Last week I did a tour of all the nurseries in town plus a couple of big box stores...except RONA :| I'll head there first thing tomorrow.Thanks so m...

Jamie, great that your plants are enjoying the warm temps and higher humidity.The Okanagan of BC has warmed up again after a very cold (high of 8 C) a...

Beautiful yard Jamie, plants all look nice and healthy.They sure must be enjoying your "second summer"...man what temps you folks are getting!Just cur...

You did the best you could, Allen.Just the general malaise of society where nobody gives a damn about anyone else's stuff.Hope you can get your flower...

Vernon (35 miles north of Kelowna) was gorgeous yesterday UNTIL 2:30 pm when a gigantic black cloudarrived with very strong winds, and ....YUP, HAIL O...

They did THAT???No wonder you're miffed.What a bunch of bozos.You can imagine the state of the guy's own house/garden (if he can't appreciate other p...

Nice reno job Allen.Contractors do have trouble protecting plants when they're setting up ladders and scaffolding.And some just don't care.Barb

My only regret looking back on living in Vancouver for 21 years....was that I wasn't interestedin palms in those days. I could've had a 10 to 20 foot ...

Steve, it appears totally healed.I'm amazed by the resilience of cycads...probably why they've been around so long.Glad the mesh baskets are working f...

I read an interesting comment in a Golf magazine about how weather is reported.The guy suggested "instead of saying 30 per cent chance of showers, how...

September and early October are usually very warm and dry.Yet this year it's wet and cold since mid-Sept.Strange!Yesterday we had a high of 8 C/46.4 F...

More details of Sabals etc at 80 million years old.Barb