Jojo..Doesn't the mix Josh speaks of sound so delicious? lol Reall! My C.C, T.C, all my Hoya's and many other epethites , is that how you spell that? Oh yes, many of my orchid and most of my houseplants LOVE this mix! I think you said something about being worried about having to water more often in the heat? Have you seen how HOT the temps can get where Josh lives? I have never been that hot here, and he seems to do just fine. Rhizo, you crack me up..lol Wishing everyone a Happier New Year or just as good as the last! It's 30 degrees here and already dark and cloudy at 4 p.m. So depressing. I was really hoping my plants would at least get a few minutes of sun today. Not:-( Mom send you an extra ton of love Jojo and wishes all the best for Mike too. You have been such an awesome friend after all these years. Ooh, one more thing Jojo...Take a look at what the mix could look like. I'll link you. It's 5 parts bark, one part pumice, and one part perlite. Josh thanks pal. MIke Here is a link that might be useful: Good mix for your T.C and other Tropicals This post was edited by meyermike_1micha on Mon, Dec 31, 12 at 16:09

I have two hanging cactus plants that I would like to identify. The plants resemble Christmas etc only one has very large leaves and blooms with tiny little pale yellow blooms all around the leaf at each point. the other has smaller twisted leaf with a yellow bloom at the end of a stem and then a round bulbus growth in it's place. I can take pictures of them as they are now, but lost pictures of the blooms when my computer crashed. Thanks for any help you can give.

We are having shrimp etouffe, sweet potato biscuits, stuffed chayotes (mirlitons), mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, a fresh mixed salad, our pickled green beans and flan for dessert. Each family has their own traditions, turkey is not one of ours. This morning before work I already harvested the celery, onions, parsley and green peppers for the etoufee. I am making this tonight because it tastes much better the day after, and it is too dark when I get home to harvest! I will use a jar of tomato sauce from our preservation efforts as well. I think I will chose one from black tomatoes. The okra is also from the garden (we pre-froze some). Just add shrimp! The chayotes were harvested and stuffed last week (frozen at the moment). The sweet potatoes are also from our harvest. Biscuits will be served with habanero fig jam, made from our figs and hot peppers. Believe it or not we still have figs coming, the latest fig year we ever had. Tomorrow morning I will go out and pick the salad. Some lettuces are leafy enough to start harvesting, and we have a few baby mustard leaves and chard. I still have a few fresh tomatoes to add to a salad as well. Still a few leaves of basil to enjoy and maybe a carrot and a beet. We ate all the potatoes we grew (we are making another bed for more), so I had to buy potatoes. I also bought the cranberries. Shrimp was from a job. We feel blessed. May you feel equally blessed and have a great holiday!

OA, I love your fall/football decorations. I live in Florida so we really don't have a fall. By the time it starts to cool down it is January then before you know it we are sleeveless again by March or April. So I rarely decorate except for pumpkins. Yours looks great!! Karen, my children and grandchildren love Alabama. Their pool rooms are decorated in football things, they wear their A shirts when there is a game, the flag goes up, etc, etc, etc. Real fanatics - however, my daughter's husband graduated from Auburn so they have a beautiful picture of Alabama on one side and Auburn on the other with the words - A House Divided. I just retreat to my painting room so I don't have to watch any of it. Or I can play with my dishes which always makes me feel good.