A little bike ride

[philinsydney]

Of course, I could be barking up the wrong Araucaria entirely.......

[Jeff Searle]

Man...I'm exhusted with all this peddaling!

Thanks for the tour.

Jeff

[bgl]

Ruskin,

You seem to live in beautiful and peaceful place! Thanks for the tour! And enjoy!

Bo-Göran

[leomx]

Seems like a great place to explore.

Ruskin, I wonder if is that a seed of a queen palm in the last picture of Post 28????.

Leo.

[ruskinPalms]

I honestly don't know for sure what the seed is from, but I am pretty sure those are queen palm seedlings growing there. I am thinking about going in there and acquiring a few seedlings just for the heck of it and growing them in my yard. Most of those will probably die anyway as one or two become dominant.

[Alicehunter2000]

Bill, been meaning to ask you............Where the heck is Ruskin? I have been trying to find it on the huge Florida map I have here on the wall and have no clue.

[ruskinPalms]

Ruskin is on the southeast shores of Tampa Bay  

[SubTropicRay]

Nice photos Bill but man do I hate Pothos Vine.

[Alicehunter2000]

Between Sun City and Apollo Beach............yes I know it well

You are only 9b? really? I thought for sure you would be 10a at least especially located on the south side of Tampa Bay......doesn't that warm you up on those cold northerlies?

[ruskinPalms]

Yeh, Ray, I think Pothos looks neat, but I know it can get out of hand quick so there will be none of that in my garden

David, I think it is safe to call it a 9B here as it can get very cold on those radiational cooling nights. It is very rural where I am so no urban heat island help. You are right about the north and north west winds though, the temperature does not really take a hit here until the wind goes northeast or it calms down below 1 or 2 MPH. So far, that is what I have observed anyway. It seems to be a promising area to grow palms as long as I am willing to protect some of the more sensitive palms on cold nights and plant lots of hardy palms and trees for canopy.