The USDA announces the new official USDA Hardiness Zone Map for your growing pleasure! 

http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/Default.aspx

Gluhwein is the drink that most German folk and many others enjoy during the holiday season.  It’s a smooth, heated beverage that warms you from the tippy top of your head all the way down to your toes.  It’s served at what is known as the Weichnachtmarkt or Christkindlmarkt throughout Germany and Europe. Tall, round tables are lined in front of tiny wood huts with huge pots of gluhwein steaming in the background.  The drink is served in tiny glass or ceramic mugs and drunk while hot and steaming. The mugs are then taken back to the hut where they are cleaned and used again and again. The recipe is from the Kaiserslautern American. You can find the recipe here on the website if you would like to try it. Whatever you do; you must take care to NOT boil the beverage.  Just heat for a couple of hours and serve.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

Rhonda

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