With the recent frosts my #Roselle & #JerusalemArtichoke plants are no more.
We do have loads of seeds from the Roselle, so weβll do them again & we have a huge amount of chokes to eat. π
The only thing still going is my #PinkPanther #DragonFruit.
I hope my birthday #DragonFruit plant survives.
The graft is very tiny & I think any huge wind would snap it off.
Here are yesterday's dragon fruit cuttings being prepped for planting.
I snipped the bottoms and am letting them dry up. They dry pretty quickly (as you can see in pic 2, it's already dried quite a bit), but I'm going to give it another day or two before planting.
I call it "dragon fruit alley", located near punalu'u beach on the south side of the island.
These are growing wild on both sides of the road.
I didn't see any fruit, but I did see some buds.
Dragon fruit definitely like this sunny, hot environment. They would definitely be happy with more rain, but they rot in areas with a whole lot of rain.
Pic 1: dragon fruit alley
Pic 2: a huge and chaotic clump of dragon fruit in the alley
Pic 3: one of the buds I saw
Pic 4: the cuttings I took. I tried to pick fat, healthy cuttings. Dragon fruit plants are pretty slow-growing so I picked some fairly robust pieces.
Pro-tip for handling dragon fruit plants: the spikes ARE sharp, so wear gloves and be careful.
The wind here at the moment is huge!
My new, very fragile looking #DragonFruit has been secured as best I can for now.
It hasn't moved a millimetre since I've added all the bits of bamboo.
I'll need to buy a much bigger, sturdier, taller trellis if I,m going to get any fruit from it in the next 2 years (if I'm still alive by that time) #gardening
No luck finding my #lost #weddingring.
My metal detector probe says itβs not in the pot with the #DragonFruit.
It could be anywhere out the back. Plus we went to the #Woodend #FarmersMarket on Saturday. I may have lost it then & not noticed.
Such is life.
Your Perfect Summer Health Partner: #Dragonfruit excels in summer with 80% water, vital #electrolytes, and #vitaminC for natural #hydration and energy.
https://macroedition.com/dragon-fruit-your-perfect-summer-health-partner-with-amazing-benefits/
More #TheGreens merch just arrived in the mail! π€ #ausvotes #auspol
Plus - an early birthday present of a #PinkPanther variety of #DragonFruit. (Edit: Plant that is - not just a fruit- so will ponder where to grow it)
Pitahayas, Frida Kahlo
Idk if you can tell but my art history education is limited, and there may be things about this piece that have cultural meaning that I'm not aware of. Or maybe not.π₯΄
I love the colors and the contrast, rocks and fruit π, and the fact that Death is hanging out nearby, Death is always hanging around nearby, right?
Maybe any still life that doesn't have Death hanging around nearby is frivolous and delusory. haha
Happy Monday β€οΈ
John 
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MacroEdition
Ray Baptist
Dante π