did you ever find seeds or trades? i really hope so, there are usually some really nice people here. :') i know how lonely it can be!! i was a kid and we moved tons!! ~Medo

Here are some suggestions I have learned from John Panzarella who has over 140 varieties of citrus in containers. Plant mandarins (loose skin types) for best fruit in containers since they have less problems when temperatures soar and water in the container goes through large swings. Tight skin fruit tends to split a lot worse. Do not re-pot into a much larger size pot. Keep the plant a little confined. Go up only one size. 5 gal --> 7 gal otherwise the tree may want to not fruit and just give vegetative growth. John lives about fifty miles south of Houston. I would not re-pot now unless you are growing them indoors. I would avoid using perlite except maybe less than 10% and make sure it is coarse. It holds too much water. Be certain the potting mix drains well. You should see drainage in 30 to 45 seconds or less after watering. Always double pot, unless the pots are shaded, or they will get root damage. Fertilizer should be applied at half rates and twice as often as the package recommends unless it is slow release. Avoid citrus that normally mature after the end of January as they tend to become alternate bearing. Examples: Murcott (Florida honey) and Valencia. It must be the temperature swings. It was 81 today, and Wed AM it is supposed to be 31. Two weeks ago it was in the 20's. They do OK in deep South Texas. Also remember; citrus roots like it less than 85 deg F. Half the year they will be way outside their comfort range in a container on a patio in Florida. If you have hard (alkaline) water you will have additional problems. We can deal with that too. Citrus does not do well when fertilized like veggies because it does not tolerate the high phosphorus feeding. Trees on standard trifoliate rootstock tend take the swings of lack of water better than others I have tried. Avoid all lemon rootstocks for good eating fruit. Please do not take any citrus out of Florida to any citrus growing state. It is very illegal and it is possible to spread several deadly citrus diseases.

Yes, there are any number of groups who keep archives of photographs like this. The problem is connecting you to the interested parties. They'd be historical collections like the State keeps, Nara archives, historians for the various Regiments, the bases themselves. I have the same situation in that my father's military services spanned from early in WWII, through Korea and two tours in Viet Nam. I haven't had time to sort, catalogue and contact yet, but have the same situation. I'll be getting into this come summer when I have some down time from work, I imagine.

I have been using Fiskar's Ultra Shape Express Die Cutter and it's not easy to use. I've slipped with the razor you'll have to rotate the cutter as the razor blade does not turn along inside the template and have damaged couple of my pictures. I'm keeping the templates and I hold the picture up on the window (lights through) to get where you want to cut out, mark with non-toxic on the back of the picture and cut out using the scissors. It takes more time but saves the hassles from damaging the pictures and myself! By the way youÂll learn more and get quick answers (not many ppl come here - very slow) if you go to www.scrapbook.com.