Gardening Check List for South Florida's Autumn Season

I am sure many of you have noticed the sun has set a few clicks due south in your neck of the woods, the temperature's are cooling down (or just getting down right cold depending on where you are), the wind tends to get a bit gusty right about now and this weekend we are "falling back an hour".

Here in South Florida we are still pretty warm, 82F day/74F night, compared to the rest of North America.  So now is a great time to finish all of your final preparations to your landscape, garden and/or yard before winter comes along.  I put together a SoFlo Autumn check list for those of you looking for some October answers.

Lawns and Landscapes
- October is probably the last month you will be able to get a good fertilizer in the ground for your lawn, trees, palms and plants before they go dormant and stop feeding.  Once Old Man Winter comes along the next time you should be fertilizing is around February/March 2014.  For your lawn use a low phosphorous slow release (90 day) fertilizer which will help carry it through the winter months.  Stay away from the 'weed and feed' products.  FYI mature trees and shrubs only need fertilization if there is a nutrient deficiency.  What should be fertilized are newly planted landscapes, fruit/citrus trees, palms and lawns.  You can always have a soil test done by the University of Florida local extension office's if you are unsure.

- Get your irrigation checked by a professional.  Now that our rainy season is over and the winds are picking up, you will be surprised at how fast things dry out.  The best thing you can do is to have your irrigation "wet checked" to fix any broken pipes, clogged heads and/or identify any lack of water coverage.

- Lawns, trees, palms and shrubs require different water levels so if possible have your irrigation zoned to water them separately.  Also even though we are dryer at this time of the year, you should be backing off on your watering to one day a week.  Since plants stop growing they don't need to consume as much water.

- Time to plant your favorite annuals.  Many of those lovely annuals you see in the northern states cannot       survive our extremely hot summers.  Now is the time you can have your annuals and enjoy them too...so go ahead and plant a pansy or three!

- Weeding is much needed at this time of year and the best way I found is to hand pull them...make sure you get the roots and viola, no more weeds and no chemicals to make you sick!

- November is a great time to freshen up the mulch in your plant beds.  This will help as a weed barrier, keep much needed moisture in the ground and help defend against potential damage from cold temperatures.

- Pruning...oh goodness what to say about pruning...if you have not done your major pruning already, you really should wait until next spring.  Especially if you are going to hard prune mature trees and/or cold sensitive plants.  The reason for this is during the colder temperatures, trees and plants store much needed nutrients in their limbs and fronds to feed themselves.  In winter their roots stop growing therefore stop taking in nutrients so they rely on the food stored in their limbs.  Though you still have a few weeks to trim back smaller shrubs, suckers and branches from structures/fences/power lines.

- Plants tend to stress out during extreme temperatures which give insects and weeds an advantage.  Only use an insecticide and/or herbicide if you see insects/weeds and have identified the problem.  I always suggest using natural, plant based and/or home made solutions over the use of chemical products.  Though if you choose to buy something at the store, please make sure you read the label and use the product exactly how it is instructed.  Some of these chemicals can kills beneficial insects like bees, butterflies & dragon flies.  Plus it can't be good for us either.

- Now is a perfect time to plant larger trees, palms and plants.  It's not so hot so they don't stress out so much.  Get'em in tha ground!

- Get ready for the holiday's by planting narcissus and amaryllis bulbs in decorative pots.

Vegetable and Fruit Gardens
- I know it is quite a bit of work though you should be adding compost & manure rich soil to your vegetable plant beds at least once a month.  You can even add nutrients by using a compost tea.

- Clean up the summer herbs and start adding winter herbs for your companion planting.

- Step up your watering of citrus trees to one-two times a week.  Though you should stop all fertilizing of your citrus if you have not done so already.  Believe it or not, now is the best time to plant new citrus trees to your collection.  Though wait to prune any citrus until next spring.

-With the windy ramping up, invest in some good quality stakes, cages and twine to secure all of your taller vegetables like tomatoes.  It will help prevent damage to the plant and fruits.

- Time to plant the cooler season vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, beets, carrots, rhubarb, radish, peas, spinach, swiss chard, strawberries, onions, kohlrabi, collards, mustard, root vegetables, garlic, etc.

- If your raspberries, mulberries or blackberries have finished with their fruit, you can trim them back pretty hard to the main plant's branch structure.  This will give you a great spring harvest.

