Which palms are you starting from seed?Barb

Good idea about the backup propane heat.I have only a backup idea...if power goes out, I'll drag my propane BBQ over to the palm hut and turn it on in...

There are incentives in place to help with the amortization.And the individual States in the U.S. have varying incentives for green energy.It's Canada...

Speaking of adding insult to injury, I'd better NOT have a look at the big y.rostrata x :? Might wait until spring for that disappointment.Barb

Great specimens Don...both links opened for me.Hey Erik,Your photos are hosted somewhere...Picassa, Flickr, many other photo sites.I've got mine on Fl...

Hey Aaron we all have to grow more palms and cycads.And damn it, we're getting better at it all the time, regardless of what the weather's doing :lol...

if they make a FULL recovery they should be more hardy. Yea, that's what I thought too. So it was your late-start at protection, you think? Novembe...

Yes solar interests me too.I thought solar could be hooked directly to the hot water tank :lol: :lol: I dreamt about a turbine for 15 years.The 15 a...

:lol: :lol: Will have to learn my camera's video a little better first!Barb

Kent, what a good idea with the foxtail pole lights. Beautiful Wodie.Your bonsai trachy is well on its way to what I did to mine...for 32 years, fina...

Oh Jim that's awful.So palms severely damaged in one winter are LESS hardy going into the following winter?They looked so good this summer!Barb

4-1-5 with its extra Potassiium would be especially effective for palms susceptible to LY.I've tried burying pieces of banana peels into the potting m...

Plants are just like people, Erik.Trachies in particular HATE strong wind, leaves will fold up lengthwise with dessication even in summer.Eliminate co...

Hi Paul,I also thank you for the effort you put into your response. My point is akin to someone from the outside looking in...for every scientist con...