I'm sorry for your loss. I would like to know where you are located also. I may be interested in taking a few off your hands if you are close enough, or may know someone who is.

I second Living Color Nursery, just went this weekend. Very nice setup. 21 acres. They also do a good job of labeling the plants. Also have a dedicated "Native" plant area. Flamingo Road Nursery is also really nice. Well designed, focus more on plants, palms and citrus. Not many trees. It is really a beautiful nursery, a place you can spend a few hours and feel like you should have paid them. Plus many other tree nurseries in the area. http://www.flamingoroadnursery.com/

K, Jen, Laura: Thanks for your thoughtful advice on all of my questions--if I comment on all of it this post will get too long, so I'm gonna restrain myself. But I took in everything each of you said! UPDATE: What a difference a few days makes! We are back to balmy tropical weather here--I was just outside at 11pm and it had to be 78 still. And interestingly, every last one of my trees have started leafing out again! They all looked so sleepy last week LOL. So I went ahead and gave 'em a foliar feed--I told myself it was an investment in next season's flowers. (*Shrug?*) It's very fascinating to me how sensitive these plants are to day-to-day changes in the weather... As for the cuttings: I posted the question four days ago. Just today, I noticed an unmistakeable root tip peeking through the soil under Kelly Moragne! Let's hear it for Kelly YAY! LOL I think it too is responding to the switch back to the tropical weather. Now, if only Jeanne Cecile would do the same--the news is not as good there. The cutting itself seems to be in pretty decent shape: it's pretty firm still, also looks fairly green, not too shriveled. But on the tips, the old claws that it put out before it stalled are drying out and falling off. The verdict is, I think, that I'll give it about another week at most, and if there's still a whole lotta nothin' goin' on by next week, JC and I are going for a ride LOL...to...LUC'S PLACE... Finally: Laura!! You talking about your reaction to hot food cracked me up! Haha actually, I come from proper Pennsylvania German stock, and so things like "green chile" aren't in my genetic programming either. But I spent nine years in Arizona and slowly but surely acquired a taste for the stuff...and I love it now...but there was definitely some pain on that journey! I made those chiles into "pork green chile" just today...it's a rather soupy concoction that I'll use it to top burritos, fried eggs, you name it. It's delicious, but yes, it's spicy hot too. Aren't you just a LITTLE curious? ;) Thanks again y'all, Greg

johnb51: That's what I have heard: that SW side is more economical and less crowded but it probably depends on 'where' exactly lol. I would have to be zoned agriculture and away from the larger cities a little bit since I have chickens and loud roosters. They do make good fertilizer! :P I was also born in L.A. but later moved to Phx AZ. I love it in FL. The humidity took some getting used to compared to the Southwest. I've been out here 3 years now. marinfla: I like your mango story. Its funny how little things can change our lives. Your yard sounds like paradise. I can't wait until I can put my fruit trees in the ground and not worry about freezes so much. Bob1016: Sounds like you had quite an education in fruit trees since you were very young. What a nice environment to grow up in! I can imagine that you miss it and your grandfather quite a bit. njoasis: Sounds fun! I just bet they do! Can you make a good mojito? lol