Hope you are enjoy this awesome change of season as much as I am!  

Happy Autumn and Best Wishes my friends, enjoy!

Sheri

xoxo

Fall Blooms in South Florida

So my friends, we have finally cooled off a wee bit...low's 74/high's 84...yes I know it's still kinda hot during the day but the evenings are sooooo nice!  Since the sun has shifted south quite considerably, most of the plants here in South Florida are starting to harden up a bit.  Though there are a few that the cooler temperatures actually trigger them to bloom.  Here are a few of my orchids that just opened up.

This picture just cracks me up!  Can you guess what's my bf
is saying, lol...."what the heck are you doing up there!?!"

Looking back in my file I was surprised to see 
I have had this orchid since 2004, wow!

This orchid started blooming at the end of September &
continues to throw out new blooms!  I bought this orchid
in 2006 & it has grown huge!

Unfortunately I lost the tag to this beautiful orchid long ago,
anyone know what it could be?

Here is a close up of the flowers, they start out a light peachy-yellow
then turn a darker version of that the older it gets.

A snapshot from our front yard...enjoying an evening
of our wonderful fall weather.

Look up on the powerline you can see our amazing local singer,
this mockingbird has such a wide range & is very talented.

Well that's a little bit of what is going on in our neck of the woods.

And of course a little teaser of one of our local beaches in Fort Lauderdale.
You can check out the Windjammer Resort's live cam.

Wishing you most Happy & Spooky Halloween!

Sheri

xoxo

Happy Fall Y'all!

There is nothing better than waking up to an absolute perfect Fall day here in South Florida.  The air is cool and dry, the sun is shifting south and there is a definite difference of change in the air.  People seem to be nicer to each other as there is an overall feeling of lifted spirit and excitement.
Aaaahhhh I love Fall!

So here is what is happening in our neck of the woods this 2013 Fall season so far.

Some of my orchids in bloom...the orange orchid in the top
right picture is Pot. Netrasiri 'orange delight' which blooms
every year like clockwork just in time for Halloween!

Our Sylvestrii palm is doing incredible as well as the ornamental
banana and the vegetable garden is progressing nicely...can't wait for harvest!

Wishing y'all a very happy Fall season friends!
Happy Gardening and Best Wishes,
Sheri
xoxo

Soda Bottle Terrariums

When I was in Girl Scouts, we made all sorts of crafts, learned cool new things I probably never would have otherwise and camped in the wilderness (or someone's backyard) all for the love of our badges.  One of the crafts we made was a very cool terrarium from a 2-liter plastic coke bottle.  Back then the 2-liter soda bottles had a hard plastic bottom attached to the plastic bottle itself (I think to keep it from falling over).  This was my first terrarium and every since I have had a "thing" for terrariums (and of course for recycling lol).   Though I did not find a picture in my thousands of family photos but I did find a post from an old school article, circa 1979, that is the exact terrarium.  I am so excited to share the original with you.  As well as the more recent version of the same terrarium idea and a completely wild over-the-top version of that!  So let's get our terrarium on shall we!?!

First, I show you the original 1979 terrarium...

Step One: Pop off the plastic bottle's colored bottom (get a finger under it and pull)
trying not to crack the plastic of the soda bottle (much cheaper plastic back then).

Step Two: Cut the clear inner bottle, just below its upper bulge at the top.

I think a utility knife/xacto blade might work better here but don't think they 

were invented yet.

Step Three: Make a slit from the bottom edge up 2-inches of one side of the
resulting dome, overlap the cut's edges, and fit the rounded piece
into the flat-bottomed base.

Final step: add small layer of gravel at the bottom, then a small layer of
sand, with the rest soil.  Plant your terrarium plants, water till moist, then add
a layer of decorative rock (aquarium rocks), put the dome on and
viola you are done!

Second, the new 2013 version of the same terrarium idea. 

2013 soda bottle terrarium

2013 self watering soda bottle planters

And now for the ultimate version called an ecocolunm!

What a great project to do with kids!

Sidebar here, as I was searching for some information online about the soda bottle terrariums I came across this blog.

With these pictures...very cool but not sure how healthy growing in plastic would be.  Anyone?  Though I guess growing something when you have nothing is better than nothing at all.

