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With winter nearly over and spring just around the corner, the urge to plant grass seed is hard to resist.

Fall is by far the best time to plant seed, and spring holds a close second, but dormant season planting in February or early March can actually yield a hardy 75 percent germination rate.

As with most plants, cool season grasses require three things to germinate: dirt, sunlight and moisture. Too much or too little of any of these three things will result in a less-than-stellar grass-growing experience.

Dormant season planting in February or early March can yield a hardy 75 percent germination rate.

Step 1: If possible, use a good, stiff rake to loosen the soil in the seeding area. If the ground is too frozen, consider mixing the grass seed with a little soil or seed starting medium before sowing it.

Step 2: Sow the seed onto the loosened soil and rake it in to ensure that dirt is touching at least three sides of each grain. Sowing seed directly to the ground before a good snow will increase the chances of germination in the spring. Snow serves as an insulating blanket and protects the seed from birds and other hungry critters. As an added bonus, the freezing and thawing cycle of winters end will actually work the seed into the ground and provide an ample amount of moisture for successful germination.

Step 3: Once temperatures begin to rise and the ground begins to thaw, monitor the weather closely. Keep the top half-inch of the soil moist but not wet. Typically, melting snow and spring rains will take care of the moisture requirements, but in dryer conditions, a few weekly waterings may be necessary.

Step 4: When spring arrives and nighttime temperatures remain above 50 degrees for 10 days to two weeks, the dormant seeds will begin to germinate. Continue to keep the soil moist until spring is in full swing.

Step 5: Once the seedlings are 3 to 4 inches tall, adjust the mower height to ensure that only the top 1 inch of the grass blades will be removed during its first mowing. After that, adhere closely to the one-third rule: remove no more than one-third of the total grass height with each consecutive mowing. In other words, if the grass is 3 inches tall, remove up to, but no more than, 1 inch of the blade when mowing.

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On my previous visit, I bought a handful of old garden tools for 1 each.

We made a gate from them using a hoe and spade to form the cross braces and other implements for the verticals. This time I had hoped to buy a lot more to form a decorative fence to go around a small vegetable garden next to an old mill, but sadly there were none.

For a unique garden a trip to an antique fair is just the ticket

If you want to put a fresh stamp on the garden, or are starting a garden, a day at an antiques fair is usually productive and enjoyable.

You will be sure to go home with something, although possibly not what you had in mind. There is an air of conviviality among the stallholders and, although it is a trade show, the public are welcome and benefit from trade prices.

During our visit, several theatre prop companies were on the hunt, a couple of camera crews were busy filming and I saw more Jack Russells than at Crufts.

Tempting offers

Many things whetted my appetite. The first items to catch my eye were on the Country Collectables stand. A sturdy set of metal and wood bistro chairs with curving wooden arms and a table; the chairs were 35 and the table 55. Add a lick of paint and they would be far superior to modern equivalents. A harlequin set using two or more colours would lift a terrace.

Jacqui from Country Collectables also had lots of pots, planters, jugs and baths, all in galvanised metal.

On a stand nearby, Lynda North (01442 833808) had several good-sized riveted coppers (2ft diameter, from 150), and some fabulous iron deckchairs (380 for the pair).

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In further damning testimony, Mr Naftali - who has immunity from prosecution - told detectives that a care worker was employed at taxpayers' expense at a monthly price of 1,684 to look after Mrs Netanyahu's elderly father, with the cost filed under cleaning expenses. The payment was later stopped when the prime minister's staff decided it was problematic.

The state comptroller's report noted that annual cleaning bills at the couple's two residences soared unaccountably from around 90,000 in 2009, when Mr Netanyahu took office, to double that two years later.

Mr Naftali also revealed a system of inflating guest expenditure by exaggerating the number of guests to the official residence and falsely stating their nationalities, since the budget for entertaining foreign dignitaries was almost double that for hosting Israelis.

On some occasions, it was stated on log books that there had been 10 guests when in fact there had only been four. It was also recorded on occasion that visitors had been from abroad when they were from Israel, apparently to justify higher expenditure claims.

Mr Shapira's report highlighted spending on takeaway meals - stating that in one year, nearly 12,000 had been spent on outside caterers even though an in-house cook was employed a public expense.

