Gardening News

2006-08-23T19:38:00.000-07:00

Community Calendar (Duluth Budgeteer News)
Sunday The Arnold All-School Reunion Picnic will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lester Park. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held at Family of God Lutheran Church.

CoStar Group, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2006 Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
CoStar Group, Inc. today announced that its second quarter 2006 earnings per diluted share doubled compared to the same quarter a year ago.

ShopSmart Debuts: Ad-Free Shopping Magazine From Consumer Reports; Photo Available (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
ShopSmart, a new shopping magazine about products consumers use every day, debuts on newsstands on August 1, 2006. Aimed at women aged 30-plus, ShopSmart's mission is to help buyers make smart purchasing decisions on the products they need in their lives.

URSULA TERRASI, Weatherby Lake (Kansas City Star)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Owner of Scandia Down, 501 Nichols Road, (816) 753-1522 How would you describe your personal design style?

Now is the summer of our swish French tents (Guardian Unlimited)
Richard and Stephanie Roussets' designer tent is the French fashion statement of the summer.

Organic Valley Farmers' Appeal: Cultivate 'Generation Organic' (RedNova)

2006-08-02T19:18:00.010-07:00

Organic Valley Farmers' Appeal: Cultivate 'Generation Organic' (RedNova)
LAFARGE, Wis., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The mor

Risk Factors: Little Known Facts about Skin Cancer (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
The sun provides the energy for every single thing we eat, touch and enjoy. But its radiation is also deadly, especially for men.

Obituaries (Rifle Citizen Telegram)
George Heald passed away on July 18 surrounded by his family. He was 50. He was born in Wyoming and raised in Colorado.

Bordon News In Brief (Petersfield Post)
BORDON'S naked gardeners are set to star on television once again despite receiving little local response for their unique service.

Hot temps push gardening activities indoors (Rapid City Journal)
Searing heat and growling blizzards evoke the same response in me: I retreat, grudgingly, indoors and clean closets, drawers and files. I start looking for a place to put al lof the small, miscellaneous (obviously important) bits and pieces. It s the same with gardening. It s hot.

Cool cukes (Salisbury Post)
What would the hot dog be without the relish? What would the hamburger be without the slice of dill pickle? And what would ever take the place of tzatziki sauce on gyros?

Aug. 2 obituaries (Crossville Chronicle)
Mable Christine Agee, 76, of Crossville, passed away July 26, 2006. Funeral services were held July 29 from the chapel of Hood Funeral Home. Bro. AL Watkins officiated, with burial in Green Acres Memory Gardens.

Garden briefs (Tallahassee Democrat)
Go on a "Night Pond Prowl" from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday with Chris Bittle at Birdsong Nature Center, 2106 Meridian Road, Thomasville, Ga., and get an introduction to aquatic ecology principles.

Love still blooms 60 years later (Oakville Beaver)
Vi Simkins dug her wedding dress out of the closet, tried it on for size, and posed for a photograph -- all for a laugh. Some 60 years later, it still fits, much to the delight of her husband John Simkins, Oakville's well-known gardening writer and peony expert.

Garden District Grows in Its 4th Year at the Oregon State Fair (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

2006-08-02T19:18:00.008-07:00

Garden District Grows in Its 4th Year at the Oregon State Fair (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Budding gardeners and plant lovers from all over are invited to explore the newly expanded Garden District at the 2006 Oregon State Fair. More than 10,000 plants from Hart's Nursery will cover 2 lush acres on the state fairgrounds.

The ABCs of Back-to-School Savings (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The smell of a new textbook.

Cornell in the News (Cornell News Service)
A sampling of news coverage featuring Cornell and people at Cornell. Alpha Fraternity Brothers, Locking Arms for Change Washington Post - July 29, 2006 Alpha Phi Alpha, the nations's first African-American fraternity, which was founded at Cornell University in 1906, held it's centennial celebration in Washington D.C. last weekend.

Garden briefs (Tallahassee Democrat)
Go on a "Night Pond Prowl" from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday with Chris Bittle at Birdsong Nature Center, 2106 Meridian Road, Thomasville, Ga., and get an introduction to aquatic ecology principles.

Anna Mae Chesnes (News-Herald)
Funeral services for Anna Mae Chesnes, 91, of Willowick, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at McMahon-Coyne-Vitantonio Funeral Home, 6330 Center St., (Route 615, north of Route 2), in Mentor.

Police arrest nude man who broke into home, released birds, attacked car (Daily Press)
A naked 30-year-old Virginia Beach man was arrested and charged with burglary and the release of about 15 small chickens and four pigeons from a home in south Suffolk.

