Better than February, the longest month of the year. :lol:

John,a couple of decades ago I got to crew on a sailboat from Washington state to Alaska up the inside passage. Indeed, north of Vancouver there is a ...

Lori,very nice!W has asked me to build her a greenhouse for years. I better hide this thread from her :lol: --Erik

Deer? I have to swap my goat meat for venison. Most of my neighbors are gun nuts so I never see any. I might try the spray-on deer repellent as a back...

7a ?Oh--my bad. I though you lived in north Texas. Sorry. --Erik

Tim,that's great! I knew you loved Yucca but had no idea your collection was so big. They grow well here so I ought to get some. The only one we have ...

I kept two first-winter Sabal mexicana alive through the winter (one barely; we'll see) using just heat tape (plus water bottles, hay, fiberglass insu...

Very good, Tim. I'm glad you protected it. My own are tiny and so were all inside. Phew! Birmingham owners here in OK are mum, so I suppose they are w...

Good results, considering the cold you had last month. I'll be in Texas over the weekend and looking forward to seeing hardy palms first hand. --Erik

Tim,I'll try to share. It has been perfect: low of 60, high of 80, day after day. :D Even the cold front they're talking about will only give us a lo...

Sorry!I had a lot of snow this time last year, but as if to make up for it we have lucked out this year. Best wishes, Erik

Yes, it was an Ackerman. It was nibbled on my goats so it went into winter in rough shape. Also, when I dig up the remnants I saw that is had almost n...

Jack,very glad about the Trachies. My unheated ones look terrible but I think there is a tiny smidgen of spear movement on one--time to let them grow!...

Predators...of mice. I love owls! :D My friend in Belize is radio-tracking owls. I'll ask him to send me a photo.

It is a tough time of year to predict. No complaints about today--low of 65, high of 82 :shock: That same system you're talking about is not forecast...