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August 9, 2011

Environmental news

My colleagues at The Baltimore Sun have a couple of stories in Tuesday's editions of interest to us gardeners.

First, customs inspectors at the Port of Baltimore have found evidence of the dreaded Khapra beetle in sacks of rice coming from Pakistan -- enough evidence to send the rice right back.

The beetle damages grain stores and those who consume contaminated food can get digestive problems.

And a suit by Baltimore city residents over the removal of trees to make way for the Labor Day weekend grand prix auto race downtown was thrown out.

The good news is, race organizers said they would be planting replacement trees -- plus many more -- after the race concludes.

Posted by Susan Reimer at 2:53 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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...race organizers said they would be planting replacement trees -- plus many more -- after the race concludes.

I'd advise against holding any breath. "After the race" includes years down the road.

Posted by: Eve | August 10, 2011 2:42 PM

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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