It sure is hot here. Morning low of 73 F; high of 86 F. I'm going to head out now and water the fast-growing bananas and cannas. Did Sen. Inhofe reall...

oh, no--please say these were taken last month. :shock:

Barb,maybe you can PM him in case he gets email notifications of that.Salty,welcome!My (covered but unheated) needles and Trachy did comparably well--...

No dinosaurs. :( We get shallow marine invertebrates. OK was at the northern edge of the sea way back when. Most common are crinoids (echinoderms); n...

Tim,I'll check soil pH. I assume I have dropped my pH with all the horse manure/pine shavings (horse bedding) I put down but don't know for sure. I kn...

Super cool!Fossils are all over the place here, but I just find animals. I'd love to come across something like that.

Very cool! Keep us updated. But no, I am not going to try it myself. :lol:

Dead again here. Doesn't Tony Avent say he considers a plant hardy until he has killed it three times? Well, this makes three for me. I just can't get...

Tim,fantastic!My lone T. "takil" (= naini tal) was in a pot in the greenhouse that stayed warm through January, but then got to +8 F on that "colder t...

Sorry, folks. I made it through the big storms that did so much damage to Oklahoma as gently as possible: 1" of much needed rain and winds steady >...

Wow!That cactus bed shows no sign of the trauma of the blizzard. :D My Musa basjoo are ahead of yours, which is surprising to me as your soil temps a...

So far, I've only seen them in abundance on the traveller's palm, now outside. I hope the rain and wind deters them, but if not I'll use chemicals. Th...

That's about how my Musa basjoo look like now. I had given up on my sole remaining Musella lasiocarpa, but it popped up this afternoon :D

Heidi,while it does not look "good" it still looks better than my covered but unheated Trachy. (x3). However, all three of mine are putting up new spe...

Wes, lovely.I assume the Passiflora photos were taken a few months ago, right?--Erik