Scotty how can you buy ONLY ONE in each state? 8)

Nice palms, your yard will be crowded in no time.

Putting the crape myrtles in the palm hut was a good idea.

My star magnolia is in bloom, but I'm not familiar with your type of magnolia.
Reminds me of my rubber tree, which defoliates from drought on a cool patio after spending a cold winter in the extra building.
Always takes a month or so for new leaves to pop out of "the sticks", as my daughter calls them.

Do your neighbor's cats sit around the pond at dawn waiting for breakfast to swim by?
My little pond's goldfish didn't make it this winter (first time in three years)...probably raccoons or herons. Damn!
I'll buy new fish and, each night, lay a frame of fencewire over the pond to deter the robbers.

Barb

Barb,
my wife swears by .22 to help with racoons.
The last one took four of 'em before he figured out what he was supposed to do in response.
So, you might want to go up a bit.
Just a thought.
--Erik

Thanks Barb.. Not too much wildlife in my backyard so the fishys are fine.. Sounds like the weather out west is nice right now!

Me shoot a gun? The racoon would be safe! or die laughing.
Think it may be a blue heron coz the big pond has about half the goldfish it had last fall.
or maybe they're still asleep in the bottom mud.

Scotty, good your neighborhood cats don't know you have fish.

Yup weather's finally nice and warm, cooling off again in a couple of days.
But the longjohns have finally been put away
😆

I would never let my wife suspect there was a reason he laughed at her 4 rounds...not safe for me, but you might get the idea.
The barn walls are now better ventilated. Somehow.
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I'm glad the long johns are put away for the season.
I need to find my rain coat. It has rained steadily for ~30 hours now....

Send some of that up here Erik

The humidity here was 15% over the weekend.

I'll try, Jim. It was absolutely perfect: 1" evenly spread over ~48 hours. No wind, lightning, etc. Not at all what we expect down here in the Spring! I am used to 1" in an hour with strong winds, etc.
I was in the midst of planting palms. I gave up. The hole already dug for my largest new needle palm still has not drained, so I'm waiting a couple of days.
In short, if you can get some of this, wonderful. Fabulous Spring!