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*carefully peruses wonton folding methods* *comes to #4* *laughs hard, calls Gryph over; Gryph starts laughing too* Thank you very much Ursy! ![]() ![]()
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Ursy's tomatoes reminded me of home grown foods. I have a eureka lemon tree, pink grapefruit, fig, and avocado tree. I have an herb garden cause I love cooking with fresh herbs. I have rosemary, basil, oregano, flatleaf parsley, cilantro, dill, chives, sage, and tomatoes in the summer.
Anyone else grow stuff?
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I LOVE growing stuff! There is a house we have our eye on, and it has Paw paws, tropical apples, mulberries, bananas, strawberries, mandarins, and another citrus tree that we haven't identified yet. I haven't been able to grow much because I know we will be moving soon, so I'm growing the tomatoes in a big pot (which you've seen pics of), potatoes in a pot (we had a supermarket one sprout so I thought I'd throw it in a pot and see what happened), cilantro, lemon basil, chives, mint, and I'm trying to grow some catmint for Tigerlily. If we get the house we want, I would like to also plant some blueberries, lemongrass, galangal, ginger, kaffir lime, and a pandan plant. Oh yes, and maybe an avocado tree, if we have space. But they get big, and I think for best yield you need two of them, one A type and one B type (from memory, I researched it awhile ago) You might not have heard of the pandan plant if you haven't had a lot to do with Asian cooking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandanus_amaryllifolius I have a small one in a pot. I think it's one of my most cherished plants because it's not easily sourced where I am. I have some galangal growing in the garden of our current home. It just the prettiest plant, I love how it looks (these photos don't do it justice but they were the best I could find at short notice) http://pickmeyard.wordpress.com/tag/greater-galangal/ Quote:
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![]() Hola Delicious people!
I have been busy over here so have not had time to reply to you all but love the posts. Thank you! Good food, great humor and fabulous personalities. What more could you ask for in a thread?
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![]() I was doing some research and came across this cooking demo for a very interesting Pots de Cremes. This is one of my favorite deserts. Often called "Adult Chocolate Pudding", many cooks will flavor the chocolate with things like vanilla, chili, herbs. Heavy cream is called for in the original recipe.
This Chef has turned Pots de Creme Vegan in this unique spin. Adapt it for your own taste, the basic recipe will get you there:
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I grow year around. Although I have a greenhouse its massive (30X70) so I divide it. But most of stuff I'm growing now is in a cold frame. I think I will build a few smaller greenhouse because everything wants something different- basil like it hot, cilantro likes it cool. I do have a globe basil I grow inside during the winter and I love it because it doesnt bolt and I have kept alive for two years! I chop the shit out of it too. I also grow a huge dwarf banana tree under grow lights with a papaya and a few citrus and herbs. I use the banana leaves for cooking. below is my finished cold frame. Instead of covering each bed this year I decided to just cover a few and make something I can walk in. Right now you'll see snap peas, bok choy, mustard greens, parsley, cilantro, fennel. I have some kale cuttings I'm sprouting to plant in that middle bed and also will plant more chard. I love food and cooking. Living on a farm is the perfect lifestyle for me. I have fresh eggs everyday and have canned and or froze some of my garden harvest. I'm not big into canning but some things like tomatoes is something I don't mind coming from a can. I made homemade tomato soup with basil tonight. I do like to freeze stuff and think it taste fresher. ![]()
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What is the temperature inside of this greenhouse? How awesome that you can grow tropical fruit. A banana tree too. Wow. I love that you have the land to do this. Whenever I visit a good farm I find it very hard to leave, there is that core earth connected aspect of self that has always wanted to live and work on a farm. What a great life, thank you for sharing some of it with us! Have you ever grown Avocado? I have an interest in farming Avocado in CA as a long term investment. There is always a shortage of US grown Avocado especially this time of year. This seems like a great cottage industry to me.
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It's a pulled chicken taco kinda night.
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I need a taco night.
Can you believe that my girl does not like taco's? It does not matter what I suggest she is not interested. If I came up with a Tiramisu Taco, then that would get her attention. Hmmm...maybe I should work on that.
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Yes, I'm from Florida so I grew and sold lots. I think that organic avocados is a good investment. In CA you have less moisture so your citrus and avocados are more dense, taste different. My BIG greenhouse there is an older video below. I had quite a hit one year and lost quite a few tropical fruit trees but I'm working on the greenhouse over the winter and looking to create more aquaponics and hydroponics. Because its so costly to cover it with the solar poly we want to use next (Solexx for anyone in the know) we are carefully looking into affordable ways to fully operate this huge ass greenhouse. But I do know quite a bit about growing tropical fruit trees in containers if anyone needs helps. I am especially knowledgeable at growing citrus. In the video you'll also see true curry leaf which is very sought after for cooking, however now its been proven to have huge health benefits. I will definitely be bumping that project up. I started growing and selling goji berry plants and did awesome this last season.
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Yes, I'm from Florida so I grew and sold lots. I think that organic avocados is a good investment. In CA you have less moisture so your citrus and avocados are more dense, taste different. My BIG greenhouse there is an older video below. (that is my voice btw)I had quite a hit one year and lost quite a few tropical fruit trees but I'm working on the greenhouse over the winter and looking to create more aquaponics and hydroponics. Because its so costly to cover it with the solar poly we want to use next (Solexx for anyone in the know) we are carefully looking into affordable ways to fully operate this huge ass greenhouse. But I do know quite a bit about growing tropical fruit trees in containers if anyone needs helps. I am especially knowledgeable at growing citrus. In the video you'll also see true curry leaf which is very sought after for cooking, however now its been proven to have huge health benefits. I will definitely be bumping that project up. I started growing and selling goji berry plants and did awesome this last season.
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I love tropical fruits it would be amazing to grow them well. We have mixed results in Nor Cal even though I am in a hot dry climate there. Irrigation is a challenge so we never get the results that you all would get in FL. Wow curry leaf sounds like a smart thing to grow. I am definitely going to keep you posted on the Avocado farming project. That is a future-cast but it makes sense, the land in the central valley is cheap as hell, farmers have bailed out and the demand for the crop is crazy. Almond farmers in the same region cant grow them fast enough and are shipping to the middle east. There are a few crops that are insanely sought after and in this economy it makes sense to look at that imo. There ar a few varieties of Avocado that I like that take 7 years to mature. Your FL Avocaodo's are awesome too, creamier. You are right, different taste.
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The key withe avocados or any fruit, for that matter, is to purchase a grafted tree. So really it doesnt take 7 years. It will produce in a 3 gallon container the first year but you'll have one or two bending the tree. So realistically you'll wait 5 years, with proper care and pruning, you'll start to harvest a nice crop from a grove. Today there are companies selling mature fruit trees that are 3-5 years old. You just have to find one close to you and be prepared to spend a few hundred per tree but its worth it. The first year you plant there will be shock but after that you're sailing. I'm happy to help any way I can, including the best way to market your plants or harvest.
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