MadSnapper N Beau: Palm

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Friday, October 10, 2025

Hurricane Milton Anniversary OCT 9

After Hurricane Milton and Pine Tree removed Above, Oct 9, 2024

Yesterday was ONE YEAR since Milton hit us, a direct hit and being in the eye of a hurricane for the first time in my life. Below is same view after 9 inches or rain in 4 days, the weeds are rampant and really green.

the tree stump is under all these weeds

Its a lot of weeds but its green and gives shade from our firebrand summer sun.

This was our view when eating at the table or breakfast bar, in fact the view from our entire live area.

Hearing the whine of chain saws and a huge crane and a bobcat, I raced to the door just as the first of five trees went down, this was the last one, I was so upset I forgot to take photos

you can see the man in orange driving the bobcat, they just bulldozed 5 tall palms.

Above the view from my kitchen is the house and a gap and because they are gone, this is the view from my living area for most of the day.

the blinds are closed most of the day and before this open all day.

the sun is so bright it is blinding and HOT. The palms were our dappled screen from the sun.

Flashing light below; I took to shots of the last tree as it fell and animated

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Weed Tree and Palms

This is a we don't want you, volunteer TREE the birds planted in the middle of the bougainvillea in the front yard. Bob cuts it back and it is 3 feet tall again in a few weeks. It is a carrot wood, and is an invasive tree in Florida that is hard to kill and per internet needs an arborist to kill it.

Per University of Fla Remove Carrotwood from Your Property to Protect Florida's Natural Areas

Cupaniopsis anacardioides Carrotwood Non-native to Florida and on Florida Noxious Weed List FISC Category 1 Invasive more info here https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/cupaniopsis-anacardioides/

We are not thankful for this tree, but we are thankful for these tiny palms, we found there are many good useful things from this tree and the fruit it bears.

The Palms have tripled in size since I picked them up from the neighbor's curb side trash.

All of this is due to a month of RAIN every day. Not all day, just a storm a day or a shower.

Today is Thankful Thursday over at Brian's Home and I am thankful I knew Brian and all his siblings and parents and that we have rain and more rain and water droplets on the new plants.

Tuesday night we had yet another Thunder Boomer Storm, it was even worse than the three a few days ago and put down 3 inches of rain in under 30 minutes, the street was a rising like a creek, and the boom/flashes were coming 3 at a time, at the SAME time.. per channel 7 we had 162 flashes in 16 minutes. another record and friend Jackie had hail, a tree fell on a house a few miles away and we had no damage and I did not have a heart attack while the booms were flashing... I waited each time for flames to appear on our roof. SO THANKFUL they did not

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Curb Side Find Part Three

The Pony Tail Palm found on the curb, now has 6 siblings. I yanked a piece of pothos that was traveling accross the sidewalk, went to the back yard fern and pothos and whild florida jungle plants and yanke 5 long ropes of varigated pothos.

This is what happens in Florida if you are old and can't keep up with yard work, there is a stump under that hump and I happen to love ferns and wild things, so I love it.. I did not plant it, it just grew there and now with 2 weeks of rain, wow is the jungle growing.

It took me 1 hour of sweating to plant all the plants. This is what Beau and I see every morning when we leave for his walk, except we leave at daybreak, 6:15 to miss walking in the sun.

Now there are 7 pots there and I don't forget to water them because I see it every day. Yes, you have seen the photo of me and Beau before, I just popped in in and covered the garbage can to show you where we walk at the starting line of our daily walks.

You can see the trunk of our beloved oak tree and the staghorn hanging from a limb and of course a garbage can.. I mean who doesn't have one???

Soon there will be many beautiful flowers here, in fact all the yellow moss rose had blooms by noon of the same day but i was to hot to take photos. I love this stump, we saved 500 dollars by leaving it there.

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Curbside Find Part Two

After I dragged home the three palms found on the curb trash pile, I dragged out 6 empty pots from various places and sat them there to await what ever I chose to fill them with.

