Take photos of Cabo San Lucas for us!W has been wanting to go there for quite a while.

Another mild winter here. Funny that after I gave up on palms in the ground ("colder-than-the-south-pole"in 2011), we are in store for a 2nd consecuti...

Tim is funny but right on, at least based on the experience of others. Two years ago we had lows of about -30 C hereabouts. There are NO washy in town...

That trunked Yucca wasn't cheap, so W would have had a fit if it died. Had to keep that in mind. :lol:

JungleMusic has box-sized Chilean wine palms advertised:Jubaea chilensis Chilean Wine Palm, Coquito Palm $500 $450and I think Phil ships that size, ...

Keeping them dry, Jim.I did bring the pots inside as highs are only about freezing lately so it seemed a sure thing for the pots to freeze. Wasn't sur...

We're watching that cold air mass down here. The state weather/climate folks are guardedly optimistic for a glancing blow at worst:(forecast for Janua...

Tim, OK, will do. Will be <20 F tonight. It has probably seen upper teens already (colder at airport, but counting on the microclimate effect). Hop...

Hey, I got credit for bringing rain to OK (we're still in a drought, but the recent rain helped). But might lose points for the rain being the freezin...

'fraid so. Got home late Tuesday night. :(

I'm following that one too, Jim. I *try* to be in the tropics for the coldest weather each winter but might have failed. Again. :lol:

Will do.The cohune palm is one of my favorites. Very neat: Will obviously always live in a pot in Oklahoma, but if I ever move to Texas I'd try it in ...

Jim,thanks. It helps us up north remember that folks in the tropics don't take their palms for granted, either, and really cherish them. Coconuts in p...