[September 04, 2011] Checklist: In the garden, around the house [The Sacramento Bee, Calif.] Tweet (Sacramento Bee (CA) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sept. 04--Labor Day weekend marks the traditional end of summer. But where will your summer memories end up -- tossed in a drawer or left on your digital camera or computer? Put those photos and mementos some place where you can really share them with others -- in a scrapbook. It could be digital or old-fashioned cut-and-paste with paper and scissors. But the results can last a lifetime. Local scrapbook expert Ann Clemmer advises the best time to do a scrapbook is while memories still are fresh. It's a great family project, too. If it's done by hand, children can help cut shapes, sort photos and paste while adding their own personal touches. That's what makes a family scrapbook special. Besides photos, ticket stubs, programs, postcards and other vacation reminders can be added to personalize the book. This weekend could be a good time to start. Clemmer suggests getting together to scrapbook as soon as possible after a vacation or other memorable event rather than saying, "I'll get to it when I have some free time." Take a few hours out from TV and pull out the photos. "The longer you wait, the greater the chances those photos will never see the light of day again," she said. Need some ideas to get started? Click on Clemmer's website, www.stamperdog.com. -- Debbie Arrington ? September starts another season in the vegetable garden. Now is the time to plant for fall. Warm soil gets seedlings off to a fast start. ? Plant onions, lettuce, peas, radishes, turnips, beets, carrots and potatoes directly into the vegetable beds. ? Transplant cabbage, broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower as well as lettuce seedlings. ? Keep harvesting tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons and eggplant to stretch out the summer harvest for a few more weeks. ? Be careful not to overwater melons; they can split. In particular, watermelons benefit from less irrigation -- only once a week -- as they ripen. ? Sow seeds of California poppies, clarkia and African daisies. Transplant cool-weather annuals such as pansies, violas, fairy primroses, calendulas, stocks and snapdragons. -- Debbie Arrington Call The Bee's Debbie Arrington, (916) 321-1075. -- Read more articles by Debbie Arrington ___ (c)2011 The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, Calif.) Visit The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, Calif.) at www.sacbee.com Distributed by MCT Information Services [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]