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Date: 9 Aug 2024

Our Barbados cherry has been fruiting on and on

Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra)

🍒 What's for lunch?

Yet another crop of Barbados cherry is here! Our Barbados cherry has been fruiting on and on for many months!

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💋How to make Barbados Cherry drink
💋65 times more of vitamin C

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Date: 9 Aug 2024

How this Raspberry ginger became spiral

Costus vargasii - Spiral Ginger Raspberry Yogurt

😵 How this Raspberry ginger became spiral


🍓Spectacular! Costus vargasii - Spiral Ginger Raspberry Yogurt

🍓This interesting name refers to the colorful raspberry colored stem, but that's not the only colorful thing about this Spiraling Ginger.

🍓The leaves are dark green, long and glossy with velvety deep purple undersides.

🍓The inflorescence is a vivid red with tight bracts and bold yellow flowers.

🍓The butterflies love to drink the nectar from the flowers.

🍓This is a large vigorous ginger, the spirals are growing up to 5-6 ft tall!

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Date: 8 Aug 2024

Self-care is not selfish

"Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel." – Eleanor Brown

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Date: 8 Aug 2024

Mango Rainbow tasting table-2: whats the taste of that Mango variety?

Mango Rainbow tasting table

🌈 Mango Rainbow tasting table-2: what's the taste of that Mango variety?

🥭 We've had another mango tasting table and asked participants to describe the taste in a few words. And this is what we got:

🟠 Haden - mild, melting, classic heavenly mango flavor,dark yellow flesh, almost fiberless.

🟠 Ugly Betty - opposite to the name, the taste is excellent , juicy, melting, sweet.

🟠 Cotton Candy - true candy, fiberless, sweet, melting.

🟠 Madame Fransis - dark orange pulp, slightly fibrous, robust, meaty like a steak, good with cognac. A little pulpy but unique flavor.

🟠 Diamond - bright yellow, fiberless, sugary, juicy, no pulp at all, classic mango taste, good with ice cream, "wow" taste!

🟠 Pickering - zesty, waterfall: all the flavors come at once, eat with White wine and/or a cake. Oval fruit somewhat flat, very large for a dwarf tree!

🟠 Baptiste - hint of citrus, melts in your mouth, dark orange flesh, crisp, eat with Red wine and cheese.

🟠 Florigon - creamy, buttery, spicy. Eat with Ice cream!

🟠 Tommy Atkins - has a bit zing to it, perfect consistency, perfect taste. Super colorful, crimson red to purple skin!

🟠 Nam Doc Mai - gold standard! Perfect every day.

🟠 Carry - tastes even better than all others, smooth buttery, lite!

What Mango varieties have you tried this year?
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Date: 8 Aug 2024

Can a cactus be fragrant?

Echinopsis sp. - Easter Lily Cactus

🌵 Can a cactus be fragrant?



The fragrant Easter Lily Cactus we introduced earlier is in bloom again! The flower only lasts a day or two, but what a delight!

What other cactus species with fragrant flowers do you know? Share in comments👇

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