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Palm planting involves getting literally dirty

Cindy Adair

By Cindy Adair
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Cindy Adair Grand Master

Cindy Adair

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Okay each day I thought I'd set a new record for most mud. However today can't be topped or can it? Post an unretouched picture of yourself after working in your garden and try to top mine.

No mud wrestling photos allowed.

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Cindy Adair

Jeff Searle Grand Master

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And your still smiling. I love it! Your passion for palms really show, what a great topic. Ok, so what did you plant?

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

Cindy Adair Grand Master

Cindy Adair

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I planted the palms from Noel Pecunia's Aguadilla, PR nursery that I bought in April. They did just fine in pots unattended but we planted them all today. The two largest needed a wheelbarrow. I have photos of all of them planted but too slow for me to stay awake to post them tonight. Her's the list though.

Pseudophoenix vinifera

Copernicia prunifera

Corypha lecomtei

Copernicia borhidiana

Corypha utan

Copernicia berteroana

Copernicia fallaensis

Coccothrinax crinita

Cindy Adair

Cindy Adair Grand Master

Cindy Adair

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Uploading photos a bit quicker this am:

Copernicia fallaensis

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Coccothrinax borhidiana

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Pseudophoenix vinifera

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I see that these photos are all posting sideways. I obviously need more practice and too much to do here on my last morning on the farm. Sorry!

Cindy Adair

dalmatiansoap Grand Master

dalmatiansoap

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One word:

JOY!

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Kim Grand Master

Kim

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:lol2: I can so relate to this photo of you, Cindy! I'll post a photo or two this evening. I can also relate to Ante's comment: JOY!

For sure! I can see you were greatly inspired by your trip to Cuba! :)

(Edit: My clothes are usually not allowed inside the house after garden work!)

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Kim Grand Master

Kim

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It looks like a tie to me... :)

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

_Keith Grand Master

_Keith

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And here I was getting a complex the other day about how dirty I always am out in the yard.

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

Kostas Grand Master

Kostas

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Looks like you had some great fun there Cindy! Planted some if my favorites there,looking great!!!! :)

I missed your thread earlier to I would had taken a photo yesterday after the palm and cycad planting work! I was filthy despite wearing a favorite T-shirt I did not want to stain... :)

''To try,is to risk failure.......To not try,is to guarantee it''

Cindy Adair Grand Master

Cindy Adair

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Kim, I agree it's a tie. You are just as dirty as I am only you are smart enough to wear gloves.

Love your photo as you look just as happy as I am!

Thanks for all your comments everyone. Keep the "dirty" photos coming! I'm currently stuck in a too cold air conditioned room with a not very interesting speaker on sun related skin cancer in animals. Yes, I'd rather be back at La Finca.

Cindy Adair

Al in Kona Grand Master

Al in Kona

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Yeah I get dirty too but no pic to show it. It's proof you actually did the planting yourself and didn't hire a laborer to do it for you! lol I think anything we do our own self's has a bit more meaning and our "heart" goes into it.

BTW, I believe you meant to say Corypha lecomtei and Corypha utan rather than Copernicia, right?

Your place in Puerto Rico will soon be a botanical garden the way you are going! Good for you.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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O'o Bar Master

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MIXED DOUBLES ENTRY

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Cindy Adair Grand Master

Cindy Adair

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Great photos and so glad to see you both back on PalmTalk ! Yes, I can see you both don't mind getting dirty!

Life's been a bit busy here so I've been missing some posts too. I can see you are smart and wear gloves too.

Cindy Adair

Jastin Veteran

Jastin

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Awesome! Since it never rains in So Cal, I really only get my arms dirty.

Grateful to have what I have, Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis!

Mauna Kea Cloudforest Grand Master

Mauna Kea Cloudforest

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This is what retirement should be all about: gardening every day and getting down and dirty! You guys are living the dream.

Axel at the Mauna Kea Cloudforest Bioreserve

On Mauna Kea above Hilo. Koeppen Zone Cfb (Montane Tropical Cloud Forest), USDA Hardiness Zone 11b/12a, AHS Heat zone 1 (max 78F), annual rainfall: 130-180", Soil pH 5.

Click here for our current conditions: KHIHILO25

Tassie_Troy1971 Grand Master

Tassie_Troy1971

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Bloody hell O'o Bar Master you are a close first in this one i think !

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

Mandrew968 Grand Master

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I planted the palms from Noel Pecunia's Aguadilla, PR nursery that I bought in April. They did just fine in pots unattended but we planted them all today. The two largest needed a wheelbarrow. I have photos of all of them planted but too slow for me to stay awake to post them tonight. Her's the list though.

Pseudophoenix vinifera

Copernicia prunifera

Corypha lecomtei

Copernicia borhidiana

Corypha utan

Copernicia berteroana

Copernicia fallaensis

Coccothrinax crinita

Copernicia borhidiana?! Now that's a rare one! ;)

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