Lots and lots of herbs and veggies to eat!

Very innovative with recycling plastic bottles.

Today I give thanks for the things I have in my life and am grateful!

How about you?

Happy Fall y'all!!!

Best wishes,

Sheri

xoxo

Companion Planting in South Florida

When I first started to contemplate on whether I should have a vegetable garden in South Florida I never thought it would turn into many many blog posts, lots of notes, lots of pictures, lots of frustrating moments, lots of delicious dishes, lots of conversations with friends and family and alot of time spent on it.  Though what I was excited to learn about aside from the farming aspect of a vegetable garden was companion planting.  Unfortunately my grandmother and grandfather on my Mom's side have since passed, taking with them decades of experience.  Gone is their knowledge of running their 65 acre farm in Massachusetts, of growing vegetables and fruit trees in West Palm as well as the art of composting.  Boy I really wish I could have done things differently when they were alive...soooo much I could have learned but I know they would be so proud of what I am doing now.  One of their time honored gardening practices was companion planting.  I remember picking some marigold flowers from my Memere's garden, before I knew it she came out to repremand me.  "No, no, noooo...those are not for picking.  If you pick them all then there will be nothing left to keep the bugs away."  Hence my first introduction into companion planting.

My Memere with veggie's from their garden

My Pop Pop with flowers and veggies

These are the first carrots my brother and I grew.
He was so excited that he pulled them out too early lol.

Below is my list which I put together of many hours of research as to which plants are for what vegetables.  I hope this finds it's way into your garden notes for you and your family to use for many years to come.  If there is anything I am missing please feel free post a comment so I can add it to the list.  I would love to hear from you experienced farmers!

• Anise – repels aphids, snails and slugs
• Basil – repels asparagus beetles, tomato heartworms and thrips but never near Rue, plant 3 basil plants for every one tomato plant
• Bee Balm – attracts bees for pollination; plant near tomatoes
• Borage – Plant w/strawberries; repels cabbage worms, tomato heart worms & tomato horn worms; bees like it; leaves good trace elements in soil
• Butterfly (white) Sage – asparagus beetles
• Chamomile – Plant w/onions & cabbage;
• Catnip – repels ants, aphids, corn earworms, cucumber beetles, flea beetles, Japanese beetles, squash bugs, weevils and mice; can be used dried too
• Chives – Plant near tomatoes and carrots repel pests and improve the flavor of the vegetables; repels aphids, Japanese beetles, spider mites & carrot rust flies; chive steeped in water makes great spray to kill powdery mildew disease
• Cloves – repels cowpea curculio, spider mites and squash vine borers
• Coriander/Cilantro – repels aphids, Colorado potato beetles and spider mites
• Dill – Plant w/cucumbers, cabbage & onions, in cool season w/lettuces; repels aphids, cabbage moths and spider mites; sprinkle dill leaves around squash to repel squash bugs; keep away from fennel for cross pollination also not near tomatoes b/c attracts tomato horn worm
• Fennel – Stunts the growth of other plants so keep it by itself or in butterfly garden (monarchs, swallowtails); it repels aphids, slugs, snails and spider mites; never put it near dill for cross pollination
• Garlic – repels aphids, cowpea curculio, flea beetles, Japanese beetles, Mexican been leaf beetles, root maggots, spider mites and squash vine borers
• Geranium – repels Japanese beetles, leaf hoppers
• Green Bean – repels Colorado potato beetles
• Horseradish – repels potato beetles
• Hyssop – repels imported cabbage worms
• Larkspur – repels Japanese beetles
• Lavender – repels mice, mosquitoes, moths, rabbits and ticks
• Lettuce – repels carrot flies
• Marigold – Plant w/tomatoes & cucumbers; repels aphids, corn earworms, leaf hoppers, Mexican bean leaf beetles, rabbits, squash bugs, thrips and tomato heartworms; must be a scented marigold for it to work (French or Mexican), the stinkier the better
• Mint – repels ants, aphids, cucumber beetles, flea beetles, imported cabbage worms, rodents, squash bugs and white flies; but never plant near parsley
• Nasturtium – Plant with tomato’s, cucumbers & zucchini; repels Colorado potato beetles, squash bugs, whooly aphids, whiteflys & cucumber beetles
• Oleander – repels coddling moths but the red/white & blue moths love them
• Onion – repels bean leaf beetle, cabbage loopers, carrot flies, flea beetles, harlequin bugs, Mexican bean leaf beetles, mice, rabbits, spider mites and squash vine borers
• Oregano – Plant near cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber or grape vine; repels cabbage butterflies and cucumber beetles
• Parsley – repels asparagus beetles and carrot flies; never near mint
• Pennyroyal – ants can't stand it
• Petunia – Plant near beans; repels leafhoppers, Mexican bean leaf beetles & squash bugs
• Potato – repels bean leaf beetles
• Radish – repels cowpea curculio, cucumber beetles, harlequin bugs, Mexican bean leaf beetles, squash bugs and stink bugs
• Rosemary – repels imported cabbage worms and slugs; but never plant by potatoes
• Rue – Plant w/strawberries & fig trees; repels aphids, cats, dogs, Japanese beetles, onion maggots, slugs and snails; never near basil; rue can create allergic reaction so wear gloves
• Sage – repels cabbage loopers, carrot flies, flea beetles, imported cabbage worms and tomato heart worms; never plant near cucumbers
• Tansy – repels ants, cucumber beetles, Japanese beetles and squash bugs
• Thyme – repels cabbage loopers and white flies
• Tomato – repels asparagus beetles
• Turnip – repels bean leaf beetles and harlequin bugs
• Wormwood – repels slugs

