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All About African Violets – Episode 3.052 – After Convention
Welcome to my Sunroom! Hi Everyone! Come on in to the Sunroom and relax for a bit! Tips and Treasures Today most of our time will be spent checkout out the stands, but in other years, right about now would …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.051 – Planting by the Phases of the Moon
Welcome to my Sunroom! Come on in! I apologize for the delay in getting this episode out to you. Tips and Treasures A different type of podcast today! It’s actually a rerun of the presentation I did years ago about …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.049 – Tools
Welcome to my Sunroom! Hi Everyone! Come on in to the Sunroom! Tips and Treasures We are now on Week 6 of the pre-show schedule. I’m so glad so many of you enjoyed meeting Stephen Covolo-Hudson last week! Today’s topic …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.047 – What the Heck is an Immature Leaf?!
Welcome to my Sunroom Hi Everyone! Come on in to the Sunroom! Thank you for joining me today as we remain at home. And for those of you not hunkered down because you’re in an essential industry or business, you …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.042 – Meet Paul Sorano
Welcome to my Sunroom Hi Everyone – it’s chilly here in Chicagoland (really chilly), but it’s nice and warm in the sunroom. Come on in because I have a great episode for you today! Tips and Treasures Today we are …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.041 – Consistent Care
Welcome to my Sunroom Hi Everyone! Consistent care is the topic for today! The last time we sat down together was on December 1st . . . As many of you known I had a respiratory infection, and the cough …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.040 – Meet Wayne Geeslin
Welcome to My Sunroom! Come on in to my sunroom! If you’re here in the U.S. I hope you had a happy and wonderful Thanksgiving. The podcast is going to be structured a little differently today, but first, I have …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.039 – Once More, With Feeling
Welcome to my Sunroom! Hi Everyone! I apologize for the delay in getting this episode out today. I had some technical difficulties that have since been resolved! Tips and Treasures After the last episode I got a message from Margaret …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.022 – Polar Vortex
Welcome to my Sunroom Hi Everyone! Come on in to my sunroom. We’ve just gone through a brutal polar vortex here in Chicagoland. Thankfully my furnaces did yeoman’s service and all has been well and warm in my house. Tips …
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Behind the Scenes – HOW to Limit Your Collection, Part I
You know that I talk a lot here about limiting one's collection. I'm well aware that it's not always a popular choice, but it is always a valid one.
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.021 – Bits and Pieces
Welcome to my Sunroom Hi Everyone! A LOT of great feedback on the previous episode – particularly in the African Violet Nerds group on Facebook. Thank you! Tips and Treasures I was an absolute talking head last week, so I’ll …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.020 – Limit Your Collection
Welcome to my Sunroom Hi Everyone!Super happy to be back with you!! I did have another kidney stone right before Christmas, but – for the first time – I was able to pass it. Yay Me! In editing this episode, …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.019 – Meet the Digital Dude!
Welcome to my Sunroom Hi Everyone! Super happy to share with you that all the kidney craziness seems to be pretty much finished. Yay!! I’m not quite back filming for you yet – but I do have a surprise in this …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.018 – Dr. Jeff Smith, Part #3
Welcome to my Sunroom Hi Everyone! Again, my thanks to all of you for your continued concerns and encouraging words with this kidney nonsense. I have super great news to share with you – I did not have to have …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.017 – Dr. Jeff Smith, Part II
Welcome to my Sunroom Hi Everyone! Another “rerun” episode here at All About African Violets. Many thanks to you all for your kind words and well wishes regarding my kidney stone surgery. Unfortunately, there was a complication that might …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.016 – Dr. Jeff Smith, Part I
Welcome to my Sunroom Hi Everyone, I am changing things up here at All About African Violets for November and probably also for December. As some of you know – I had a kidney infection toward the end …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.014 – Back to National
Welcome to my Sunroom Come on in – bring your tea! Fall is finally here in Chicagoland Tips and Treasures Thank you to those of you who responded about some difficulties viewing the podcast – thankfully not too …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.012 – Grooming Trailers
Welcome to my Sunroom Thank you for the star ratings and reviews on FaceBook and also on iTunes. Tips and Treasures Some treasure for you today! Have you seen the latest edition of African Violet Magazine? One short section: …
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All About African Violets – Episode 3.011 – Grooming, Babies, and Potting!
Welcome to my Sunroom Thank you for the star ratings and reviews on FaceBook and also on iTunes. Tips and Treasures Some treasure for you today! Three short sections Potting columnea cuttings Grooming and Repotting Separating Babies and Potting …
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