Briefs and other stuff: York captures state Senior Little League title (Daily Press)

2006-08-02T19:18:00.007-07:00

Briefs and other stuff: York captures state Senior Little League title (Daily Press)
Evan Yeo scored the game-winning run in the sixth inning in York's 2-1 win over Woodbridge in the Senior Little League state tournament championship game Wednesday in Stevens City. Cody Brown drove in the run.

Program helps kids overcome psychological obstacles (The Star-Ledger)
When children are first brought in to see Loretta Jantos and her staff, they are "usually holding the door jam as they are being pushed in."

Listings from Monday's calendar section (San Jose Mercury News)
SOUTH BAY Singles party. Games, music and dancing. 7 p.m. July 17. The Los Gatos Lodge, 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Road. Free. www.thepartyhotline.com or (408) 261-3332 extension 3.

HARDICK Thank you to all our family, friends, neighbors for helping us celebrate (Orangeville Citizen)
HARDICK Thank you to all our family, friends, neighbors for helping us celebrate our 60th Wedding Anniversary. For all the Best Wishes, cards, your pres-ence, made this special day com-plete. Many Thanks.

Puff of good news (Daily Press)

2006-08-02T19:17:00.001-07:00

Puff of good news (Daily Press)
The region is close to federal standards, but still emits millions of pounds of pollutants. Hampton Roads posted its first unhealthy air day of 2006 last week - only the second day of high ozone levels measured at any of three monitoring stations since 2004.

Garlic festival tidbits (The Gilroy Dispatch)
- The day after the 28th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, online bidding started as low as .99 cents (plus $6.50 shipping) at eBay.com for a Herbie Bobblehead doll - the most popular festival souvenir for five years running.

LOCAL EVENTS (San Jose Mercury News)
SOUTH BAY Sunnyvale centennial business expo. Prizes, business and farmers market booths and live music. 5-8:30 p.m. Aug. 2. Washington Avenue in downtown Sunnyvale. Free. (408) 736-4971.

Anna Mae Chesnes (News-Herald)
Funeral services for Anna Mae Chesnes, 91, of Willowick, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at McMahon-Coyne-Vitantonio Funeral Home, 6330 Center St., (Route 615, north of Route 2), in Mentor.

Garden District Grows in Its 4th Year at the Oregon State Fair (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Budding gardeners and plant lovers from all over are invited to explore the newly expanded Garden District at the 2006 Oregon State Fair. More than 10,000 plants from Hart's Nursery will cover 2 lush acres on the state fairgrounds.

Welcome to the garden club (Newsday)
Like plants, Long Island s gardening groups survive by adapting Elliot Turkiew expects to take his karate black-belt test this summer. But he also took quite a different exam at the Melville Marriott on a recent afternoon: a test that would qualify him to judge daylilies in flower shows.

Garden briefs (Tallahassee Democrat)

2006-08-02T19:17:00.000-07:00

Garden briefs (Tallahassee Democrat)
Go on a "Night Pond Prowl" from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday with Chris Bittle at Birdsong Nature Center, 2106 Meridian Road, Thomasville, Ga., and get an introduction to aquatic ecology principles.

Championship too close to call (ITV.com)
Believe what the bookies say and fans of Sunderland, West Brom and Birmingham can again look forward to visiting Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge this time next year.

Historic Gift Creates Endowed Chair at School of Nursing (UCSF Today)
Lillian Aldous s career reflected her personality: dynamic, ambitious, caring. From nursing student in Ontario, Canada, to public health nurse in Santa Clara County, Lillian approached her profession as she approached life with verve and enthusiasm.

Yorktown, Denbigh teams advance (Daily Press)
Ryan Collins pitched six strong innings and drove in two runs as second-seeded Yorktown Post 165 beat sixth-seeded Smithfield Post 49 11-8 Sunday in the second round of the American Legion district tournament at Denbigh High. Smithfield (10-10) had 13 hits, but committed four errors that led to 10 unearned runs.

Garden - Dress up your garden with the glory lily (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

2006-08-01T21:55:00.005-07:00

Dress up your garden with the glory lily (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
The glory lily is one of the most exotic flowering vines we can grow in the summer garden. Its first blooms will take your breath away by their color and intricate structure.

Eagles' Kearse wants to step it up this time (The Charlotte Observer)
By Ashley Fox The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - The lazy days that used to make up Jevon Kearse's offseasons were spent in South Beach, where he hit the clubs and searched for satisfaction. He'd take up residence in a rental near the never-ending procession of plastic and roll out in his trendy store-bought urban outfits with his boys, eight and nine cars thick.

