Bridal Wreath Spirea Trimming

To say that our bridal wreath spirea was way overgrown and a total mess would be an understatement! We have lived in this home for 20 years and other than cutting out branches here and there, the spirea has never had a good trimming.

 

 My sister and her husband had a weed eater that they no longer needed so they gave it to us and boy, did it ever save us oodles of time.  It only took us...ahem...my husband, approximately two hours to trim the entire hedge.  That sounds like quite awhile, but when you consider the total mess it was in, I'm thinking it was fantastic.  Both sides had big piles of branches.

Now that it is all trimmed, I can't wait for spring to see how it is going to look.  The farthest end is so thick but due to a bad winter a few years ago, this lower end is a bit more sparse, as you can see in the above photo.  I hope we did a good thing trimming it up.

Jade Tree

Many years ago, my friend gave me a Jade Plant.  This morning as I was sitting at the table, I noticed some spiky things hanging down from one of the stems. I've never noticed those before so I got up to look to see what they were.  As I touched them, to my surprise, they were actually really stiff and a little sharp.

It was then that I notice my plant actually had a cluster of pinkish white flowers at the tip of another stem.

 

I called my friend (whose plant/tree is at least five feet tall) who gave me the plant to tell her about my flowers.  She said that she also had her plant many years before it flowered.  She stated that now my plant has started blooming, it should bloom every springtime.

I decided to hit the net to see what information it had about my Jade Plant.  I read that my plant had many different names.....Money Tree, Money Plant, Jade Plant, Jade Tree, Friendship Tree, Lucky Plant, Dollar Plant, and Pink Joy.  It's scientific name is: Crassula Ovata and is native to South Africa and Mozambique.

WHO KNEW?!.....NOT ME.

To find out more information on the Jade, you can do a Google search, or by clicking HERE, it will take you to the site where I gathered my information.

The following photo is from the site I was searching.... Photo via gardensonline.com.au

I wonder if my plant will ever look this beautiful...........

March 2018 Visiting Teaching Handout

I love the new direction we have been given with regards to visiting teaching.  It makes it nice that we are given a principle to follow each month in meeting the needs of the sisters we are over for visiting teaching.  This month the Visiting Teaching Principle is "Pray For Each Sister By Name".  I don't think this principle needs any explanation - the principle itself states it all!  What a wonderful blessing we can give to others, just by praying for them.  It not only blesses those receiving, but it also truly blesses the person offering the prayer.
The visiting teaching handout I chose to put together this month includes the statement given by David A. Bednar.  Pray - Hear - Heed!

Weather Switch-A-Roo

Wow....what a switch-a-roo.  We went from spring-like weather most of the entire winter season to 12.5" of snow on the ground when we woke up this morning.  What more can I say that pictures won't tell.

   

 

 

     

 

  

  

    

Thank goodness my husband owns a trusty blue steed.  It took him most of the morning to clear us out.