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zuzu
12-20-2008, 07:57 PM
Hi everyone! :hiiiiyanana: Thanks for letting me join your bunch.

I live and grow on a small coastal island :islandsharkbanana: in southeastern N. Carolina (zone 8),
but I'm a native Floridian with deep zone 10 roots,
and after more than 20 years up here, I still gravitate to subtropicals and tropicals,
adaptation is a slow process, as it turns out ... :o*sigh* ... I keep trying to turn my tiny plot into the jungle of my dreams.

I don't have many banana plants at this time,
my efforts at keeping them alive through winter are not always successful,
but no jungle is complete without them,
so I do keep trying. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/ozonetraveler/runintobrickwall.gif (<- need one of those with a 'nanner :ha:)

Again, thanks for lettin' me in, I look forward to getting to know y'all. :bunchonanas:

D_&_T
12-20-2008, 08:07 PM
Welcome a board zuzu!!

You will have to read some of the cold hardy banana threads, they might help you!

zuzu
12-20-2008, 08:20 PM
Thanks for the welcome D&T - :bananas_b
Yes, I do think that I have a lot to learn, and this looks like just the place to do it.
It would be great to get some good, reliably hardy varieties established,
though I know that I will still want to accent with some of the sexy, cold-sensitive types. :ha:

D_&_T
12-20-2008, 10:18 PM
Here only few can survive outside overwinter with a lot of protection!

MediaHound
12-20-2008, 10:19 PM
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/ozonetraveler/runintobrickwall.gif (<- need one of those with a 'nanner :ha:)


Welcome aboard!

I will see about hiring the designer who made this for us: :lurk: to make one of those with a banana, cool suggestion.

Make yourself at home! Thanks for joining!

Tog Tan
12-21-2008, 10:01 AM
Heyyy welcome Zuzu, tis da place to go bananas!:ha: Hope to hear more from you soon. In the meantime, browse and enjoy!:drum:

zuzu
12-21-2008, 12:11 PM
Thanks for the warm welcomes M'Hound and Tog Tan,
and all the rest of you who have peeked in and said "hi", too, http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/ozonetraveler/girlwavy.gif I really appreciate it.
I will see about hiring the designer who made this for us: :lurk: to make one of those with a banana, cool suggestion.

Oh, be careful about giving in too easily to my suggestions, http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/ozonetraveler/girl_blush2.gif
I should confess at the beginning that I am a desperate emoticon junkie ...
but... with that being said,
that one truly does symbolize how I feel when I slam into the zone barrier time and again
(because I am far more well-endowed with stubborness than with wisdom. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/ozonetraveler/GirlyGiggle.gif).


Heyyy welcome Zuzu, tis da place to go bananas!:ha: Hope to hear more from you soon. In the meantime, browse and enjoy!:drum: Oh yup!! http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/ozonetraveler/blissysmile.gif SOO much to see/read/learn!!
I could get lost in here for weeks -
say, if you happen find me wasting away in a back corner, in a banana stupor, :0493:
lead me gently back to the front gate, would ya? :ha: