Saturday Gardening and Puttering Thread: It's Christmas!

Merry Christmas, everyone! Above, a Hellebore, sometimes called a Christmas Rose. This one is called Winter Jewels 'Cotton Candy'. Don't eat it. Cultural tips at the link.

Christmas and Lenten roses come in other colors, too.

And here are some real roses for Christmas. Photo from a friend in Switzerland.

These are all excuses to post this carol:

The Christmas Rose

This is Gioia, who is our guide on various Swiss Garden and Nature Adventures.

Like to this famous mountain:

Weather, Photography and Landscapes

A friend moved to a mountain town in Colorado. They have snow there, unlike some places where snowfall has usually begun by Christmas

Mountain scene in Utah

Rain in Southern California!! Photo from By-Tor

How is YOUR weather?

Gardens of The Horde

To my surprise, one of my clematis vines is blooming now. Admittedly it is fairly warm in TX, but I've not had any of my clematis vines bloom in Dec before.

Hope you have a merry Christmas!

groovy girl

Fantastic!

Edible Gardening

I haven't been feeling the best for the last couple of days, and soup has sounded good. Popular Mechanics(!) has an article with eleven soups that can be frozen ahead and thawed out to serve. My aunt used to make carrot soup for big parties. It was delish. Was not exactly like this one. Creamier.

Last Week

Everybody OK for mason jar lids?

Puttering

Are you preparing any homemade decorations for next Christmas? Do any of these remind you of anyone in the AoSHQ family?

Elf not on a shelf

How about this one?

Wildlife Christmas decorations

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posted by K.T. at 01:12 PM

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