Kris,I like your construction better because of the 2x8 with nuts/bolts.More secure than mine, but mine wasn't for winter use...just had to survive so...

Thanks Erik,With your incredible heat last--and this--year, shade is a good idea.Glad your foxtail and bottles are doing great.Of all the foxtails I s...

And naturally, you enjoyed how Tony injects humor into some of his plant descriptions.I laugh everytime.Barb

Aw, Jim, crappy that rain is missing your place!!!! Bryce sounds like he got more than he needed.Barb

And that link, Aaron, will make you drool at all the yuccas they have.Still blows me away that y.rostrata is rated for zone 5.ya right... :lol: :lol:...

Steve,I've got pine trees all over the place.Never saw blue "seed-looking thingies" except on my junipers...berries.In the first pic, they're attached...

So has the rain started, Jim?You running around naked yet?I can imagine the smell of the hot soil as it gets rain...at first it always smells like bur...

Thanks Steve.Seems to have slowed down in our recent heatwave.Look at nature's artwork on the unfurling leaves...I'm always awed by this:<a href=""...

Steve, that is sooooo beautiful.At first glance, reminded me of a sloth-head...not that I've seen a ton of those :lol: What are the little blue thing...

Hopefully no tsunami occurs from the latest one in the Philippines...that was a big one.Those poor people...Barb

Aaron, I recall worrying myself sick about your y.brevifolia, and others that you had unprotected during winters.And cheering when the big one recover...

roofing the whole area soon I've considered that for my 15 acres. :wink: With your frequent rains Andy, what a great idea.Please take pics of your pr...

it did not make it through the winter. I should have keep it inside longer. Aaron, winters are challenging when heat isn't available.Bought these bef...

White-tailed deer whitetails will eat the bumper off a Ford.Very destructive here, standing up on their hind legs and tearing ALL the bark off fruit t...

Wow, Jeff, crepe myrtle seed to blossom in such a short time?Good work.Like your plant selection and yard.Nice magnolias...that'll have all the magnol...