My Pop Pop, Memere and Great Grandfather in Massachusetts
This one is actually my great grandparents vegetable garden.

My Companion Planting Notes

There are a number of plants that can protect other plants from pests and disease as well as improve the flavor of certain food plants. Here are some of my garden notes:

• Basil planted near tomatoes improves flavor and protects against a variety of pests; plant 3 basil plants to every one tomato plant; plant tomatoes near cabbage as tomatoes deter diamondback moth larvae
• Beans like to be near celery, carrots, corn, potatoes, strawberries and cucumbers but dislike onions and fennel.
• Cabbage likes dill, beetroot, celery, garlic, nasturtium, onion, peas & potatoes
• Carrots like chives, garlic, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas & tomatoes
• Corn likes beans, peas, potatoes & squash
• Cucumbers and nasturtium; Cucumbers like corn, peas, radishes, beans and sunflowers. They dislike aromatic herbs and potatoes.
• Horseradish planted at the corners of a potato patch with beans also planted nearby repels potato beetles though not sure what a good measurement of spacing would be for this.
• Leeks like carrot, celery & onion
• Lettuce likes carrot, radish & strawberries
• Onions tackle strawberry’s diseases
• Peas like beans, carrots, corn, potatoes & turnips
• Potatoes like beans, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, corn & peas
• Tomatoes likes asparagus, basil, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, garlic, onions, oregano, parsley & thyme; but never tomatoes near cabbage.

Make Your Own Non-Toxic Pest Repellents and Insecticidal Soaps

North Carolina’s Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance offers a number of recipes for non-toxic pesticides that you can make at home and apply to your plants with a spray bottle, including the following:

• Grind 3 large onions, 1 bunch of garlic and 3 hot peppers. Mix with water and leave overnight in a covered container. In the morning, strain through fine strainer or cheesecloth and add sufficient water to produce approximately one gallon (16 cups) of pesticide.
• Soak 10-15 diced garlic cloves in a pint (2 cups) of mineral oil for 24 hours. Strain and add to a spray bottle.

Annie B. Bond, from Care2 Green Living Executive Producer, offers a recipe for all-natural insecticidal soap spray, which uses 1-2 tablespoons of a natural liquid soap such as Dr. Bronner’s Pure-Castile soap in a quart (4 cups) of water. Once this solution is mixed, it can be added to a spray bottle.

Attract Beneficial Predators Such as Ladybugs, Praying Mantises, Dragonflies and Spiders

Another method of natural pest control is attracting ladybugs to your garden. Ladybugs are voracious consumers of aphids and other garden pests. Plants that attract ladybugs include Angelica, Caraway, Cilantro, Coreopsis, Cosmos (particularly white), Dandelions, Dill, Fennel, Geraniums, Tansy and Yarrow. Ladybugs can also be purchased from certain garden supply stores.  I buy mine from a local garden center called The Garden Gate at the Pompano Citi Centre.

