Gardening, landscaping and plants in general
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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.
Many unripe ones still waiting for December sun rays to start turning yellow/orange. -
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.
I’ll ask around and see if any of my friends tried making that chutney. -
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....
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Harvested a fresh box of worm castings yesterday and added to one of my 3 raised beds. Started to clean the tops off of pine needles and weeds.
Repotted three thyme plants I started indoors in December, and got my seeds ready. Need to finish raised bed maintenance which will just be topping off some fresh compost as I follow no-till.
Going to be planting some flowers for fresh cut this year for my girlfriend on top of all the food. Also trying to get a spot in the community garden to grow stuff that’s just space consuming.
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I planted a few citrus plants this year in my yard.
This one is we locally call ‘limon sutil’ (translates to subtle, not sure why) but is more widely known as Peruvian lime.
At any rate, they ripen to a strong yellow color and are nearly perfect spheres. Outstanding on drinks and also on fish dishes.
This plant is only 60 cm tall and this one is the first fruit it has produced!
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Beautiful flower pic @Mister_Brue !
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The best these roses bloom is from about 2 weeks ago to the middle of June when the heat and Japanese beetles get them.
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