Dean,thanks for sharing. Where in Texas are you? How cold has it been?Anyway, the Sabal looks great. The Cycas, well, as well as can be expected. But ...

Igor,thanks. Yes, lots of worries, but today and tomorrow I must focus on the animals (7 goats, 5 horses, 70 chickens...).--Erik

1951 was quite a year (no, I am not old enough to remember). McCurtain County (where our Sabal minor live) got to -22 oC then. I'll get to -21 oC tomo...

Barb,thanks for the interesting links. I liked the NSF research summary. That is a huge project but one I think is worth my tax dollars. I'm looking f...

Pet the ponies. That is all I know about it. --Erik

Aren't you supposed to be watching TV right now? :lol:

I should probably start a new thread on soil temp. I've been thinking about it a lot lately. To follow up with my previous post, this was my favourite...

Nice. Wish I lived as far south as you :? :? :? :? --Erik

Tulsa has had a low of -6 oF (-21 oC) while you were gone, which is pretty darn chilly for 35oN latitude.

Barb,My entire campus is geothermal heated/cooled; very cool technology. That was an interesting discussion but the folks were confusing different thi...

Thanks, everyone. Local TV meteorologists say just one more week of cold and snow. I plan to unwrap things a week from today. So, far, all I can see i...

CT,welcome! You will find a lot of great advice on growing Trachycarpus in your climate on this forum .Tim,looking good. I think I'll copy some of you...

I'll post photos of the Okie igloo later. It won't be that big, and it is in my (failed) bamboo garden vs. by the palms but still a fun excuse to be o...

That map is scary, but all the forecasts I am seeing call for me to stay in the low single digits from it vs. the -10 oF that map threatens. My favori...