Do flower choices announce how you voted?

We’re supposed  have a secret ballot in the U.S., but the flowers and vegetables in our yards may make a sham of it.

According to George Ball, the president of the giant seed company W. Atlee Burpee, the

Two pot-hothouse tenders use their good intentions— flower growing—as defense.

Two middle-aged women were arrested last July (2006) when police in Peterborough, England, found them watering about 500 marijuana plants growing under high-powered lights in a well ventilated “city house.” Ai Y Huang and A

Our friend Zelma Mason disparaged them as “railroad lilies.” We’ve since heard a bigger put down: ”ditch lily”—which is only slightly kinder than George Bush’s moniker for Karl Rove.

We grew up with Hemerocallis fulva but never would have called them that. They were “tiger

Royal botanical porcelain would make a nice gift—for somebody else. (Just don’t put it through the dishwasher.)

The best gifts are free or longed for – that’s our view, anyway – so please to take us off your to-do list this or any season.

In

Henry Fong of Kuala Lumpur guides us toward romantic “opportunity” with peach blossoms, meticulously situated. 

Feng Shui is quite a common practice in Malaysia. The more famous Feng Shui authors like Lillian Too and Joey Yap are from Malaysia. Even Stephen Skinner—another well known English

Peace preparedness, in the Capitol or the rose nursery, takes foresight and work. And persistence. It’s 2008 all over again. We could use Ron Paul.

(Originally Published: HFP August 2, 2008)

Ron Paul, libertarian Republican, has not been our most favored candidate to be the