August 09, 2010

Blog Stew with Jimsonweed

• English gardeners alarmed by Daturaarrived in transatlantic bird droppings? (Yeah, sure.)

• It's getting harder to discuss environmental issues as government sources lose credibility.

• The price of asphalt has some states returning secondary roads to gravel, reports the Wall Street Journal. That happened on one road near my house ten years ago, not to mention the reduced snow-plowing.

2 comments:

Midwest Chick said...

Going by the (il)logic in the first link, England should also have coconuts dropping from the skies as the african swallows unladen themselves over the island. It makes my brain hurt.

The Suburban Bushwacker said...

I had to laugh too, that spikey-ball-datura is an ornamental plant here, my mum had one.
SBW