Well.... I uncovered my Washingtonia Robusta today....

wxman · 2010-03-14T17:01:24Z

It's 52F outside, and with this forecast I figured I might as well, even though our normal high is in the low 40s and normal low in the mid 20s...Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. North wind between 5 and 15 mph.Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. North wind between 5 and 15 mph.Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 60. West wind between 5 and 10 mph.Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.Saturday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 40%.Might have to cover it again if the cold air comes back next weekend, but I couldn't leave it covered with this nice week coming up. Maybe we won't get anymore hard freezes this year? Yeah right. Wishful thinking. One frond is severely damaged, but that was from a windstorm last October before I covered it. That THOROUGHLY made me mad... but the frond is still green so I should leave it. Much better this year than last year though! One thing I noticed is I think the trunk grew A TON this winter in thickness. It just seems WAY thicker than it was when I covered it. Has anyone experienced this? I think it's gonna explode with growth this year. Third year in the ground. Here are some pictures of it...

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The irony is that the W took my other foam sheet to insulate the hen house in that blizzard.
They promptly ate it. 🙁
Can we still say we sell "organic" eggs?
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My styrofoam is 1 1/2 inches thick.

Posted : 05/04/2010 10:09 pm

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