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Get Growing with Gary Emmett
Color your holidays with plants
It is that time of year
that we start thinking
about decorating our homes
with the colors and plants
of the season. Whether you
have purchased the plants
yourself, your spouse sur-
prised you with a colorful
plant, or you received it as a
gift from students or neigh-
bors, what do you do with it
to keep it alive throughout
the holiday season?
Let me talk you through
some of the basic care for
some of the common color-
ful holiday plants.
Poinsettias can be pur-
chased almost anywhere
during the holiday season.
In fact, the Lovell High
School Swing Choir even
did a fundraiser with poin-
settias this year. The poin-
settia, due to the nature
that it is a tender plant,
needs to be protected when
transported. Temperatures
under 40 degrees (F) can
damage the leaves of the
plant, and the damage from
short exposures to cold, say
from the store to the car,
can show up within hours.
One mistake I often
see is when the poinset-
tia is bought in one store
and left in the car while
the shopping is finished in
other stores. Be careful
with exposure to cold tem-
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peratures so that you will
be able to enjoy your poin-
settia throughout the sea-
son and possibly through-
out the year. Always ask for
a second bag to cover and
protect the plant when tak-
ing the poinsettia from the
store to your car and from
your car to your house.
Christmas cactus, with
their brilliant red, pink,
yellow and orange blos-
soms can bloom a couple
of times of year, but usu-
ally around Christmas and
Easter is when we see them
most often. With it being
from the succulent family
of plants, it can often go
without water for periods
of time, longer than most
plants. However, once the
buds have set and while it
is in its bloom cycle, you
don't want the soil to dry
out. If the soil does dry
out, the blooms will be the
first to be affected and the
plant will abort its flower-
ing cycle. Be careful and
mindful during this time
but any other time of year
it can tolerate abuse and
neglect.
Amaryllis and paper
whites are often found in
gift boxes ready to give as
gifts. However, don't let
the bulbs go unplanted
until after the holidays.
I would suggest that you
plant them once you re-
ceive them. These bulbs
can be planted easily and
will offer a simple yet beau-
tiful gift. Once these bulbs
have rooted in the potting
soil provided, you will be
able to see the plant leaves
grow before your eyes. Pa-
per whites should bloom
within about four weeks,
while Amaryllis might take
up to eight weeks, but the
wait is worth it. Amaryllis
blooms are one of the most
beautiful and awe inspiring
flowers I have seen. Amaryl-
lis bulbs can also be saved
for a gift that can keep on
giving over the years.
No matter what kind
of flowers or plants you re-
ceive this holiday season,
one of the most important
things to remember is wa-
ter. Water is important but
can also be deadly to bulbs
and potted plants. The
decorative foil wraps that
cover the plastic pots will
hold water around the roots
causing rot, and thus death
to your plant.
Poinsettias are very
susceptible to root rot. Be
careful when watering. If
you want to keep the deco-
rative foil around the pot,
cut a slit in the bottom of
the foil, placing the potted
plant into a water saucer
to allow the excess water
to drain off. You do want
the soil to stay moist to the
touch but not soggy wet.
Most holiday plants
do not need to be fertilized
while they are blooming.
Don't worry about that.
Excess fertilizer can cause
burning to the flowers mak-
ing them ugly and you don't
want that.
Room temperatures can
be tricky also. Not too hot
and definitely not too cold.
Keep house plants and es-
pecially your poinsettia
away from cold, drafty win-
dows or end tables that are
by the outside doors. Keep
your plants away from the
direct air flow of ceiling
fans and heat vents.
Lighting is also very
important. Poinsettias
and other flowering plants
prefer to have bright lights
to help keep them bloom-
ing and growing. Often
we place the flowers on the
dining room table, and turn
the lights off until we are
eating dinner. Place your
plants where they can get
the brightest natural light
during the day.
By following these sim-
ple steps, your holidays can
be filled with an array of
living color.
Rare blue moon over Byron
RACHEL GEORGE
548-7170
With the advent of
snow last week it's inter-
esting to see the small acts
of kindness demonstrated
as members of ourcomnu -
:rLity help each other out.
:You may have noticed that
the snow was cleared from
many of the walks on Main
Street. This is thanks to
Charlie Loman, who does
the job without being asked
and without compensation.
He is just one illustration
of the many people in this
community who go about
quietly serving others.
Jack and Sydney Hes-
senthaler are enjoying a
visit from their daugh-
ter, Christy Ellis, and her
family, who are here for
the Thanksgiving holiday.
Christy and her children
lived with the Hessenthal-
ers for a time when her hus-
band Tony, was deployed to
Iraq a few years ago. It's al-
ways good to have them re-
turn to Byron for a visit.
