I gave my grandma a Christmas cactus for her birthday a couple of years ago, and every time it would go into bloom, she’d point it out to me and tell me what a great idea it was to give me a Christmas cactus.

It seemed to bloom fairly randomly throughout the year, but since she died on August 31st, it has not bloomed since, even though I have been trying to take good care of it so it would bloom.

So, this morning when I was cruising around the gardening blogosphere, I came across Mr. Brown Thumb’s blog and saw a post on getting your Christmas cactus to bloom. "Oooh!", I thought, "Now I can figure out how to get Grandma’s cactus to bloom!"

I was pleased to find that I have been doing the right thing all along, and glad that I haven’t resorted to any mumbo-jombo to get it to bloom. Hit the link to find out what I’ve been doing right.