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Date: 11 Feb 2025

Calliandra Tree everyone should have: how big and fast does it grow?

🎈 Calliandra Tree everyone should have: how big and fast does it grow?

Calliandra houstoniana - Tree Calliandra - is the only tree form of Powderpuff. It quickly grows into a bushy beautiful tree under 20 ft - in just one season, and fluffy pink flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies year around

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Date: 10 Feb 2025

The Tailless and the Bushy Tail

👍 The Tailless and the Bushy Tail...

📸 Matilda is a tailless Manx breed, and Georgie has a tail size of a peacock's!
Put a ♥️ for "not fair", and a 👍 for a "tough life"

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Date: 10 Feb 2025

When you have a big crop of Star Fruit: sweet and Spicy Carambola Salsa recipe

Carambola Salsa

Carambola Salsa

⭐️ When you have a big crop of Star Fruit: sweet and Spicy Carambola Salsa recipe

😁 Ingredients:
  • · 2 ripe Carambola (starfruit), finely diced
  • · 1 small red bell pepper, diced
  • · 1 small red onion, finely chopped
  • · 1 jalapeño, seeded and minced
  • · 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
  • · Juice of 1 lime
  • · 1 tablespoon honey or agave syrup
  • · Pinch of salt


📞 Instructions:
  • · Combine the diced carambola, red bell pepper, red onion, jalapeño, and cilantro in a bowl.
  • · Add lime juice, honey, and a pinch of salt. Mix well.
  • · Chill in the fridge for 15–30 minutes to let the flavors meld.
  • · Serve with tortilla chips, grilled fish, or as a topping for tacos.


🎁 This recipe balances carambola's sweet-tart flavor with a spicy kick! 😏

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Date: 9 Feb 2025

Dishes again??? I did them yesterday

Dishes again??? I did them yesterday
🔪 Dishes again??? I did them yesterday...

📸 Bob is always involved in house chores

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Date: 9 Feb 2025

Mango Rainbow tasting table: varieties you should try

Kent Mango

🌈 Mango Rainbow tasting table: varieties you should try
  • Kent Mango variety is native to Florida. It is originated in Coconut Grove, in 1945 from a Haden seed.
  • Kent has an excellent flavor, large size, and very little fiber. Considered by many to be one of the best tasting Florida mangoes and one of the most beautiful, truly rainbow colored fruit!
  • Eat before fruit gets too ripe.
  • The most rewarding attribute is a bountiful late season crop.


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