I have had a couple of questions lately about how my outdoor palms look now, a month after the very cold (3oF; several days below 20oF) in early Janua...

I resemble that remark. :oops:

I'll try it with a cheap Walmart specimen and report back in 15 months. Don't let me forget. I need to buy the victim in May. :twisted:

Now that they're a Tata product, the maker of the Nano, I expect to see luxury "margays" prowling the streets. Sorry, that is a felid joke, not a palm...

Bill,my wife is into horses. So, my plan is to wait until we are in Texas for a horse show with the truck and horse trailer. It is tall (8') as we use...

Bill, sorry!After sharing the photos online, open to everyone, I got worried that I was telling poachers where jaguars were. I'll try to embed a photo...

Bill,you wrote above that you had heating cables under the Washies. Did those stay turned on even when the lights went out? If so they may have helped...

AIDS is a much more serious health issue in Belize than malaria, IMHO. 2nd highest rate (after Haiti) by some estimates. Easier to avoid catching, in ...

I had a bad case of malaria when I was doing work in Nigeria a long time ago. :( The form in Belize is less serious. I have not contracted it there y...

Bill,I think it looks good. My comparison is with my one other Butia. That one (my avatar image) has been in the ground since 2007. It was a one gallo...

Jim, the Jaguars in the parking lot are pretty. TaTa motors of India owns 'em now. (They had been Fords up until then.) Maybe they'll be renamed leopa...

I read that part of Francko's book and was skeptical. Has anyone else really done that?If it would work anywhere, it should work here as our soil does...

Nice!I'll try to make another road trip to Texas this year and pick up some more palms. I was in an old Toyota Rav4 last October which limited my sele...

Barb,I was in Oklahoma when I took that photo. :lol: I use motion-activated cameras with an infrared flash (invisible to animals & Xateros!). Pla...