Archive for October, 2008
Public gardens offer dazzling fall day trips - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Neil Sperry We’re blessed with several outstanding public botanic gardens here in the Metroplex. Let’s focus on three of the most notable. I’ve been to all three of these within the past few months, and any would make a wonderful fall outing …
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Plan for next year’s summer lilies now - Warren Times-Observer
Friday, October 31st, 2008American gardeners usually rate the lily as one of the most popular flowers in their gardens. Lilium is a great beauty and compared to other perennials is fairly low maintenance. This plant is not the more familiar daylily. A good friend and a new …
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Five vie for two supervisors seats - Spencer Daily Reporter
Friday, October 31st, 2008Voters have a diverse group of five candidates contending for a seat on the Clay County Board of Supervisors. The top two vote-getters on Tuesday night will be elected to a four-year term on the board. Residents are assured of one newcomer — Sylvia …
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San Francisco Bay Area home and garden calendar - San Jose Mercury News
Friday, October 31st, 2008San Francisco Bay Area home and garden calendarSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 1 hour agoElizabeth F. Gamble Garden Center, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. $25-$35. (650) 329-1356, extension 201, www.gamble garden.org. Decorative arrangements. …
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UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News - United Press International
Friday, October 31st, 2008NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (UPI) — More than 2,000 portable toilets have arrived in New York City to take care of the needs of the thousands expected to compete in the New York Marathon. The largest group, more than 1,600, are stationed at the Staten Island …
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Hollis Brookline calendar of events - Cabinet.com
Friday, October 31st, 2008Hollis Brookline calendar of eventsCabinet.com, NH - 22 minutes agoAmherst Garden Center, The Garden Party (Milford), PJ’s Flowers and Antiques (Bedford), Ponemah Farms (Amherst) and Woodman’s Florist are donating their …
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Hunt on for Wendell the wandering wallaby - United Press International
Friday, October 31st, 2008OTTAWA, Oct. 31 (UPI) — Towels soaked with kangaroo urine are being hung around a Canadian town in Ontario hopes of luring a runaway wallaby back to his pen. Wendell, a 3-year-old Bennett’s Red Necked Wallaby, escaped from his enclosure at Saunders …
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Fishers Walmart evacuated during fire - WTHR
Friday, October 31st, 2008Fishers Walmart evacuated during fireWTHR, IN - 23 minutes ago“We’ve had a fire at the Walmart this morning in the Lawn and Garden Center. That’s where they’ve been storing Christmas decorations and such. …
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Nursery school holds annual Monster Mash - Daily Freeman & Sunday Freeman
Friday, October 31st, 2008PLEASANT VALLEY - On Oct. 25 from 4-7 p.m., Pleasant Valley Cooperative Nursery School held its third annual Monster Mash fundraiser. Children came in costume to eat candy, enter toy raffles, paint pumpkins, get airbrush tattoos, have stories read to …
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Cool weather changes palette for avid gardeners - Jackson Sun
Friday, October 31st, 2008The weather man proclaimed that the recent frosts were the “end of the growing season.” I snorted. Maybe if zinnias and tomatoes are all you are growing. To hardcore gardeners, it’s simply a transition to a different growing season. Fall is show-off …
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