and also the robin's West Canadian relative :laughing3: So nice to hear all the returning songbirds again.

Root disease from your "soils"?May be true, considering the parent stand is on calcerous rock.And as they've been propagated by tissue culture, variat...

Yeah, John, roads were brutal late last night after a light rain fell at -1C :shock: Is that pic looking towards Vernon? The last pic I posted -- my ...

Wow, damir, it had to be snow depth that protected them. Very good news.That Trachy's bud was unprotected too? :shock:Is it facing south? Barb

Mine isn't outside, but I've never seen that white stuff (sap?) on the trunk.Wollemias produce "polar caps" on their buds, presumably to protect them ...

out of TP and used some poison sumac up in the mountains. Devotees of "no trace camping" have a ways to go to improve interracting with nature.And its...

Bird ID confirmed:a Varied Thrush

Fortunately, ours is the serrated edge Sumac.So no cooking needed, but thanks. :lol:

I think it's early, Igor, and they probably do now too.Robins have been here for a couple of weeks.Funny watching them peck at frozen ground.Felt sorr...

You know, buy now worry about where it will go later! I never even think about that... :lol: :lol:

Germination Update:Jubaea ... puhlease tell me this little knob means something's happening.Hard on patience.... :wink:Click on pics to enlarge. <...

Good looking palm, nice size at that price Scott.For others (like me who didn't know) a Ribbon Palm is a Livistonia decipiens, kinda halfway between t...

He's proof, Igor.Very skinny. :lol:

would be used for making food slightly acid. Cooking isn't a speciality of mine...