I am looking for a lot of different stuff (most not on my WANT list, my list just shows some of the thing I want the most as I am New to GardenWeb and have not put much on my lists) so if you want something on my trade list but I donÂt have it on my want list, please let me know, I may still trade!

You Can Grow Tropical Fruit Trees by Robert Mohlenbrock 1980 Success With Small Food Gardens Using Special Intensive Methods By Louise Ritto (1977) Trees of North America by Brockman Mother Nature's Recipe Book by Derwood McCraken 1975 The Gardener's Book of Berries By Allana Swenson 1994 How to Know Wildflowers Mr. William Starr Dana (a Dover book.)originally 1900! Edible and Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada by Charles Francis Saunders (a Dover Book.) Originally 1920! The Suburban Farmer's Handbook Jack Kramer 1977 (an old library book. Usable.) Herbs Techniques, Recipes, and More Kathi Keville 1991 Container Gardening (Burpee Book) Suzanne Frutig Bales 1993 The New Vegetable and Herb Expert Dr. D. G. Hessayon 1997 Down To Earth Gardening Month By Month from The Garden Club of Lookout Mountain 1974 (oddball self published book done with plastic spiral binding. Kinda fun.) Backyard Composting from Harmonius Press 1992 and some Sunset books (you did'nt think you could avoid those?) Low Maintenance Gardening Small Space Gardens Lawns and Ground Covers I also have a couple of Trees of Antiquity catalogs and Forestfarm catalogs, if any would like them. Also a Wayside Gardens catalog from 1981. I have a few others (especially more Sunset books) just ask. I will ship book rate.

Hey, welcome home! I did the same thing...stayed away for 30 years and then came back. There is a huge advantage to buying an old homeplace. We have one of those, too. The first recorded ownership is dated 1874...not really so long ago, but you'd have to see where it is to appreciate the guts it took to do it. I have learned that either the first or second owner had a blind wife. (First one didn't stay long) We had wondered why the well and ice house were located so close to the back door of the old log cabin. Anyway, the garden is very rock free. Of course, we had to pick them all up out of the fence row and haul them away. LOL I had plans for the fence row on the north side of the garden. I suspect most of your plants will be happy to move to warmer country. There are a few exceptions that I can think of. One is rhubarb...not large on most peoples list, but I really haven't had much luck growing the red kind here. The old green one will do fine, but the red likes colder country. Some apples do better farther north, but there are those that love it here...such as Arkansas Black. I have a love/hate relationship with that apple. It keeps in my celler for months...in fact has to be stored before it's fit to eat. Seems to be totally resistant to Cedar Apple rust and produces every year. Winesap and Starks Krimson Delicious are also doing well. Have not found a yellow apple that does well here because of the cedar apple rust problem. We don't want to spray more than twice per year, so that limits our selection. All of the berries will do well here. Brown rot is a problem here with the excessive humidity, so those fruits that have a problem with it are off our list. The old half wild concord grape does well. I would check in with your local University Extension Agent for lists of plants. You will find some plants that you couldn't grow in zone 4...so it's a trade off.

Nice list. I don't have anything right now, but I want to give you hope that someone is reading your post! Heidi