I love this pony tail palm but will not let it know that because it might Jynx It.. It prefers full sun all the time, but will grow well with 6 hours of sun, and will even grow inside, but without sun it grows really slow.

I hit Home depot Garden Shop at 7 am, hoping to miss the worst of our heat wave but while looking for what I wanted and the best price and bang for my few bucks, the sweat was running in my eyes and I could hardly see the show going on. The flowers were full of small birds. They were flying between the aisles at my knee levels and twittering and singing. I did stop and drip sweat while I smiled at them.

The first thing I saw at the nursery was a pony tail the same size as this one, on sale for 39.95.

I ended up with 1 Mexican Heather for the big empty pot, and 8. 3 inch plants in the handle with the container for 12.95 and a bag of potting soil. When I came home it was to hot to work, so I dumped my plants on the stump and waited until Tuesday am just as the sun rose over the trees and HIT ME. I had walked Beau first . The thought of filling 5 pots for the stump and one in the back yard was daunting.

No you are not crazy, there are not 2 trees, I cut the new plants and tree from another photo because i have way to many photos

To be continued tomorrow

Friday, July 5, 2024

Another Curb Side Find

Above is the sidewalk Beau and I were walking on, the house that had these plants at the curb in a pile of trash, is the big trees right center. The corner on the left under the big tree is Beau's PeeMail box. Every dog in the corner leaves a message there sooner or later.

While walking Beau, I found three pots with palms in them, sitting on the trash pile. they had been in the yard for years and were not doing well in the shade under the trees.

They were looking pitiful. I came home and took the car back and had Bob lift them in the back. The middle one is a Pony Tail Palm, the two others are palms but there are five similar and to ID will have to wait until they grow a little. It could be Cane Palm, Areca, Fantail, Coconut or a Cat Palm. I am leaning towards Cat Palm Or Cane, very similar.

All of them will live indoors in pots, or grow to be trees outside.

Cat Tail Maybe

Each of the these 2 pot had many dead fronds and i forgot to take photos before I cleaned them up. They will all remain in pots, since it is easier to care for them.. They like to dry out completely and have easy to drain loam or the dry sand of Florida. They will get root rot if to much water. Perfect for drought and now I know why drought doesn't harm all our palms.

Below is what the pony tail will look like in yard or indoors. the pony tail I found is worth 45 dollars as it is.. the bigger they get the more valuable.

Below is Cat Palm indoor and outdoor in a pot and if you plant it in the ground in Florida it will take over the property in a few years. taller than the roof line.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Dypsis lutescens in our yard..

You may be familiar with the Cane Palm (dypsis lutescens) seen in homes and offices and malls as decorative potted palms.

Be Aware, if planted in the ground in sub tropic Florida it can and will grow to 40 feet and will spread as far as you let it....

While researching for the name of this palm I found this site called www.lovetoknow.com .

Click here for Palm ID and HERE for my CAT LOVING FRIENDS

www.lovetoknow.com is really cool and has something for everyone.

Jakes favorite place in our yard is under and through and behind this large group of palms.. the possums and raccoons and a few rats have been know to love this plant to. I love taking photos of the fronds. the below photos are to show you just how tall it is...we all three LOVE our Jungle...

Monday, September 28, 2015

Autumn Colors - Backyard View

Sunday September 27, 2015, Jake was begging for his first ball game of the day. I explained it was 6:45 and that we had a half hour before it would be light enough to see the ball. He insisted and I listened. I said "come on, mommy will show you it is to dark?

OH WOW! Mommy screamed while dashing for the camera.....Our Sunrise from our backyard viewed through the neighbors palm tree.

In the bottom right of above photo, is the roof line of our neighbors house. Once again I had to shoot UP and over to get these photos. We have no autumn leaves, but from now through December we have glorious sunrise/sunsets.