64 and Counting

Whenever Gary starts working on a house, he starts outside.  That's just how he does it.  So off we went to the Flea Market in Fort Myers in search of the Chinese Fan Palms that we like so much.  We planted these in our backyard two years ago and have total privacy.  They start out about 3 feet and are easily 10 feet now. They grow fast, don't shed anything, don't need any special care, and give complete privacy so Gary can strut around in his Speedos by the pool without neighbors posting pictures on Facebook.

Chinese Fan Palms are hard to find but luckily Bob the Plant Guy was able to gather up 64 for us.  By our measurements, we needed that many to get the whole backyard surrounded.  In less than 48 hours, Gary hand dug 64 holes and planted them all.  Of course I was nearby to supervise the whole operation.  I don't see how leaning on the shovel gets anything done.  Just saying.

As you can see, the truck was crammed full, we put most of them in the house until Gary could get to them. 

When some of the new neighbors saw us carrying all these plants into the house, we thought we might get arrested for starting a grow house, they kinda look like pot plants.  But the police were too busy checking out the menu at Dunkin Donuts so we were ok. 

The plants are now all in and they really make the grass look even yellower than before.  I'll have to get on him about that. Margaret

Side of House after

Side of House before