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“Gardening is fun, requiring patience and fortitude.”

I have always wanted to create a daffodil display garden - a place where I could plant with abandon hundreds, even thousands, of one of my favorite spring-blooming bulbs, producing a couple of weeks of what I ... via Hartford Courant

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“I've always been interested in plants that don't conform to our preconceived notion of what a plant should be”

A scientist with the Missouri Botanical Garden has rediscovered and identified a rare parasitic plant that hasn't been seen by botanists in more than 20 years.

A single specimen of the plant was found in Mexico in 1985, but the plant wasn't seen again until St. Louis botanist George Yatskievych and a colleague found it in a pine oak forest in Mexico's mountains.

The plant, which he is identifying and naming for the first time, is not a classic beauty. The odd, orange-brown, fleshy-stemmed plant _ which will have the formal Latin name for the 'little hermit of Mexico' _ has a pine cone-shaped dense cluster of flowers and juicy celery-like stalks. Read more

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Jeff Talarigo has a remarkable talent: From some of the most horrific experiences a human being might face, he somehow crafts beautiful, haunting works of fiction. via Christian Science Monitor

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“We've have plenty of people that want to invest money here and improve the neighborhood”

Residents on both sides of the Ohio River say they're fed up with the often neglected railroad bridges. via Cincypost.Com

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Bud the cat is back home safe and sound after spending more than four days stuck in a drain pipe in his family's yard in Harrisburg.

Linda Grudi said Bud disappeared a week ago and the family searched high and low for him, nearly giving up hope.

Then, on Saturday morning, as she was gardening, Grudi heard a faint 'meow.' Neighbors, a contractor, a plumber and the fire department resumed the search.

Finally, Dave Jones of Roto-Rooter was summoned and he and his team dropped a fiber-optic camera about 100 feet into a 6-inch drain pipe and there was Bud, staring back at them. Read more

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“I really can't let you do that”

Jamie Mitchell offered to eat the illicit ham on the spot, but the border official was having none of it. via Chicago Tribune

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“Scattering seeds is the easiest way to guerrilla gardening”

'Guerrilla gardeners' plant flowers on a spot of urban wasteland in south London on April 22, 2008. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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“What we found is that one reason chemotherapy frequently does not work is that you kill the bulk of the tumour but leave many of the stem cells behind”

WHILE chemotherapy can remove breast cancer tumours, it fails to root out the stem cells that can revive the cancer, researchers said in a study published in the US today. via News.com.au

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 As front pages go, the cover of Nature is scarcely a stunner. via The News

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“Having the apple day gave us a chance to get together socially, gave the kids to chance to get out and run around, gave them a sense of where their food comes from. We even made applesauce - all just from having too many apples”

Raising a child in a world with fears over toxic plastics in baby bottles and children's toys isn't easy, just ask any mom or dad. via Inside Bay Area

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