🍒 How to make an exotic treat: Barbados Cherry Jelly

Barbados Cherry is a vigorous grower that starts producing right away, and by the second year you have so much fruit that you don't know what to do with it - you can eat only so much fruit out of hand! Earlier we shared a recipe of delicious Barbados Cherry Juice drink. The juice tastes very similar to Guava juice: it is very aromatic and tasty, and has a beautiful Baby-pink color. The Jelly recipe is even more exotic teat!

🎀 Barbados Cherry Jelly

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  ✔️ 4 cups cherry juice
• ✔️ 5 cups sugar
• ✔️ 1 package dry pectin
• ✔️ 2 tbsp lemon juice

• 🍷To fully ripen cherries, place them in plastic container, cover and leave overnight. Cherries will be dark, rich red color the next day.
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  🍷To make juice: Place cherries in a pan, cover with water, bring to boil. Crush cherries and simmer for a few minutes. Strain.
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  🍷Add pectin and bring to a boil again. Add sugar and lemon juice and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and skim off foam. Pour into sterilized glass and seal.

📚 From previous posts:

• • Cherry juice recipe
• • 65 times more of vitamin C than an orange - in Barbados Cherry
• • Barbados Cherry Mini Version
• • Learn more about Barbados Cherry

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🧙‍♀️ Why the shamans call Ayahuasca "vine of the soul"

🥃 Banisteriopsis caapi, known as Ayahuasca, is the key ingredient in the traditional Amazonian brew revered as the "vine of the soul." Used in sacred rituals for its hallucinogenic and healing properties, it cleanses the body and spirit while serving as a profound teacher in indigenous ceremonies.

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🍈 What fruit tree is full of fruit year around

Our Dwarf June Plum that we mentioned earlier is full of fruit again! Looks like this tree is fruiting year around. We always see either fruit on it, or both flowers and fruit. It is probably the heaviest producer we've ever seen!

• ✳️ This exciting fruit tree will amaze you with its ability to fruit abundantly at a young age and small size. This is a DWARF variety of June plum, or Ambarella (Spondias cytherea).
• ✳️ Compact 6-7 ft tree. Perfect container fruit tree.
• ✳️ Very aromatic fruit, resembling that of a Mango (it's Mango's close relative) but with completely different, fragrant flavor.
• ✳️ Expect heavy fruit production!

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🥑 How to make an improved Avocado sandwich.

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  💚 Ingredients:

• · 1 ripe avocado
• · 2 slices of your favorite bread (whole grain, sourdough, etc.)
• · 1 small tomato, sliced
• · 1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
• · A handful of fresh spinach or arugula
• · 1-2 tablespoons of hummus or mayonnaise
• · Salt and pepper to taste
• · Optional: A squeeze of lemon juice, red pepper flakes, or a fried egg

💚 Instructions:

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  · Toast the slices of bread until they're golden and crispy.
• · Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit, and scoop the flesh into a bowl. You can either slice it or mash it with a fork until smooth, then season with salt, pepper, and a squeeze of lemon juice if desired.
• · Spread hummus or mayonnaise on one slice of the toasted bread.
• · Layer the avocado, sliced tomato, red onion, and fresh spinach or arugula.
• · Top with the second slice of bread (optional).
• · Cut the sandwich in half and serve immediately.

🍿 Enjoy!

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🍆 How big is Giant Granadilla fruit and does it come from a Passion Vine?

Passiflora quadrangularis - Giant Granadilla Fruit is one of the species of a Passion Vine. Known for its impressive fruits and exotic flowers, it offers numerous benefits to gardeners.

• ☸️ Edible Fruit is impressive in size: 6-12 inches in length; it can weigh between 2 to 4 pounds! Though some may grow even larger under optimal conditions.👀

Granadilla fruits that are not only delicious but also rich in vitamins and nutrients.
• ☸️ Showy Flowers: Produces large, fragrant flowers with intricate designs
• ☸️ Attracts Pollinators: The flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, promoting a healthy garden ecosystem.
• ☸️ Vigorous Grower: This vine grows rapidly and can cover trellises, fences, and pergolas, providing lush greenery and shade within just one season.
• ☸️ The fruits can be eaten fresh, juiced, or used in desserts and culinary dishes
• ☸️ Medicinal Properties: Traditionally used in some cultures for its potential health benefits, including digestive aid and anti-inflammatory properties.
• ☸️ Heat Tolerant: Thrives in warm climates and is relatively drought-tolerant once established.

📚 Learn more about Passion fruit and vine from previous posts:

• · The truth about Passion flower and Passion fruit
• · The Passion Fruit – Juicy Maracuya

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🍈 What to do when you have too much of Jackfruit: make Jackfruit Apple Marmalade!

🍴 Jackfruit is delicious exotic treat, we are waiting so many months for it to ripen, but when when we finally have it - it's more than we can eat! Jackfruit is the biggest fruit grown on a tree, and even with one fruit crop you will have enough for both eating fresh and cooking!

🍎 Jackfruit Apple Marmalade

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  ✔️ Ripe jackfruit - 2 cups sliced arils
• ✔️ Apple pulp - 1 cup
• ✔️ Sugar - 3 cups

🍐 Cut the Jackfruit arils and remove the seeds. Finely slice the arils. Mix with apple pulp and cook until mixture thickens and marmalade sets. Pour into sterilized jars and seal.

📚 From previous posts:

• • What is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world?
• • How to grow the biggest fruit on Earth.

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🥑 Healthy breakfast, lunch or snack: Avocado sandwich

Avocado toast is creamy, crisp and so satisfying. It’s a delicious and simple breakfast, snack or light meal!

🥪 Ingredients (makes 1 toast):

• ◾️ 1 slice of bread (thick-sliced whole-grain or rye bread is the best)
• ◾️ ½ ripe avocado
• ◾️ Pinch of salt and black pepper

📝 Instructions:

• • Toast your slice of bread until golden and firm.
• • Remove the pit from your avocado. Use a big spoon to scoop out the flesh.
• • Spread avocado on top of your toast.
• • Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and pepper.

🍿 Enjoy!

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🍗 How to grow drumsticks on a tree

🥁 Our Moringa Tree is full of drumsticks!
Learn more about this useful plant - Moringa oleifera - Horseradish tree - from our previous posts:

📚 Earlier posts:

• · What is the most useful tree in the world?
• · How to grow a happy Moringa Tree

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🍲 How soon will Peanut Butter Tree fruit?

This is a 3-year old Peanut Butter Tree (Bunchosia argentea) that we introduced in earlier post. It's the second year it's been fruiting. Delicious fruit!

Bunchosia argentea - Peanut Butter Tree, earns its name from its fleshy fruits that boast a delightful peanut butter flavor.

📚 Learn more from previous posts:

• • Delectable Peanut Butter Tree
• • The best small fruit trees that will produce right away

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