Hi Duncan, welcome aboard!Yup, once a week watering is too often in winter, even in a warm house.BTW, if you have a cooler room, i.e. one that has a ...

Wonderful if there's going to be a new cycad, whose leaves are all wavy.Can we hope for that?Barb

Hell, Wes, "kinda rare" to the experts would be akin to the Hope Diamond for me. :D Promise to use only 10 year old manure on it...nothin' "newish" ...

Hi Dave!Maybe post some pics?I'm not looking to trade anything,but maybe others would like to see them.Barb

Me too. (Hi Mr. Haynes, nice to have you with us).Folks here suggested I put coffee grounds at the dripline of my old sago last year.Think I did it t...

ooooh, those rippled leaves are cool, Steve!Is the ripple on the floridana leaf? or the Giant?The leaf form will be interesting to watch.Barb

Steve, the Rakum Palm fruits? Cool.Have you ever eaten one? I've never seen them.Many many sharp spines on that palm...you'll have to use a ladder v...

Very nice...nearly the same color as mine. Mine is still sulking from low-humidity conditions during winter.Barb

While searching, found Medicinal uses for Starfruit..."halt hemorrhages, relieve bleeding hemorrhoids, reduces fever" :shock: :shock: Contains oxali...

With a meter of snow on your roof and metre+ drifts, that's a lot of water with nowhere to go...yet.Careful what you wish for :shock: Even while ther...

Certainly a novelty item.I don't think it blows up or anything like that. From the one or two pix I've seen, it does look "destroyed" on top...like i...

Here's a cool website with pics, dedicated to growing exotic fruits.Listed in alphabetical order.Some bear fruit in as little as 2 years. :D Barb

turtile, thanks for digging up that great picture.Bummer that they died. :( If you want to try again and can't find Starfruit, I'd send you some see...

turtile, have you eaten one?Strange they're not available in your area any more.Obviously people didn't buy enough to make it worthwhile for the merch...

It has been mild in BC lately. Our foot of snow last week has dwindled to about 4 inches, many bare patches under the trees. It's good to see the gr...