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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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Need some plant suggestions

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Hello all -

I'm looking for some plants for the backyard and wanted to see if I could get some ideas here. I currently have a large tree fern, a couple types of ginger, several types of bromeliad and pagoda plant. My challenge is that the area is shady. We are in Florida and it is hot, but we're in an odd zone that tends to get below 20 degrees a couple of times in the winter (I'm a bit north of Tampa). Do you all know of some semi hardy bamboo that can handle shade or some other type of smaller, atractive tree that can handle shade? Also, I was considering planting some hostas - any advice on those?

Thanks!
 
I highly suggest using some native plants. They tend to be locally adapted for your area, not to mention they won't escape and cause problems elsewhere.

For a shady site, I recommend using plants such as (click on underlines for photos) American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana), Redbud (Cercis canadensis), saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), or even switchcane (Arundinaria gigantea or A. tecta). Switchcane is actually our native bamboo, and is hardy in a variety of sites. Redbud is a beautiful tree and is the first to blossom in the spring. All those purple trees you see driving down the road in March are redbuds.

Hope this helps!
 
Hi Vanessa -

Thanks for the suggestions. I actually like bamboo but didn't know of any that were shade tolerant. Beauty berry is a great idea too. Now the trick is to find a place that carries them. My parents have tons of beauty berry at their place, maybe I'll try to sprout some...
 
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