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Florida road trip

TerdalFarm — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 20:08:39 +0000

I have not been on here much. My in ground palms in Oregon are doing great, El Nino kept them warm and watered all winter. No freeze at 46o N!
Potted palms in Oklahoma are outside and pushing spears.

The past week, W and I have been in Florida, on a road trip in the little convertible. So good to see palms growing wild and free. Sabal! Love them.
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Fox news Okanagan Valley British Columbia

Okanagan desert-palms — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 03:47:37 +0000

Good story but not great from Fox news about the Okanagan valley wine growing area.http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2015/07/16/canadas-okanagan-valley-best-wine-region-youve-never-heard/. Maybe buddy from Fox should do a little research on Kelowna being a town! www.kelowna.ca/CM/Page67.aspx I guess if "yur" from New York city, Kelowna and area 200,000 pop. seems like a town "LOL". Here is a better researched video by an informed and intelligent reporter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JfATlt7rYI. The Okanagan "Canada`s" only desert. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZxykE0F7So

John

Australia better than GMO crap

Okanagan desert-palms — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:42:49 +0000

Now this is how you combat GMO!
www.activistpost.com/2015/03/south-australia-does-this-to-increase.html

John

Palm garden in Hawai'i with 400 species

TerdalFarm — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 13:23:57 +0000

The PBS newshour last night had a delightful story about an aging poet who has tended a palm garden for decades. Worth a watch:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/poet-w-s-merwin-found-paradise-planting-palm-trees/

Palm poachers kill police officer

TerdalFarm — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:35:58 +0000

Palms are a fun hobby for us, but they are a deadly serious matter in some places.
Many of you know I spend time in the rainforests of Belize, for my own research on wildlife and to help with an effort to deter poachers who steal macaw nestlings for the international trade in rare parrots.
Many of the poachers also steal leaves of Chameadorea palms, which they cut for export to Europe, Asia and North America, where they are used in floral arrangements. The Maya word for Chameadorea is Xate, so the poachers are known as Xateros.

Last Thursday, a police officer in Belize protecting tourists at the classic Maya site of Caracol saw two horses, which he suspected were being used by xateros. He went to untie them from the tree near the pyramids. The xateros shot him dead, took his gun and fled into the forest.

This news story concludes with a video clip taken by a tourist who happened to be there. It does not have the shooting, but it does show the body. It then goes on to Chameadorea palms and why poachers would kill for them.

http://latincorrespondent.com/environment-2/belize-national-park-conflict-escalates-murder/

Grim stuff, but may be useful to put our hobby in a broader perspective.

Update on Sequoia....

hardyjim — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:11:46 +0000

Still dead...

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Vertical veggie garden

bananieru — Mon, 19 May 2014 18:32:37 +0000

No more room for veggies so I had to go up. Not sure if the pond will supply enough nutrients, but it can be converted easy from aquaponics to hydroponics.

Fire Ant Invasion at Burnaby Garden Center

lucky1 — Sat, 17 May 2014 17:06:41 +0000

Scary stuff.
People are advised to check plant pots that they bring home:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/european-fire-ants-invade-burnaby-garden-centre-1.2597917

If pesticides "aren't effective", is there anything that'll work?

Barb

A Southern Condo awaits

andym — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:05:44 +0000

It was the headline that caught my eye from Alex Brummer the UK Daily Mail City Editor who is currently in Washington USA quote :
Snow Birds
Global Warming? What global warming? That is what they are saying in Washington. After a Winter filled with snow storms, it was still coming down only last week and long standing residents are busy seeking winter homes in Florida. Among my own friends at least three families have acquired condos there, something they vowed never to do. Post crash, sub prime mortgage bargain basement prices have made the sun even more attractive. Unquote.
In the UK we have a TV program called " A place in the Sun" and now and again A Brit couple will be filmed buying a Condo there. They're shown around these "Mansions" that cost £150,000 post sub prime that make our £300,000 properties look like rabbit hutches. The only catch is they can't stay there permanently.
Any Palms North members got plans? :lol: