freaking south of the border indians

[aviator]

Nice house! Do you have a pool?

People suck shit! No matter what your zip code they just will not leave us alone.

In the Miami house I do, in Sanibel the ocean is at the end of the block, long block but one block, you could walk to it. I don't want a second pool, if my kids want it they can get it done when I'm done, let it be their problem. It would have to be screened in. Younger son is getting one built on his Marathon house, very costly, he is right on the water so they need to dig about 18 feet down and install concrete pylons to support the pool. He's got one in Miami too. Pool will go there in front of the water, all his neighbors have pools. Daughter, son, son-in-law.

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[Sanders]

In the Miami house I do, in Sanibel the ocean is at the end of the block, long block but one block, you could walk to it. I don't want a second pool, if my kids want it they can get it done when I'm done, let it be their problem. It would have to be screened in. Younger son is getting one built on his Marathon house, very costly, he is right on the water so they need to dig about 18 feet down and install concrete pylons to support the pool. He's got one in Miami too. Pool will go there in front of the water, all his neighbors have pools. Daughter, son, son-in-law.

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The Air-BNB we stayed in in Port St. Lucie last year had a screened in pool. Man, that was the only way to go. Laying on an air mattress in the pool and watching the lizards run over the screen and show off doing pushups. The neighbor had coconut trees, and I wanted to ask if I could have a few, but I could never catch them to ask. Forget hotels, if you have to travel, Air BnB is the only way to stay.

[aviator]

A pool is one of those things everybody wishes to have, then regret it. it's great while the kids are growing up, then it becomes a money pit. We never use ours, yet the maintenance company charges me $120 a month, the 1 HP electric motor running 8 hours a day costs me about $100 a month, not to mention if I turn the heat pump on...another $120 a month, God forbid the motor goes bad, and they do every 3-4 years, another $450, as long as the pump is good, if not another $800 to replace the pump, if you use a salt system the unit that turns it into chloride will go bad about every seven years on average, just around $800, I use a cartridge filter system, another $120 a year on average and then....here is the biggest part....every 10-15 years you may have to sandblast it and re-plaster.....about $10-15K. Is the pool worth it? not to me. Go to the beach instead.

[aviator]

Key lime pie made with fresh squeezed limes is on the top of my dessert list.

We lost our key lime tree to 22° temps this past winter.

Sorry I missed this. I planted one in Sanibel, the poor thing is in ICU, still alive a couple weeks ago but I don't think it will make it. The soil....there is no soil, it's all sand and sea shells when you dig, and it's salty, there were two consecutive years with floods..from the ocean, a quarter of a mile away, I dug a big hole and dumped a large bag of potting soil, but then it got so dry there everything is dying except a mango tree I planted at the other end, that one is happy. The flood messed up the irrigation system, too much money to redo. We now have about 20 pineapple plants in the ground, they'll do well. I have a few Red Dragon plants, bearing fruit.

[rto]

Sorry I missed this. I planted one in Sanibel, the poor thing is in ICU, still alive a couple weeks ago but I don't think it will make it. The soil....there is no soil, it's all sand and sea shells when you dig, and it's salty, there were two consecutive years with floods..from the ocean, a quarter of a mile away, I dug a big hole and dumped a large bag of potting soil, but then it got so dry there everything is dying except a mango tree I planted at the other end, that one is happy. The flood messed up the irrigation system, too much money to redo. We now have about 20 pineapple plants in the ground, they'll do well. I have a few Red Dragon plants, bearing fruit.

Put that keylime in a half barrel or large planter with potting soil that retains water and maybe it will survive. The tree that we lost lived for a couple of decades in a barrel planter that I moved into the garage during cold spells. It produced limes just fine. I moved it into the yard a couple of years ago and it was growing and producing fine. This winter was very cold and killed the top of it. The bottom of the trunk has new growth coming out but it will take years for it to produce limes again.
I bought another keylime at Lowes last week and plan to plant it where there is a better wind break and that I can cover it during the winter if needed.

[aviator]

Put that keylime in a half barrel or large planter with potting soil that retains water and maybe it will survive. The tree that we lost lived for a couple of decades in a barrel planter that I moved into the garage during cold spells. It produced limes just fine. I moved it into the yard a couple of years ago and it was growing and producing fine. This winter was very cold and killed the top of it. The bottom of the trunk has new growth coming out but it will take years for it to produce limes again.
I bought another keylime at Lowes last week and plan to plant it where there is a better wind break and that I can cover it during the winter if needed.

Yeah but the problem is we may not go there for a month or so, if it doesn't rain, I'm back to square one. $45.00 I paid for that tree. geez. My oldest son had one in a pot on his backyard, he spent almost a year without going to his house when he had those back surgeries and went paraplegic, when he returned, it was still alive and bearing fruit! Maybe I'll dig it out and see.

[rto]

Yeah but the problem is we may not go there for a month or so, if it doesn't rain, I'm back to square one. $45.00 I paid for that tree. geez. My oldest son had one in a pot on his backyard, he spent almost a year without going to his house when he had those back surgeries and went paraplegic, when he returned, it was still alive and bearing fruit! Maybe I'll dig it out and see.

Maybe your lawn maintenance guys could throw a bucket of water on the tree when they are there. Also when you kids are there have them do it too. Heck, maybe the coconut thieves could help out.

[aviator]

Maybe your lawn maintenance guys could throw a bucket of water on the tree when they are there. Also when you kids are there have them do it too. Heck, maybe the coconut thieves could help out.

Those guys do a lot but they will not go out of their way. The front of the house and one side , about 200+ feet of areca palms, they keep them clean and that's a job, they cut whatever grass grows, they kill weeds on the gravel area and anything that falls to the ground they pick it up, everything has to be chopped to 3 feet in length and tied, then placed in the front of the house for the city to pick it up, they do it once a week for $180 a month, not bad. They keep the place clean, I don't have to do it when I go.