Welcome on board.

Here in the Bay Area, it's been statistically the coolest year I can remember, so far. Hell 'o dry, though. Hope the castors make it through the rest of the year. We live in a flat on the second floor, and they're all the shade we have since the owner of the complex was forced by the city to cut down the yucca (which is coming back, though it may whack the castors.) due to it allegedly being a problem for the foundation of the building. Well, the tree cutters left the roots, so the alleged threat is still there, and we lost a beautiful tree that acted as a wind-break and gave us a lot of shade since it was very old, and huge.

Despite the fact it may kill the castors, we are NOT telling anyone that matters that the yucca is not only coming back, but there's even more treelings coming up than there was before. Neither is anyone else. Too bad they're so slow growing.