I have not seen one either besides the ones I have. Which one just so happen to get loose overnight and when my son opened the door it flew out into the rain. I examined the cage and there's no way it could of gotten out. We were going to release them today anyway but its raining. You'll be seeing some soon...I hope...

Thanks everyone, it was quite a treat, and they DO bark, if you've ever heard it you'll never forget that sound.... Do they ever get into any of your plantings? They used to nest under my deck when I had the lattice surrounding the deck, but I took it off because I got tired of them dragging fish up under the deck and stinking things up :-) :-( He's too cute to kill but he certainly raises my blood pressure from time to time. Not sure what political party he comes from but he sure likes to take what others have worked for and enjoy for himself. No comment, NOT going to give away my political affiliation on a garden forum ;-) Weird day, a first for me here in the burbs, never had this happen that I'm aware of during the day. I thought he/she climbed up on the morning glories to get some fresh water out of the bird bath but instead he/she was eating the morning glories. Tom

Arctictropical, I was wondering if you had any info on what kinda soil a palm likes? I will be making a raised bed for my palms. One is a Needle palm that isn't too picky about soil. I had a Windmill palm, but, it died while still in a pot. I got it bareroot last month. I thought it should've never come bareroot in May, but, I put it in a pot in good potting soil. I don't know if I should've put it in shade right after transplant (likely) from being bareroot, or if I watered it too much, but, the pot has good draining potting soil, or why, but, it's all turning brown. I may get a Trachycarpus Princeps instead 1 gardenwebber says they are better in many ways, thicker bigger fronds, less damage to fronds in winds. I will need to protect it in my zone 6 anyway, so i may get a Pindo palm, Tr. Princeps. Anyway, whichever I pick, I wonder of you did anything to your soil, or if you use a palm fertilizer, or which palm is trouble free, slow growing, because I can only protect so long, not as long as you did with the Fortunei likely. I know that magnesium is important in the soil for many palms, and lime can be for some, dolomitic lime would be a good additive to soil making a raised bed? Dolomitic lime is supposed to have magnesium in it. But, your in Utah, and minerals in your soil may be a common thing, no need to add a thing. Basically, I have good soil, but, i have a raised bed form, and I have some clay soil, bagged cow manure, bagged topsoil with lottsa sand in it, and some heavily organic "raised bed soil" from Lowes. I can get some of my native topsoil to add too, but, not ,much I'll have to dig it up from someplace in my yard. I have some peat moss (which may not be the best additive) and I have some of the coconut coir stuff to mix in, the fine stuff, not the mulch kind in bigger pieces. I guess if I use the peat in small quantities I can add the dolomitic lime and it wont be too alkaline. Am I overthinking this? I already tried the soil and mulch forum, I'm still waiting on the experts there for help. You likely have all the minerals in your soil in Utah. I just don';t want to throw fertilizer on them and my soil isn't good enough.

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