What is wrong with mail order? I have ordered many from mail order without problems. I would grow it containerized for a couple of years of years until big enough for the Winter.

These homes are in Belmar, Monmouth County. I must admit to having mixed feelings about it. As much as I love the look as you pass by (crawl by in your car on the weekend), I hate the idea that they will be left to just perish come November. More common sight at the beach bars and clubs around here. Coconuts and queens are planted all over the sand. Homeowners with the wherewithall are free to provide the feel of the tropics, and they are most certainly Summer homes only. I'm sure the residents fly off to Florida or wherever in the Winter. I do not have such means. So...my 6 yr old Trachy will suffice. It now gets little or no protection. The fig next to it is again taking over despite my massive pruning job last Fall. And the prickly pear just visible below and right is now in full bloom.

I read somewhere (Washington Post?) that the DC Housewives crew had been filming the house crasher woman for months before the White House party. They considered pulling her from the series, but that meant cutting out every event and scene between her and another cast member. They decided to keep her around. FWIW, I am almost certain the woman and her husband are going to be exposed as the ultimate liars. They say they organize a huge polo match for charity and I've heard that it didn't make money. They supposedly run bus tours of wine country, but the reviews online are horrible...buses don't show up, wineries don't know the groups are coming...it's just a wreck of a "business". I'd love to know how they get their money. If the husband is working, he must be damn good to be kept on despite the chaos that seems to swirl around him and his wife.

There is no stoping the spamers after they have found an easy mark. One deck site I was on for a number of years was completly shut down by spam bandits. If no one stops them on the site, brace up they are going to do what ever they want. J