TUESDAY TREASURES FOR MY Active Rain FRIEND JUDY KLEM
Judy Klem loves to garden and quite often she photoblogs some amazing
photos ~ you can almost smell the fragrance as she explains the
different blossoms. I, on the other hand, do not have a green
thumb. I don't garden, I delegate, I admire, I appreciate ~
That said, I will tell you I was given a very small African Violet from
my neighbor when I first moved into my house in Sunset Beach
eight years ago. She presented "Her Treasure" to me in a small
3 inch clay pot and told me to water it from the bottom ~ Duh,
what?? The bottom, the bottom of what?? I obviously didn't know
what she was talking about and wondered why the heck she had this
clay pot sitting on top of a bunch of pebbles in some sort of saucer ~
I will admit I researched the care of African Violets as soon as my
neighbor left because I knew nothing about the plant at all ~ The
only plant that ever survived in my Sunset Beach home was a Pothos, but you can't kill those, anyone can grow them, even me ~
For the past eight years, I have lived through some very traumatic repottings, near deaths and long talks with my African Violet. I have come to treasure her and admire her beautiful blossoms.
She is now in a 14 inch clay pot, sitting in the same exact spot in my Sunset Beach home, enjoying the filtered morning sun and providing me with the joys of her everlasting violet blossoms.