| Secrets covers gardening gamut
Every page is filled with brief, pointed tips and facts in the Reader's Digest 1,519 All-Natural All-Amazing Gardening Secrets, from the editors of Reader's Digest with Canadian consultant Trevor Cole (384 pages, hardcover, $34.95). A detailed table of contents quickly directs the reader to the information needed, whether it's advice on planting a window box, choosing a flowering tree, repairing a lawn, using lime, sowing seeds, gardening with children or any other topic. Part One: Creating Your Garden deals with the basics of landscaping and specialty gardens. Part Two: Caring for Your Plants takes gardeners through an overview of every type of plant and offers tips on growing them -- annuals, perennials, bulbs, container plants, shrubs, vines, trees, ground covers, ornamental grasses, vegetables, herbs, fruits and nuts.
Great American Gardeners Dig up Tips for Guests at 14th Annual ...
One of the country's most popular gardening gurus, HDTV's Paul James, is back with the inside scoop on home gardening during the 14th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival at Walt Disney World Resort. James, also known as "The Gardener Guy," kicks off the Great American Gardener series, appearing twice daily at the Garden Odyssey Festival Center in Future World. The Great American Gardener series, which continues each Friday-Sunday through June 3, is presented in partnership with the American Horticultural Society. Some of the most respected gardeners and nature experts in the country reveal tips and share entertaining stories during the presentations open to all Epcot guests at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Paul James (April 5-8) -- Host of HGTV's "Gardening By the Yard," James draws on his vast horticulture knowledge to answer gardening questions and provide helpful insights into America's top hobby.
Belleville church starts community garden
BELLEVILLE - A community garden will take root starting Saturday morning behind Peace Lutheran Church, and volunteers are being sought. The "Dig In" begins at 9 a.m. and is expected to last until noon Saturday behind the church at 1209 Royal Heights Road in Belleville. Volunteers will lay plastic and mulch on the garden paths, put up fencing and plant spring flowers and foliage. The Peace Community Garden is intended to be a place for local children to learn about gardening and for neighbors to work together. Its produce will help supply local food pantries. Volunteers are needed to work with children in the garden on a regular basis, to help keep the garden open in the evenings and to maintain it. Donations are needed of cash as well as child-sized gardening tools and gloves adult-sized garden tools, hoses and sprinklers.
Harris County judge nixes Vioxx lawsuit
A Harris County judge today dismissed part of a woman's Vioxx lawsuit against painkiller maker Merck & Co., setting in motion an appellate process that could change the legal landscape for all Texas pharmaceutical lawsuits. Harris County state District Judge Randy Wilson, who oversees all Vioxx cases in Texas, ruled that Ruby Ledbetter, who had a heart attack after using the drug and was due to go to trial in May, may not sue Merck claiming it failed to properly warn her of the drug's risks. Though Ledbetter has other allegations in her lawsuit, the failure to warn is at the heart of her allegations. If Texas appellate courts agree with Wilson, it would likely gut the 888 Vioxx suits and drastically reduce future lawsuits filed against pharmaceutical companies.
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