
613-830-4000
Specializing in the care of
Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia
www.kingswayarms.com
Easier Than You Think
It’s ALL about YOUR Choices
July/August 2008 • Ottawa 2 • Fifty-Five Plus Magazine
Now that the snow is gone, it’s
the perfect time to create an
eco-friendly yard and garden.
Not only is it smart, it’s also easy. To
get you started, consider the following
tips.
Air it out. Aerate your lawn by
poking holes over the surface with a
garden fork.This allows water to penetrate
deeper into the lawn soil and
reduces the need to water during the
drier months. Consider a cultivator
instead of a gas-guzzling machine to
perform this task.
Lawn food. Adding compost to
your soil aids in water retention, promotes
biological activity and avoids
sending waste to landfills.Apply compost
or composted manure in the
spring and mid-summer, when planting
or transplanting.
Stay alive. Treat your plants and
lawn to organic plant food and fertilizer
that provides the essential nutrients
for a great looking and healthy
lawn. Eco Traction is the first all natu-
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