
I willingly admit…
… that I am tempted to buy poinsettias, Norfolk Island pines, Christmas cactus, amaryllis bulbs, and rosemary topiaries whenever I see them. But I try to avoid buying them on days like today when it is 36 F, the wind is howling and it is steadily raining. It’s not that good for the indoor plants to be exposed to this kind of weather.
… that my “gift suggestion list” is loaded down with new gardening books and gardening tools, even though I have a lot of gardening books and tools already, including all those hoes. But I think I can always use more.
… that when I think about the gifts of the Twelve Days of Christmas, the only one I’m really interested in is the “partridge in a pear tree”, mostly for the pear tree.
… that
… that one of my favorite Christmas carols is “The Holly and the Ivy”.
... that when I see one of those holiday commercials for the expensive car with the big red bow on top, I think it would be better if it was a new truck for gardening with a big green bow on top.
… that I will check on Christmas morning for the tell-tale tracks of the Christmas Cottontail in my garden.
Are you willing to admit how being a gardener affects your Christmas season?
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Carol. It is true that gardening adds a filter to our attention span. Eyes light up and we sit a little straighter when we hear or see anything relating to growing things. We are lucky this year to have our family coming here instead of us spending yet another Christmas in a hotel. There will be a tree and the ornament theme will be the fruit and veggies that we used to collect made of glass. Very garden-ey.
Frances
Deirdre
In fact, I love it so much that I leave the tree up fort as long as I can get away with, often into February! (Yes... my name is Helen, and I am a Febulighter.)
For this reason, my trees have to be fake. But they're so loaded with pretty ornaments collected over the years that they're hard to spot.