Small British family-run gardening business in trademark spat with fashion giant Louis Vuitton

Small British family-run gardening business in trademark spat with fashion giant Louis Vuitton

A thriving British family business that makes hand-made gardening products has been taken to court by international fashion giant Louis Vuitton in a trademark spat over the company’s use of the initials “L V.” The Norfolk-based company, L V Bespoke, was started by couple Lawrence and Victoria Osborne after their construction business was shut down during…

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Good Natured Gardening: Potato Patato

Good Natured Gardening: Potato Patato

You spell potato, Dan Quayle spells it P-O-T-A-T-O-E. Some of you may recall the Vice President’s 1992 gaffe making a 6th-grader misspell “Potato.” In the VP’s defense, however, he was using an incorrect flash card prepared by a teacher. Quayle later wrote in his memoirs, “I can’t overstate how discouraging and exasperating the whole event…

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Don’t water when it’s already wet

Don’t water when it’s already wet

It amazes me that even under flood conditions people still water their lawns. I’m sure you’ve seen it, too — we get enough rain to cause some areas to literally flood and you see irrigation systems going full blast. We should water our lawns, landscapes and gardens on an as-needed basis. The way that some…

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