Paul,it's just you and I. I got record snow in early February. In late January, the Caribbean was unusually warm, and we got very humid warm air off t...

Here is the warm-up data from Mesonet, which I usually use as it is rural and for farmers:Here are the triple-digit temperature differences between th...

Phyllostachys aurea, again. I got it cheap, and got what I paid for.P. aureosulcata and P. nigra are reliable here so that is where I have to go.

Barb,thanks. Bizzie grew so well it is too big for me with my hurt back to move 2x daily. It is probably stuck inside for a while. It is right by the ...

Well, only the PDP got to spend the night out. My back is hurt from slips-and-falls last week, so most indoor palms never got out, and when I wasn't l...

It is 6 am right now and 63 oF outside--precisely 7 days later. Wow.

Great collection!I like succulents but know next to nothing about them. Worse, my favorite local nursery sells them all as "succulents" and I don't fe...

Barb,thanks!This link gives a talk summary:I didn't write the copy, but if you read between the lines palms seem to be classified as "annuals" which l...

Thanks, folks.I will keep reporting. I am trying to see what happened a week ago as a crazy experiment, like red-lining your car's tachometer. It is v...

Bill,I had no idea kapok (Ceiba) grew there, but I guess not surprising. Definitely a neat tree. There is one indoors in Tulsa (at the zoo) but it is ...

Paul,thanks. I love mesoamerica, with that awesome mix of nearctic and neotropical fauna & flora. Work-related: what felids are in the area where ...

Jesse,that is fantastic news! Not at all easy to pull off. I've lost my bamboo again (note: no protection at all) so trust me, I know it is no easy fe...

Still no natural signs of spring way up here at 35 oN. But the weather is great--as nice as late January was. We took a few of the indoor palms and pl...

I grew up on the "ring of fire" and thought I traded earthquakes and volcanoes for tornadoes and lightning when I moved here. But Oklahoma and Arkansa...