I have to admit--now I'm curious. If you do go for surgery, please describe it for us, perhaps with photos/video.

Very nice!I bought my first one last Spring and planted it. It grew great. I just wish I dug it and brought it in before the first freeze. Definitely ...

I'll enjoy them; she'll be working. Nurses work every holiday. :(

Yeah, we've been broke. W has been unemployed since March. Just started a new job, as a helicopter nurse. This link should take you to a photo from a ...

Man we've had lots of snow too...at least I've got a path shoveled to the hot tub for tonight, which will be a toasty 104 :D .Thanks for the reminder-...

Duncan,oh, wow!we don't see temps like that except in December and January. I don't have much useful advice on Yucca as our only one lives in a pot an...

I have that Hibiscus. No winter protection here at all--not even mulch. I just leave 'em alone. I have lost one to Summer weather, but that is probabl...

It felt like Spring today, with highs of 48 oF or so. A week from now it will feel like winter. :x Up to now, we have pulled the sun-shade the wind r...

Jesse is right--the pygmy date palm (PDP) has unpleasant spines for a house plant. PDP looks very nice, but his idea of Chamedorea is worth checking o...

The winds are calm now and it is a balmy 48 oF (9 oC) so I have house windows open. Yesterday was very windy and I feared the half-done palm hut would...

Jim, do you mean me, or Gary, the OK state climatologist? (or both?) :wink: --Erik

Barb,the red sealing wax palm would be awesome! I'm into Sabal lately. I have Sabal minor seeds from the Tulsa Zoo, where they have lived unprotected ...

Oh, Barb! And Duncan! I'm actively following this system. As of this morning, it looks like it will miss me, but the OK meterologists admit they are n...

The sago for your mother looks nice. I have had sagos for years along with children and a lot of animals (kittens, puppies, chickens, horses, goats) a...

Jack,that strobe light thing is great! It would be a nice visual reminder that the temps have dropped and we need to make sure the 100+ animals are pr...