All right, you two, I give up. :? WSM?wet sand mollusks?white squid moths?water soaking mops?web spider moats?I can go on.... :lol:

Nice benefit to the heat, Don. I read somewhere that a yellow painted board, covered with petroleum jelly, will catch/entrap white fly populations in...

Aaron, blue sky...yipppeeeee! :lol: That open pit mine...they just leave it that way?I thought mines had to close them in afterwards and replant the ...

Hi Igor,I think it was called Russian Olive...a beautiful tree.But labels can't be trusted, I know. A lot of plants now are labelled "tropical foliag...

The North Okanagan, BC low was -19.3C -2.7F on November 23, 2010.

I had a beautiful Olive Tree for about 7 or 8 years and then it mysteriously died.Planted between two irrigation zones, I think it got water from both...

Couldn't get it to load, video got hung up.Will try it again later.Thanks Aaron.Barb

how they get the palms to grow so big in such relatively small pots Always wondered about that too.Looks to be very organized and well run...every row...

Received this pic from friends vacationing there.(Ctrl (and) + to enlarge pic).<img src="" width="360" height="480" alt="san francisco 034" />Lo...

Damir, thank you very much for posting those outstanding videos. No wonder they won awards!Magnificent!Tour guides did such a good job of explaining ...

Who would have the presence of mind in that situation to let most of the air out of their tires so they could drive the (white) truck out of the incre...

Thanks Tim...Play-by-play is my diary in case anything goes sideways in a month.Will be able to look back and say "oh, what a dummy...that's what I di...

Damir,Showed your pictures to my husband, who travelled extensively in Europe (a long time ago.)He smiled and said "ah yes, that beautiful city of Dub...

Our posts crossed.BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL PICTURES !!!!Oh what a gorgeous place, and those palms. WOW.I'm mad I live so far north 50.25 N latitude :evi...

damir, your reply is so very encouraging!One more Q: what if a piece of the stem (wood) broke off with it?Would you let that woody part "air dry" for...