There are other insects that can aid in pest control, such as praying mantises and dragonflies. Spiders (which are arachnids rather than insects) are also highly beneficial.  They love eating cockroaches and I can't stand them...so it's a win, win!

Hope you find companion planting alot easier now and not so intimidating.  Plus herbs add so much nutritional value to our diet as well and many are important to help aid in digestion.  

So get out there and put some herbs in your life.

Happy Gardening and Best Wishes,

Sheri

xoxo

Our 2013 Vegetable Garden in South Florida

On my journey to be a better South Florida vegetable gardener, I gave myself (and the garden) a year off.  For me a year to contemplate, analyze and ponder my mistakes.  For the garden, a time-out for being a bully; for pushing me around with it's caterpillar's, it's anthracnose, it's powdery mildew and all it's mysteries.  I went into this project thinking, "vegetable gardening is going to be so easy, a breeze...I can do this urban farming stuff."  But at the end of the season with only a few tomatoes in hand and one hot pepper plant to show for, somehow all I felt was deflated and beat down..."why was nature conspiring against me?"   So for a year I let the garden lie fallow.

During last year's sabbatical I considered quitting, "well this just isn't for me, I have better things to do with my time...I will support our local farmer markets instead."  Only the opposite seemed to be happening, I found myself perusing through my big bag of seeds on the shelf, I was going by our local nursery looking for vegetable plants..."why yes, by Joe, I will not be beat down by some bugs, and viruses, and oh yea did I say caterpillars."  Ok it does seem daunting but I will prevail....won't I?  Heck yes I will, with this new attitude adjustment, I will have the best darn tootin' vegetable garden in South Florida!

So here are a few sidebar notes of my new plan of action this year:
1) Alternate the planting of new seedlings throughout the season.  This way I am introducing new plants about every four weeks so their growth rates and harvest times are stacked.
2) In the past I had a hard time with heirloom tomatoes so I intend to use hybrid disease resistant varieties this year instead.  Anything to make my learning process easier and my tummy happy.  I love tomatoes so much I am bound and determined to grow a great tomato!
3) Going back to companion planting, which really worked great at keeping the insects to a manageable level.  Now this could totally be in my mind but it seems the performance and overall health of the plants were better with their companion herbs.  Stay tuned for my companion planting post.
4) Trying new things rather than going back to repeat my wrongs.  For example, trying a subtropical legume like pigeon peas or an European kohlrabi and there are all kinds of cool Asian greens to try.

First phase, I gave myself a little help with a few store bought transplants- hardier disease resistant hybrid varieties, already 6 weeks old ready to put in the ground.  I bought a 6-pack each of 'Sweet 100' tomatoes and 'Snow Crown' cauliflower.  Since I only needed a few plants, I shared the rest with my best friend (hers are taller than mine so go figure that one out).  This will allow me a head start to get some plants in the ground now while the rest are taking their time sprouting from seed.  This cauliflower is supposed to be an early producer.  So when it's done something else will be ready to take it's place.

The 'sweet 100' tomatoes mature in 65 days and the clustering fruits are about 1 inch
The 'snow crown' cauliflower matures in 50 days and heads can be up to 2 lbs.
The green onions are actually organics from the grocery store that we ended up not 
eating so I put them in the ground though I think that was just luck, lol.

The second phase will be transplanting the second batch of plants in the ground.  I put these babies in soil few weeks ago:
'Paris Market' carrots (which did nothing for me in the past so we'll see),
'Black From Tula' tomato (I know, I know I said no heirlooms...),
'Jubilee' tomato (a yellow variety),
'White stem' bok choy,
'Michihili' Chinese cabbage,
'Oregon Sugar Pod II' snow pea,
'Peach Melba Superior' nasturium,
Summer savory (herb) and
Fennel (herb).
We have been getting monsoon amounts of rain the past 5 days and about half of them have sprouted.  Plus I already moved the Oregon sugar pod II peas (60 day maturity) from their pots in the ground.

Hopefully by November/December phase three is purchasing another set of baby plants from the nursery to go in the ground.  As well as plant another set of seeds.  Would like to do some butter lettuces, spinach, radishes, sweet Chinese mustard greens, broccoli, eggplants and more tomatoes but we shall see shan't we!

