John,fabulous collection. How many acres do you have for your palms? :D The needle palm discussion caught my interest. I bought my first three last m...

I just noticed Barb's comment. Sorry for the delay in replying. Soil was 40oF going into winter, but then hit 31oF and stayed there quite a while. War...

Yes, Paul, I was stoked. I figured I'd have to go back to Dallas to get something like that, and our next trip won't be until October. It turns out I ...

Just back from the local Walmart. No palms. I've had my best luck at Home Depot. No, they know nothing about palms. But I think we get palms intended ...

I'm enjoying it!Believe it of not, we disconnected our AC a couple of years ago. We found it encouraged us to spend summers indoors. And it was expens...

Bill,thanks for the input.I'll ask about those black panels early next year.Most winters, we only have a few short periods when it is too cold for cab...

Mike,it is sited on the NE side of my Gazebo (the big pink thing in my "wife" thread; also visible on the google earth thread) so it gets afternoon sh...

Thanks! I know it is an effort but we appreciate what my wife calls palm porn. :lol: I tossed my Jubaea on the compost pile this week. :cry: --Erik

Nice neighbors!I have chickens in my garden all day long. If the ducks do come up, you can be sure they will eat every bug off your plants. --Erik

Barb,I agonized over the distance from the gazebo. On one hand, I want it to grow tall without the wind knocking the leaves against the gazebo, tatter...

Looks great!I'm sure those Queen palms will grow so much that soon you'll forget their winter damage. Keep us updated. I want to trying growing queen ...

OK, OK, I get it.I ran around and picked up the dead palm leaves lying all all over the ground. :lol: As for the April image, yes, cool. For years, G...

Thanks.For the record, although the tag on mine said Camellia japonica "Winter's Star", I am pretty sure "Winter's Star" in a hybrid developed by a Wi...

I spent all weekend in the garden. he biggest surprise was seeing that the Cordyline australis is alive! :D I bought a small one as an annual and pla...

Can anyone else see their palms from the sky? OK, I admit it takes some imagination. But when I use the actual image on Google, I can make out shadows...