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Cat of the Day - Bob

Cat of the Day - Bob
🐈 Cat of the Day - Bob.

Bob will watch the refrigerator tonight so we can watch out diet. Have a good night! 🌜

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What is the best perfume tree for container culture? Dwarf Chanel No 5 Tree

What is the best perfume tree for container culture? Dwarf Chanel No 5 Tree What is the best perfume tree for container culture? Dwarf Chanel No 5 Tree What is the best perfume tree for container culture? Dwarf Chanel No 5 Tree What is the best perfume tree for container culture? Dwarf Chanel No 5 Tree
⚜️ What is the best perfume tree for container culture? Dwarf Chanel No 5 Tree!

Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, or Chanel No5 Tree - is the most desired and sought after perfume plants.

  • 🔅 Elegant pendant flowers are a piece of art.

  • 🔅 Easy to grow, stays compact and in nice tree-like shape. Flowers smell as great as full size Ylang Ylang tree.

  • 🔅 Needs warm and humid conditions for a full aroma.

  • 🔅 Perfect container plant🪴and a house plant, but keep in mind it requires bright light for profuse flowering.


📚 Learn more about Chanel No5 Ylang Ylang Tree

🛒 Order online

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Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree?

Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree? Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree? Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree? Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree?
🍦 Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree?

🫛 Ice Cream Bean Tree (Inga edulis) - fast growing shade tree with wonderful fruit that kids love! 👯‍♀️

  • ✳️ Bean pods up to 3 ft long contain sweet, juicy, white pulp that has a soft cotton wool texture and tastes of vanilla ice-cream.

  • ✳️ The fruit has fantastic health benefits. It contains up to 25% sugar, 10% protein, 5% fiber, vitamins C, A and E, and minerals such as phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and zinc. The protein content is two times higher than that of a banana!

  • ✳️ A mature tree will produce around 100 fruits in a season. Seedlings start fruiting within 3-4 years.

  • ✳️ Fast growing, umbrella-shaped tree, 20 ft tall and almost as wide, provides plenty of shade. This is our favorite tree when we need to create shade quickly.


🛒 Shop Icecream Bean Tree

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Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree?

Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree? Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree? Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree? Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree?
🍦 Did you know that ice cream actually grows on a tree?

🫛 Ice Cream Bean Tree (Inga edulis) - fast growing shade tree with wonderful fruit that kids love! 👯‍♀️

  • ✳️ Bean pods up to 3 ft long contain sweet, juicy, white pulp that has a soft cotton wool texture and tastes of vanilla ice-cream.

  • ✳️ The fruit has fantastic health benefits. It contains up to 25% sugar, 10% protein, 5% fiber, vitamins C, A and E, and minerals such as phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and zinc. The protein content is two times higher than that of a banana!

  • ✳️ A mature tree will produce around 100 fruits in a season. Seedlings start fruiting within 3-4 years.

  • ✳️ Fast growing, umbrella-shaped tree, 20 ft tall and almost as wide, provides plenty of shade. This is our favorite tree when we need to create shade quickly.


🛒 Shop Icecream Bean Tree

#Food_Forest #Nature_Wonders

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Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world?

Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world? Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world? Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world? Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world? Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world?
🍈 Do you know what is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world?

Answer: Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is the biggest and one of the most fascinating fruit in the world.

#Edible_Forest #Nature_Wonders

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Cat of the Day - Philemon

🐈 Cat of the Day - Philemon. Always open for more opportunities: never know where you can find a fortune!

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What orchids can be grown in the ground?

What orchids can be grown in the ground? What orchids can be grown in the ground? What orchids can be grown in the ground? What orchids can be grown in the ground? What orchids can be grown in the ground? What orchids can be grown in the ground? What orchids can be grown in the ground?
🌸 What orchids can be grown in the ground?

Orchids have a mystique that seems to set them apart from most other flowers... they are elegant and almost unreal in their perfection... But not every gardener has luck growing traditional orchids.

  • ⚜️ Terrestrial orchids (a.k.a. ground orchids) grow in regular garden soil instead of in the air on tree branches!

  • ⚜️ Ground orchids come in many colors and shapes.

  • ⚜️ Ground orchids will be happy to bloom in sun or shade and are very easy to grow!


🎥 Watch YouTube: Ground Orchids

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What is the best butterfly and hummingbird attractor? Thats the one, called

🦋 What is the best butterfly and hummingbird attractor? That's the one, called Butterfly Bush.

Odontonema callistachyum - Butterfly Bush, is an easy to grow medium size shrub. It is very fast growing and will bloom for you in both shade or full sun.

🌞 Here in Florida it starts blooming in late Winter and keeps going throughout the year.

🛒 Order Butterfly Bush online

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How to make exotic fries from beautiful Cassava Tree (Yuca Root, Tapioca)

🍟 How to make exotic fries from beautiful Cassava Tree (Yuca Root, Tapioca).

  • ▪️ Cassava (Manihot esculenta), also called Yuca Root, Manihot, Tapioca - is an exotic tropical root vegetable plant. The fries are more delicious than any fries you every tried!

  • ▪️ Besides culinary value, it is simply a stunning little tree! Don't be shy to harvest the roots - this plant is easy to regrow from cuttings, so you can have your crops year round.


❗️Don't confuse Yuca Root (Cassava) with Yucca Plant from the Agave family - a no-go in the culinary world - you definitely don't want to cook that up for dinner!

📚 Learn more about Yuca Root

🍲 Cassava Fries Recipe

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What is number one tree-grown vegetable?

🥘 What is number one tree-grown vegetable? Akee is a curious Jamaican fruit that is actually a vegetable growing on a tree! The fruit makes a delicious nutritious meal tasting like eggs and potatoes 🥚🥔

  • 🔺This showy fruit is a close relative of Lychee, Longan, and Rambutan.

  • 🔺 Akee tree is easy to grow, undemanding, fast growing, and fruits right away. Sometimes it fruits twice a year!

  • 🔺 Akee fruit must be picked after the fruit has opened naturally so the flesh is fully exposed to light.

  • 🔺 The white arils are best parboiled for a few min and then lightly fried in butter. Then they are really delicious!


📚 More about Akee

🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?

🛒 Order Akee tree online

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