SUCKING IT UP WITH SUCCULENTS

I mentioned in a previous posting that I had too many succulents to shoehorn into the mini greenhouse so I have brought in several to hang out all winter on my antique marble-topped sideboard. I found it at a restaurant in Soquel and begged them to sell it to me. I'll probably rotate these plants so they get enough sun in the winter from this southeast facing window. I use a liquid fertilizer called "F-1" to encourage them through the bleak months. Last year the Christmas Cactus, on the far right in the stand, bloomed at Christmas and into January. It started life as a little 4" pot from Trader Joe's a couple of years ago.