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A Month to Enjoy Pomegranates

Claudia — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:10:45 +0000

One thing that we are thankful for during the month of Thanksgiving is the availability of Pomegranates. They are available in the fall in our supermarket, but the prices are reduced during the month of November, and we buy a couple each week. My husband was watching “Good Eats” with Alton Brown one night and learned that the cleanest way to remove the seeds with their juicy coating was to do so under water. It is clean this way, and we then enjoy working several seeds around in our mouth to break the outer soft part and enjoy the juice, and discard the seeds. I have read, however, that the seeds are high in fiber and beneficial oils, but we have not yet gone as far as to eat them. We just finished one a little while ago and have another waiting in the fruit basket.

The red juice contains many antioxidant benefits, as do so many of the red and blue berry fruits. But we are just happy to enjoy this annual tradition of eating fresh pomegranates during the month of November and thankful for whatever benefits they may bring.

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Escape the Nor’easter, think Tropical

Claudia — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:23:10 +0000

With an October Nor’easter in the weather predictions for the northeast so early in the season, it is as good an excuse as any to be thinking about the tropics….tropical gardens that grow almost year round in some places, and provide some of the most delicious fruit that can be found.

Even though I can’t grow many, if any, tropical or warmer climate plants outdoors in our area, I do love the fruit; bananas, pineapple, oranges, and on the list goes. I wasn’t aware until I visited a site that has banana seeds for sale just how many varieties of the banana there are. This fruit has become particularly important to me in keeping Potassium levels where they should be naturally.

Banana plants need warm weather, not lower than the upper 60′s at night, humidity and sunshine…unless you have a place to duplicate this type of climate, Banana plants may not be the best thing to grow in your home.

We look forward to hitting the road tomorrow morning and driving home…in snow…in October, so it’s been nice to take a mini-tropical mental trip to dream a bit about what it must be like to grow tropical plants like the healthy and varied banana.

Does Anyone Grow Bananas?

Claudia — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:13:47 +0000

Being on a tropical theme today, I thought I’d look and see what videos are available for the tropical gardener, and I found quite a few! I didn’t realize that, in the right climate, Banana Plants are fairly easy to grow, and also didn’t realize that they produce fruit at only 6 feet tall! I hope you enjoy the following, there are other videos available by “Mr. Green Thumb” if you click the links that show after you view the video. Enjoy!