Cycads indeed go way, way back--long before dinosaurs. As for eating them, some people do--carefully! Here is a PACSOA article on them:Don't tell Jim,...

Sorry about the H1N1. We got it here, too--W being a nurse meant we went first. We all had it in September. Last year our first frost came amazingly l...

Dr. Bill, advise away! I can't actually get W's tractor to that location so it will be all manual digging. But clearly necessary. I'm going to keep le...

Great plants. Keep us updated on those bamboos. I want to try again. As for Canna, yes! They are stars in my garden right now. I planted (well, W plan...

Barn, er Barb,I love the Cat palm idea as it would go with the Chameadorea scheme in that bed. And here I thought keeping C. radicalis alive in winter...

Wow. I can't imagine eating a cycad. But I guess some people know how to process the starch to make it safe. As for palms, well, goats like Rhapidophy...

Jim,over breakfast I searched the weather history for the Idabel Oklahoma airport on wunderground. I selected January 2010. Here is the link:Idabel is...

Barb, thanks!Uh, I guess that means 90% of the roots were unhealthy. The white fleshy ones were few and far between. Another bad sign: poor drainage. ...

Thanks, Barb. Yes, IBA is short for indole-3-butyric acid. Traditionally thought of as promoting root growth. I recently stumbled on some research sug...

Thanks for the video link, Barb. I'll share that with my students. As for palms, my knowledge is minimal. They were just getting going then, right?--E...

Scotty, Barb:I'll be the first to admit my education on Canadian geography is poor. My guess is you didn't learn the counties of Oklahoma in your scho...

Bill,your iPhone would work great. While my digital camera has a video mode (they all do), I use my phone (Evo) to take garden videos as I can upload ...

Bill,by chance there is a firebush (Hamelia patens) and Mexican petunia in the background. Hope yours are doing well, too. --Erik

Thanks, everybody. Dr. Bill, to make a medical analogy, medical intervention (lifestyle changes, then Rx) precedes surgical intervention as the risks ...

I have an unexpectedly free evening so I am updating a bunch of my old threads. Feel free to ignore them!The potted Bismarckia has grown well. It is o...