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   Eclipse Trip

   Wednesday at 01:44 PM by Ed in Houston

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   My wife and I rented a 4-bedroom 3-bath home for 6 days west of San Antonio Tx. at Leakey Tx. and had a total of 10 family members join us. It had been quite a while since I have been under a dark sky. I noticed the summer milky way across the sky early one morning. The home backed up to the Frio "River" where we went kayaking. Wife: Below is an image of the eclipse near mid-totality. There was 100% semi-transparent high level cirrus cloud coverage and 95% mid-level opaque cumulus cloud coverage. There was a break in the cumulus coverage for a few seconds near mid-eclipse when this image was taken. 50mm diameter lens at f/4: …

   

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   Istari land for wildlife conservation Australia

   April 4 by happypalms

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   My friends property is called istari it was once a cattle station having purchased the land two friends with a dream to dedicate there land to wildlife regenerating the once working cattle station into the the wilderness it once was in thirty some years later it has certainly become that vision for the couple of friends doing something that they are passionate about creating a wonderful place for wildlife they have documented many new species on there land recording many species as good friend of them my wife and myself often help with tree planting expeditions they have a website Australianbushlife.com definitely worth having a look at they have done a wonderful job loo…

   

   Last reply by happypalms, April 4
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   Anyone traveling to see the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse? Or staying home and watching?

   April 3 by DoomsDave

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   I’ve got three palm friends traveling to see it: one’s going to NY the other two are driving to TX. How about you, or anyone you know? My younger brother and best friend from high school both live on the eastern edge of the Cleveland metro area, and the path will be going right through, as well as Niagara Falls, NY, and ON, Canada.

   

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   Taipei Earthquake

   April 3 by flplantguy

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   Do we have any memebers in the area of the earthquake today? I was seeing reports of power outages and a 7.2 rating. Seems like many other places would suffer heavy damage, but with the island being disaster prone im curious about how well they fared and hopeful everyone is ok.

   

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   environmental toll of string trimmers

   March 30 by redbeard917

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   I'm sure there are more pressing issues in the world. But I was using a string trimmer to get rid of the weeds that grow in cracks in my driveway, and noticed the string wears down quite quickly against the concrete. The reality of how I'm showering my garden with invisible plastic dust hit home in that moment. Is there some downstream chemical ramification of this practice?

   

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   Working out / Bodybuilding thread

   March 28 by UK_Palms

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   So there is probably quite a few of us on here who have been working out over the years, either in the gym, or at home. Others may get their exercise from the gardening, or have plans/aspirations to get in shape and lose some weight, perhaps so they can stay on top of the gardening properly. Either way I thought I would make a thread for this so people can share their experiences or journey's. I started working out in the gym at 17 and competed in powerlifting contests during my early twenties. At one point I could deadlift 600 pounds and bench press over 400 pounds for reps. I had a few injuries over the years and backed away from the gym a bit around 27. Then follo…

   

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   An interesting look at the enduring fantasy of Tiki Culture

   March 27 by Silas_Sancona

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   An interesting article discussing how Western idealism and escape-ism influenced one of the biggest fads of the 20th century, one that, to some deg. still lives on in the 202K's.. https://getpocket.com/fr/explore/item/tiki-hangover-unearthing-the-false-idols-of-america-s-south-seas-fantasy Original article appeared in Collectors Weekly, back in 2014.

   

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   Slowly rebuilding my greenhouse

   March 12 by happypalms

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   After my greenhouse got smashed by a falling very large limb of a old growth gumtree the little rebuild is coming along slowly in between work and life with a little progress it will be covered in 70 percent shade cloth for the roof and with horticultural plastic on the sides to keep out the cold wind for the cool tender tropical varieties the last couple of photos are what it used to look like before it got smashed luckily there was no plants in there at the time it was reserved for my joey palms

   

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    Odds calculation ?

    March 2 by Darold Petty

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    OK, math pros, I admit it was a very long time ago that I had any math classes ! I bought a Chambeyronia palm two times from two different vendors, a macrocarpa and a hookeri. They were both only green. Phil B. told me that just one in twenty Chambeyronia palms will be only green, so what was the odds of this double failure, 5% x 5% is what percent or probability for my misfortune ?? ( I tried a Google search, but the results only showed how to calculate "odds to probability for sports betting" ) Thanks !

    

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    MLB 2024 Thread

    February 24 by JohnAndSancho

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    See through pants? At least that happened long after Cecil Fielder, John Kruk, and David Wells retired. Jerseys that look like I stitched them? It looks like MLB bought them off Temu. Scott Boras clients still unsigned? Reinsdorf asking the City of Chicago to give him one billion with a b dollars to build a new stadium when he can't fill his current stadium half way? Shohei's stupid contract deferral that shouldn't be allowed? Red Sox players basically calling their ownership cheap on TV? Actually I kind of like that one. The horrible treatment of Oakland A's fans and them potentially losing thei…

    

    Last reply by JohnAndSancho, March 29

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    One incredible looking moth in Australia we need an entomologist for this one

    February 8 by happypalms

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    I hav3 had the mosquito zapper going at night and it’s attracting all sorts of moths this crazy looking one was on the fly screen door in the morning absolutely incredible to look at I have never seen it before

