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Happy Birthday! With all palms of the world, I wish you a great day and a nice growth ; you're like a strong seedling with two big leaves. Enjoy and grow! Kindest regards Philippe

Andrew, You are correct. There are more ways than one to look at this, and number of dead is only one way. But it's probably the number one issue for those who are affected. And let's not forget, the United States, as well as France and Great Britain, were guilty of deliberately destroying the lives and livelihoods of people in the Pacific for about 50 years without actually directly killing them. They just poisoned their environment with hundreds of nuclear tests. Bo-Göran

This one pales in comparison with the worst nuclear disasters the world has ever experienced. And that's a serious understatement. The nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki left countless dead and injured, and with serious health issues for future generations as well. Japan, as the only country at the receiving end of a nuclear attack, is probably more conscious of these issues than any other country.

Hello Bismark, Your garden seems very beautiful to me, can you please post some bigger pictures? These are to small to enjoy all palms from your garden. Thank you, Andrew

Happy birthday Milos! You have to make a big party with catfishes and Oenocarpus! Kindest regards Andrew

happy birthday to you. love, kris.

Syagrus romanzoffiana finally starting to get wider! It's already trunking since spring! Stangeria eriopus(Forest Form) Coccothrinax alexandrii ssp. alexandrii on its slow way to establishment... It's about the same as last time... Bismarckia nobilis(Silver) at about 3m tall now! The previous time I took a photo of it,about half a month ago,it was only about 2m tall!!! That was it! Hope you liked it!!!

Happy Birthday and many happy decades to come of palm growing!

For all those interested here are a few shots taken in August this year.

This is one of my favorite photos from the Brazil 2010 Biennial.

I don't have personal experience, but a friend decided to use wood shavings on another grower's advice and had some problems. He used fresh shavings from conifers which stopped or drastically slowed growth of nearly everything he had in his garden for about a year. It turned out the other grower had been using old stable litter, not fresh shavings. The stable litter was aged about a year before it was used in the garden, allowing some form of natural anti-growth chemical in the fresh shavings to deteriorate before it was spread around the palms. I would advise against using fresh chips or shavings from conifers(pine, spruce, fir, etc.) unless it has been aged outdoors for at least 1 year.

Hi, here we can see couple of Phoenix growing through the roof in Rhodes village Prasonisi! Regards Andrew