Archive for October, 2008

  • Walk Amongst Tall Pines and Cypress

    Walk Amongst Tall Pines and Cypress

    Tucked into the heart of Royal Palm Beach in Southeast Florida is Preservation Park, primarily a bike trail but also an excellent park to walk amongst tall pines, cypress and sable palms.  Newly dedicated this June, Preservation Park offers smooth walking paths with different degrees of difficulty for mountain biking. Palmetto palms border the trails with [...]

    Read More

  • Tok Alaska

    Tok Alaska

    Kathy’s pictures from Tok, Alaska are truly inspiring and I enjoy sharing them on OSR.   So here are a few shots courtesy of Kathy.    You can find Tok, Alaska right where Highway 1 and Highway 2 intersect.  If you are traveling the highways in Alaska, eventually you will go thru Tok. A good book about Alaska [...]

    Read More

  • Ficus Defoliator: Ficus White Fly

    Ficus Defoliator: Ficus White Fly

    Ed M., OSR visitor and avid lover of all things that photosynthesize, mentioned that his neighbor’s ficus hedge is getting defoliated by the Fig Whitefly and is trying to prevent his ficus hedge from suffering the same fate.  The ficus defoliating Fig Whitefly (Singhiella simplex) first came to light in South Florida in 07 in [...]

    Read More

  • Hooked on Wyatt Fulton

    Hooked on Wyatt Fulton

    The Atlantic Ocean was flat as Wyatt’s 16 ft. Carolina Skiff gently rocked side to side just south of the Jupiter Inlet.  The air was surprisingly still and quiet, broken up by an osprey scouting the shoreline for its next meal.  I had just switched sides of the skiff and with fishing rod in hand threw [...]

    Read More

  • Guess the Plant and Win Susan Casey’s Book, The Devil’s Teeth

    Guess the Plant and Win Susan Casey’s Book, The Devil’s Teeth

    I first noticed this southeastern native plant a few years ago but could never figure out what it was,  the tan fibers along the leaves are similar to what you would find on a Washingtonia Palm frond. (pictured below) Last week I noticed the plant for sale by a few nurseries at The Landscape Show in [...]

    Read More