Many of you may not be
aware of an informal book
club in town that meets
regularly on the first Mon-
day of every month. Mem-
bers meet together at vari-
ous homes, and rather than
read one specific book, they
discuss what different ma-
terials they've read recent-
ly. If you are interested in
more information you can
contact Hazel Doerr.
The Rocky Mountain
Elementary hosted a lunch
this week for area senior
citizens. A number of peo-
ple from Byron attended.
The fifth-grade class greet-
ed them at the door and
escorted them to the gym
where they were treated
to singing by all of the stu-
dents. Following the mu-
sic the fifth-graders served
them a traditional Thanks-
giving lunch.
The Byron Rec had a
pumpkin pie social on Sat-
urday. Several kids had a
great time eating pie and
playing games together.
The former Hallman
home, now owned by Cur-
tis and Jennifer Abraham,
has new renters. Jacob
Hooper and Thomas Prath-
er are living in Byron while
they work in the oil fields.
Both young men most re-
cently came from Mary-
land. We welcome them
to Byron, and hope they
enjoy small-town life. We
have had quite a few new
people move here in the
last several months. I hope
this column will be a way
of helping us become bet-
ter acquainted with these
families.
Dean Bjornestad from
Olympia, Wash., is visiting
with his parents, Orville
and Pat Bjornestad. Pat is
still in the care center in
Powell recovering from a
broken leg. Dean reports
that his mother just had
her cast removed, but still
has a long recovery ahead.
Sunday evening we had
an uncommon blue moon
over Byron. Although a
thin cloud cover obscured
the moon itself, its light
still reflected off the snow
and lit up the night. A blue
moon can refer to the third
full moon in a season with
four full moons or the sec-
ond full moon of a calen-
dar month. The blue moon
we had on Nov. 21 was the
third full moon of this fall
season.
concert
kicks Off the holiday
concert s
The annual Trombone Christmas concert will be held
Tuesday, Nov. 30, in the Hinckley Library on the North-
west College campus at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 2, in
Greybull at the Greybull High School auditorium, also at
7:30 p.m. Selections of the Christmas season will be pre-
sented.
Traditional Christmas music will be performed, along
with other selections. Featured selections will include
"Jingle Bells," "Almand," "Adeste Fideles," "Salvation is
Created" and "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer." Other
seasonal selections will be included in the performance.
An annual event, Trombone Christmas features the
combined Northwest College Trombones and the Big Horn
Trombone Ensemble, assisted by several high school stu-
dents from the area. Groups are under the direction of
Rick Parmer, low brass instructor at Northwest College.
The magical sounds of trombones have become an an-
nual event in the Powell area and introduces the Christ-
mas season. Don't pass up the opportunity to hear the
sounds of unaccompanied trombones celebrating the mu-
sic of the season.
Performers include: Jack Nauman of Basin, Mike
Masterson of Powell, Hayden Woods of Manhattan, Mont.,
Mike Conner of Greybull, Ethan Gunther of Cody, Wade
French of Cody, Christian Allthin of Cody, Jim Andrus
of Cody, John Henderson of Greybull, Willy Parmer of
Lovell, Ron Hunt of Powell, Nicole Emmett of Lovell and
Bob Wellwood of Cody.
From our files
Give seat [00elts a try
75 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 28, 1935
The Lovell Chronicle: The
Bulldog's Tale
Do you know that a cer-
tain boy in our school is so
anxious to obtain an educa-
tion that he walks 12 miles
every morning to get to
school? He gets up at 3:00
o'clock every morning and
begins his journey at 3:30
in order to get here by 8:00
o'clock. Bus facilities are
not available to him, yet his
desire for an education is so
bar-b-q grill as daughter
Penny waits to warm the
pie and son Kim just waits
to sample the results. The
staff of the Lovell Chroni-
cle wishes you all a Happy
Thanksgiving.
25 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 27, 1985
The Lovell Chronicle
This week is the "All-
American Buckle-Up," a
seat belt awareness cam-
paign sponsored by the
Wyoming Highway De-
great that walking 24 miles partment and the Nation-
a day is not too high a price al Highway Safety Admin-
for him to pay.
50 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 24, 1960
The Lovell Chronicle
(Photo) Not quite like
the pilgrims did it, but
the results are about the
same as we come to the
Thanksgiving season. Re-
tha Hubbs gets ready to
put the symbol of Thanks-
giving, the turkey, into her
istration. Throughout the
week, everyone in Wyo-
ming is being encouraged
to give seat belts a try. The
campaign coincides with
the Thanksgiving holiday
weekend which tradition-
ally is a busy time for high-
way travel. The hope is that
some of those who start
wearing seat belts during
the week will continue to do
so in the future.
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