Thanks for the link, Barb.I've been to Holland once. We went there for "spring break" in 2007 as airfares were low and we have family to stay with. I'...

Our yellow lab thought the Butia shelter was a new dog house. He slept in there every night until it got cold enough to let him sleep inside. :roll:

Maybe Wednesday for our first snow. That might give us a rare white Christmas.

I'll go over the links. My 15 gallon Butia (in the shelter) and 15 gallon Trachy (trunk wrap only) came from that very H-D (91st & Delaware). I th...

does indeed have a fine website. Meeting them in person has been on my "to do" list for years but I just don't get to Oklahoma City all that often. As...

Gonz. Thanks for the update. I've been wondering how your palms have been doing. Those are tough plants and the lights must help a lot. In my (limited...

Paul. Continental climate. Growing palms is a challenge here but not impossible (see Francko's book, Figure 19). Relatively good economy and relativel...

I wouldn't know. Snow is more of a March-thing down here. December-January-February are cold with dry windy air. I should check the records, but I sus...

...is where I'd move. As for the "zonal denial" thing we obviously like, I'll still have it there. I added a rose to my tropical garden this year. Peo...

I'm sitting by the fire looking out the window at my palms in the cold (20 oF/-6 oC) sun and steady wind. The flimsy Butia enclosure has held up bette...

The new link worked perfectly. Thanks, Don!Barb and Jim,I use Picasa, a Google product. I have used Flickr and prefer it to Picasa and photobucket, bu...

Barb,let me add this to the "Santa" thread. I'd love one of those! I've been researching them for years. Short of Santa or the lottery, I'd need to bo...

I couldn't view them either. I'm new here and still have not figured out how to add photos. Can someone help Don and I both?

Jim,I'll do that for my little C. australis. If you hadn't spoke up, I'd have written it off. Please let me know what fungicide you use. I used copper...

Yes I have a good job, which in this economy is spelled J-O-B. I'm just glad to get a pay check, and if it leaves enough for frivolous hobbies, so muc...