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What is Nescafe Coffee made from?

Mucuna pruriens - Nescafe, Purple Jade Vine

☕️ What is Nescafe Coffee made from? Purple Jade.

💜 Earlier we mentioned Green Jade Vine and Yellow Jade Vine. This one is purple!
  • 🫘 Mucuna pruriens - Nescafe, Purple Jade Vine has unusual royal purple flowers. The dark violet blooms appear closely pushed together in grape like clusters, up to 1 ft long and 6" in diameter.
  • 🫘 The seeds known as mucuna beans or Nescafe and used as a coffee substitute.
  • 🫘 It has been used for generations in India as a medicinal plant.
  • 🫘 Very vigorous woody tree creeper - during warmer weather this vine can grow 2 feet a day!
  • 🫘 Related to red Jade vine (Mucuna bennettii).


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What happens when a gardener gets a Swiss Cheese?

Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant

Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant

Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant

Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant

🧀 What happens when a gardener gets a Swiss Cheese? Swiss Cheese Plant!
  • 🌿 Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant - is an unusual form of Monstera with leaves that have many holes, much bigger than those in Swiss Cheese!
  • 🌿 Makes an interesting indoor specimen, an eye stopper.
  • 🌿 Shade lover, but can take some semi-shade too.
  • 🌿 Can be grown outdoors in warmer climates and climbs trees or walls wherever you need a green wall.
  • 🌿 Grows fast, very undemanding plant. Perfect when you need to fill space with greenery quickly.


🛒 Order Swiss Chees Plant

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What is your cats Zodiac sign?

What is your cats Zodiac sign? What is your cats Zodiac sign? What is your cats Zodiac sign?
♋️ 😸 What is your cat's Zodiac sign?
Cat Horoscope: Cancer Zodiac Cats 06/22-07/22

❓ How to know the astrological sign of your cat? It can be determined by either their date of birth or adoption, as adoption is often considered a second birth for cats.

  • ✨ You can discover the astrological traits that describe the cat, such as their independence, diva-like tendencies, sense of humor, intelligence, and more.

  • ✨ It's also important to consider the astrological relationship between cats and plants...


♋️ Cancer Zodiac Cats are:
  • ▪️faithful, loving, and protective
  • ▪️affectionate and enjoy cuddling
  • ▪️excellent communicators
  • ▪️can be quite jealous, viewing their family members as their personal property
  • ▪️feel lonely when left alone
  • ▪️love being in the spotlight and are often the stars of social media platforms


🌟 Learn more about Cancer Zodiac Cats and their lucky plants

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Whats for lunch?

Malpighia - Barbados Cherry Tree, fruit

🍒🥤 What's for lunch?

Our Barbados cherry has been fruiting on and on for months! We make juice every day.

📚 See earlier posts:
How to make Barbados Cherry drink
65 times more of vitamin C

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What to plant by the mailbox? Mailbox plant! Ideal plant for the Brown Thumbs

Kalanchoe - Mother of Thousands, Mailbox plant

Kalanchoe - Mother of Thousands, Mailbox plant

Kalanchoe - Mother of Thousands, Mailbox plant

Kalanchoe - Mother of Thousands, Mailbox plant

📬 What to plant by the mailbox? Mailbox plant! Ideal plant for the Brown Thumbs 👍🏾
  • 🚩 Kalanchoe plants are often called Mother of Thousands or the Mailbox plant - and guess why?
  • 🚩 Kalanchoe is the most convenient plant that will grow even by your mailbox! It requires no care, tolerates almost any conditions.
  • 🚩 Very fast growing, drought tolerant small perennial.
  • 🚩 The young plantlets which grow along the leaf edges are easily dislodged to become new plants and can be found in profusion around the base of the adult plant. Hence the name: Mother of Thousands. You will have as many of these tough cookies as you want!
  • 🚩 Perfect houseplant.
  • 🚩 Spectacular bloomer.


🛒 Shop kalanchoe varieties

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Did you have a good day? Think of any blessings

🐈 Did you have a good day? Think of any blessings...

"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." - Hippolyte Taine

🕯 Good night...

Share your cats in comments!
📸 🐈🐈🐈👇

🐾 More #PeopleCats in our Garden:
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How to get big shade tree in one season with an ice cream on it? Its real!

