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Utopia visit to see Clayton and Teresa

Walter John

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And some Areca triandra.I hope that starts to warm you guys up. :D

I will list some more photos soon.

Clayton.

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Heliconia sexy pink.

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Hi Bo

The Dypsis you asked about is the one that came in the same time as your orange crush the seeds were identical unless you cut them in half. It is a very slow grower here but I’m sure it would grow a lot faster in your climate.

Clayton.

Clayton,

That's VERY interesting. And that palm is definitely different from "Orange crush". I just took a few photos this morning (for unrelated reasons), so will post a few in a new thread shortly.

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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more more rocks

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first 50 metre retaining wall

many more to go

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construction of our dam etc........

D9

2 Escavators

10 tip trucks

and 100 loads of clay

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all creatures great and small

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construction

top left future shade house

then to pads for full sun stock

construciton of our large shade house

of course our palace

but we have water.........

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our palace and large shade house

recent bush fire in the back ground

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great wall of utopia...........

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one of our shade houses

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utopia

our great waterfall

4 metre drop into a pond before our dam

jade vine over the arbor

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nice ones,clayton!really brightened up my evening!

2 questions: wheres the guest house & do they take yanks?

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Clayton,

Could you give us a little history about you and your place? Like how long have you been working on it? How large is it? Future plans? Have you always worked with plants? With palms?

In other words, I'm just trying to figure out if you are more or less crazy than I am.  :)

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nice ones,clayton!really brightened up my evening!

2 questions: wheres the guest house & do they take yanks?

pohonkelapa

Well that's a another project........

One of many for future endeavours

Clients well of course our palmtalk friends would be a priority.

Thanks, Teresa

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Clayton,

Could you give us a little history about you and your place? Like how long have you been working on it? How large is it? Future plans? Have you always worked with plants? With palms?

In other words, I'm just trying to figure out if you are more or less crazier than I am.  :)

Dear DypsisDean,

We have been chippen away at this project for sometime without hired help

Only in the last few years have we been blessed with workers.............hoorah

Our farm is 18 years in easter.

And our stock/project started at another location for a few years before that.

We have seen in a few dogs  :( and a couple of snakes ........our place was quite over grown with groundsel trees as tall as wattles trees 5 meters tall and a thicket of lantan which covered some trees.......like raspberry...we had that too. Quiet a jungle of weed.

We now have 24 acres about 15 acres for the gardens/nursery and 6 acres of grazing land for Teresa's boer goats [ a fire break - our local bush fire brigade are crazy... ] and 3 acres of natural bush land.

Palms and Tropical plants are our passion.

Yes...... we are crazy and mostly likely just as crazy if not more than you.

We are just trying to create the "Utopia" that we started in 1989.

Thanks Teresa

[Clayton's other half]

PS Heaven help us .....Gold Lotto would too. :D ...but there is more to come.

    Alot of projects on the go and alot of projects yet to start.

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(Utopia Palms @ Feb. 06 2007,19:41)

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Yes...... we are crazy and mostly likely just as crazy if not more than you.

Thanks Teresa,

Yes, I think you "win." I feel much better now.  :)

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utopia's

fur coat first family

1989

"our palace"

camping in a different location on the farm

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utopia

fur coat family 2007

best in black

[in clayton's spare time he goes fishing off shore in his kayak for tuna ......etc]

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Teresa's Boer goats

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Fantastic! All of it!!!

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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Hi all

Teresa did a Great job at listing some of those old photos, I will see if we can list some more to day.

Clayton

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Clayton and Teresa, you have done a lot of work and we get to see the fantastic rewards.  Thanks for the tour and all the knowledge that you have taken the time to share.  I really appreciate it when "professionals" take the time to answer the most mundane questions from us amateurs.

Robert

Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

So many plants, So little space.

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:)  Hi  Guy,  Teresa  &  Clayton

               It,s  great  to  see  some  old  times,  Great

  For  others  to  see , And  enjoy  for  sure..

 I've  found  a  couple  of  good  pic's  of  Block  &  Angry.  Get  them  to  you  very  soon.

  Fishings  a  great  way  of  travel   at  times, Clayton  gets  towed  Along  way  up the  Queensland  coast.

 :laugh:   He's  training  a  Tuna,  That's  going  to  go  to  Tanna.

 " :)  Ya  Who  wahoo   Vanautu"

M.H.Edwards

"Living in the Tropic's

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Hi Dean

I hope we don’t win first prize in the crazy stakes! :P   Then again I don’t really mind. :D

We have set up the farm as a seed bank for years to come so most species are not to near to the same species of the same genus this will not stop cross pollination but should slow it down a little anyway we are in it for the long hall, and loving it. :cool:

Clayton

Hi Bob

Thank you for the kind words we are only to happy to share our experience with those that might need some help, as we had problems as well and found that its not easy to get the correct information some times.

I hope this forum helps many to get to know these great palms and how easy some are to grow.

All the best.

Clayton.

Hi Mike

Thank you on the offer on those seeds that particular Ptychosperma is a little tropical in its requirements when it is small, maybe if you can grow a few on and I will give a them ago when they are larger might be the best way.

Yes I have not had much of a chance lately to do much fishing or surfing but I hope to soon as the tuna start soon  :P  and we might get some swell as well , list those photos of the dogs if you can I would love to see them.  :)

Clayton.

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Dear Clayton  :)

Hey that's quite a place you got there_fentastic !

and i see you guys have put in lots of effort into

the Utopian palm nursery.great work !

and i also admire that you love what you do,that's the

most important thing of all in life.

lets put it like this_i know that you guys will certainly

have job satisfication.

Unlike me who is just chasing money for the moment,but

will certainly retire one day to lead a life of a farmer in

some remote unknown village in S.India.and start my

passion for plants right from the start..

Thanks Man,

Love,

Kris  :)

love conquers all..

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Hi all.

just arrived home.

When the phone calls came from Daryl, Mike and Wal separately, all saying come and join them at Teresa and Clayton's Utopia, refusing would not have been right :;):    Fortunately there is an airport nearby coinciding with some very discounted fares, As a bonus some friends lived on the other side of the hill from Utopia  so we stayed for a week (and snuck back the next day to Utopia for a few palms for our friends). What may not have been mentioned is much Utopia is on the side of a steep hill. Clayton and Teresa have built 6 klm's of rock walls up the side of it and down ravines as well, themselves!!!!

Clayton and Teresa shared lots of information with us on fertilisers , germination etc The tour of the gardens and huge variety of species was very enjoyable and informative, lots of great vista's,

Pictures to follow

thanks for the invite guys, thank you Teresa and Clayton for your hospitality

regards

colin

coastal north facing location

100klm south of Sydney

NSW

Australia

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Both Teresa and Clayton are extremely knowledgeable on the small details on a lot of genre and species from seed to mature palms.

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