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Anyone get any gardening gifts?

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Well, Christmas is over, and for those of us that celebrate boxing day, well that’s over too. Did anyone receive any garden related gifts this year? Pruners? Garden tools, plant seeds, winter blooming bulbs or a nice houseplant? Maybe you got some software for your computer so that you can design your next garden makeover? or some garden related DVDS or books?

I’d love to know what goodies you received.

Me? No I didn’t get anything garden related. Actually, this year, since I haven’t been working due to my Crohn’s we decided to not get gifts for ourselves or even for our adult relatives and friends.

Everyone understands and we don’t mind. After all – Christmas isn’t about the presents is it? We’re the type of people that get things for others at any time of year “just because …”. You know, we see something that someone we care about would like and we get it for them, and well, I guess we do the same for ourselves too. So as long as we can afford it and it’s not breaking the budget you might say it’s Christmas all year long.

However I would love to hear what kinds of items you got for Christmas or the holidays. I can live vicariously through your gifts. LOL






A Gift for my US friends

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This is a photo of my Thanksgiving Cactus.

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Naturally it didn’t bloom for our early Canadian Thanksgiving. Nope, it’s named for the American Thanksgiving obviously. Each year without fail my Thanksgiving cactus starts blooming like crazy.

Most people would call this a Christmas Cactus because they don’t realize that there are actually three types of Schlumbergera. There is one that blooms in November in the Northern Hemisphere, one that blooms around Christmas time and into the new year, and yet another species that bloom around Easter.

I have two of these species- the one in the photo above is a Thanks Giving Cactus and I’m watching my Christmas cactus begin to develop tiny flower buds already. I guess I gave it a very good cool down this autumn because it seems very happy.

This cactus has orangey red flowers, but my Christmas cactus has bright pink flowers. If I had to pick between the two I’d say that the colour of my Christmas Cactus flowers are my favorite.

If you are interested in learning how to tell the different species apart please come back on Monday and I’ll have an article posted about the differences between these three species.

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