Mickey mouse pasko

sa pamamagitan ng this time of year, many people are running out of gift ideas. Well, if you have a gardener (or a potential gardener) among your mga kaibigan and family, we have a few ideas for you!

You can always buy a plant for your gardener. But that's too easy--let's be a little madami creative.

If you know a fellow gardener who would like pagkain plants but just can't resist those beautiful bulaklak and decorative plants, plan a decorative pagkain garden for them! Many vegetables and herbs have lovely bulaklak or foliage. Ornamental kale, for instance, is often grown simply as an ornamental but it is both pretty and...

Back when I was a kid watching pasko specials on TV, Mrs. Claus was invariably portrayed as a sweet but dowdy older woman of slightly plump stature. She could cook a mean pie and reminded you of your Grandma. Of course, we loved her and so did Santa.

But did you ever wonder what Mrs. Claus might have looked like when she was younger? I mean, I assume she must've be smokin' (natch).

So why is it that so many of the classic holiday programs ipakita us a Santa Claus surrounded sa pamamagitan ng androgynous little elves and a matronly Mrs. Claus? I mean, it's cold up at the North Pole. Surely Santa isn't adverse...