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Hi, guys!

🐣 Happy Easter to all who celebrate!

I’m having a low-key day today, as the whole family is preparing for my daughter Justine’s wedding next week. So, we’re planning to attend an outdoor sunrise Easter service, visit the cemetery and share a casual breakfast before going our separate ways for the day.

It’s not the traditional family celebration we’re accustomed to, but I’m glad we’ll be together in the morning and I’m actually not terribly disappointed about not having to prepare a large feast, entertain and clean up.

If you bought — or receive — Easter gift plants this year, don’t discard them when they fade. You can plant several of them into the garden. Here are specifics for how to treat gift tulips, Easter lilies, hyacinths, hydrangeas, and daffodils after the holiday.