W ell, it's official now -- fall has arrived. And I must admit that fall is my favorite season. I enjoy walking through the fallen leaves on a crisp autumn evening and seeing the bonfires after the local homecoming game.
Editor's note: This weekend it seems fitting to publish this column about cherry blossoms because of the rush of color flooding the senses of Selma residents this spring, as fruit trees and flowers bloom everywhere.
The parasitic dodder plant doesn't have a nose, but it knows how to sniff out its prey. The dodder attacks such plants as tomatoes, carrots, onions, citrus trees, cranberries, alfalfa and even flowers, and is a problem for farmers because chemicals that kill the pesky weed also damage the crops it feeds on.
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COLOURFUL hanging baskets of flowers at Leytonstone station earned the Tube stop second place in the London Underground Station Gardens Competition 2006.
Three local artists are combining their talents for a show and sale at Orangeville Flowers this week. Jean Hardy, Dagmar Pinney and Jean Diamond kick off Seasons of Art, a show and sale of original paintings, at the flower shop tonight (Friday) from 5 to 8 p.m.