Vera, Don't answer this now-- you're supposed to be resting! But FYI, the link comes up "Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)", even when I just leave "acresonline" off of the web address. Linda PS It does that when I google it and click the link too. Is it me?

central_cali369 , Sorry, but Kyle, who posted those pics. on the other forum is attending UF and did get the universities permission to plant a bunch of palms around the campus. Just click his user name there and it will show his previous posts and show you some of his work. Pretty cool stuff! Not that I'm a Gator fan or anything like that, just think it's cool! LOL!!! Go Gators!!! 1 more!

Beautiful tree! I cant believe thats in a zone 9b! It really does look like something you would see in Hawaii! I wouldnt worry about your plumeria and I wouldnt prune it back until it becomes a problem. I think its good to prune plumerias every once in a while, especially in Florida because a bad hurricane (or even a gusty afternoon thunderstorm) could do a number on plumeria branches. Good luck! It looks like your plant has a good future ahead of it judging by your neighbor's tree! -Alex

Thanks, Lav. I read the whole thread, very nice. My escapades in the garden are not that interesting. Unless you count the time my rope hammock busted and I fell unceremoniously to the ground--which was padded by lush monkey grass, thankfully. Or the wintry day I was moving cement blocks in the rain. I had about 50 of them to move, to create a wall to hold back a terrace, so it was about 3 blocks tall. I was working hard, it was cold. But all of a sudden, I saw smoke. I turned my head and looked for something to be on fire. Did not see anything, so continued, saw the smoke again, and stopped dead still. Yeah, I was working so hard, I WAS SMOKING!!! My arm muscles were smoking, like a horse does in the winter time when it is exerting itself. So I was burning those calories that day!! Another day in the garden, I'd come home from working offshore after 3 months away, and was running the lawn mower in the tall grass down my the bayou. This was at my beloved little bayou cottage, MoccasinLanding. I took the clipping bag to dump out, and when it came out, guess what came out with it? TWO big fat sections of a snake! The diameter of the snake was like my wrist, both sections were, and there was no head and no tail. Needless to say, I stopped cutting grass that day. Likewise the day I was trimming bushes and left a pile until the next morning and went back to remove it to the front yard for trash pickup. I was using a heavy long handled garden rake, and when I picked up the entangled vines and branches, underneath the pile was this very unhappy SNAKE. I thought if I poked at it he'd run, but oh not so easy as that--he charged me--and I ran like a coward, into the house. I watched out the window to see what he'd do next, and he hung around for a little while, then slithered off into the patch of bamboo near the water. I am not really afraid of snakes, but I have a healthy respect for the damage they can make me do to myself. :)