Hello everyone, I'm Jim Hawk. I'm 65, soon to be 66 but am very healthy and active. I'm a Master Gardener in Hillsborough County (Tampa) and live on an acre lot on a lake in Odessa. My gardening interests are orchids, palms and cycads, grasses (both lawns and ornamentals), roses, rare tropical fruit, and most plants that are rare and different. I retired as a Defense Department physical scientest some 13 years ago and moved to Florida to care for my elderly mother who passed last year. My job allowed me to travel and live in many parts of the world, sparking my interest in tropical fruits. I met my wife of 27 years while living in Peru. We have no children or pets. Other hobbies include exercising at a gym 5 days a week and singing bass in the church choir. Just a note: somewhere on this thread I saw we have a Boilermaker. I did my grad work at Purdue back in the 70's.
Jim
