Stephen Sully

Surinam cherries, they remind me of my old friends. As a kid we would wander around the neighborhood and pick them and eat ‘em up all summer. Guava is another one, reminds me of one of my childhood house when I was 8. Mango season reminds me of my mom,  my she would go around collecting all the fallen fruit from the trees in all the summer homes around that were always empty that time of year. There would always be 100s of fruit around the house that time of year. She would make it into a year worth of jam and freeze a bunch.

Dragon fruit! The fruit are tasty and the in opened flowers are good pan fried. They taste like asparagus.

They can also smell their nest locations so it helps to clean the aria well to remove the pheromones.  

Look for a cabinet shop, talk with the owner and ask for their sawdust and wood shavings. Tou have to ask if they mill a lot of black walnut because it is not good for the compost or the plants you use it on.

I work at a hotel as an engineer (work on commercial laundry equipment). Before I moved to Hawai’i I worked construction and was a commercial fisherman. I also managed a small tropical fruit farm. I also have a one acre farm that my wife and I are bringing back to production, cleaning years of trash left over from years of squatters.

I have tried, the denaturing scent stays so it ruins the smell. Ever clear is the best but any high proof booze works.

Ruined my first batch of bay rum extract with isopropyl alcohol.

Anne Miller wrote:

So it is better to not wash the salt off the seaweed.

That has been my experience.

Anne Miller wrote:Beautiful!  Is the first one "Night Blooming Cactus"?

Dragon fruit. It is night blooming.

Anne Miller wrote:Welcome, Stephen!

How does your garden grow?

Mostly with gray water and a few solar powered  hydroponic systems.

We also grow a lot of cactus.

Thank you all