The terrace has an amazing 20 year old cycad / cycas sagopalm. More than one meter high. But, it has to go, it's extremely poisonous for dogs. Every part of the plant. The leaves, and the nice red nuts it produces.
We replanted it outside the fence. An operation that has cost days and days. First, while constructing the fence we tried to dig it up, but the soil is hard, and it has a big system of fibrous roots. So, with the hammer drill engineer Jansen has spent days digging a trench around it, softening the soil with water, but it would not really budge.
In the end we bent it every way, managed to tear is off it's roots. I hope enough roots are left to make those regrow. Currently it does not look terribly happy, the lower leaves are sagging. But, the hot weather is over, so it has some opportunity to recover, we hope.
The top was a yellow-beige ball of fluff, that is now showing the red nuts! (Hope that is not a bad sign)
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