Nice pics! Most of the snow looks like it melted too, only a little in the background. Now that everything is uncovered, your backyard looks pretty similar to what it looks like in the summer, and its a lot easier to think of summer when you have plants that are nice and green and out of their covers. Im trying not to get too ready for spring yet, because I dont think winters completely over yet, but still this weather pattern does prove spring is comming and it is a very nice change from the cold.

Good luck.

Everything looks good i'm surprised your butia in 5b looks better than mine in 7a
I'm going to make a post with my palm pics and some local palms

Looks great Jim! Now I'll feel better uncovering my larger trachy next weekend as planned. Looks like most of the snow is gone there. We have a ways to go but it is melting fast since we have been in the 40s everyday for a good week. Looking at 50 or so next weekend. I'm hoping the snow is all gone by then, it should be as we are forecast to be in the mid 40s all the way through.

Jim-

I posted a question to you (and any others who might have knowledge) in your last thread about uncovering things. I didn't want to pull this thread off-topic by asking you here also. Please read what I posted about a yucca I have ordered. I thought you might know about them as you are a cactus guy also. Thompson's Yucca. They look pretty cool...

Mnpalms
Got it,checked in.(-:

Yea,T7(Name?)
I think it looks good for the next 15 days,of course that can change in a hurry this time of year as we all know!
Nothing to much below freezing after tonight and the end of the snow cover should put us back to around normal if it doesn't get to rainy.
My enclosures get to hot once we get in to March(90s(f)and it is not possible to keep them cool enough,besides they have all seen worse cold then they will from here out(-:
All the covers are ready to go if need be and the cactus cover is laying next to the framework ready to go up when it rains,or worse!
Pulling the X-mas lights up allows me to move the mulch back so the sun can hit the bare ground as you can see in the pics.
The ground temp right now is between 35-40f depending on the size of enclosure that was over the palm/cactus.
It is surprising how warm the ground gets(and how fast)by letting the sun hit it,even 50f days can bring it up to the upper 40s/low 50s and this is what gets the palms jumping again!

Dennis
The Butia is a pleasant surprise,it was covered in hast and on the same thermocube as the Washy,who would have thought a kitchen trash can and a rubber yard "can" would do the trick so well?
I knew it was going to make it when I saw it after the brutality of early January!