Erik we'd be glad to have you guys over in the fall. Like you, I believe it will sulk for a while due to the root disturbance. Surprisingly we managed to spare most of the roots when we popped it out. So here's to a speedy recovery.

Barb this soil is great here. It is rocky in places but you have to go down deep. Lots of shale down there but rarely do you need to dig that deep. Construction purposes I guess to get below the frost line would be rocky. Crooked huh? It's a sabal they're all kinda crooked aren't they!?!?

Igor the Ferrari comment is a quote from a movie from the 1980s called Ferris Buellers Day Off. The highschoolers "borrow" dad's Ferrari and end up wrecking it. My lil tiller is probably not Eco friendly but I can't work the soil as good as it does. Plus it probably has less than 4 hours of run time total every year, so I'm not too concerned about its environmental impact. Way less than Bubba's 44" tired, 4x4, turbo diesel , smoke belching, ubiquitous here, pickup truck.

You'll be standing in the rain soon enough, Igor.
I love the smell of soil.
But rocks stink.

Krisk, thanks for the Ferrari explanation...sheesh, I finally got the joke.

Barb

No problem Barb.
Hope everyone's off to a good start of the season.

Still looking good, even after wind broke a branch of a tree last week, landing on poor Lou. No damage. Kris says it is pushing the spear out, which I take as a good sign.

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Erik Lookin good. I wish they were just a little cold hardier here. The larger bluer fronds when they get older look better than S. minor IMO. Thanks for the pics.

John