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KELLY HEIDBREDER IN THE GARDEN Fall chores await in the his Halloween season, you could take the easy way out and garden, yard load up on giant bags of traditional, fun-sized candy bars to hand out to trick-or-treaters. Or you could get a little The days are getting shorter, T adventurous. For those craving a more exotic sweet — for them- the nights are getting longer, selves or kids in strange costumes who come calling in the night and the leaves are almost done showing off their bright colors. — the results can be frighteningly good. Here are a few from the That means your quiet mean- shelves of area stores. — Ryan E. Smith dering walks in the neighbor- hood are getting shorter and Kinder Joy. The Paleton Corona. Every- your fall “Honey-Do” list is get- perfect treat for a gen- thing is more fun when you’re eating it ting longer. eration of multi-taskers. on a stick. It was only a matter of time Frost is the trigger for many One half of the plastic, before someone thought to make choc- perennials and annuals to go egg-shaped con- olate-covered marshmallow lollipops. into dormancy. Since we have tainer holds a toy Cost: $1 at La Paloma on Broadway. had our share of mornings be- while the other has low the freezing mark, you will a creamy, choco- fi nd some plants around the latey spread and landscape have turned yellow or two crunchy black. That’s another sign that you can start your fall cleanup. balls. Cost: w PULL OUT THE ANNUALS: $1.59 at Toledo It was backbreaking work last Market on spring, but now it should be re- Dorr Street. ally easy to pull all of those dead annuals out of the ground. If they are large, you can cut the . This bar by Nestle has adopted the slogan, foliage down to the ground or “It’s not for girls.” Interesting, then, that you can get it packed not with turn the entire plant over in the testosterone but raisins and biscuit (cookie to you and me). Cost: $1.99 soil to use as a natural compost. at the British Garden and Rooftop Cafe in Tecumseh, Mich. Throw out all broken yard deco- rations and clean pots that pre- viously held the annuals around Unica. your yard. The wrapper w RAKE THE BEDS: Carefully puts it best: rake out all yellow and brown Hi-Chew. “Wafers Coated leaves and pull all the weeds Proof to candy with Milky Choco- you can get your hands on. Toss lovers that there late Sensation.” The layer of all twigs and other debris on the is more to the melon chocolate is thin on this Leba- burn pile. world than watermelon. These soft, Jap- nese candy bar and the delicate w RAKE THE LAWN: Keep the anese fruit chews faithfully reproduce the taste wafers are lighter and airier than heavy piles of leaves off your of cantaloupe. Cost: 99 cents per pack at Tee a . Cost: 50 cents at Middle East lawn. Light maple leaves will Oriental Food & Gifts on McCord Road. Market on Dorr Street. easily crumble and make great compost. Heavy leaves like oak might need to be chopped up with your weed trimmer before Mango Bites. They may smothering the compost pile. look like cough drops, but these w DO SOME PRUNING: Cut treats from India really are mango- off any dead or limp stems. fl avored hard candies. Think Jolly Prune back a few shrubs like Rancher with beauty berry and butterfl y a subtle bush. Wait to prune other taste. Cost: shrubs until late winter. But 10 cents at Mini-cup jellies. These slimy treats are leave early blooming shrubs Reddy Food N’ like kiddie Jello-shots. They don’t pack the fl avorful punch like lilac and magnolia until Spices on West you might expect, but the experience of squeezing one after they fl ower. Central Avenue. straight into your mouth is unforgettable. Cost: $2.49 per w PULL THE TUBERS: Dahlias bag at Asian Grocery on McCord Road . and cannas don’t like the freez- ing soil temperatures and will die over the winter if you don’t Curly Wurly. You could chew this long strip of braided cara- Botan Rice mel covered in chocolate by forever. For those old enough pull them out. Dig out each one, Candy. It’s made from cut off most of the stem and let to remember, it’s like the Marathon bars of yore. Cost: $1.49 at Boyd’s Retro Candy Store on Phillips Avenue. rice so it must be healthy, the root dry. Pack them in a box right? These Japanese fi lled with crumpled newspaper candies with a hint of or in paper sacks with sawdust for padding. Label them by fruity fl avor quickly name and color to make them soften. Bonus: there’s a easier to plant next