Staff reports

Sterling Estates of West Cobb, a senior living community

at 3165 Dallas Highway in west Cobb County between W. Sandtown Road and Kennesaw View Drive, will have a grand opening in mid-August at which time 50 residents are expected to move in.

Construction started a little over a year ago on this senior rental community complete with cottages, garden homes, independent living apartments and assisted living suites.

West Cobb residents Anne and David Strand will be moving into one of the 21 cottages currently under construction.

“We don’t need all the stuff and space in our old home, but we do like the large master bedroom, bathroom and living areas of our new home at Sterling Estates,” the Strands said. “We’re also glad somebody else will be in charge of all the yard work and maintenance. We write only one check, and they take care of everything.”

“We’re local developers, owners and managers, which gives us the opportunity to be involved on a daily basis, which is what we love,” said Mike Brown, managing partner of Sterling Estates of West Cobb. “What we’ve learned through the years is that seniors are no different than anyone else;

they want a variety of housing options. However, all seniors are looking for socialization opportunities, great food in an inviting setting, a desire to stay independent, and the ability to age in place.”

“Here at Sterling Estates of West Cobb, we’ve built a neighborhood where sidewalks, front porches and planned events give you many opportunities to socialize. We’ll have three dining venues with a variety of menus and choices. Food is very important in our business; in fact,

our culinary team at our sister property in east Cobb just won the annual, local food festival called ‘Taste of East Cobb.’ We believe physical activity is essential to maintaining one’s independence and have built a 7,500-square-foot wellness center professionally staffed and complete with an indoor, heated salt water pool. We believe that we’ll have the only licensed assisted living community in the market to provide care for those who may need help with the activities of daily living,” Brown said.

Model home tours are available and the Leasing Center is now open on site. Pricing starts at $3,950 per month for Independent

Living apartments.For more information, call

770-255-7000 or visit www.sterlingestateswestcobb.com.

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DEVELOPMENT I APARTMENTS AND SUITES

Sterling Estates building senior living community in west CobbMOVING IN

Above and right: Construction started a little over a year ago on a senior living community Sterling Estates of West Cobb is building at 3165 Dallas Highway between W. Sandtown Road and Kennesaw View Drive. There will be a grand opening in mid-August at which time 50 residents are expected to move in. / Special

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The last of the “hounds of spring” is in its glory. Dogwood.

The fl amboyant show began back in late winter when cornelian cherry (Cornus mas), a kind of dogwood, swathed its branches in a veil of small, yellow blossoms. That display was followed by one from the familiar fl owering dogwood (C. fl orida), on whose heels, at ground level, came bunchberry (C. canadensis). Then it was the turn of pagoda dogwood (C. alternifolia), its white blossoms on branches tiered like the roofs of a pagoda.

Summer is when white blossoms begin spilling in profusion from among kousa dogwood’s (C. kousa) dark green leaves. These

blossoms are especially welcome because they fi ll the vacuum that follows the burst of color from spring-blooming trees and shrubs.

In fact, what we’ve been admiring from all these “hounds” are not fl owers at all. These dogwoods’ true fl owers are relatively

inconspicuous. The alleged fl owers are actually leaves — modifi ed leaves called bracts, which are petal-like in color and in the way they lie in a whorl just behind the true fl owers. (Poinsettias also owe their fl amboyance to bracts rather than to true petals.)

Dogwoods’ beauty continues into summer

The white bracts of a kousa dogwood make the tree a beautiful sight to behold in summer. / AP

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ORNAMENTALS♦ If your hosta and

azalea stems have a white powder covering them, it is probably the waxy coating of planthopper insects. They don’t do much damage, but can spread diseases. Spray with garden insecticide if unsightly.

♦ Keep pinching back mums to keep them blooming longer and make them bushier.

♦ Lamb’s ear tends to have their lower leaves die after a heavy rain. This forms ugly mats that will rot stems and roots. Pull away the yellow leaves to keep up airfl ow.

♦ Fertilize crape myrtles, butterfl y bushes and hydrangeas with 1 Tablespoon of 10-10-10 per foot of height. (www.caes.uga.edu/applications/publications/fi les/pdf/C%20944_4.PDF)

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

♦ Before you spray an insecticide on your vegetables, check the label. Each insecticide has a waiting period after application before you can harvest.

♦ Although tomatoes are self-pollinating, they need movement to transfer pollen. If it is hot and calm for several days, gently shake plants to assure pollen transfer and fruit set. Hot temperatures can interfere with blossom set.

♦ Water stress in sweet potatoes can result in cracked roots. A potassium defi ciency causes long, slender roots. Too much nitrogen reduces yield and quality. (www.caes.uga.edu/applications/

publications/fi les/pdf/C%201014_1.PDF)

♦ Most fertilizer recommendations are for 100 square feet, so keep your garden’s square footage a simple fraction of that. For example, a 4 X 12 foot garden is exactly 50 square feet and would require exactly one half the fertilizer required by a garden of 100 square feet.

♦ Okra pods get tough if allowed to grow too large. Pick regularly.

♦ Mulch strawberries heavily to protect them from heat and drought.

♦ The time of day vegetables are harvested can make a difference in the taste and

texture. For sweetness, pick peas and corn late in the day; that’s when they contain the most sugar, especially if the day was cool and sunny. Other vegetables, like lettuce and cucumbers, are crisper and tastier if you harvest them early in the morning before the day’s heat has a chance to wilt and shrivel them.

♦ Start a fall crop of brussel sprouts, broccoli, caulifl ower and kale indoors. Outdoors, sow pumpkin, beans, squash, cucumbers and crowder peas. Plant carrots mid-month. (www.caes.uga.edu/applications/publications/fi les/pdf/C%201023_1.PDF)

♦ Pick squash regularly to keep up production. If the vines wilt, check the base of the stem for “sawdust.” This means the plant has squash bores in the stem. Remove infected plants (thus removing the bores) and plant new

seeds. It is good to change your planting location to hopefully prevent the new plants from being attacked.

♦ Sunfl owers are ready to harvest when the back of the head turns brown.

♦ Keep an eye out for tomato hornworm. They can do enormous damage overnight. They also attack Nicotiana. When you see damage, check under leaves and stems to fi nd them. Hand pick to dispose of them.

♦ Don’t plant all your beans at once. If you stagger the plantings every two weeks you will have fresh beans longer. Soak bean seeds overnight before planting for faster germination.

♦ Use bamboo poles to form a large teepee-like structure. Use twine to create a trellis though all but one section of the teepee. Plant pole beans along the twine. Watch the beans grow into a house that kids love to play in. The section that was not tied with the twine is the entrance to the bean teepee.

MISCELLANEOUS♦ If you keep your

houseplants indoors all summer, keep them out of the draft of the air conditioner. Plants react to an air conditioner’s cool air in various ways. Some drop their leaves, others don’t bloom well and some fail to bloom at all.

Marcia Winchester, is one of many UGA Master

Gardener Extension Volunteers of Cherokee

County. For more information or questions

contact the Cherokee County Extension Office

at 770-721-7803 or for upcoming seminars follow us on Facebook

at www.facebook.com/cherokeemastergardeners.

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