Thanks :-)
I'm not sure those exotics will succeed, since we have a colder climate, but I've read of people who grew them with success, so I should give it a try.

I'm still trying to convince my girlfriend that we don't use the front yard for anything else than park our cars, so I could just as good take half of it and turn it into a veggie patch... I still have some major convincing to do, though - lol.