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Dakotas might see record sunflower yields

Sunflower crops could set records in the nation's top two producing states this year, helping to blunt a drop in nationwide production and ensure a healthy supply for processors in the United States and Canada.

1-800-Clunkers? Florist keeps getting car calls

The government is giving cash for clunkers. It isn't sending flowers.

Flower shop launches first Facebook store

In a first, but likely not last for Facebook, a retailer is setting up shop inside the popular social-networking site.

Want to find your happy place? Try 'Flower'

Anyone who’s ever played video games knows the feeling. Maybe you’ve got bullets whizzing past your head, maybe a clock is counting down. Either way, you’ve got a controller gripped so tightly in your hands that your knuckles have gone white from the loss of blood flow. Teetering on the edge of your couch, you lean toward your television like it’s some kind of industrial-grade magnet. Your shoulders sit tied up in knots around your neck.

Israel lets Gaza export Valentine's Day flowers

Israel is relaxing its blockade of the Gaza Strip to let through 25,000 carnations headed to Europe for Valentine's Day.

Valentine's blues for flower growers

The smell of roses may be fainter in the United States this Valentine's Day.

Times may change, but Super Bowl ads don’t

With the economy in the doldrums and the nation’s future uncertain, it’s nice to know that some things never change.

Flowers, Jones offer Web details on Bill Clinton

Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones are offering Internet viewers the lurid details of encounters they claim they had with former President Clinton — for $1.99 a pop.

Gennifer Flowers Mulls Vote for Clinton

The one-time other woman in Hillary Rodham Clinton's life says she's considering casting her vote for the former first lady. "I can't help but want to support my own gender, and she's as experienced as any of the others — except maybe Joe Biden," Gennifer Flowers said in a recent telephone interview from her home in Las Vegas.

Judge Gives SLM, Investors a Timeline

A judge on Monday gave Sallie Mae and the investor group seeking to terminate its $25 billion buyout of the student lender one day to drop conditions of the deal that prevent the company from talking to other potential suitors.

Valentine Roses Hit With Toxic Chemicals

It's probably the last thing most people think about when buying roses — by the time the bright, velvety flowers reach your Valentine, they will have been sprayed, rinsed and dipped in a battery of potentially lethal chemicals.

Expert Says Liquor Could Help Houseplants

For home gardeners who don't want their daffodils to tip over, a Cornell University horticulturist thinks he has the answer: Get the flowers a little tipsy with some hard liquor.

The Vine

You Would Never Guess What I Saw an Elderly Couple do in Bright Day Light!?

I could not believe it, could it be true I though, do they still do that at that age. Seriously, I did not think that part of the body even worked at that age, they looked to be about 75-80 years old.

Planting allium, the lollipop of the garden
Source: The L.A. Times

I just like to share the beauty

'I wish to register a complaint'
Source: BBC News

Flowers, lipstick and a horse feature on the list of purchases that have led to complaints by UK consumers to a new helpline. The bizarre issues are among thousands of cross-border queries dealt with by the UK European Consumer Centre in its first two years of operation.

Is NSPD-51 and HSPD-20: National Emergency Illegal?

President Obama declared a "National Emergency" today, October 24, 2009, because of the Swine Flu, but can that declaration lead to the U.S.

The immediate future is orange: Stunning pictures that herald the arrival o
Source: the Mail online

Some times, its just healthy to sit back for a few quiet moments and enjoy beautiful photos of nature from around the world and be thankful that we are able to see such beauty as beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Scottsdale, Mesa, and Phoenix Sights

Music: This Land - The Lion King Scottsdale, Mesa, and Phoenix are in Maricopa county. Here are some pictures of sights in Maricopa county. There are a lot of crooked trees. SELECTED FROM COMMENTS "Great pictures -- they make me a more than a little homesick.

More Neighborhood Views with New Shoes!

As you may know I recently started a walking regime. I try to walk everyday and have been doing this about a month now. I can say I'm already feeling a little more energized and maybe a little healthier for it.

Old Cars, Flowers, and the Sky!

I've been trying to get a little more active of late by walking around the neighborhood. Seems as though there is always something to capture in a photo everywhere I go.

Fragrance - Garden Royalty
Source: Oh Grow Up!

Crown Princess Margareta, has loads of fragrant roses in late spring, then a few more continue to bloom, except in the hottest of summer. And, now there are even more light blooms that will continue till frost.

Help for next Spring's flowers! And 'now' is the time I begin to think about help for next Spring!

Right about now is the proper time I begin to devote some thoughts towards next Spring. Thoughts and plans for the outside plants and flowers, and some thoughts for the vegetable garden.

911 caller gets flowers & note from prof, not Obama - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com
Source: Politico

The woman whose 911 call set in motion this week's White House "beer summit"--but who didn't score an invite to the confab--has received a "beautiful" bouquet of flowers from Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr.

A Simple Act of Kindness ~ Murders, Meadows...Part III (Trois)

July 30, 2009 - One of five Philadelphia teenagers charged in the April subway platform murder of a 36 year old man, was found guilty today.

Another A Mac Challenge, Can You Give Me a Title?

A Mac has challenged once again here and I have been wanting to post these pictures anyway. Can you give me a title?? Are you up to the challenge?

Blooming America

Look outside! Do you see any blooms? Look harder! America is in full bloom, it seems like. At least Florida is, and I know that gardens and flowerbeds all across the country are brimming to the rim with color, life, and blossoms of all shapes and sizes.

A Return To the Xeriscape Garden for Good News Wednesday

On my birthday last week my Sister and I spent a little time at the Xeriscape Garden to see what new flowers were blooming and I was pleasantly surprised at how nice the garden looked.

Electrified flowers make astonishing artworks
Source: Telegraph

Flowers were electrified with 80,000 volts of power to produce dazzling images of the natural world.

The Appearance Of Flowering Plants Explained
Source: Science Daily

The appearance of many species of flowering plants on Earth, and especially their relatively rapid dissemination during the Cretaceous (approximately 100 million years ago) can be attributed to their capacity to transform the world to their own needs.

Human shrub vows to strike again and again
Source: Telegraph

The Human Shrub has vowed to strike "again and again and again" until he wins his crusade to fill a town with the perfume of flowers and buzzing of bees.

Flower power for spend-a-peony urinals
Source: metro.co.uk

A garden centre has made sure visitors to its toilets are guaranteed a fragrant welcome - by having urinals shaped as flowers.

Mal Takes Up Photography

All of these photos and images are circa 1997 [correction] 1996. They were taken with a Kodak DCS 420, 1.2 MPixels, on a Nikon N90 body. A few of these images have been digitally modified using Photoshop and other digital image software. Digitally Modified Images

Is This The Greatest Megan Fox Pic of All Time? Aaaawwww
Source: toplessrobot.com

I posted this on Twitter last night, but I didn't want you non-twits to miss the joy that is the above  picture. It's like a Van Gogh or something, because the more I stare at it, the more layers are revealed.

Tenant says she's being evicted for feeding stray cat
Source: wral.com

Tenants at a Rocky Mount subsidized-living apartment complex are upset over what they call "bullying" by their property management.

Tips for dressing up the garden with containers
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

Dress up your garden and patio with containers they are accessories for your landscape. .Containers can accessorize your deck or add curb appeal to your entrance.

Tokyo fights burglars with flower power
Source: abc.net.au

A Tokyo district plagued with burglaries has turned to planting flowers to beautify its streets and help stamp out crime.

Today's Update on the Front Porch Plants

I had a request to update the pictures of my plants on the front porch so of course I wanted to comply. So without further ado, here they are!

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