由 this time of year, many people are running out of gift ideas. Well, if 你 have a gardener (or a potential gardener) among your 老友记 and family, we have a few ideas for you!

You can always buy a plant for your gardener. But that's too easy--let's be a little 更多 creative.

If 你 know a fellow gardener who would like 食物 plants but just can't resist those beautiful 花 and decorative plants, plan a decorative 食物 garden for them! Many vegetables and herbs have lovely 花 或者 foliage. Ornamental kale, for instance, is often grown simply as an ornamental but it is both pretty and...

Back when I was a kid watching 圣诞节 specials on TV, Mrs. Claus was invariably portrayed as a sweet but dowdy older woman of slightly plump stature. She could cook a mean pie and reminded 你 of your Grandma. Of course, we loved her and so did Santa.

But did 你 ever wonder what Mrs. Claus might have looked like when she was younger? I mean, I assume she must've be smokin' (natch).

So why is it that so many of the classic holiday programs 显示 us a Santa Claus surrounded 由 androgynous little elves and a matronly Mrs. Claus? I mean, it's cold up at the North Pole. Surely Santa isn't adverse...