Another haul of peppers 🌶. Some Puneri cucumbers too, a few Barbados cherries 🍒 and the usual suspects in peppers Datil, kimchi, sweets, and Charleston bells. #pepperhaul#datilpepper #crazycuces#cropsin Floridawinter#gardeningfl

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Capsaicin harvest!! Charlotte bells, Datil, KimChi, Tabasco, and Wri-Wri peppers 🌶!!! Looks like more sauce come coming my way! #lactofermentation #gardeningfl #capsaicin #hotsauceman #growyourown

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Today was the first attempt at lacto fermentation. We made hot sauce from Wri-Wri, Datil, Tabasco, Kim Chi peppers. Added tomato garlic and citrus to the batch. Finished it off today! We added some balsamic and brown sugar and BOOM!! Very tasty!! #hotsaucecooking#housesauce#pepperlover#capcacin #lactofermentation

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I am grateful to be able to pick fresh herbs for my Thanksgiving feast. Happy Thanksgiving everyone in the US! #gratitude #grateful #rosemary #parsley #thyme #lovage #foodforest #foodovergrass #permaculture #growyourownfood #foodnotlawns #gardeningfl #floridagarden #thanksgiving

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Our “Christmas Loquat” is blooming. Right on time too. This Japanese plum has grown twice its size from last year!! Maybe we will save enough fruit to make some jelly! #loquattree #japaneseplum #gardeningfl #tropicaltrees #foodforresttree

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Velvet beans are really popping out! We never tried these before but understand they are called stinging velvet beans as the cute furry hairs you see are stingers and can cause a maddening itch! The medicinal values of this bean are many like it lowers blood pressure, fixes blood sugar, libido enhancer!! Also a nitrogen fixer!Just what out for the stinging hairs!!!!#donttouchyhehairs#velvetbeans#gardeningfl #boostthelovedrive#nitrogenfixer#dontpetme

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Orinoco #banana harvest!

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Mustard greens volunteering all over our yard. The change in temperature in the last few weeks seems to have sparked germination. Always good to see the return of tomatoes, greens, peppers and anyone else that wants to show up again!! #eatwhatyousowedbefore#volunteerplants#growyourgreens#mustardgreens#gardeningfl

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Our Luffa vine crawls everywhere. I’m not sure the banana likes the giant Luffa fruit hanging off it! Maybe it will force the bananas 🍌 to try and grow bigger#wildvine#luffatraveler#gardeningfl #quitgrowingonme#minesbiggerthanyours

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#papaya for #breakfast

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A few of the #flowers blooming today in the garden. And some #mushrooms. Aren’t mushrooms the flower of the fungi? #roselle #gerberadaisy #malabarspinach #marigold #scarletsage #lantana #coleus #papaya #mexicansagebush #blueporterweed #luffa #pepper #hibiscus #candlabraplant

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Bindi likes #chilis🌶 too! #catsofinstagram #caterday #playtime

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Our longevity spinach has really taken over its own spot as an understory with a Kafir lime and clumping Hawaiian golden bamboo. Great treat to snap off and eat or plant. Just jamming a clipping in a pot will do too with this prolific variety!! Eat some and live long!! #longevityspinach #perrenialgreens#gardeningfl #growyourgreens#eatyourgreens#propigatelikecrazy!!

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The green sapote we bought at Scott’s landscape nursery. Great place we had fun but got soaked the weekend we were there. We love finding the rare trees!! #tropicalfruittrees #gardeningfl #fruitforrest#growbabygrow

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Hot, hotter, hottest. Hot sauce fermentation is finished and bottled up. From left to right Kim Chi, red chili. Aji pepper. The final one is wri wri habanero!!

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So many frogs! Might have something to do with all the rain we got over the last few days. The frogs got rained out!

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One more month and this pineapple will hit the plate!! #tropicalfoodforest #pineapples #gardeningfl #growyourown#pineappletopsfromstore

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So many white peacock (Anartia jatrophae) butterflies this summer. Could it be because our fog fruit has taken over? #butterfly #whitepeacock #feedthebutterflies #nolawn

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Aloe flowering. We have never see this before excited to watch. #cactuslove #succulents #aloeveraflower #gardeningfl

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Fermenting my hot sauces. On left is habanero, Tabasco, Kim chi sauce. On right is Aji pepper sauce. Both have other added ingredients for flavor. I can tell you the jar on the left will get it done!! In 7 days after fermentation I will cook it down and blend again. #hotsauce #myownpepperhotsauce#firsttimehotsaucer#fermentation #gardeningfl

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