Agree with Kent that either because of--or despite--my love of palms, the zamias don't seem to be keeping up.Must be a cultural thingy...soil or water...

Nice variety, ronbruce.And that musa looks ready to bust out of its pot!Barb

wxman, I admire how sturdy and dark green they look. I must get one of those robustas.You likely don't get a lot of damaging winds, the fronds look s...

thanx for concern folks...a bunch of crap happened this summer, it's back to normal now.You'll be sorrrrrrrry I'm back!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: You'll ...

Hi Ron Bruce! Welcome aboard...and all those other folks too. Yippeeeeee welcome EVERYBODY!Glad you like living in Penticton just a couple hours sout...

Speaking of not much time to garden, I'll start the rest of the pics with the fatalities...and there were quite a few.Deader than a rock are starfruit...

So was I, Jay. But as they say, s**t happens.It's all good now.Gawd, I couldn't even remember my password it's been so long!BTW congrats on the PN pr...

What a great facility for families; nice it's nearby.Dumb question, but are animals housed in barns during winter?Good variety of plants, too.Quite th...

...and into the neighboring county :lol: :lol: :lol: Love bamboo!Barb

When in doubt REPOT, REPOT, REPOT! Mine seems to have gotten over its speckled, diseased looking leaf phase finally.Thanks for suggesting I repot it ...

Congrats on that difficult-to-grow beautiful palm, Steve!Looks like a Joey...Barb

Great project, great privacy idea!Welcome to palm madness!Barb

nice job of prepping, as always, billma. Wow those Florida prices are cheap .An additional heat-boost for less than perfect weather is to place flat r...

I hope it makes it.I was under the impression that it was fine when it was in the "outhouse" (dark), but that it dried up and got crispy only after yo...