Garden Calendar (Contra Costa Times)
CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Navlet's Garden Center classes-- "Indoor Pest Control," 10 a.m. Aug. 12; "Container Gardens and Accents," 10 a.m. Aug. 19; and "Entry Way Landscaping," 10 a.m. Aug. 26. 1555 Kirker Pass Road, Concord. 925-681-0550, www.navletsgardens.com.

Movie Review: The Ant Bully (Blogcritics.org)
The latest CG film to grace the screens is The Ant Bully , a tale of a picked upon boy who takes his frustrations out on the ants. The ants then rise up to teach the boy a lesson. Now, is it me, or does it feel like every week or two there is a new computer animated movie hitting the multiplex, with more on the horizon? What I wouldn't give for a traditional, hand drawn animated film on the big

Relay For Life raises $110,000 (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
COZAD - Hair was shaved, at least $110,000 was raised and cancer awareness filled the Cozad Haymaker Stadium last Friday night during the 12th Annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Dawson County.

Tending memories (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Human beings react to grief and loss in widely different ways, but many seek solace in the soil. It's only natural, said Jean Larson, coordinator for therapeutic horticulture at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. "We evolved from the garden; it's in our blood, our DNA. We're attracted to that." Some harness their grief to create a garden in honor of the person they're mourning, choosing elements

Waiting before acting results in excellent addition (MLive.com)
SHARON HOLLOW -- "We lived in it four years before doing anything," Judy Fry said about the 19th-century farmhouse she and her architect husband, Richard, subsequently remodeled extensively.

Health calendar (Detroit News)
TODAY

Memorial garden design elements (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
A sheltered site. When possible, design the garden to feel private and protected. A descent into the garden can help promote a sense of enclosure, suggested landscape architect Marjorie Pitz of Martin & Pitz Associates, while shrubs or trees can be used to create a privacy shield. An entrance. An identifiable garden entry point, marked by an arch or other element, helps create a distinct space

In the Midsummer Garden, Chaos and Sweet Lassitude (New York Times)
The garden is calling, but sometimes its demands can be overwhelming.

Garden - Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Stone Sculpture Experiences Full, Eventful Life (AllAfrica.com)

2006-08-01T21:55:00.004-07:00

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Stone Sculpture Experiences Full, Eventful Life (AllAfrica.com)
IN its short history the Zimbabwe stone sculpture has had a full and very eventful life.

DEVELOPMENT / DOUG SMITH: A TIME TO LIVE THE HIGH LIFE (The Charlotte Observer)
A TIME TO LIVE THE HIGH LIFE Updating the center city condo explosion 427 units, two 25-story towers and two 11-story buildings.

Bright side of SHADE (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Tom Steigerwald's the kind of guy who gets upset if the sky isn't blue enough. No wonder he's a gardener. "It...

Marbles find niche in garden (Akron Beacon Journal)
If someone tells you that you've ``lost your marbles,'' don't worry, I may have found them. No, it doesn't make me a brain surgeon.

Destinations: How to throw the perfect picnic (Visalia Times-Delta)
Under the trees and arbors at Mooney Grove Park on Saturday, dozens of people from across the state braved 100-degree heat to gather with friends, co-workers and family for a time-honored tradition: the picnic.

Teens accused of flooding home appear in court (Lahontan Valley News)
A district court judge will determine whether a 17-year-old boy accused of flooding a house built by high school students should be treated as an adult by the criminal justice system.

Eagles' Kearse wants to step it up this time (The Charlotte Observer)
By Ashley Fox The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - The lazy days that used to make up Jevon Kearse's offseasons were spent in South Beach, where he hit the clubs and searched for satisfaction. He'd take up residence in a rental near the never-ending procession of plastic and roll out in his trendy store-bought urban outfits with his boys, eight and nine cars thick.

Garden - Garden State Business Briefs (The Star-Ledger)

2006-08-01T21:55:00.003-07:00

Garden State Business Briefs (The Star-Ledger)
A federal court last week dismissed a whistle-blower lawsuit that claimed Wyeth committed fraud and violated the Sarbanes- Oxley Act by cutting corners at a manufacturing plant.

LOCAL EVENTS (San Jose Mercury News)
SOUTH BAY Sunnyvale centennial business expo. Prizes, business and farmers market booths and live music. 5-8:30 p.m. Aug. 2. Washington Avenue in downtown Sunnyvale. Free. (408) 736-4971.

More of today's best (Detroit Free Press)
Danielson, 8 p.m. Magic Stick, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. $10. Paul Geremia, 8 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $15, $20. Baker's Keyboard Lounge: Jam Session with Tad Weed Trio, 8 p.m. 20510 Livernois, Detroit. 313-345-6300.

Garden Calendar (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Send calendar items four weeks before the event to Northwest Gardens, P.O. Box 1909, Seattle, WA 98111-1909; fax: 206-448-8216, Attn: Northwest Gardens; e-mail: nwgardens@seattlepi.com.

