It is that time of year to spruce up the house and celebrate the birthday of Jesus and the Christmas season. My wife recently purchased her spruce-up-the-entrance-to-the-porch plants. Yes, you guessed it: pansies.
We grow the pansies in large, fancy ceramic pots on the stoop entering the porch.
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