A big, soft-spoken man with kindly "Please grow" eyes, Shafer patiently fights the presence of mildew on his gloxinia and mill cats in his potting soil.
Church Notebook: Pastor Ed’s last Sunday at Northside Baptist Happy events seem to have been on the schedule for me lately. Both my family and my plants have been full of surprises. Two years ago, my Sanseveria (snake plant, mother-in-law’s tongue) blossomed. Like several others of my plants, I’d had it for several years. It had never bloomed, and I had never even heard of one doing so, nor had anyone else I talked to. And, of course, there’s that Gloxinia ...
Nov. 5, 2013 - The Daily Triplicate