year. children’s sticker inside. w FINISH OFF THE VEGGIES: Cost: $1.29 at Lee’s If you still have fruit on the Oriental Food Mart on vine, you can cut it off and take Laskey Road. it inside. Green tomatoes will BLADE PHOTOS BY DAVE ZAPOTOSKY, BLADE GRAPHIC BY SEAN MCKEOWN-YOUNG ripen in a sunny window. Herbs such as parsley, chive, rosemary, thyme, sage, and oregano can MUSIC HOMESTYLE be repotted with new potting soil and taken inside for the winter if you have a really sunny window or grow lights. w KEEP PLANTING: Now is Michael Buble aims a great time to fi nd late-season deals. I found weigela and var- iegated willow at my favorite home and garden store on to be one of the greats clearance. Trees can be planted until the ground is too hard to By MESFIN FEKADU music industry. How did technology dig. Water them thoroughly, ASSOCIATED PRESS play a role in the recording process? then top them with a solid three NEW — Michael Buble re- Buble: I tried to make it very organ- inches of compost for winter cently received a cassette tape of his ic, to record off the fl oor, to mic it in protection. fi rst performance ever, but it didn’t w a way you could really capture the PLANT BULBS: Because bring back pleasant memories. essence of what I do live, the en- we will have a run of warmer “I was absolutely terrible. I didn’t ergy of what I do live. ... Of course BOB GREENSPAN weather this week, take some know how to get in and out of the we used machines and Pro Tools, time to plant spring bulbs. song,” the 34-year-old said of a perfor- and there were parts of it where This holiday season, every Planting them in tight clumps mance when he was 16. “At that point I tuned my voice up and all that shade of green is hot. of fi ve, seven, or 10 makes them I didn’t understand the form of a song. stuff. I mean, I’m going to take look more natural. Carefully So wrong, so terrible.” advantage as much as I can, of spaced rows makes them look But even though he went through course, of technology as much This season’s more formal. I like to make the an awkward stage as a performer, he as we could. [But] we tried to holes with a three-inch auger bit was convinced that singing was in his make this record feel good as on my husband’s hammer drill. future. w opposed to sounding good, and hottest looks CLEAN & SHARPEN His faith paid off. His fi rst three CDs for me, that’s a huge step forward TOOLS: Take a few minutes to have gone gold, platinum, and triple- personally. clean shovels, hoe, trimmers, platinum, and his newest one, “Crazy Q: Do you fi nd covering songs for holidays and other tools you use around Love,” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s easier or harder to do compared to the garden. If you know you are By MARY CAROL GARRITY Top 200 albums chart . SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE done with a tool for the season, Buble knows where he’d like the See BUBLE, When you’re a home-decor give metal surfaces a light coat- rest of his career to head. Page 2 retailer, it’s a bit like living at the ing of oil before it is stored. “I’ve said it a million times: I would North Pole: It’s always the holiday Keep the trimmers handy since love very much to be known as one season. As soon as the decorations you will need them for midwin- of the great entertainers. If that’s are down for the season, we’re off ter pruning, and sharpen your me having a big ego, then sorry. I’m to market to pick out next year’s. mower blade once you have shooting for the stars and if I miss I’ll Our warehouse fi lls up with holi- stopped mowing for the season. hit the moon and that’s pretty high,” day decor in spring, and by sum- That should keep you busy he said. mer, we’re transforming the stores for a few days! If you need more In a recent interview, Buble talked into winter wonderlands. Call me projects, I can always fi nd a few. about his religion, the crazy things crazy, but I love living Christmas Just ask my husband. he’s done for love, and his new album, year-round because I get to check Contact Kelly Heidbreder at: which fi nds the Canadian-born singer out the new holiday trends early [email protected] covering songs by Van Morrison, Ron in the season. To get your holiday- Sexsmith, and the Eagles. decorating juices fl owing, here Q: You’re covering old school are a few of the great looks you’ll songs in this digital era of the see this season. ASSOCIATED PRESS See HOME, Page 2 + +

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