[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by JP

I haven't really noticed any bugs or rats around or in my palms and I think I pay pretty close attention to that kind of stuff.
I too love the sound of the palm fronds in the breeze when I am sitting on my linai.
We are in Florida. Florida is for palms.

You won't see the roaches or rats unless
you're outside during the wee small hours of the night.
The rats nest at the top and the bugs are in the dead
and dried out parts along the trunk, usually high up also.

The rustling of the leaves in a tree make the same sound
as the palm fronds when there's a breeze.

I guess you haven't been here long enough to want shade --
to keep both you and your house cooler , or else
it just doesn't matter to you.