Sadness

I wrote another little story....I'd like to think its funny, its humorous, its goofy kinda, its all about gardening.....so what else would one title such a story other than....Sadness......:)
I hope if you get a chance to read it, you'll enjoy it.....and thanks for letting me post it here with you folks.....And the photo with this post and story....its the Aster Yellows disease I found on 8 of my echinacea this morning....that photo is 'White Swan'

http://web.mac.com/sinai/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/5/31_Sadness.html

Paul from Alabama

Tell me about this disease, Paul, please! I've never heard of it.

Paul, I've been on a whirlwind trip around the internet. Sounds bad, man! Hope for those ten days above 100F that those nasty leafhoppers cannot survive. In the meantime, I picked up this tip:
"In small plantings, placing aluminum foil strips as a mulch between the rows is thought to increase
control because leafhoppers are disoriented by bright light from below."

My thoughts are with you in your time of sorrow.

Here is something for you dining pleasure.....:)
Tell ya what carrrie, it ain't no fun.....but I reckon its just something you gotta deal with......

http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4DMG/Pests/Diseases/astryel2.htm

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/newsrel/2002/jun02/jun0218.html

http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/IPM.asp?code=138&group=67&level=s

Good God, do I have to eat it? I've never had to deal with it.