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Life is a marathon. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

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What orchid tree has stunning red and yellow flowers year around? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Bauhinia madagascariensis - Red Butterfly Orchid Tree

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How to make a zippy Papaya-Citrus Marinade. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How to make a zippy Papaya-Citrus Marinade
🍲 How to make a zippy Papaya-Citrus Marinade

🍗 🍖 The Papaya enzyme papain makes this fruit especially suitable for tenderizing meat in marinades. Use this zippy marinade for beef or poultry.

  • ✔️ 1 cup papaya puree
  • ✔️ 1 tbsp lime zest
  • ✔️ 1/3 cup grapefruit juice
  • ✔️ 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
  • ✔️ 1 tbsp honey
  • ✔️ 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
  • ✔️ 1 tbsp coarse black pepper
  • ✔️ 1/2 tsp basil leaves
  • ✔️ 2 tbsp olive oil


🍊 Combine and mix all ingredients except olive oil, then gradually mix in olive oil. Marinade meat for 2-8 hrs and cook over grill.

📚 From previous posts:

🛒 Get your own Papaya tree

#Recipes #Food_Forest

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How to get an easy and showy butterfly attracting bush. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder, flower

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder, flower

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder flowering

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder flowering

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It's the only place you have to live. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

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What is the biggest mango fruit? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Mango Kiew Yai

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If RED is your favorite flower color, this is your plant! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Epidendrum radicans - Orange Reed Ground Orchid

Epidendrum radicans - Orange Reed Ground Orchid

Epidendrum radicans - Orange Reed Ground Orchid

Epidendrum radicans - Orange Reed Ground Orchid

Epidendrum radicans - Orange Reed Ground Orchid

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Life is like a tangled ball of yarn. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Life is like a tangled ball of yarn

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How to always have your own Root Beer. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How to always have your own Root Beer

  • Piper auritum - Root Beer Plant, Acuyo, False Kava-Kava - is a close relative of Piper methysticum (Kava-Kava), and Piper nigrum (Black Pepper). It is very often confused with Kava-Kava, and probably has some similar medicinal effects.

  • This herb originated from Tropical America and grows also in the South Pacific.

  • Large-leaved perennial, known for its leaves, which are used for their spicy aromatic scent and flavor, some liken to root beer, others to anise-clove. It can be used for making a root beer-flavoted drink.

  • This species is easily identified by its huge leaves which can grow over a foot long in older specimens.

  • The leaves are chopped and used for flavoring, as well as used whole, as wrappings for meats, tamales, etc.


📚 Learn more about Piper plants

🛒 Grow your own Root Beer Plant

#Food_Forest #Remedies

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