Welcome to this week’s it’s-a-billion-degrees-out edition of ETTGPro! Who wants ice cream?
- The July-August Upstate Gardeners’ Journal is out.
- Tales of Tiny Trees in the Wall Street Journal! We’re proud of Rochester’s own Bill Valavanis, who has written the recently published “Fine Bonsai.” The list price is $150, but you can find it on Amazon a little cheaper. Chances are good Bill will sign a copy for you if you ask.
- From the NY Times‘s “Green” blog: DuPont is facing 30,000 claims for conifer (mostly) deaths. This is a scary story. If there’s a “luckily…” here, it’s that the product in question, Imprelis, was only available to professionals during its short time on the market. “Heavily promoted to the lawn care industry as environmentally friendly because of its low toxicity to mammals,” the herbicide was used on lawns, golf courses, etc. for pre- and post-emergent control of broadleaved weeds.
- The Sunken Garden behind Warner Castle, home to the Rochester Civic Garden Center in Highland Park, suffered extensive damage when it was vandalized by a bunch of idiots last week. Story from the Democrat and Chronicle.
- This is kind of nice. Five Places for Garden Lovers to Visit in Buffalo. Mike and Kathy Shadrack, getting the props again! Who says hostas aren’t sexy?
- I read this once and don’t really get it yet: Flavor Is the Price of Tomatoes’ Scarlet Hue, Geneticists Say. From the NY Times.
- So cute! (The sheds, not the dudes.) From the Telegraph, Garden shed converted to a working pub wins 2012 Shed of the Year award. Click through for a neat-o slide show.
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