This has been a hard week. Maybe you do or don’t know but I lost my mom a few months ago and, unfortunately, my mother-in-law isn’t’ well (not Covid related) and these first holidays are going to be hard. This week I would usually be making pies and...
I was in Kroger buying ingredients for my New Year’s recipe, and I couldn’t pass up this boxed ‘Minerva’ amaryllis (hippeastrum). It was 1/2 off and only $3.99. (It is extremely hard to pass by the holiday cactus…but I did.) I decided to...
We already discussed holiday cactus this month, but there are a couple more things I wanted to tell you about them. These are just tidbits of information which is what Tuesday tidbits is all about. I’m probably going to tell you more than you wanted to know...
I certainly do not need an excuse to go to my local conservatory, but at holiday time, it is especially nice. I am lucky here in Michigan to have quite a few conservatories within 3 hours of me. My favorite, probably because I spend so much time there, is the Belle...
Who is Joel Roberts Poinsett and why does he need to be thanked? Because he brought the poinsettia to the world. Of course, he didn’t invent the poinsettia or was he the first to discover it. The Aztecs used it for red dye and to reduce fevers, yet Joel did...
In honor of National Poinsettia Day tomorrow, let’s talk a bit about the care of them. Today the pot covers are on my mind, as I had an incident with one recently. Yes, they are festive and every poinsettia comes in some type of one, whether it be paper,...
