> JP>     Got the "postcard pics" today ....... Very nice indeed!!
 > JP> I lOVE your place!!
 >      Cool - that makes two of us!  Okay, I take that
 > back - everyone but Dean who sees the place says it is
 > ME and loves it too!  Not as big as what you and Meg
 > have but it is much better than I thought I could
 > afford.
    Well, it really looks nice, Vicki -- It's nice to go outside and pet and 
love your horses anytime you want to, isn't it???
 > JP>     Now - question -- WHY do you hate the Date Palm so much
 > JP> ......???
 >      1.  It cost me a FORTUNE to have it trimmed
 > enough that we could tell what it was!
    Ahhhhhhh -- you're going to have to learn how to handle a chain saw  
..... that's how we keep ours trimmed 
 >      2.  It is ugly...especially with all those little
 > shoots that are FOREVER growing around it.
    Heheheheh........ it's NOT ugly ..... but I'll agree they are something 
to try and keep looking nice.  Our horses like to eat the palm fraunds (sp).
 >      3.  I -think- it will shed dates, right?
    Donno' ....... you would think it would -- but then maybe it needs a 
male/female tree around before it does the "date" thing ..... From expierence 
-- Avacado trees - you need TWO of them before you'll get avacados off them.
 >      4.  Any other reason that YOU have for hating
 > date palms!  I will keep the fan palm as, although it
 > sheds those seed pods once a year unless you remember
 > to trim them, it is less messy and actually provides
 > some shade.  Can you see the 30+ foot high palm tree
 > on the left side of the house?  It provides an
 > enormous amount of shade and covered parking, too!
 > (Just gotta clean bird doo-doo off the cars a few
 > times a month.)os
    Hehehehehe ...... I still think that those trees are pretty !!
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