Author: Chriss Rainey, Virginia

yellow fever

Dear Jim Chaney,   Coming to the Richmond convention next month will not cure you, but it would certainly be a good dose of therapy, and besides you’ll be among the best support group in the world.    Chriss Rainey…

Congratulations, Jan

Dear Jan,   Fabulous photos of your gorgeous display.   What’s the trick to getting those hyacinths to stand up so perfectly straight?  Are they individually potted and massed together in a group?  Or planted together in one box?   …

Merry Christmas!

Here is a photo I took this afternoon of the FIRST bloom from the paperwhites I planted THREE or FOUR WEEKS before Christmas.  (Never give up.  Never never give up, as Winston used to say.)   I’ll send a close…

Stories

Dear Bill Lee,   You never ask an Irishman if he has any more stories to tell.  Especially this one!   But having done so, I’ll bet you money you won’t get a yes or no answer.  :)   Chriss…