sorry Barb for changing the subject on your thread! Oh heavens, Heidi, you "caught" that from me...I do it all the time. :lol: :lol: 500 plants ar...

Aaron,Very nice...love seeing the pics.Is a trapdoor spider's venom strong enough to harm a person? or just bugs?Cool pic...kinda looks like a relati...

My yard is full of trachies now It was full of trachies years ago too!What a great find...does that South Delta nursery have a website and do mail ord...

Good to see you back Wes Ditto :D Yes, please post some pics of your fabulous palms.Must be huge now!Barb

I don't think I was ever on the computer when my daughter was a youngster.Amazing you can find any time at all Heidi; glad your little one is better.L...

ah, California.Where everything grows, except maybe Licuala.How easy it would be to live where we didn't have to worry about winter being too cold. Ju...

Sun sails, i like that idea. You can use your banana stems as post ties for the sails :lol:

Mike,So your friend didn't like Vancouver Island?or just homesick for Philly?We'll be the ones hitting 29, not you folks for quite some time.Hey Aaron...

That was wonderful, jubea, thank you.So that's what a mature Dracaena can look like! Going to start taking care of mine now that I've seen that.Aweso...

oops, Erik, my goof....duh, I shoulda read your post more carefully.I tried to gently tease the roots apart but they were very tight It's tough to get...

Nice long roots on the Butia.This year's are nice and white and fleshy. The long brown (solid) roots are older. I know you hated digging the Butia b...

Vernon, BC in the North Okanagan.35 miles north of Kelowna.just moved back from Vancouver Island to where you live?Barb

85 degrees! Wow...maybe you won't have autumn at all this year.Ever considered a wind turbine for your obviously windy site?BC has lousy "incentives"...

Hi Macario Mike,Most people seem to report weather "shifting"...later summers, mild later into Fall.20+ years ago here we had very nice spring weather...

Sun sails...what a great idea.I've seen some restaurant patios with sun sails, always wanted to try it.What kind of fabric did W use? polypropylene f...