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<\/a>I got this Nagami kumquat plant at Redlands Orchid Show in May ’10 and it is almost ready to harvest.<\/p>\nHere’s a close-up of the 3 inch fruit:<\/p>\n Aren’t cats supposed to be color blind? He’s so special!<\/p>\n My tomatoes look healthy and prolific!<\/p>\n More tomatoes.<\/p>\n Eggplants are a very misunderstood fruit. These mini versions do not have to be salted to leech the bitterness from them. They are sweet and can be handled as is and make a fabulous snack. Here’s a simple technique.<\/p>\n Over medium heat, saute onion until half tender, add chicken broth and eggplants. When eggplants become less opaque (2-3 minutes) add tomatoes. Add broth if needed. Add salt & pepper to taste. Do not let eggplants get mushy.<\/p>\n This is a Chinese black. okay so now I am <\/em>showing off! But they really are very tasty and once I developed a taste for them I began to crave them all the time. Like pesto sauce or other tastes once strange now ordinary.<\/p>\n This is another common houseplant -portulaca – that I bought in a pot and stuck in the ground. Now reblooming as if to say “thank you for saving my life!”<\/p>\n This ginger is making itself at home after months in a small pot. He looks handsome as he stretches out his toes.\u00a0 This guy is definitely male!<\/p>\n The Christmas gang of (mostly) Amaryllis that I will hand out as gifts (with the fruitcake) for Christmas. I have mini Amaryllis and jumbo Amaryllis but nothing in between. I guess I’m an extremist\u00a0 . . .<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Binky loves this plant even though it’s not flowering – maybe because of the color?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> . . . as do the eggplants . . . I have a not-so-secret desire to be the mini-eggplant queen! I admit it!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>And eggplants. This is a Louisiana white.<\/p>\n<\/a>And more yet. See what I mean? These are egg shaped. All my eggplants are grown from seed.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Orchids are about to pop.<\/p>\n<\/a>Even the catteleyas<\/p>\n<\/a>The prized Schaumberkia whose blooms I have never seen. See that tiny little bump in the center. I pray it’s a raceme of flowers and not another leaf. I’m hopeful!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>And here’s the guy that makes it all possible. . .<\/p>\n