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Guabiraba aka. Palillo or Chamba - (Campomanesia lineatifolia) This fruit is native to the Amazon rainforest of Peru, Brazil and Colombia, unfortunately it is another fruit that is not commercially available, you will not find it on supermarket shelves here unless you live in the Amazon region...

Snake Gourd harvest!

After two weeks of non-stop rain, my pepper plants suffered from soggy soil, I will apply some fertilizer to replace what the rain took away. Meanwhile 3 plants on my list started to bear pods. Aji Amarillo Aji Bodysnatcher Sugar Rush Peach

Yep it's a edible vegetable in unripe stage I think it's common in countries like India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia and South China. When ripe have some ornamental value because the bright red color but turn very bitter and is not edible anymore. Mine have grown to the size of a baseball...

Snake Gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina) The Snake Gourd is climbing my house like crazy soon the vine will hit the roof! 😳 I didn't imagine it would grow so much because it was planted in a container, it tastes very nice, for me taste a little like zucchini but is crunch, good in...

OMG! I don't know what happened here!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I think I lost my thread!!! For REAL!!! 🙃

Oh! this is sad! Come to another country and have that kind of attitude! I didn't know they were even counterfeiting coins... I got this 2 euro coin as change on the stopover at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris after buying a box of chocolates! LOL!

I wish it were euro! 😅 at the current price the currency here don't worth much... Anyway... Brazil use "Real" as currency, the size of coin 1 Real is a little bigger than 2 Euro coin...

Yeah are mild varieties is easy to digest nothing like a trinidad scorpion hehe! 😀 Happy New Year Dieter! Thank you very much Sandy! I send a PM... Happy New Year! Feliz Ano Novo!

The Pritamin Alexander produced a big pod! Bigger than I expected it's like a tomato! 😁

Happy New year everybody! New year same peppers hehe!!! Just a update... Aji Cristal with its first pods

The new plants look very healthy Dieter, i think you are doing a great job getting rid of the pests! 👍 I'm interested in seeing how your pubescens adapts to your climate because... you know i never had good results with pubescens here! The "Siete caldos" look amazing with the purple blush...

Happy 2022!

Happy New Year!!! Feliz Ano Novo!!! 明けましておめでとう！！！ :cheers:

Thank you Sandy! I wish you and all your family a Merry Xmas! Alex

Haha! what a name for an herb! 🤔 Here in Brazil we also have a big cactus that I think has the same name in US called "Cadeira de sogra" (transl. Mother-in-law's chair)! 😆 About the culantro it's really complicated, it keeps releasing flowers, whenever possible I cut the flowers but it doesn't...

Holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) Thai basil aka. Horapha (Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflora) Makrut lime aka. *Kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix) *it is recommended that no longer use this name.

Some spices and herbs I grow here... I love Thai cuisine but here in Brazil it's practically impossible to find a restaurant that serves authentic Thai dishes. That's why I have to prepare the dishes myself, but it's very difficult to find the ingredients, especially the fresh ones. Lemongrass...

Hi John! I live in the city of Americana which is in the metropolitan region of Campinas, the second largest after the metropolitan region of São Paulo where Guarulho is part, it is approximately 141km from Guarulhos, Paraty is really a nice and calm city with historic architecture, interesting...

Not much going on with my peppers... This is just a small but colorful harvest I had last weekend.