Alittle fall cleaning jag came upon the family this weekend.
My husband and I are planning to do a little renovation work on our house, so we did some house and yard cleaning in preparation.
We moved summer patio furniture, mowed, trimmed up the crape myrtle and generally spruced up the yard.
I also was able to finally get rid a renegade aloe plant. See, what happened is I thought the plant was dead in a pot a year or so ago and wanted to plant something else in its place.
So I grabbed the plant and tossed it away, thinking it would decompose into the yard.
Uh, no.
That sucker took root and took over and over and over. I was afraid it was going to eat the air conditioner. So Saturday morning I grabbed the spade and attacked the weeds and the aloe vera plant.
It took several digs to get all of the pieces out, then I sprayed down the whole thing with Roundup for good measure. Let's hope that's the last of it.
Something else I noticed on the plant front - my "Christmas" cactus has decided to become a Thanksgiving cactus this year. Pretty deep-pink buds are bursting forth from the green, glossy leaves.
By Thanksgiving it should be in full bloom and make a lovely centerpiece or sideboard decoration for the holiday.
And one more thing under the strange-but-true plant heading. My thoughtful husband brought home flowers for me the other day. And in an effort to make them last as long as possible, I've been changing out water and trimming the ends every day.
Much to my surprise Saturday morning, as I was changing the water, I noticed the rose stems had new leaf growth on them! Others may have noticed this, but it's a new one on me.
What I'm wondering is whether the rose stems can be rooted? I'm hoping one of our Sun Herald readers can tell me if it's possible.
In the meantime, I'll enjoy the lovely flowers, the lovely fall weather and a spruced-up yard, courtesy of some hard work by the family.
Y'all enjoy your weekend, too.
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