Well that's all I have for today friends though I will keep you posted as to the progress!  

Hope you all are doing well and staying dry!

Happy Gardening and Best Wishes,

Sheri

xoxo

Perky Color Combo's In the Garden

     When we were old enough to have chores and responsibilities, "yard work" was very often one of my family's weekend events.  Some how my younger brother always and I mean ALWAYS weaseled his way out of work.  So it would end up being my Mom and I doing the landscape while my Dad mowed the grass.  Then when my sister was big enough to help out, I was so happy to have a buddy, but she too would end up doing such a half-hearted job that my Mom would turn her loose.  So yup, it was just me again.  UGH!  No matter my lament, my Mom always had a way of putting a different perspective on it, "this will make you a better person" or "you never know what you will gain from this" or "the sooner we finish the sooner you can go play."   Phewy I say!

My Mom and sister creating a new plant bed in our Miami front yard
You can see who is working LOL...love ya sis!  You should see my sister garden in Atlanta now, wow!
I think this was around 1988.

      In my opinion, the real fun stuff was when we created new sections of our half acre yard...a vegetable garden here, fruit trees there, gardenias here, palms there, a chicken coop here, a butterfly garden there, etc.  We would come back from the Homestead nurseries with so many cool plants.  I would quickly start putting these weird combinations of plants together in their newly appointed locations.  Of course in my mind thinking, well that's where they should go and Mom will be so proud I laid them out for her.  Well, stand me corrected!  I can still hear my Mom saying, "what are you doing, those don't go together."  My standard reply, "why not?" and her reply, "well because that's not how I want them."  She would then show me how she envisioned what we were to be working on.  And this was coming from a very liberal free spirited creative thinking woman, who knew.  Though now that I am older, I realize how important it was for her personal style to be translated into how she liked her garden to grow.  Now that I have my own garden, boy that sentiment couldn't be more true.  Just like fine art, gardens and landscapes can be an extension of one's unique ideas and personality.

     So this post is all about crazy color combinations in the landscape.  We are talking about cool contrasting colors, textures, shapes, sizes and variations.  I am sure you have passed by a landscape that made your head turn and say, "wow, did you see that!?!"  Yup, that's what I'm talking about friends!  So here are a few of some of my favorites.  I sure you will see a theme here of the color combinations I tend to gravitate towards, hee hee.  Purples, chartreuse, pinks, yellows, orange and blues.

Wow, chartreuse, red and purples - ferns, coleus and sweet potato all in one window box!

Not sure who to credit this super saturated purple & red flower
bed to but it's really incredible.

Yes bromeliad's can give you a kick of color, just check out this Miami median.

Another amazing little landscape using the wall color & lighting as well...kudos to the designer!

This lantana 'confetti' is an all-in-one knock 
out of color...just add purple, lol.

Alternanthera 'red threads' in my front yard
before mulch.  That will be for another post to come.

In the middle is a Jamaican croton 'tricolor' and blue daze around the outside.

Yellow, magenta, white and purple set this landscape off in Weston, FL.

Magenta penta's and caladium 'moonlight' is sure to impress.

I just love this plant called irsine/bloodleaf, I have
used it on three of our latest landscapes!

Now put the bloodleaf with this incredible looking
sedum and you've got a striking pair!

Chartreuse coleus, purple Persian shield and red/green coleus.

     Of course there are all kinds of plants that have a multitude of colors in their leaves like crotons, coleus, variegated plants, caladiums, succulents, cordylines, alternantheras and dracenas.  Then pair them with flowering plants and wow what a combo you will have.  Check out The Graceful Gardener's blog for some absolutely amazing color combinations in the landscape as well as in her beautiful container's....stunning!

My jaw hit the floor when I saw this tradeshow exhibit in Asia...talk about creative!
Wish I knew who to give credit to for this...anyone know?

What a happy looking front yard saying "welcome home"!

     No matter where you live or what your cold hardy zone is, there will always be colorful plants you can use to create your own unique and eye catching garden.  Just let nature guide your way and you might be surprised at what you find that's native and colorful in your region.  Come to think of it, our front yard island area needs a redo in some really colorful wild plants...hmmm maybe another post.

Wishing you all a very happy Labor Day, so enjoy your day off y'all!

Happy Gardening and Best Wishes,

Sheri

xoxo