welcome hatfam. There is a new member introduction area on the main forum page. Introduce yourself there and tell us what you are growing and for how long. Nice to meet you.

hardyjim - I don't think that was me with the quiz. I certainly don't remember giving a quiz.

O.k. I just thought that you had a little see if you can find this that and the fountain thingy,the porch looks familiar,was there a fountain or something in the middle of it during the summer?

no fountain. Just a few chairs a table and a tiki bar under cover. Thats it.

Thanks Guys. I went to the new members and posted.

Kent that patio pic makes me drool just thinking of warm weather and spending all day outdoors.
Thanks for posting it.

Ditto to hatfam 😆 😆
Barb

Me too Barb,the one thing I forgot to mention in the leaf cage thread was how fun it was to work in the yard again! in addition to pulling the cages I removed the biggest little g/house as it was ripping apart at the zippers,etc.
I used the styro covers from the needle over the Naini Tal and S.louisiana and pulled all the x-mas lights(heat) on that side and raked the mulch,it felt sooooooooooo good to work in the yard again!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀

Sure, rub it in 😕

We can have a Nainital "race" this year!

Barb

Rub it in! 😉 I think you have won any Naini Tal race with the size of yours,it will be fun to see how many leaves they put out,remember this one had spear pull in Nov and is looking preety ragged but it is a tough little sucker,last year it lost all its leaves and still put out 5,along with my fortunei,waggie and princeps. This year will be so much fun!

I've coddled my Nainital, so it'll hiccup here and there.
Yours is so grateful to be alive, it'll beat mine hands down 😆 😆

Yes it will be fun to work outdoors again...if only this bloody glacier in my yard would melt.

Barb

It will be fun to follow the progress and see pics of everybodys palms this year,cant wait!

yeah..can't wait to remove the protection..

Palmettoman Z6-Ajax,On

You said it brother! Today we hit 71F (last year it was April 16 before we hit 70F)I pulled the rest of the x-mas lights I use for heat as it makes it easier to pull the mulch back,the soil temps 4" down should approach 50F before I need to push the mulch back in to place next week when it cools back down.
One of the needle palms looks a little more crispy after being exposed for a few days but I guess thats to be expected as this one was more in the wind,on the night we hit -16F the wind chill was in the -60F range and I think some of that cold penetrated the leaf cage,they probably needed to be a little wider but the other needle is fine.
I am very happy with the survival rate this winter as only one palm was lost and that was from cold last fall,not the winter,it sure does feel nice to work in the yard again,I actually had to open one end of the biggest g/house are the temp would have reached 90F in there!a little stressfull for even cactus that are still dormant.

On April 12, 2009 , I uncovered my little palms trees as described in post #1 on this thread. My camera is not great and does not do the little palm warriors justice , but they came through winter in excellent shape. we had a handful of nights near zero (0F), but of course the little palms were covered in 18" of leaf mulch and a plastic trash bag. my guess is that the lowest temp at the bottom of the pile may have been around 25-27F.

Great job Kent!
They look great, and are ready to take off for you.

Nice that you didn't get brutal lows this winter.
Barb

Kent,

That's great to see, thanks for the update!

Steve