Many Blessings to All

Ambrosia for Evergreens

If this seems a little early, some folks do have a tradition of buying their
Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving.  So……

To prolong the green and beauty of Xmas trees and the freshness of natural evergreen

holiday decorations, mix a batch of this special holiday concoction.

*    add 1/4 cup of Miconized Iron (available at garden centers) to
one gallon of hot water

*    add 2 cups of light corn syrup

*    add 4 tsps of chlorine bleach

This stuff is powerful and can stain carpets, so keep a plastic sheet spread underneath.

Trim an inch off of the tree trunk and add more as it evaporates. Using a
turkey baster would help in reducing spillage.

Your tree and natural evergreen decorations will remain fresh and beautiful right
through the holidays.

Alright, now hit me with your best family secret recipe for keeping your greens
fresh through the holidays.  Come on, tell me…

Who knew? Good ol’ Linoleum has always been green. It’s been around
since an English guy, (Fredrick Walton) patented his linseed oil and
cork dust concoction in 1860.

Water resistant, durable, and inexpensive Linoleum was an excellent
material for kitchens and bathrooms.

It was widely used until the latter 1950′s when it fell out of favor
to hardwood, tile and especially polyvinyl chloride (pvc vinyl).

Vinyl has greater brightness, transparency, and is less flammable.
Maybe less flammable than Linoleum but, as it turns out, extremely
toxic.

As luck would have it, linoleum (little L) became the generic term
for all resilient floor covering, including vinyl.

Thus, Linoleum has been wrongly accused (at least by me), of not
being environmentally friendly.

So, it was, is, and always will be – green!

And making a BIG comeback!