Ice Cream Bean Inga

Ice Cream Bean Inga

Ice Cream Bean Inga

Ice Cream Bean Inga

Ice Cream Bean Inga fruit

Ice Cream Bean Inga fruit

Ice Cream Bean Inga tree

Ice Cream Bean Inga tree

🍧 How to get big shade tree in one season with an ice cream on it? It's real!
  • 🍦 Ice Cream Bean Inga is the ultimate fast-growing, shade-providing fruit tree with an irresistible twist! It not only transforms your yard into a cool, inviting oasis in record time but also produces fruit that kids (and adults!) can't get enough of!
  • 🍦 Picture this: pods up to a foot long, bursting with sweet, creamy pulp that tastes exactly like ice cream!
  • 🍦 Craving instant shade? Perfect for those sunny spots where you need shade, the Ice Cream Bean Inga rapidly unfurls its lush, umbrella-like canopy, creating a natural, leafy retreat in just one season!
  • 🍦 With its delectable treats and speedy growth, this extraordinary tree is sure to be the highlight of your garden - where shade and sweetness meet!


🛒 Get shade with ice cream benefit

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Its not an orchid! But it looks like orchid:

Kaempferia angustifolia - Laos Silver Stripe

Kaempferia angustifolia - Laos Silver Stripe

Kaempferia angustifolia - Laos Silver Stripe

Kaempferia angustifolia - Laos Silver Stripe

💮 It's not an orchid! But it looks like orchid: Laos Silver Stripe
  • 💋 Kaempferia angustifolia - Laos Silver Stripe is one of the most beautiful of all the Kaempferia Peacock Ginger cultivars. It is one of the large types.
  • 💋 The plant has boldly striped leaves of green and silver.
  • 💋 The flowers are orchid shaped white and purple
  • 💋 Small, compact perennial, great for container culture. Deciduous in winter, like many others from Ginger family.
  • 💋 Shade lover, great as exotic houseplant.
  • 💋 This hard to find variety is a must for every Ginger collector.


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In Wesleys world, a full belly and a cozy nap spot are the ultimate luxuries: eat heartily, sleep soundly, and take life as it comes!

🐈🐈🐈 In Wesley's world, a full belly and a cozy nap spot are the ultimate luxuries: eat heartily, sleep soundly, and take life as it comes!

🕯 Good night from Wesley...

Share your cats in comments!
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Fruit of Money and Love

Theobroma cacao - Chocolate Tree, Cacao Tree

Theobroma cacao - Chocolate Tree, Cacao Tree

Theobroma cacao - Chocolate Tree, Cacao Tree

Theobroma cacao - Chocolate Tree, Cacao Tree

Theobroma cacao - Chocolate Tree, Cacao Tree

Theobroma cacao - Chocolate Tree, Cacao Tree

❤️💰 Fruit of Money and Love

🫘 Theobroma cacao, commonly known as the Chocolate Tree or Cacao Tree, is very exciting plant and a superfood as we mentioned earlier.
  • 💥 Theobroma means "food of the gods" in Greek. "Theo" means god, and "broma" means food.
  • 💥 The Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs were among the first to cultivate cacao, using it to make a bitter beverage called xocoatl. It was often spiced with chili peppers and used in various rituals and ceremonies.
  • 💥 Currency: in ancient Mesoamerican cultures, cacao beans were so valuable that they were used as a form of currency. For example, 100 beans could buy a slave or a turkey.
  • 💥 The Aztecs believed that cacao had stimulating properties and used it as an aphrodisiac. Emperor Montezuma was said to consume a large amount of cacao before visiting his harem. We can't deny that chocolate's mood-enhancing properties, combined with cultural and psychological factors, contribute to its romantic allure! ❤️
  • 💥 A cacao pod contains 20 to 50 beans, each surrounded by a sweet, mucilaginous pulp. The pods grow directly on the trunk and larger branches of the tree, a feature known as cauliflory.
  • 💥 After harvesting, cacao beans are fermented for several days, a critical step that develops the flavor precursors needed for chocolate production.
  • 💥 The Cacao tree thrives in the humid, tropical regions around the equator. It can be grown as an exciting house plant.
  • 💥 Health benefits: cacao beans are rich in antioxidants, magnesium, iron, and other minerals. They also contain flavonoids, associated with heart health benefits.
  • 💥 There are three main varieties of cacao beans: Criollo, Forastero, and Trinitario. Criollo is considered the highest quality but is less common due to its susceptibility to disease. Forastero is the most widely grown, known for its hardiness. Trinitario is a hybrid of the two.
  • 💥 It takes about 400 cacao beans to make one pound of chocolate. The beans undergo roasting, grinding, and mixing with sugar and other ingredients to produce the final chocolate product.


📚Learn more: Plants of Love - Aphrodisiacs of the plant world

🛒 Grow your own Chocolate Tree

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