    

    Last reply by happypalms, February 9

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    Australian reptiles lizards

    February 8 by happypalms

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    With the summer heat the lizards are out and about introducing the blue tounge lizard and the bearded dragon common names often seen around my property the blue tounge will live very close to humans in the garden or under or around the house in dry spot the dragon lizard will not be far away but usually seen around the property baking in the sun on a fence post such great animals to have and live with free garden pets

    

    Last reply by happypalms, February 9

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    Another Australian moth

    February 6 by happypalms

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    Spotted this moth most likely looking for somewhere to lays it’s eggs so it can chew on some rare and exotic plant just doing what Mother Nature intended

    

    Last reply by happypalms, February 9

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    Manorina melanophrys Australian bell bird

    February 4 by happypalms

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    The sounds of the Australian bush in summer IMG_0622.mov

    

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    A rainbow 🌈 picture

    January 31 by happypalms

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    Enjoy

    

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    Slowly rebuilding my greenhouse

    January 31 by happypalms

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    A tree limb broke off and demolished half of my greenhouse (the second time this has happened the tree in question has been removed now) the structure you see in photos 3and 4 was the old structure that got demolished so the excavator was called and an extension will be added to make more grow room it’s been a fun construction project when time allows one day it will house my 2000 Joey palms this time it will be bigger and better

    

    Last reply by happypalms, January 31

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    Hello!

    January 29 by tarnado

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    Hello everyone! I'm new hear so I just wanted to drop a line and say that I am very hopeful and happy to be part of this community. I'm fairly mad about plants in general, but we moved to an island in the Puget Sound (Washington State). My spouse turns to me, *out of the blue,* and says: "You know, now that we live on an island, I think we could get some palms and things like you wanted [when we lived on the mainland]" I am NOT going to let this chance pass me by So now I'm ready to go completely bananas (so to speak) with some colder-hardy palms and the wild world of hybrids!

    

    Last reply by tarnado, January 29
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    Another cool beetle 🪲

    January 25 by happypalms

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    This guy I found crawling along minding his own business until I spotted him I don’t like to think what the grub destroyed most likely some rare and exotic palm roots

    

    Last reply by happypalms, February 2

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    Carolina Gators in the News

    January 23 by SeanK

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    https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article284522540.html North Carolina gators cold defense.

    

    Last reply by BeyondTheGarden, January 24

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    Astronomy

    January 18 by BeyondTheGarden

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    Anyone into astronomy at all? I just bought my family an Orion 4.5" Starblast for Christmas. It came with a 25 and 10mm Plossl eyepiece; I've been observing the moon, a couple constellations. Lastnight I looked up Jupiter and could faintly see horizontal bands of color, when the atmospheric wobble settled a bit, and 4 very bright moons there with it. It was quite difficult to get it sharp enough that the planet didn't simply look like a star. I can also vaguely see some galaxy dust near Orion's belt, I can't remember the cluster number. I use the app "Stellarium" to pick out some targets. I'm planning to get a smaller eyepiece to increase magnification but wi…

    

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    One green beetle

    January 11 by happypalms

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    Rescued this beetle that managed to get inside the house he’s rather handsome and green you gotta love beetle’s no matter how much damage they do to palms

    

    Last reply by happypalms, January 13

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    A little progress on rebuilding the greenhouse

    January 10 by happypalms

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    My greenhouse got smashed by a big tree limb luckily it was empty reserved for my Joey palms now I have to rebuild it so I thought I might make an extra extension to it so the excavator was called in to make the new site it has been a set back for me after the after 4 hernia operations in 4 it was my recovery project now I have to rebuild it again while still recovering from my last operation but iam not giving up its only made me more determined life goes on

    

    Last reply by happypalms, January 10
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    OT ---Miami at Kansas City weather Saturday.... Ouch !

    January 9 by WSimpson

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    KC's upcoming weather for the game : Pregame 7F Wind Chill (WC) -12F 1st quarter 3F WC -15F 2nd quarter 2F WC -15F 3rd quarter. 1F WC -16F 4th quarter -1F WC -17F

    

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    Garden Pond

    January 9 by BeyondTheGarden

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    I'm in the process of building my new garden, which requires some kind of pond. My old garden had a small waterfall and a little stream that trickled into a hard-black-plastic pond liner; this was integrated into elevation change which is necessary for making it feel somewhat natural and real and wild. I had about 3.5 feet of elevation gain that I had built-in. I liked it but decided I would have a bigger mound this time, extending above head so you could stand at the bottom and not see the top. My new mound is about 6.5' tall and over 20 feet wide at the base. I currently have a hole dug to probably 2' deep; maybe 10 feet wide and 15 feet long. I may make it …

    

    Last reply by redbeard917, February 19

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    Users of other non plant forums

    January 7 by Alan_Tampa

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    I have seen some user names from a boating website I frequent, the Hull Truth. One member here has confirmed, but how many others are here and also there? I am Dan Halen on the hulltruth.com. I just wonder how many people share more than one hobby and use the same forums?

    

    Last reply by Alan_Tampa, January 7