Garden - Peculiar Characters Re-Enact the History of Washington Square Park (The Village Voice)

2006-08-01T21:55:00.002-07:00

Peculiar Characters Re-Enact the History of Washington Square Park (The Village Voice)
Thirty-four-year-old Aaralyn Evans leans over a small plaque sticking out of the ground in Washington Square Park, and reads aloud to her boyfriend: "On this spot, right now, you are on camera. There are a dozen highly sophisticated surveillance cameras that can pan around, tilt up or down, and zoom in to look at anything and everything they want to. Each of these cameras is on 24 hours a day and

Sports Briefing (New York Times)
football.

Growing interest: Garden club appealing to green readers (Gaylord Herald Times)
LEWISTON - The Lewiston Garden Club has drawn up a five-year plan to construct a reading garden in the empty lot next to the Lewiston Public Library.

Artists on the rise (The Star-Ledger)
It is probably Carla Gannis' "Baptism," a digitally manipulated color photo of a typical New Jersey backyard filled with butterflies and a woman in her underwear getting anointed by a garden hose, that makes you think Aljira's "Emerge 7" is a special show.

Garden - Delightful lake-side city that really has it all (icCroydon)

2006-08-01T21:55:00.001-07:00

Delightful lake-side city that really has it all (icCroydon)
SPEEDING up inside a glass-fronted elevator,I hold my breath in anticipation and peer out over the vast metropolis of Toronto on my left and a blanket of emerald water on my right.

TEN FOR THE GARDEN (San Jose Mercury News)
Hundreds of new products aimed at the home gardener are introduced each year. No wonder. Research from the National Gardening Association says that

Garden - Renovated Japanese garden thrives (Denver Post)

2006-08-01T21:55:00.000-07:00

Renovated Japanese garden thrives (Denver Post)
After years of digging out muck from the pond and restoring the Japanese garden at Denver Botanic Gardens to its previous glory, gardener Hiro Hiraga made a curious discovery. A turtle, about the size of a hubcap, had survived in the pond.

Amazon.com Announces Library Processing for Public and Academic Libraries Across the United States (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SEATTLE----July 31, 2006--Amazon.com today announced it has launched Library Processing, enabling its thousands of library customers to receive Machine-Readable Cataloging records and have books and other media they order from Amazon.com fitted with Mylar jackets, barcodes, and other essential preparation services.

Use protection in the battle against poison ivy (NorthJersey.com)
The more time we spend outdoors, the more likely we are to come in contact with poison ivy (or its cousins, poison oak and poison sumac). That makes summer prime time for children, hikers, bikers, birdwatchers, campers and gardeners to pick up that nasty, blistering rash.

Hidden Treasures (Port Folio Weekly)
The tiniest of the gardens is also the most formal. But it is very inviting. Pam and Pete Kloppel s long, narrow and perfectly manicured courtyard took shape during an extensive yearlong restoration of their 1920s era home beginning when they purchased it in 1991.

Garden Calendar (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Send calendar items four weeks before the event to Northwest Gardens, P.O. Box 1909, Seattle, WA 98111-1909; fax: 206-448-8216, Attn: Northwest Gardens; e-mail: nwgardens@seattlepi.com.

Tending memories (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Human beings react to grief and loss in widely different ways, but many seek solace in the soil. It's only natural, said Jean Larson, coordinator for therapeutic horticulture at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. "We evolved from the garden; it's in our blood, our DNA. We're attracted to that." Some harness their grief to create a garden in honor of the person they're mourning, choosing elements

Garden - Hunters could double as garden guardians (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

2006-08-01T21:54:00.008-07:00

Hunters could double as garden guardians (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Andover bow hunters and people sick of disappearing tulips -- and tomatoes, and daylilies -- could both win if the City Council decides to allow more deer hunting in some residential areas. Hunting is allowed in much of Andover's rural northern half, but the city is looking at permitting bow hunting in a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the city, where the deer population is large and

Lessons in life grow from garden (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
One day, working in the kitchen, I chanced to see an elderly couple wandering through the main garden. She was smiling, commenting on various small things; he had eyes only for her. Suddenly, reaching into his pocket, he brought out a tiny box, hesitated, then nervously turned to face her.

Consumers spending on gadgets, not food (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Australians have been buying more gadgets and electrical goods than food, clothing or department store items, new figures show.

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Stone Sculpture Experiences Full, Eventful Life (AllAfrica.com)
IN its short history the Zimbabwe stone sculpture has had a full and very eventful life.

Visual Arts (Seattle Weekly)
An opinionated guide to new and ongoing gallery and museum shows.

