I just received an email from Glick's Greenhouse in Oley, thanking patrons for making their annual Poinsettia Show (Dec. 5-8) a huge success!
As a thank you to friends and community, they are currently having a sale. Here's their message:


"Merry Christmas from Glick’s Greenhouse!

It was wonderful to see so many of you at our Poinsettia Show in the beginning of December! We have been blessed with another successful poinsettia season, and we are so grateful to each of you for helping to make it that way.

Another blessing this year is an abundance of plants! Poinsettia cuttings arrive at our greenhouses in June and require specific water, light, heat, and pruning to grow into beautiful plants by December. We are thankful for how well our plants have grown this year, as well as for the opportunity to give a Christmas gift to all of you:


Glick’s Greenhouse
Customer Appreciation Sale

December 18-24

Buy One 6.5” Poinsettia
Get One FREE
($8.95 value)

Buy One 5” Poinsettia
Get One FREE
($3.95 value)

AND the first 100 customers through our registers
will receive a free mini-well poinsettia!


Hope to see you soon!


We still have many varieties (red, white, pink, and more) of our highest quality poinsettias, as well as other Christmas plant and craft items available. The sale begins now and lasts until noon on Christmas Eve when we close for the season. We will re-open to the public in March."

Hours now through 12:00 noon on 12/24:
Monday-Saturday
8am-5:30pm

Closed Sunday

Glick’s Greenhouse
57 Fisher Mill Road
Oley, PA 19547
610-689-9856

So stop on by and stock up on some beautiful holiday poinsettias to make your home festive this season!

Sorry to have left you all hanging for a few days, but I'm having a hard time finding uplifting garden topics to write about. Unlike my sister, whose favorite season is Fall, I tend to spend the beginning of the season mourning the loss of yet another summer (my fave).
And I'm still trying to recoup things after my extended vacation. (And to be honest, I'm still a little absorbed by that darn Twilight Saga. I read thru it the second time while I was away.) I think the only thing that might get the pond straightened out is a partial changing of water along with a vacuuming. Definitely a job that'll have to wait for the weekend.

In the meantime, a bright light has shown on me in the form of an email from my favorite greenhouse, Glick's in Oley (www.glicksgreenhouse.com) .
Along with tips on gathering and storing seeds from summer, there's lots going on at the greenhouse in the form of Fall colors.
Chrysanthemums are now available, 9-inch for $4.25 each/10 for $40 and 5-inch for $2.95 each. The .99 cent perennial sale is still on for what's left, and flowering cabbage and kale (9-inch) are $4.25 each/10 for $40.
Purple fountain grass, which looks great through November, is on sale for $7.95, while Icicle Pansies, which bloom now and again in late winter are $4.50 per 6-pack. They're also offering pumpkins, cornstalks and more for all your fall decorating needs.
And besides Glick's, I'm sure all of our local nurseries and greenhouses are gearing up for a great Fall season, so take the time to check them out. Also, now's the time to start looking thru all those Fall catalogs that clogged your mailbox last month. Ordering now is best to ensure you get what you want ... more on that later.
PS -- And with the nights getting longer and gardening time getting shorter, why not check out my new blog "On the Set"? You can access it thru this blog or thru The Mercury's website www.pottsmerc.com for information, updates, reviews, previews and my general musings on what's happening on television.