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Alchris

Thanks Nate.

I am going to try to wait another year and pick up a larger size the next time that I am in Las Vegas.

Allen

Alchris

I'm glad that a lot of your cacti survived. It sucks that the bamboo died back to the ground. I hope that the rest of your Yucca come out of the snow okay. It is too bad about the Trachy. I hope that it pulls through. I finally got a look at all of my desert species. The Cylindropuntia Kleinea and W...

Alchris

I still haven't figured out where I am going to put the seeds. My heated germination chamber is still full and the shelves in the basement are almost full. I also still have some salvia and dianthus to germinate and there isn't room for all of those seeds. Maybe next year I will cut back on germinat...

Alchris

Very nice system.

I keep promising myself that I will stop germinating seeds now that my yard is almost complete. Then I find something and am back at it again. I am going to have to try to set up something similar to yours.

Allen

Alchris

Where are the new rocks? If they are close to Las Vegas, we may be able to see them.

Allen

Alchris

It is a beauty. It's leaves will spread out more as it spends more time out of the wrapping that I brought it home in.

Allen

Alchris

I have no idea how old they are. There is a couple of miles along Blue Diamond Road that has them about 200' apart on both sides of the Road. They start just on the Las Vegas side of Bonnie Springs Old Nevada and continue on until Red Rock Canyon. I'm hoping to go back next March around the 25th and...

Alchris

Pics from Las Vegas in the Blue Diamond area. I salvaged about 50 seed from a couple of seed pods on one of the trees.

I was surprised how nice and green they were.

Allen

Alchris

Mine are still inside for some reason. I cut the dwarf cavendish and Raja Puri back to store over winter. They were brought out at the same time. Raja Puri http://www.postimage.org/aV1Oqcai.jpg http://www.postimage.org/PqIFTIi.jpg Dwarf Cavendish http://www.postimage.org/aV1OqB6J.jpg http://www.post...

Alchris

These are the plants I had trouble getting across the border Agave Parryi and pups http://www.postimage.org/PqIExUr.jpg http://www.postimage.org/aV1OnbBr.jpg http://www.postimage.org/aV1OngAJ.jpg Agave Americana Marginata http://www.postimage.org/aV1OnFx9.jpg Yucca elata http://www.postimage.org/aV1...

Alchris

Wes;

The second picture of the Medicine Hat cactus looks a lot like Opuntia fragilis which is the most common cactus that is native to Alberta.

Allen

Alchris

I brought back 2 Yucca elatas- 1 small 5 gal with 3/8" leaves and 1 5 gal with narrow leaves. The agaves were Americana marginata 5 gal and parryi 2 gal. The A. parryi had 3 pups with it which I have potted. I am still getting used to being back and should be able to post pics in a few days. Al...

Alchris

Oh yeah. I got back from Vegas to find about 4" more snow on the ground. The wind had caused snow drifts in the 'desert' that were up to 2' high.

It was 8*C yesterday and is forecast to reach 6*C today. I hope to be able to see the yuccas and cacti before nightfall.

Allen

Alchris

Very nice. I would post a ic of my desert but it is still all white.

Allen

Alchris

This really sucks that Kelowna Barry couldn't get his order across the border. I had a hell of a time getting 2 yuccas and 2 agaves across the border when we came home from Las Vegas last night. My problem was not with the CBSA who were very helpful and let me have my plants on the honor system afte...

Alchris

Good Luck on your project.

I hope to help you spread the Waggy around.

Allen

Alchris

Whoa. That is an awful lot of snow.

For the first time in years, I am glad to be out here where it is warm.

Allen

Alchris

Attached are some pics from the shelter. The quality is not great but with brilliant sunshine behind me, it was hard to see what I was shooting. Chamaerops: the white areas are the sun and are about the same color as the green areas. http://www.postimage.org/aV4MoJ0.jpg yucca elephantiasis: same as ...

Alchris

I guess I'm not moving to that neighborhood.

Allen

Alchris

That's cool. The large plants in the middle and the shorter ones along the side.

How big is it? How easy is it to assemble?

Allen

Alchris

A side door would affect the structural integrity( it might blow over).

A 2' x 10' Roof door is just too heavy to hold up.

Allen

Alchris

:D :D The worst is over and I opened the shelter for the first time to let some of the sun generated heat out. Most plants are fine. The Yucca e. that had some sickly leaves last fall has about half of them dead. The rest of the sickly leaves have recovered. Everything else looks a nice healthy gree...

Alchris

I am looking at varieties of Sabal Minor including Louisiana and perhaps a McCurtain or other hardy variety. I will try not to buy a Nannorhops Ritchiana. :cry: My major purchases this year will be Cannas and Bananas as well as Z 7 vines for the shelter. I bought a couple of exotic plants and a Gard...

Alchris

Maybe; well probably, a Sabal or 2

Allen

Alchris

Barb; Deep in the bowels of the regulations, there is a section that says that chemically soaking a potted plant is only effective if the pot is less than a certain diameter(10 or 12"). After that they have to be inspected. This applies for shipping from a category 2 (infested) area to a catego...

Alchris

Makes me wonder. I'll have to check with Ryan at Corolla Tropicals to see if he is JB compliant. That may be why Botanix doesn't ship anything bigger than 3 gal palms out west.

Allen

Alchris

May the weatherman be wrong... as he so frequently is out here.

I am enjoying the spring like weather. But it is still too early to be sure that we do not have another bout of -30*C weather.

Allen

Alchris

It has been quite warm here but the yuccas are still buried under the snow.

Allen

Alchris

That is one beautiful fossil.

It almost looks like it was faked.

Allen

Alchris

He got what he deserved. It's cool how the palm popped his tires.

Allen

Alchris

So far no one will be following up on her. Her file was closed about 8 months ago once she got out of Peace River jail and had finished her probation. The file cannot be reopened as she now lives in Edmonton. Edmonton office has so far refused to open a file. Situation normal here in Edmonton--drast...

Alchris

John;

I know that the city has grown massively. But the arid beauty of the scenery surrounding the urban sprawl looks about the same as before the building boom.

Allen

Alchris

Thanks. the scenery around Kelowna doesn't seem to have changed much over the last 20 years.

Allen

Alchris

She is Gone.

She took the kids with her.

Now to get the locks changed and clean up what she left.

And to Try to help Brooke and Cam.

Thanks to all of you for your support.

Allen

Alchris

Thanks Craig.

Allen

Alchris

Who speaks for Brooke? Not Children's services. Not her mother. Not her father. My niece is a 'maury mother'. The first 2 candidates didn't test out. Not her grandparents. They are worn out after years of my niece. Chris and I will soldier on. Our asses should be covered, but we are not going to qui...

Alchris

Wouldn't need too many frog's legs to make supper.

Allen

Alchris

Cool. My grandson will enjoy this. With the consistency of the teeth, the 'shark' probably lived off small animals that it could catch and swallow.

Allen

Alchris

After a lot of self questioning, I called Children's Services and reported what my grand niece had done. See Cold Hardy Palms section, topic-- Late winter check on cold building plants. Unfortunately after spending almost an hour on the phone with them, I was told 3 yr old girls do things like that ...

Alchris

Thanks Craig. Please direct your prayers for Brooke.

I will be calling Tuesday.

Allen

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