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NATURE 2009 - In troubled times, outdoors offers bright spots (Missoulian)

As a new year takes flight, we look to nature for the promise and predictability of changing seasons - and unexpected wonders.

Orchids & Onions 12/27 (Mesabi Daily News)

Orchids: Truckloads to the Virginia Regional Hospital. I spent several days in intensive care after surgery. The nurses were all “angels.” And another truckload to Dr. Wendell Smith. He treated me like a close friend, although I had never met him before I had surgery.

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What's blooming in January (Miami Herald)

Coral bean, locustberry, kapok, Spanish bayonet, yesterday-today-tomorrow and roses. Cold weather: Protect orchids sensitive to cold when temperatures drop below 50 degrees. An extra spray of magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt) and potassium nitrate (1 tablespoon each in a gallon of water) will help protect against stress. Watch for spider mites; use hard spray from hose or Avid, Kelthane.

Spain oversees Manor plants (NWAnews.com)

Making his home at the Bentonville Manor Nursing Home for the past four years, 92-year-old Richard Spain thought he was going there to die. Spain lived alone in his Bentonville home for years. A few years ago a fall knocked him unconscious for a couple of days. A friend from church became concerned when Spain didn't answer his phone. When he was discovered unconscious, Spain was taken to a ...