Weed Tree and Palms

 This is a  we don't want you, volunteer TREE the birds planted in the middle of the bougainvillea in the front yard. Bob cuts it back and it is 3 feet tall again in a few weeks. It is a carrot wood, and is an invasive tree in Florida that is hard to kill and per internet needs an arborist to kill it. 

 Per University of Fla Remove Carrotwood from Your Property to Protect Florida's Natural Areas

Cupaniopsis anacardioides Carrotwood Non-native to Florida and on Florida Noxious Weed List FISC Category 1 Invasive more info here https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/cupaniopsis-anacardioides/

We are not thankful for this tree, but we are thankful for these tiny palms, we found there are many good useful things from this tree and the fruit it bears.

The Palms have tripled in size since I picked them up from the neighbor's curb side trash.

All of this is due to a month of RAIN every day. Not all day, just a storm a day or a shower.

Today is Thankful Thursday over at Brian's Home and I am thankful I knew Brian and all his siblings and parents and that we have rain and more rain and water droplets on the new plants. 

Tuesday night we had yet another Thunder Boomer Storm, it was even worse than the three a few days ago and put down 3 inches of rain in under 30 minutes, the street was a rising like a creek, and the boom/flashes were coming 3 at a time, at the SAME time.. per channel 7 we had 162 flashes in 16 minutes. another record and friend Jackie had hail, a tree fell on a house a few miles away and we had no damage and I did not have a heart attack while the booms were flashing... I waited each time for flames to appear on our roof. SO THANKFUL they did not