Dave B's Blog - Winter here we come :-o

Post by **Dave Brown** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:15 am

Andy P wrote:LOl i never spotted the Puma till Cod mentioned it. Awwwww if only there was an afterlife i`d come back as that Cat!

I'll be joining you

cordyman · Post by **cordyman** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:48 pm

Dave Brown wrote:I Need to report a very rare occurrance. A sunny, warm day. Me being in, but with no cars on the drive. I don't think it has happened before Couple that with the new portrait panorama setting and it's completely different to any pics I've managed to get before.

Very very tidy indeed! Absolutely adore the recessed parking space on the right!

Do you get much pavement foot flow from passers by or have they no reason to walk that far round?

What a difference compared to your neighbours across the road, certainly doesnt look like the UK

Post by **Dave Brown** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:07 pm

cordyman wrote:
Dave Brown wrote:I Need to report a very rare occurrance. A sunny, warm day. Me being in, but with no cars on the drive. I don't think it has happened before Couple that with the new portrait panorama setting and it's completely different to any pics I've managed to get before.

Very very tidy indeed! Absolutely adore the recessed parking space on the right!

Do you get much pavement foot flow from passers by or have they no reason to walk that far round?

What a difference compared to your neighbours across the road, certainly doesnt look like the UK

It gets more people than you might think. The ally beside the Roman Villa, is the only link between the two housing estates, and is the main drag for dog walkers. Many people stop and talk about the garden as they are passing through.

cordyman · Post by **cordyman** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:38 pm

Dave Brown wrote:
cordyman wrote:
Dave Brown wrote:I Need to report a very rare occurrance. A sunny, warm day. Me being in, but with no cars on the drive. I don't think it has happened before Couple that with the new portrait panorama setting and it's completely different to any pics I've managed to get before.

Very very tidy indeed! Absolutely adore the recessed parking space on the right!

Do you get much pavement foot flow from passers by or have they no reason to walk that far round?

What a difference compared to your neighbours across the road, certainly doesnt look like the UK
It gets more people than you might think. The ally beside the Roman Villa, is the only link between the two housing estates, and is the main drag for dog walkers. Many people stop and talk about the garden as they are passing through.

Thats great people appreciate it and recognise it for its uniqueness! Have you had any local tropical converts?

If i'd have never found this forum from my first cordyline enquiry, but stumbled across a front garden like that, i'd have been instantly given the tropical hobby and desire to replicate!

GREVILLE · Post by **GREVILLE** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:24 pm

Great pics, Dave. If your home was made of wood American-style, I would assume the shots were taken in California

Post by **Dave Brown** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:37 am

Decided I need to update my blog.

As spring has sprung I've been transported to Espana for most of March

A few pics

otorongo · Post by **otorongo** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:14 am

Is that really Spain? Looks like Gravesend

Post by **Dave Brown** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:31 pm

otorongo wrote:Is that really Spain? Looks like Gravesend

Costa del Kent

cordyman · Post by **cordyman** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:47 pm

Great pics! Is it me or has the washy put on some considerable height?

otorongo · Post by **otorongo** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:02 pm

Dave Brown wrote:Costa del Kent

In Portuguese, Kent would be pronounced the same as quente, which means hot

fieldfest · Post by **fieldfest** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:37 pm

very nice as always mr B. love the butia. how old would you guestimate it to be?

Post by **Dave Brown** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:31 pm

cordyman wrote:Great pics! Is it me or has the washy put on some considerable height?

Yes, it loved the wet summer of 2012, and the warmth of 2013. Seems to be putting on around 6 to 9" (15 to 25cm)of trunk per year.

ConcreteJungle · Post by **ConcreteJungle** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:39 pm

Cant wait to get my Robusta going now, great growth over the years for yours.

Post by **Dave Brown** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:46 pm

otorongo wrote:
Dave Brown wrote:Costa del Kent
In Portuguese, Kent would be pronounced the same as quente, which means hot

Although Kent has the highest temps recorded in the UK Wikipedia suggests...

The name Kent probably means 'rim' or 'border' (compare the dictionary words cant in English, Kant in German, etc.), regarding the eastern part of the modern county as a 'border land' or 'coastal district.' Historical linguists believe that the proto-Indo-European root *kanthos could not pass into a Germanic language with its initial K sound intact, so the word must have passed via an intermediate language, either Celtic or Latin.

Post by **Dave Brown** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:56 pm

fieldfest wrote:very nice as always mr B. love the butia. how old would you guestimate it to be?

I bought the Butia in 1992, and was probably 5 or 6 years old, so around 25/30-ish years old

Pic from 1993

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