Dream on, Barb. I didn't get as cold as Paul ("only" -30 C), and of course of much shorter duration, and covered my needles well. One died, one is dow...

Eye candy! Love it. Your success with tree ferns astounds me most of all. ---Erik

Bill,I feel your pain. Really, I do. --Erik

Very nice, and a lot of work for someone. I guess my favorite connection of palms and planes is seeing palms out of a plane window at landing, when I ...

Dawn and dusk are my favourite times of day in this heat. Here is a video I took with my cell phone as the sun was going down last night and it became...

Igor, Rob--thanks. We appreciate the support during these tough times for us. Every time we start to get depressed, our friends and family remind us o...

Aaron,nice photos! For 0 F, there is much less damage than I would have expected. It looks worse than Tyler, Texas (low of +16 F), but not too much wo...

Jim,thanks for the thoughts. As for tree ferns, if we move back to Oregon someday they would be rather easy. As for Belize, well, they grow wild there...

Excellent photographs as always, Mike.I always like it when a palm flowers as I think I'm doing something right. My Phoenix have never flowered, thoug...

Thanks for the support, everyone. This is a difficult time for us. We are trying to use humor to cope....Jim,-40? No way! Try -21.7 F officially; sure...

Jim,Not enough room?!?Can I interest you in 7.5 acres? Warmer climate by a zone at least, in a state where palms grow wild? Close to the legendary Joh...

Jesse,the Belize Botanic Garden would love to have you as a volunteer for 30 days to help with Chameadorea research. PM me if you think you could spen...

Bill,thanks. Nice to chat on the phone. Jim,if you want that "Lou", you can drive down here to dig it up. I'm just saying, a good palm home is hard to...