you may be having to build yourself a "hut" to live in outside of the house Mike, that'd be less work. :lol: Barb

one in Guatemala today yes and sadly with fatalities.The Pacific Ring of Fire has sure become active lately...means we're heading North. Dammit.South...

they like a pH higher than 7.0. so how come they grow so well in your acid soil at your place? :P combo of warmth and abundant warm season rainfall ...

Ditto to everything Tim said :D .Some websites suggest using Sulphur...flowers of sulphur, or elemental, but apparently it takes years to change pH t...

to prevent the heat tape to touch directly the palm tree I know we discussed this several years ago, but thought we all decided that heat tape NEVER g...

finally accumulated a score of photos and will be preparing an exhibit soon Glad you said "finally", Jack.Grown whiskers waiting... :| they really gre...

Holy cow...

Both of your Washies have grown well this year in the 2 months we had blistering heat.H loves the look of Washies, a good sign he might even offer som...

Thanks guys.Mealy bugs? But my bugs aren't the typical soft and fluffy appearance.Mine have a semi-hard outer coating, i.e. the signature of scale, a...

Aaron, what a shame.I can't imagine that the lower sun angle in Fall is so intense?It'll bounce back by putting out lots of new leaves. :D Jim you pl...

Hi Beny,Erik (Terdalfarm) used heat tape ... hope he'll chime in here.I couldn't find the post with all his photos of the types of cable, etc.Barb

My Butia outgrows its protection every year must be nice to have a Butia that actually grows... :wink: Burlap is enough? really? no heat tape/C-9 li...

You nut, Jim :lol: :salute: Strange thing: 50 feet away from my Trachy we have a 10 foot high pile of that same mulch. No mushrooms.Sure, we've ha...

I'll look forward to seeing that color appear.But first it's going into the cold building for 5 months...poor thing.Barb

4 metal tutor Steel fence posts?-7 already Beny? Wow.Was this the protection you used last year too?Barb