Woodland Garden Club gathers (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
The Woodland Garden Club members heard, Thomas Jefferson, a look at the man as a gardener, as the program topic at the meeting held at the Shorac Family Center. Marjorie McCarthy gave the presentation.

Garden - Fury over regular garden flooding (Kettering Today)

2006-08-01T21:54:00.007-07:00

Fury over regular garden flooding (Kettering Today)
A RESIDENT is calling for action to be taken to sort out a drainage problem which causes her garden to flood during heavy rain.

Garden - Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Still Angry After All These Years (Undercover)

2006-08-01T21:54:00.006-07:00

Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Still Angry After All These Years (Undercover)
Crosby Stills Nash & Young s Freedom of Speech 06 is more than a concert tour. Each show is a three and a half hour anti-Bush political rally.

From depths to heights (Rocky Mountain News)
It's 130 degrees in the shade, and Dr. Scott Snyder's feet are turning to hamburger.

Colorful pinwheels pep up garden design (The Columbus Dispatch)
Pinwheels make moving additions to a garden as they catch the summer breeze. Even when still, they strike a pretty pose among the posies. What s better is that they are easy to make, although nimble fingers are required.

Garden - DEVELOPMENT / DOUG SMITH: A TIME TO LIVE THE HIGH LIFE (The Charlotte Observer)

2006-08-01T21:54:00.005-07:00

DEVELOPMENT / DOUG SMITH: A TIME TO LIVE THE HIGH LIFE (The Charlotte Observer)
A TIME TO LIVE THE HIGH LIFE Updating the center city condo explosion 427 units, two 25-story towers and two 11-story buildings.

So you think July was hot... (Henry Herald)
Thermometers might not show it, but this August is expected to feel much hotter than July s heat blast. According to AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Josh Newhard, the high temperatures in July are typically warmer than August, but the humidity in August makes it feel hotter.

What's Going On (San Antonio Express News)
The Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation's educational meeting on ovarian cancer and cancer treatment will feature Robert Bast and Joel Marcus as guest speakers.

Community update (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
JUNIOR NATURALIST DAY CAMP : By Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department for ages 9 to 13; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Aug. 7 to 11, various locations; for fee, call 427-6000, visit www.fortwayneparks.org (select Fun Times ), or main office, 705 E. State Blvd.

Renovated Japanese garden thrives (Denver Post)
After years of digging out muck from the pond and restoring the Japanese garden at Denver Botanic Gardens to its previous glory, gardener Hiro Hiraga made a curious discovery. A turtle, about the size of a hubcap, had survived in the pond.

PEACH ICE CREAM (The Wichita Eagle)
WOMAN COUNTS THE SEASON'S PRODUCE AMONG LIFE'S BLESSINGS Diane Heilman Felt wears two hats at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado -- director of nutrition and head of pastoral care -- and says they are a natural fit. "Food is one of God's greatest gifts," she said. "I think you should always treat it with respect."

Artists on the rise (The Star-Ledger)
It is probably Carla Gannis' "Baptism," a digitally manipulated color photo of a typical New Jersey backyard filled with butterflies and a woman in her underwear getting anointed by a garden hose, that makes you think Aljira's "Emerge 7" is a special show.

Garden - BUSINESS FOR SALE (Kathimerini)

2006-08-01T21:54:00.004-07:00

BUSINESS FOR SALE (Kathimerini)
HOTEL, in leasehold by Englishmen on Kos, A' category, 4 stars, in perfect condition, 228 rooms, 10 years old, in the center of town, 50 m. from the best central beach, with award convenience to the customers, huge swimming pool, restaurant, mini market, play room, biological cleaning, in 5,000 sq.m. parcel, big execution, fullness, bargain.

Enjoying gardens at night (Winchester Star)
Winchester So many of us work hard all day. We leave in the early morning hours and rarely return before sunset. It s for gardeners like these that I invented the term flashlight gardening.

What's going on (Star-Gazette)
STAMPING WITH PAM, 10 a.m.-noon, A Sweet Read Books & Coffee Shop, Grand Central Plaza (between SoundWorks and GCP Liquors), Horseheads. Reservations required. $5. 739-8502.

Tree Fungus Big Problem This Year (13WHAM Rochester)
(Henrietta, N.Y.) - Branches look they need water, but it's really a fungus that's causing problems.

Landscaping cools off (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Like plants wilting under the blazing sun, sales at landscaping firms and nurseries are suffering from the summer heat.

Garden - Cathie Draine: Rapid City Garden Walk showcases imaginative landscaping (Rapid City Journal)

2006-08-01T21:54:00.003-07:00

Cathie Draine: Rapid City Garden Walk showcases imaginative landscaping (Rapid City Journal)
RAPID CITY Everyone who loves a garden is invited to Rapid City s Annual Garden Walk on Sunday, June 25.

Lessons from the Garden (KFYR)
It`s been a hot, dry, frustrating summer for farmers. But farmers are tough and most will not give up after this drought year. Even the youngest producers say this year`s growing season hasn`t been easy, but they have no regrets.

Bowled Over (Hartford Courant)
Salad Servers: Four Staff Picks A Sunflower Platter : I'm not an inspired cook, but I do like to present my food nicely, especially for guests.

A Bloomin' Good Tour' weekend event (McPherson Sentinel)
CANTON -- Maxwell Wildlife Refuge offers A Bloomin' Good Tour Saturday. Participants begin the day at the refuge with a trip on board a modern-day covered wagon (tram) for a beautiful view of the Smokey Hill prairie. A guide will identify wildflowers as visitors travel along the prairie trail.

These crabs are the pick of the ocean (Boston Globe)
SOUTH BLUE HILL, Maine -- The Happy Crab gang works out of a blue shed, nestled in the woods, halfway up a long dirt road, in this little town on the coast. Wearing hairnets and sleeveless shirts, they sit around the table cracking claws and legs and scooping the body meat out of topsy-turvy piles of brick - colored sand ...

Art in Review (New York Times)
Howardena Pindell at G. R. N Namdi Gallery, Jessica Ciocci at Foxy Production and Bozidar Brazda at Haswellediger & Company.

Garden - Enjoying gardens at night (Winchester Star)

2006-08-01T21:54:00.002-07:00

Enjoying gardens at night (Winchester Star)
Winchester So many of us work hard all day. We leave in the early morning hours and rarely return before sunset. It s for gardeners like these that I invented the term flashlight gardening.

Sprouting knowledge: Boylston garden's vegetable plot attracts attention (Milford Daily News)
Visitors to the Tower Hill Botanic Garden often ask for directions to the vegetable garden. Frequently, they're actually standing in the vegetable garden.

Tending memories (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Human beings react to grief and loss in widely different ways, but many seek solace in the soil. It's only natural, said Jean Larson, coordinator for therapeutic horticulture at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. "We evolved from the garden; it's in our blood, our DNA. We're attracted to that." Some harness their grief to create a garden in honor of the person they're mourning, choosing elements

Relay For Life raises $110,000 (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
COZAD - Hair was shaved, at least $110,000 was raised and cancer awareness filled the Cozad Haymaker Stadium last Friday night during the 12th Annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Dawson County.

Peculiar Characters Re-Enact the History of Washington Square Park (The Village Voice)
Thirty-four-year-old Aaralyn Evans leans over a small plaque sticking out of the ground in Washington Square Park, and reads aloud to her boyfriend: "On this spot, right now, you are on camera. There are a dozen highly sophisticated surveillance cameras that can pan around, tilt up or down, and zoom in to look at anything and everything they want to. Each of these cameras is on 24 hours a day and

Garden - Delightful lake-side city that really has it all (icCroydon)

2006-08-01T21:54:00.001-07:00

Delightful lake-side city that really has it all (icCroydon)
SPEEDING up inside a glass-fronted elevator,I hold my breath in anticipation and peer out over the vast metropolis of Toronto on my left and a blanket of emerald water on my right.

Why is evil monster free? (icWales)
A WOMAN forced to live like a medieval slave for 10 years by an evil shopkeeper last night asked Tony Blair: "Why is this monster back on our streets?"

Garden - Green flag honours for Swansea (NewsWales)

2006-08-01T21:54:00.000-07:00

Green flag honours for Swansea (NewsWales)
Victoria Park, Clyne Gardens, Singleton Botanics and Bishop's Wood Local Nature Reserve have all achieved the highly coveted national standard for parks and green spaces, the Green Flag Award given by the Civic Trust for being excellent examples of green spaces which improve the quality of peoples' lives.

ACROSS THE POND: Things heating up in London (The Sun Chronicle)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Former Attleboro resident Deeya Pavelle packed all her belongings in 2003 and crossed `` The Pond'' to England, where she started a new job and a new life teaching at an English PRU, or Pupil Referral Unit, in London.

So you think July was hot... (Henry Herald)
Thermometers might not show it, but this August is expected to feel much hotter than July s heat blast. According to AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Josh Newhard, the high temperatures in July are typically warmer than August, but the humidity in August makes it feel hotter.

Consumers spending on gadgets, not food (Sydney Morning Herald)
Despite paying more for petrol and dealing with higher interest rates, Australians have been buying more gadgets and electrical goods than food, clothing or department store items, new figures show.

