EU approves more GM food as controversy simmers - AgMinute for April 29, 2015

The EU’s executive commission said Friday that it has approved 10 GM foods and two types of GM flowers. Click here for the full story

Save the bees, plant flowers - AgMinute for January 24, 2014

More flowers planted around crops bees are pollinating would help combat Colony Collapse Disorder, a bee scholar told Northwest cherry growers. Click here for the full story

Tips for hanging flower baskets

As an usually warm heat wave is predicted for the West later this week, people who may have already put up their hanging flower baskets may wonder what is the best way to care for them.

Capital Press reporter Cookson Beecher bought some baskets herself a few days ago and realized other people might also appreciate the tips she was receiving from Cheryl Loeb at Summersun Nursery and Landscaping at Mount Vernon, Wash.

Using her new small camcorder, Beecher taped some of the tips — and we've now posted the video on YouTube.