Gardening, landscaping and plants in general
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@Tago-Mago Carolina Reapers and Ghost Peppers...just a little bit of spice there
@Mister_Brue Extremely hot!!!
"I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)
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@Tago-Mago That reaper was the one that hurt me last week and was the first time I've ever regretted eating a whole uncooked pepper.
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@Tago-Mago Take it slow and easy when you do try them as a Habanero is a great pepper to cook with. Depending on the dish you may only need one or two and how much spice you like and can tolerate.
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@goosehd said in Gardening, landscaping and plants in general:
Carolina Reapers and Ghost Peppers
= danger figs
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Mango season arrived slightly early this year. Probably due to the unusually dry spell we’ve had. With the two very large trees I have here, mangos are ALWAYS super abundant between November and January. Many spoil, and many are given away.
These are the most common mango type around here. Super hardy and huge, very long-lived trees. Fruit itself is very tasty and sweet, but quite ‘stringy’; so fibers tend to get stuck between teeth. That is the main drawback to it, and other varieties are becoming increasingly popular and more sought after.
Just picked up the fallen ones since yesterday. Storm approaching, getting windy and these guys start coming down.
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My sister got me these lights for Christmas and they’re actually pretty cool. They have a bunch of LED settings and brightness options. I love the way they make the monstera shadows on the ceiling -
@Mister_Brue sorry man. Not sure how I missed your comment and question here.
I’m not much of a cook, never tried to make mango chutney. I’d guess that it is doable if one strains out the fibrous bits.
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I make mango chutney from ripe mangos and mango pickle from non-ripe....
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One of my garden orchids (Catasetum fuchsii) is in full bloom and attracting “orchid bee” pollinators from the Euglossini tribe. These bees are more spectacular than the flower itself.
For more cool info on Euglossine bees….
https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/orchid_bees.shtmlThe journey is the objective.
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@motojobobo beautiful!
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@motojobobo Amazing looking bees. (Never seen or heard of these before).
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We're itching to get going with our stuff here in Nashville. We usually can't start until mid-April, since it l usually likes to tease us and make us think it's spring, before freezing a couple more times.
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@chrisjohnnick same up in Portland but if we tent the beds with plastic we can usually get away with putting some things in around March
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Same in the UK. Established gardening lore is that anything not frost-tolerant should not go out until May.
My favourite Magnolia has no buds on it this spring, just the stumpy bits where they connected to the branches. I think that we must have had a hard frost at some point through the winter. and that did for it. On a positive point, I expect it to grow more vigorously this year as a result....
