At my birthday dinner this summer, our neighbor and good friend was asking if any of us knew where to buy flowers that had not been grown using neonicitinoids, and she explained briefly why it was of concern. That was the first I'd heard of this wrinkle (late June.)
No one knew what she was talking about, but now I'm grateful to have more information, and to be able to start flowering plants from seed (I hope the persistence of the neonic isn't strong enough to go into the seeds! Have to look into that.)
This gal started much of her garden, which she hopes to have become a food forest and a sanctuary for birds and pollinators, from the reduced-price plants at Lowes. I feel for her!
And the other thing I have been discussing with my cousins this morning, on this same subject, is that while it's a real unpleasant subject, it's so important to have the information, because we can in fact create sanctuaries and healthful places, but only if we know what we are working with and what to avoid.
