While everything else is still in winter mode, this one pad (just to right of center) appears to one to awaken early. I just noticed it sunday stucking up instead of flat to ground.

ah haa just as I expected, mine is hinckley gravelly sandy loam, just what I am using for my outdoor garden (along with extra sand). Thanks for the info.

<~~~ tsk tsk at me. I went but forgot the camera. Glad Andy had it covered though. I didn't stay to long as I was afraid of to many temptations to buy things I really don't have room for inside. I did manage to get to John Spains hardy table of course and found a couple new things for outside. He wa...

peterb wrote:Hi Ray- are the shoreline ones humifusa or some other form?

peterb

humifusa, it is the only native one aound here so I can only guess thats why they specify where it came from.

Very nice pics. I have traveled trhough that area a couple times, but only on the roads. From my very limited knowledge it seems these rocky ridges where the tall trees can't live well are fairly popular spots for our native Cactus (besides sunny shorelines of course). The metacomet ridgeline here i...

Hhmm seeing as they are in Florida, there could be come concern about Cactoblastis cactorum (cactus moth)

If volcanic ash would be good in cactus soil. Seems there might be some available if I could just climb up there with a bucket or something (Alaska's redoubt volcano today)

I put a addition on my outdoor garden this past weekend. I lined the bottom with grapefruit sized (sized not shape) trap rock I had available, then filled/covered most of the gaps with smaller stones and some mortar 'patties' I had from having chimney work done this past fall (flat pieces of mortar ...

Coming up Apr 4th and 5th . Hopefully I'll make it there, haven't been to one before.

Doesn't look like they faired to badly at all. Mine just became snow/ice free late last week.

S l o w l y losing the snow blanket now and some have been uncovered after just under 2 1/2 months. The March sun (when out) has been doing its thing. I think it will all be open by this weekend and I'll be able to tell any obvious losses. If the extended forcast holds out there should be a drying t...

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CoronaCactus wrote:Well, it is small...but not glochid free, look closer

Does appear to have some small hidden 'treasures'

Mine had just started showing more of the rocks around the perimeter and a little soil around the edges with one tag sticking out (no cacti visible). Now it buried again. Oh well, wait a while longer I guess.

Very nice