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Plant colors and free stuff

By CATHERINE IDZERDA ( Contact ) Monday, September 14, 2009 - 1:51 p.m.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2010 edition arrived in the newsroom this week.

Along with weather information—which I’ll get to in a future blog post—the Almanac also lists “Tastes & Trends” for the upcoming year.

According to the Almanac, “People Are Talking About”:

-Artwork depicting homeowners’ own DNA. -A combined washer and dryer appliance. -Disposable oven- and freezer-safe dishes made from palm leaves. -Food-related colors: egg plant purples, artichoke greens and pomegranate reds.

First of all, I don’t know anybody who is talking about DNA artwork or combined washer-dryers.

As for food-related colors, I wonder if they considered late blight black, zillions of zucchini’s green or crushed Japanese beetle brown.

Head's up! The Rotary Botanical Gardens plant sale is going on from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sunday. Entry to the garden is also free all this week, so take a tour and then do some shopping. All sales help Rotary's budget.

bwheelock
Sep 15, 2009 at 10:06 a.m.
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So...is this a return of Harvest Gold and Avocado Green?

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