"There is no escaping a criminal investigation of the prime minister's conduct," Ynet, an Israeli news site critical of Mr Netanyahu, quoted unnamed senior legal sources as saying.

Police are investigating whether illicit fees made for unspecified work to an electrician who was not meant to be employed by the Netanyahus because he was an active active member of the Likud party was in fact payment for an earlier debt, Israel's Channel 2 TV station reported. The liberal Haaretz newspaper reported that investigtors plan to question other members of the Israeli leader's domestic staff in the coming days.

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COEUR d'ALENE - Baby blue Styrofoam scoreboard insulation obstructs an outsider's view of the steel skeleton within the new Winton Elementary School, but a walk through the halls shows it's coming right along.

"Up here it's drywall and electrical and plumbing," project superintendent Craig Turner of T.W. Clark Construction said during a tour Friday. "They're taping over there."

Electricians and construction workers are busy though the week building Winton and preparing for its opening date, which is scheduled for Aug. 1.

"I think that theoretically, we're on schedule, if not a little in front of it," said Coeur d'Alene School District maintenance director Bryan Martin.

Winton has gone from an older, 28,000-square-foot red brick school to an energy-efficient modern facility with enough space to accommodate three classes for every grade level. The old school was removed last summer.

"It was actually a real brick building made out of block and brick, and that was one of the big reasons why we ended up having to take it down," Martin said. "The cost to bring it up to code for earthquakes and everything, the structrual that we had to do on the old building, the foundation, it would have cost us more money than to build a new building."

He said the old building "sat in the wrong spot. We wouldn't have had the parking lot, we wouldn't have had the playground area in the back. It just didn't work."

The new Winton will boast a much larger gym with a stage, a multipurpose room, an elevator and the entire school will be completely ADA (Americans with Disabilities) accessible.

"It's just amazing how Longwell Architects were able to fit everything together to make it flow and make it work," Martin said.

Winton's new exterior will feature red brick and pitched roofs on the main entrance as a throwback to the historic building it will replace.

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Road crews are working at several locations this week in Sarasota and Manatee counties,

The Florida Department of Transportation advises drivers to use caution this week in these areas where road crews are to be working:

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I-75: From Sumter Boulevard to River Road: Construction project: This project expands I-75 to six lanes. Crews are clearing and placing embankment in the median, installing drainage, constructing ponds and placing sod on the outside shoulders, Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., weather permitting. Expect nightly southbound inside lane closures between 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., from Wednesday, February 25 to Friday, February 27 while workers load trucks with cleared vegetation and haul it away. Pay attention to traffic signs and barricades throughout the construction project, stay alert, and use caution in the work zone. Estimated completion is summer 2016. The contractor is Conalvias USA.

US 41 at SR 789: Maintenance permit project: The sidewalk located along the west side of US 41 from SR 789 to Ritz Carlton Drive and sidewalk located along the north side of SR 789 from Sunset Drive to US 41 will remain closed until construction of the development located at the corner of US 41 and SR 789 is complete. Pedestrians should follow the established detour.

US 41 from Marcia Street to Baywood Drive and from Reynolds Road to Gulf Gate Drive: Construction project: Crews are resurfacing the roadway, installing highway lighting, constructing sidewalk and making drainage improvements. Nighttime/overnight lane closures occur from 7 p.m. to 11 a.m. Expected completion is spring 2015. Ajax Paving is the contractor.

US 41 Between south of River Road and north of Biscayne Boulevard: Maintenance contracts project: Crews are making sidewalk repairs. Pedestrians should use caution while crews are working.

US 41 Between North of SR 681(Venice Connector) to Oscar Scherer Park: Maintenance contracts project: Crews will be cleaning and reshaping roadside ditches both north and south bound directions. Contractor will conduct intermittent outside lane closures between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. through March.

BUS US 41 at the Circus Drawbridge: Bridge maintenance project: Crews are working at the bridge. Expect intermittent northbound and southbound nighttime/overnight right lane closures Wednesday, February 25 and Thursday, February 26 from 9 p.m. each night to 5 a.m. each morning. Use caution and expect possible delays.

SR 780/Fruitville Road between US 301 and Honore Avenue, SR 758/Bee Ridge Road and SR 776: Maintenance contracts project: Crews will be trimming trees over the road and sidewalks. Motorist should expect intermittent sidewalk closures and/or moving operations requiring lane closures through late February.

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