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Chicago-area gardeners thirsting for rain barrels (Chicago Tribune)

Local government agencies offering discounts are having trouble meeting the growing demand After a hard day's work, Jim Hollingsed can usually be found behind his Evergreen Park home in the summer, relaxing among the flowers, plants and vegetables he has lovingly maintained for two decades.

Creative Plates at a Good Price in Barcelona (New York Times)

Josep Lacambra, owner and chef at Catalina. TINY white flowers dot the tuna tartare at the austere Gresca restaurant. At first you think they are just garnish, a bright, pretty contrast to the ruby heap of diced fish. Then you taste them: garlic.

Pink flowers, gall, forsythia and herbicides (South Bend Tribune)

Q. I received a gift plant labeled spathiphyllum. When I got it, it was flowering with lovely pink flowers. I have had spathiphyllum before but never one with pink blooms. Is this a different variety, and does it require special care?

Some farmers finding flowers more profitable than growing tobacco (The Gleaner)

Jamie Raley's family has been farming in St. Mary's County, Md., since Abraham Lincoln was president, mostly growing tobacco. But with the drop in U.S. cigarette smoking over the past decade, tobacco no longer pays. So the Raleys cast about for something else that would keep them on the farm.

On Rio Niño, Fish Gone Wild for Colorful Flower Ties (New York Times)

Most of the anglers on the Rio Niño try to catch machaca with spinning gear. But during the short flower season, they are frustrated to see the fish eating flowers instead of taking their lures.