Basket flower - "Forcing" blooms
To bring fresh, blooming plants into your house in the wintertime, you can "force" outdoor plants bloom ahead of their usual schedule, says Edith Makra of the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. When you go outside to cut branches, choose ones with a large quantity of flower buds. Flower buds can be easily distinguished from vegetative buds by their typically larger size and are frequently found at branch ...
A sign of a successful soccer team is when its so used to winning that a tie seems like a loss. So Tuesdays 2-1 win over Flower Mound did wonders for the Coppell girls soccer team.
As the memory of last month's snowstorm in Portland fades, it's time to raise a toast to the last big snowstorm to blanket the city during the month of February.
CAMPBELL Emory Avenue, Friday A Hewlett-Packard laptop computer, printer and digital camera reportedly were stolen from a residence sometime from Feb. 10 to last Wednesday by someone who pried open the front door.
Taxes will be done at the Douglas County Senior Center every Thursday until April 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Appointments take one hour. For an appointment, call 783-6455. 90-plus birthday party is today
BROTHERS Andy and Grant Flower are still not interested in returning to the Zimbabwe cricket team as long as the present administration remains. The pair was speaking on Monday after playing for the World XI against the West Indies All Stars as part of the reopening of Kensington Oval on Saturday.
North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto (left) gets his first look at the Gordo CNV 2007 geranium, while Gordon Ramsdale, the City gardener who discovered it, looks on. The city has adopted the plant as its official centennial flower.
Brno- Growing cannabis, from which marihuana is produced, is still illegal without the relevant permit, the Supreme Court (NS) said in reaction to the interpretation by the paper Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) that said one can grow cannabis legally on the basis of an NS ruling.
(ARA) - Wedding traditions can and do change. And, sometimes, traditions should change. So says Peggy Post, the great-grand-daughter-in-law of Emily Post, today's leading authority on etiquette and the author of a dozen books.
A sign of a successful soccer team is when its so used to winning that a tie seems like a loss. So Tuesdays 2-1 win over Flower Mound did wonders for the Coppell girls soccer team.
As the memory of last month's snowstorm in Portland fades, it's time to raise a toast to the last big snowstorm to blanket the city during the month of February.
CAMPBELL Emory Avenue, Friday A Hewlett-Packard laptop computer, printer and digital camera reportedly were stolen from a residence sometime from Feb. 10 to last Wednesday by someone who pried open the front door.
Taxes will be done at the Douglas County Senior Center every Thursday until April 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Appointments take one hour. For an appointment, call 783-6455. 90-plus birthday party is today
BROTHERS Andy and Grant Flower are still not interested in returning to the Zimbabwe cricket team as long as the present administration remains. The pair was speaking on Monday after playing for the World XI against the West Indies All Stars as part of the reopening of Kensington Oval on Saturday.
North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto (left) gets his first look at the Gordo CNV 2007 geranium, while Gordon Ramsdale, the City gardener who discovered it, looks on. The city has adopted the plant as its official centennial flower.
Brno- Growing cannabis, from which marihuana is produced, is still illegal without the relevant permit, the Supreme Court (NS) said in reaction to the interpretation by the paper Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) that said one can grow cannabis legally on the basis of an NS ruling.
(ARA) - Wedding traditions can and do change. And, sometimes, traditions should change. So says Peggy Post, the great-grand-daughter-in-law of Emily Post, today's leading authority on etiquette and the author of a dozen books.
