"PRICELESS" :lol: :lol: Will collect some milk/water bottles; you're using salt water from the ocean?Hey, have an idea...since the soil in the hut s...

Those are great links, but often get lost in my other bookmarks.Wealth of information.Will post some new pics soon of other cycads progress.The D.spin...

Great link, thanks!This excerpt is very encouraging: Leading climate models suggest tropical ocean temperatures will remain above El Niño thresholds u...

Thanks.Good tip about the cayenne pepper.Lots of field mice here, their tunnels under the snow make a mess of the grass.I'll use mouse traps too.Yup.....

But doesn't El Nino take a few years to build up strength?Cooler and wetter is good, as long as Siberian lows stay where they belong.In Siberia.I'd gi...

Yes, we're arid, Bill.My husband jokes with visitors, saying our weather is "dryer than a popcorn fart". My region's annual precip is 13 inches...but...

Happy to say this Cycas revoluta finally is sending up new leaves.Two or three months ago it wasn't doing ANYTHING, so I cut all the leaves off.It jus...

It pays to keep new palms/plants away from your plants until you can check them You're bang on, Jim!My biggest bug problems (weeds too) were with plan...

Wow, Mark have they ever grown!Hey, since you're a bachelor (and don't need to ask anyone) :wink: have you considered cutting a hole in your ceiling...

Fronds keep coming as plants are moved indoors:Triangle PalmSpindle:Jelly palm:Barb

And I'm not climbing up there to paint the rest of it :lol: :lol: We've had nearly 3 inches of rain in the last 10 days so it's high time the Trachy...

You were right about mine; came back gangbusters after I cleaned the old soil off roots and repotted it.Growth continues in the house.Hoping mine will...

Yea a heat lamp on them does sound like a good idea. Or heat tape?The fish pushing them around was hilarious.I've never been able to keep one alive.C...

I wish you were my neighbor Me too!That's the most beautiful arrangement I've ever seen.Nicely done Josef.Barb