For happiness, look to the flowers

Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com Back in early spring, last year's zinnias still occupied a good part of a flowerbed, blackened though they were with their seed heads bent toward the soil. I had grown them from purchased seeds, but this year wanted to make the next generation right in my own yard, without the intervention of a seed company or supply store. So, I snipped them off at ground level and proceeded to rub the over-wintered seed heads between my hands, sprinkling their dormant li