A Tail of Two Foxes

[rubyz]

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. ???

You know how it goes - when it rains, it pours. :laugh:  

In a prevous post, I related how I had been trying to get hold of a Foxtail, which is not regularly stocked by nurseries here (in Israel). I even tried - unsuccessfully - to get one shipped overseas from a Florida online nursery.  

    And then, fellow poster Ronnie Rosenberg came to my rescue, by browsing around nurseries in his part of the woods and finally locating a suitable specimen. ::

    Well, naturally, the day after he had the nurserv hold the Foxtail for me, a local nursery called and informed me that they also could get me a Foxtail, albeit a smaller one for a higher price.  I told them thanks, but no thanks. :cool:  But wait:  a new nursery in my home town called to tell me that they had just gotten in a small Foxtail especially for me.  ::  I drove down and had a look; it was small, all right, but very cute, and selling at a price I couldn't resist. So I bought the Little Guy and decided, what the hell, I'll repot it in a really nice clay pot and keep it on my patio. :cool:

    This morning I drove down to Chez Ronnie, who gave me a nice cup of coffee  and a lovely tour of his well palmscaped garden,  and then accompanied me to the nursery that was holding the (first) Foxtail for me. This was a huge place (by local nursery standards, anyway) that had oodles and oodles of gorgeous tall palms throughout the vast indoor area. Ronnie took me to the Foxtail, which was not merely cute, but majestic!.  

Two guys loaded the Fox into my car, and somehow, after I arrived home, I managed to unload it, drag it into my entrance, through the inner court, past my living room, across my patio and finally into my garden.

    By the time I decided where I wanted to plant the palm, it had already gotten dark, so I made sure the rootball was moist and decided I would dig the hole tomorrow morning.

    On Saturday, instead of going to synogogue, I'm going to give all my plants and trees their first feeding of the year. I hope The Almighty will forgive me.

[bgl]

Reuven,

Glad to hear things worked out for you! Good luck with the Wodyetias.

And it's always nice to hear from someone who has their priorities in order...

Bo-Göran

[Utopia Palms]

Hi Reuven

With the small foxtails they do not like the cold as small plants, once they are over about 1m tall then they will take more of the cold nights, not that this is going to be a problem for you going into summer now. And they do love a good feed in the warmer months and will grow twice as fast with a well mulched garden up to 18 cm deep. Hope this helps a little.

Clayton.

[Darold Petty]

Reuven, I don't participate in organized religion.  However,when I work in my garden or quietly appreciate nature, I do feel that I am communicating with a higher plane.

[rubyz]

(Utopia Palms @ Mar. 30 2007,03:09)

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Hi Reuven

With the small foxtails they do not like the cold as small plants, once they are over about 1m tall then they will take more of the cold nights, not that this is going to be a problem for you going into summer now. And they do love a good feed in the warmer months and will grow twice as fast with a well mulched garden up to 18 cm deep. Hope this helps a little.

Clayton.

Thanks, Clayton.

Where I am, I'm not concerned about cold weather!

[rubyz]

(bgl @ Mar. 30 2007,01:38)

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Reuven,

Glad to hear things worked out for you! Good luck with the Wodyetias.

And it's always nice to hear from someone who has their priorities in order...

Bo-Göran

My wife doesn't think so!

She'd rather I'd save money instead of buying more palms, fertilizer and soil.

[rubyz]

(Darold Petty @ Mar. 30 2007,15:36)

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Reuven, I don't participate in organized religion.  However,when I work in my garden or quietly appreciate nature, I do feel that I am communicating with a higher plane.

Excellently stated! My sentiments exactly.

[Scott]

Reuven - Congradulations on your new Wodyeta. How about a pic?