Oh, yes! Seriously, I think I'm done with goats. The "ROI" is just not there. While we're discussing my weather, Bixby is #16 on the list of the top 3...

I returned home. I could not see any obvious hail damage. It must not have been quite as bad here as where that photo was taken (~5 miles/10 km) away....

Very nice!How long do violas last up there?

Barb,I'm guessing they will leave the 2x4 support boards up for a while. Supposedly Sabal roots in a transplanted field-dug palmettoi aren't strong en...

I am back in Tyler, for work this time: speaking about my wildlife research in Belize. To save gas, I hitched a ride with a friend who has a hybrid ca...

Wow is right!Any idea why the results are so dramatic?I just potted up my Adonidia (another thread) and still think they needed it. But seeing this, I...

Ah, an excuse for more research/internet travel. I think the cold-hardy palms we get here in "el norte" are from seed collected as high in the mountai...

I'm also eager to hear how Jim grows his ginger. I like them, but have not been able to over winter in the ground. So, I dig them up each October. It ...

Barb,don't pay me no mind. I'm just planning a dream road trip. Yes, warm. Although the cold I got in February got there, too--snow in the mountains, ...

Hmmm...I'm thinking a palm-seed collecting trip to Tamaulipas, Mexico. One long day's drive and we'd be there. Wouldn't cost too much, either! :D

Thanks for the update. There is an ugly-duckling specimen at the nursery where I work. I think I am the only one there who knows what it could look li...

The dying sago palm is flushing now!It spent the winter in the cool (low about 32 F) storage room we call the "ballroom." It has been outdoors in sun ...

Bizzie spent the winter in the dining room, by a west-facing window and under a fluorescent grow light on 24/0. She did not grow, but looked fine. I m...

I spent the time around sunset potting up the best half-dozen "Christmas palms" from the pocketful I picked up off the grounds of my hotel on Caye Cau...