Poinsettia rescue

I'm working on the fall garden log that I made up in 2013 while we are having this cold spell.  I have it all in a spiral-bound notebook and am in the process of putting it into a book using Microsoft word.  I would like to offer it as a download to provide a snippet of our fall garden experience.  I'm hoping to have it finished by the time the garden demands my full attention.

I had problems with the poinsettia in the south window.  We bring it in each year to overwinter.  It was attacked by white flies and almost died.  I tried this that and the other but finally had success by first taking it to the garage and using the sprayer from the facet to wash the critters off.  Next I picked off the worse leaves and rubbed out the nymphs with a small artist's brush. After that I made up a concoction of jalapeno peppers, water, and dish detergent.  I didn't have a blender so I ran the peppers through an old antique meat grinder I had, then strained it using an old T-shirt.  What ever you do DON'T TOUCH YOUR EYES UNTIL YOU WASH YOUR HANDS FIRST....OKAY, WEAR GLOVES. :)  I sprayed that plant top to bottom and both sides of all leaves.  Afterwards I re-potted the poor fellow and gave it a light dose of liquid fertilizer and placed it in a north window.  It is now showing signs of recovery by little leaves sprouting out after about 4 days there.  I don't think I'll have to say Kaddish over it, thank heaven.  It's very beautiful and I've tried to shape it to look bonsai-ish.  It needs another pruning but I'm going to wait until it has fully recovered to do that.  Check out this 21 year old poinsettia bonsai.of Nigel Saunders.  Mine is only 4 years old and will probably out-live me if I can manage to keep it alive. :)

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