Gardening And More

  Get ready for the coming holidays with these hosting essentials. Get the festivities started for Thanksgiving with fall colors in yellow, orange, and reds. Dress up the dining room table for Thanksgiving with place mats, wine chillers, serving trays, and coasters in beautiful fall colors. Get festive for Christmas with holiday colors in red, green, and white. Get your home ready for the upcoming holidays with: Holiday color PLACE MATS Holiday color DOOR MATS Holiday color SERVING TRAYS Holiday color CUTTING BOARDS Holiday color WINE CHILLERS Holiday color COASTERS Holiday color MUGS Holiday color HAND TOWELS Holiday color PAPER TO WRAP GIFTS These are just a few of the flowers and colors to represent the holidays.

December Gardening Calendar The Holiday Plants that you kept last year need to be placed in a dark room during the evening hours for the plants to bloom this holiday season. I remember this gardening ritual when it is time to turn back our clocks; it is time to give my holiday plants total darkness until I see buds or bracts forming. Christmas Cactus and Poinsettias are night dependent plants for them to bloom; these plants need so many hours of darkness to bloom. The cooler weather also helps in the blooming process. If you purchased new holiday plants, try to place them in the coolest area of your home. Have you planted cool weather annuals? If not, there is still time to plant. Are your pansies already planted? Now is the time to fertilize your pansies, violas, snapdragons, ornamental cabbage and kale. For Southern gardeners that are in zones 9 or 10 there is still time to plant your spring flowering bulbs. Rake your leaves from your lawn by doing so; you will not have dea...