Your path is pretty Laura. What's the name of the tall palm looking plant on the right? And, is that a huge Angel Trumpet towards the rear on the left?

Rhonda

The common name is Madagasgar Palm. It has been there a few years in a pot and has grown into the ground. These things can get REALLY big if they don't get too cold.

Yes there is an angel trumpet on the left. Yes so large I have a number of hoyas hanging from the stems/branches.

Nice variety along your walk, and charming pavers. Show us pictures of your chickens?

Nice little path, Laura. I like your plant choices and placement. That Madagascar palm is particularly nice!

Carol in Jacksonville

Beautiful!

I agree tell us about your chickens. We love chickens here lol. I like your stone path. I need to do something like that. Mines all dirt then it rains and its all mud :/

The view is very inviting. Has a feel of "home". Nice!

thank you all for your nice comments. I have paths all around my house but this one I like because of the over hang of the bushes and its closeness.

Good to see you posting Ariel. I hope all is well with you.

I love my chickens. I have a really friendly group this time. They will get on my lap and are generally very good about letting me hold them.

I like how your chickens hang out, and your garden path is pretty.

scrambled eggs for everyone!!! The tall thorny plant is a pachypodium lamerei AKA a madagascar palm... has it bloomed yet? They have very nice large white flowers.

No, Ben, it hasn't bloomed. I've never seen one bloom so my hopes are not too high. I enjoy it just the way it is.

I really don't eat that many eggs. I do sell some to help off set they expenses of my hobby. I am going to hard boil some later. The trick is to age (10 days or so) them before boiling them or they are next to impossible to get the shell off.

I love your chickies. We have a ton of chickens here. The trick here is to get the eggs before the broodies can hide them and hatch them lol. Key West hens are infamous for hiding the eggs so they can make babies.

Beautiful!

Sultry, do you have Key Westers? Are they difficult to deal with?

Love your chickens, Laura.

There isn't a "key west" breed of chicken. Like Ybor City (Tampa) chickens Key West chickens are escapes that have naturalized in the area.

I spend a lot of time with my baby chicks and try to handle them so they get use to me and that makes it easier to catch them if I have to. Mine are very friendly. Even friendly chickens don't always like to be handled sometimes. They are very curious. I had my nails painted the other day and they just have to check that out.

Chickens are always ready for a handout and usually come running when they see me. The only time they ignore me is when they are dust bathing. In that case they are in their own little world...they find it very enjoyable and of course it is good for them.

See. You got me started on chickens. I could go on. I find them easy to care for and of course I enjoy it and wonder how I ever lived without chickens. hehe.

Cool I didn't know about KWC. show us some pictures.

Thanks, Sultry and Laura. Sultry, I had seen that thread some time ago, but had no idea you were the poster. Loved Captain Morgan.

Laura theres some pics of my original kw girls and roo on that link. I also put some pics of some crele roos I was working on later in the post.

Thanks Writersblock. I am flgardengirl on that forum. I hardly post there any more but I used to quite a bit. I love the KW roos. Some are a little skittish but none have ever been mean. Many are very colorful and remind me of sunsets.

The keywests may not be an official breed but they do seem to have an overall body type. They are smaller than most standard breeds but not as small as bantams or silkies. I have bantam chocolate orpingtons and silkies and the key west hens are larger than those breeds hens but smaller than say my Marans or standard sized Orpington hens etc.

There is quite a color range in the keywests. I have heard that there was a mostly white keywest flock near a graveyard there because they have evolved to blend in with the headstones and have evaded predators that way.

Fyi...Key West hens LOVE those huge palmetto bugs if I see one when I'm gardening etc., I call the girls and they will rip them to shreds! Awesome for me because I have a phobia of those things lol.

Laura, how do you keep the Madagascar Palm from getting root rot in our summer rains? My last one rotted away - just way too wet for it. That's a lovely path, and really nice gardening.

oh my! that thing is so pot bound! When it was small I guess that I had it in a well draining mix but that has been awhile ago. Because it is pot bound the size is stunted.