Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 31 Aug 2025

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Labor Day cats Smokey & Sunshine enjoy BBQ in fruit garden

Labor Day is a good reminder that gardening is work, but it is the kind of work that gives back. Digging, hauling, trimming, watering — it all counts as labor, and it all makes life better. Take a little time this weekend to enjoy what has already grown, even if the next project is waiting right around the corner.

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Date: 30 Aug 2025

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Date: 30 Aug 2025

The life we have planned

PeopleCats watching Cat TV: Bob, Riki, Scooby, Matilda.

PeopleCats watching Cat TV: Bob, Riki, Scooby, Matilda.

😠 The life we have planned

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."
- Joseph Campbell

🐈📸 PeopleCats at TopTropicals watching Cat TV: Bob, Riki, Scooby, Matilda.

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Date: 30 Aug 2025

Rare Orchid Tree you may never find again and everyone wants

Bauhinia madagascariensis - Red Butterfly Orchid Tree

🌺 Rare Orchid Tree you may never find again and everyone wants

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Bauhinia madagascariensis, the Red Butterfly Orchid Tree, is one of the most dazzling flowering trees you can grow.

🌺 Its scarlet blooms open like bright butterflies, each petal painted with a golden stripe at the base. When in full bloom, the tree looks alive with fluttering wings.

🌺 It's fast-growing, can be kept as a small tree or a large bush, and thrives in full sun. A rare orchid tree species and a true collector’s prize. Grow it in a pot or in the ground.

🛒 The butterfly tree of Madagascar will bloom 365 days a year for you

📚 Learn more:


· The Orchid Tree that NEVER Stops Blooming
· Orchid tree with stunning red and yellow flowers year around
· How to grow Orchid Trees in pots
· Why red flowers are so attractive? Bauhinia galpinii - Pride of De Kaap

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Date: 30 Aug 2025

Guava grilled cheese: quick and fun exotic

Guava grilled cheese

Guava grilled cheese

🍴 Guava grilled cheese: quick and fun exotic recipes



🔴Spread fresh mashed guava (or guava paste) between slices of bread with cheese
🔴Grill until golden.
🔴Sweet and savory twist on a classic sandwich!

🛒 Explore Guava varieties

#Food_Forest #Recipes #Guava

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Date: 29 Aug 2025

A true friend

Cats Philemon and James Coconuts

Cats Philemon and James Coconuts

👏 A true friend



"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
- Elbert Hubbard

🐈📸 Cats Philemon and James Coconuts - partners in crime at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden 

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Date: 29 Aug 2025

Dont plant cherries until you see this one!

Cherry of the Rio Grande - Eugenia aggregata

🍒 Don't plant cherries until you see this one!



🍒 Cherry of the Rio Grande (Eugenia aggregata) is one of those tropical fruits you don't forget once you taste it. The fruit looks like a dark ruby jewel and ripens to almost black, with a sweet, full cherry-like flavor.

🍒 Unlike the temperate cherries, this one thrives in warm climates and starts flowering as early as March, keeping the harvest going well into summer.

🍒 This little fruit tree that fits anywhere! It's slender, branching, fits neatly in limited spaces or even in a pot, yet still produces plenty of fruit.

🍒 Can a tropical cherry really handle freezing temps? Once mature, Cherry of the Rio Grande can handle surprising cold snaps down into the 20s. A tough little tree that gives you a taste of the tropics right in your own backyard!

🛒 From Rio Grande to your garden

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Date: 28 Aug 2025

Wine is bottled poetry

Cash the Cat with a glass of wine

Cash the Cat with a glass of wine

🍷 Wine is bottled poetry



"Wine is bottled poetry."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

🐈📸 Cash the Cat is trying some poetry at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden 

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Date: 28 Aug 2025

Moringa vs spinach: which one wins for nutrition?

Moringa oleifera, Horseradish tree

🌳 Moringa vs spinach: which one wins for nutrition?



✔️Moringa is sometimes called the Tree of Life, and for good reason. Almost every part is edible - leaves, pods, seeds, even the flowers. It isn't just a tree, it's like a whole pantry and medicine cabinet rolled into one.

✔️ The leaves pack vitamins, minerals, and protein.

✔️ The pods look like drumsticks and end up in curries.

✔️ Even the seeds are handy - pressed for oil or used to clean water.

✔️ And here's the bonus: it grows fast, covers itself in fragrant white flowers, and looks beautiful right in your garden.

✔️ A tree that feeds you, heals you, and makes the yard smell good.

🛒 Want more energy? Grow Tree of Life - Moringa - at home

📚 Learn more:


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

#Food_Forest #Remedies #Discover #Trees

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Date: 28 Aug 2025

Avocado pineapple salsa: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

Avocado pineapple salsa

Avocado pineapple salsa

🍴 Avocado pineapple salsa: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes



🟢Dice avocado, pineapple, and red onion.
🟢Toss with lime juice and cilantro.
🟢Sweet, creamy, tangy, and perfect on fish or just with chips.

🛒 For home-grown ingredients you will need:


Home grown Avocado
Home grown Pineapple

#Food_Forest #Recipes #Avocado

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