Jim I'm late getting here. I love Midwestern Architecture, thanks for not going up-town on me. Americana at it's finest. I've been under the weather so I missed this, thanks for sharing.
sick, appts, etc. and it's been stifling here too. The fills-like has been 10* higher than actual but now low 70s and rain.
I don't know where to start. Your cactus and Pachycaul are the best. What a collection and so healthy.
Your watermelons are making me smack my lips. Ive been eating them all summer. We had out Giant Pumpkin & Watermelon weigh-off this past Saturday.
This 318.8 lb watermelon took Grand Prize.


Might as well show the 2025 Giant Pumpkin Winner. It weighed 1196.6 lbs

I've always heard they feed them all summer with sugar water and former winning seed.

Jim your Ensete Maurelli Banana from Ethiopia is the largest I've ever seen, wow. Protect it please. I sure miss growing those Castor Beans, (mo beans down here) Nice to see them. Jim do you have to dig up those Thai giants ? Beautiful. Trying to hide that Crassula ovata Jade tree ? .. and that Butia ? Those two specimens are what's known as spectaculars among plant growers . Jim thanks for sharing these photos. Hope you get some rain soon. I had no rain from May through July. Not a lot since but things are green and blooming again. I will post some things Wednesday. Have to go back to Nashville Rx tomorrow. Thanks.