My African Violets
I bought two African violets for my mamma this year but she told me they were too much trouble to tend to and didn't want them. No wonder I'm an only child. Anyway, I took them home to tend to them. The only thing I know about African violets is that they hate to get water on their leaves and it causes them to brown and die. I put some clear cling wrap under my little violets so I could lift the pots from their containers and pour about an inch of water underneath them. I thought that was genius! That goes to show you what I consider genius. My violets got so scrouged, I felt brave enough to cut back some leafs with a sharp knife at the base of the leaf. I couldn't stand to waste them so I put them in clean little serving cups with lids on them. I made a hole in the top big enough for the stem to go through and left them on the porch in the sunlight for a few months. It took a long time but I finally started seeing roots sprouting from the bottom. After a whi...