Winter Plant Care For Holiday Greens And Flowering Bulbs
A guide to overwintering poinsettias rosemary and cacti, planting bulbs such as amaryllis narcissus and tulips now, and seasonal lawn care. Advice covers sheltering poinsettias until spring, watering camellias and azaleas, light feeding, and mowing for weed control. A. Lynette Parsons, master gardener, Chambers County.
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Cedar Bayou plant boosts Christmas with 101 Wish Tree gifts
Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Cedar Bayou plant and CIS partners brought Christmas to 101 Baytown children, the largest Wish Tree effort yet. Gifts ranged from bikes and dolls to clothes and beds, with a $3800 cash donation to Baytown Communities In Schools.
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Black rhino Elly marks 45th birthday at San Francisco Zoo
The San Francisco Zoo celebrated the oldest black rhinoceros birth day in North America, Elly, turning 45 with a cake of rolled oats and molasses. Elly arrived at the zoo in April 1974 and has produced 14 calves, according to zoo spokeswoman Nancy Hayden Crowley.
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Dear Abby Letters on Parenting and Relationships
A reader asks how to handle being a childless gay man sharing parenting tales and faces critics who say he has no parenting experience. Abby advises value over status and to avoid letting critics undermine his experience. The column also covers concerns about an overprotective partner and a mother balancing a trip with a friend’s birthday party, urging empathy and honest discussion.
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