Hilton Garden Inn to Open Three Mid-priced Hotels in Germany and Italy (Hospitality Net)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Hilton Garden Inn(R) (NYSE:HLT), the fastest growing brand that is part of the Hilton Family of Hotels, announced three international franchised hotel openings in Western Europe -- making the European hotels the first Hilton Garden Inn locations to open outside the United States, Canada and Mexico. The award-winning mid-priced brand will debut and open one new hotel in

Growing interest: Garden club appealing to green readers (Gaylord Herald Times)
LEWISTON - The Lewiston Garden Club has drawn up a five-year plan to construct a reading garden in the empty lot next to the Lewiston Public Library.

Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Still Angry After All These Years (Undercover)
Crosby Stills Nash & Young s Freedom of Speech 06 is more than a concert tour. Each show is a three and a half hour anti-Bush political rally.

Teens accused of flooding home appear in court (Lahontan Valley News)
A district court judge will determine whether a 17-year-old boy accused of flooding a house built by high school students should be treated as an adult by the criminal justice system.

Four SoCal Hotels Trade for $215M (Commercial Property News)
Innkeepers USA Trust has entered into an agreement to purchase four hotel properties in Southern California from Bethesda, Md.-based RLJ Urban Lodging Fund L.P., an affiliate of RLJ Development L.L.C., for a total cost of $215 million, the company said today.

Garden - Consumers spending on gadgets, not food (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

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Consumers spending on gadgets, not food (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Australians have been buying more gadgets and electrical goods than food, clothing or department store items, new figures show.

This gardening guru does know beans (Baltimore Sun)
Larry Kloze spreads the word about the value, joys of growing your own At the lush community garden tucked behind Temple Oheb Shalom in Upper Park Heights, Larry Kloze gently checks rows of vegetables for signs of their health and progress and for the idiosyncrasies of his fellow gardeners.

Garden State Business Briefs (The Star-Ledger)
A federal court last week dismissed a whistle-blower lawsuit that claimed Wyeth committed fraud and violated the Sarbanes- Oxley Act by cutting corners at a manufacturing plant.

Dan Gross | Mel's good Jewish friend (Philly.com)
WE WERE surprised to read about Mel Gibson's severely anti-Semitic remarks made after his arrest on drunken driving charges last weekend in Malibu.

Sprouting knowledge: Boylston garden's vegetable plot attracts attention (Milford Daily News)
Visitors to the Tower Hill Botanic Garden often ask for directions to the vegetable garden. Frequently, they're actually standing in the vegetable garden.

Garden - Raw Preview, Titan Towers vandalized, Summerslam stories, The CW Smackdown site, IWF at Raw/SD (Lords of Pain)

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Raw Preview, Titan Towers vandalized, Summerslam stories, The CW Smackdown site, IWF at Raw/SD (Lords of Pain)
Will HBK be the one to stop Umaga? July 31, 2006 What did Mr. McMahon say to his Executive Assistant Jonathan Coachman on the phone last week on RAW? While we know his plan was to have Shawn Michaels face Coachman in a singles match, what else did he have planned?

Garden - New rose arbor leaves councillor disappointed (Wairarapa Times-Age)

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New rose arbor leaves councillor disappointed (Wairarapa Times-Age)
The massive steel construction erected as a rose arbor on the outskirts of the revamped rose garden in Masterton's Queen Elizabeth Park has been described by one district councillor as a galvanised monstrosity.

A barbecue road trip traverses the backroads of South Carolina, where the pigs are smoked and the sauce is sometimes (Charleston City Paper)
Not too long ago, I found myself at Brunson's Crossroads on the outskirts of Hemingway, S.C., where I met a weathered and worn fellow. He was a black man, old enough to know Jim Crow well, skulked back in a ragged lawn chair with a cheap cigarette propped between his remaining teeth.

Landscaping cools off (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Like plants wilting under the blazing sun, sales at landscaping firms and nurseries are suffering from the summer heat.

Executive property in Hidden Valley (Reno Gazette-Journal)
Story and photos

Sports Briefing (New York Times)
football.

Sherwood fundraiser brings out protesters (The Daily Item)
LEWISBURG Ten protesters shrugged off the intense afternoon heat to publicly oppose U.S. Rep. Don Sherwood's re-election bid as the incumbent attended a fundraising event in Lewisburg Tuesday night.

Use protection in the battle against poison ivy (NorthJersey.com)
The more time we spend outdoors, the more likely we are to come in contact with poison ivy (or its cousins, poison oak and poison sumac). That makes summer prime time for children, hikers, bikers, birdwatchers, campers and gardeners to pick up that nasty, blistering rash.

Garden - In the Tin Man's garden (Seattle Times)

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In the Tin Man's garden (Seattle Times)
Jim Honold's heart is fully in his art as this "accidental metal designer" invites you to gild your garden.

