It all sounds wonderful---I wish you the best with your woods Florence

maifleur, My father grew up on the south shore of Boston. He is not around to ask but I know he broke more than one nose as a boy because he was called a deigo! I grew up being called all of them in a little, ignorant, Maine town, even though my mothers family donated the Minute Man in Lexington, the Fogg library at Harvard, and the seed money for the Arnold Arboretum as well as being one of the first 6 families to settle Dover NH, related to Gov. Wentworth, and 2 presidents. All because my last name was Italian. I let it roll off. What bothered with this post was being called not white and greasy. This seed co. is actually in Winchester Mass., Which is just about as high end and "waspy" as you can get aside from Beacon Hill. The contact name on their site is McKay, doesn't sound too ginzo to me! If this poster was just being funny and was Italian then he should understand my being offended and smart enough not to perpetuate the stereotype.

Humber Nurseries lists "Skies over Italy" geranium in this pdf listing . You could try calling them to see if they have in stock http://www.gardencentre.com/wp-content/uploads/305-GERANIUM-2012a.pdf you will need to scroll down the page to find the listing . Signet

I'm not in Hawaii (except in spirit!), but I've successfully grown fantastic papayas in Texas just from what popped up on my compost! Why not just go down to an organic food store and buy an organic papaya there? It'll work! Even if it's not organic, hybrids tend to revert back to their older stock-- i.e. they're not "true to type," and will revert back to a heritage variety-- at least with tomatoes, anyway. I think papaya ought to be similar.