Sports Briefing (New York Times)
football.

Rare bulbs (Marin Independent Journal)
It's such great fun to find special plants for a garden. For me, if a plant is different, pretty, gardener-friendly and comes with either a great provenance or a great story, I'm interested. If, on top of that, it's also really fragrant and lasts for years, I want it.

Saturday 8/5 (The Village Voice)
[Comedy] Cocksucker Blues Thespian channels Lenny Bruce Lenny Bruce once asked an audience, "Are there any niggers here tonight?" (His point being that, if the word was used more, it would lose its power.) Needless to say, he was a man who took risks. And so it is in that spirit that actor Steve Cuiffo walks out on a limb tonight, attempting his best impersonation of the iconic comedian-satirist,

Fairy tale of a boy and his cat ends in tragedy (New York Daily News)
When I learned Noah Simring had taken his life on his 21st birthday, I went right back to when he was 9 years old and unshakeably convinced that love would make a spindly stray kitty a champion at the big Madison Square Garden cat show.

Garden - Consumers spending on gadgets, not food (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

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Consumers spending on gadgets, not food (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Australians have been buying more gadgets and electrical goods than food, clothing or department store items, new figures show.

Eagles' Kearse wants to step it up this time (The Charlotte Observer)
By Ashley Fox The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - The lazy days that used to make up Jevon Kearse's offseasons were spent in South Beach, where he hit the clubs and searched for satisfaction. He'd take up residence in a rental near the never-ending procession of plastic and roll out in his trendy store-bought urban outfits with his boys, eight and nine cars thick.

Lessons in life grow from garden (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
One day, working in the kitchen, I chanced to see an elderly couple wandering through the main garden. She was smiling, commenting on various small things; he had eyes only for her. Suddenly, reaching into his pocket, he brought out a tiny box, hesitated, then nervously turned to face her.

A Bloomin' Good Tour' weekend event (McPherson Sentinel)
CANTON -- Maxwell Wildlife Refuge offers A Bloomin' Good Tour Saturday. Participants begin the day at the refuge with a trip on board a modern-day covered wagon (tram) for a beautiful view of the Smokey Hill prairie. A guide will identify wildflowers as visitors travel along the prairie trail.

WANTED: Cars and trucks. Running or not. Call Greg (705) 466-6191 or (519) 938-1161.g13 (Orangeville Citizen)
WANTED: Cars and trucks. Running or not. Call Greg (705) 466-6191 or (519) 938-1161.g13 2001 CHEV MALIBU LS, 1991 DODGE DAKOTA, 4x4.

Delightful lake-side city that really has it all (icCroydon)
SPEEDING up inside a glass-fronted elevator,I hold my breath in anticipation and peer out over the vast metropolis of Toronto on my left and a blanket of emerald water on my right.

Garden Calendar (Contra Costa Times)
CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Navlet's Garden Center classes-- "Indoor Pest Control," 10 a.m. Aug. 12; "Container Gardens and Accents," 10 a.m. Aug. 19; and "Entry Way Landscaping," 10 a.m. Aug. 26. 1555 Kirker Pass Road, Concord. 925-681-0550, www.navletsgardens.com.

From depths to heights (Rocky Mountain News)
It's 130 degrees in the shade, and Dr. Scott Snyder's feet are turning to hamburger.

Big Bear Valley Government in Action (Big Bear Grizzly)
Public hearings were held on six items. A seventh item, an application by the Old Miners Association parade committee for a permit to hold a beer garden and barbecue in Veterans Park during the parade, was removed at the applicants' request.

Garden - 01 Aug 2006 : Lafarge Gypsum opens in George (Cape Business News South Africa Business)

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01 Aug 2006 : Lafarge Gypsum opens in George (Cape Business News South Africa Business)
Lafarge Gypsum South Africa, a leading manufacturer of plasterboard ceiling and partition systems, has launched a new distribution centre in George. Increased tourism to George, on the Garden Route, has attracted enormous investment to the region.

Landscaping cools off (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Like plants wilting under the blazing sun, sales at landscaping firms and nurseries are suffering from the summer heat.

What's Going On (San Antonio Express News)
The Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation's educational meeting on ovarian cancer and cancer treatment will feature Robert Bast and Joel Marcus as guest speakers.

From depths to heights (Rocky Mountain News)
It's 130 degrees in the shade, and Dr. Scott Snyder's feet are turning to hamburger.

HOTEL PLAN WINS CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A controversial plan to build a Hilton Garden Inn Suites hotel near a residential subdivision was approved Wednesday by the Tyler City Council, in spite of pleas from homeowners and a split among elected leaders.