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OT A good Sunday morning ot all

Finally I am back to wishing you all a good day - we have a perfect day here

24c and only two more weeks to go for spring to come although the wattle is already out as are the azaleas and boganvillia.

Not wishing to entertain our "friend ???" any more I will use this post to tell you more about the chocolate pudding fruit I mentioned. It tastes just like chocolate pudding and goes very well with a good dollop of whipped cream ( calorie free cream , of course !! )

A friend I met in Florida has a son who lives in North Queensland. He came to Australia as a young man as part of a world trip he was taking.He was amazed that Australia did not take advantage of our tropical climate to grow more exotic tropical fruits. This resulted in him buying a bare cattle property and set about turning it into a tropical jungle of tropical fruits and nuts - every tree of which he has planted himself - it is truly magnificient.

I contacted him when we in Mosman on our recent trip and he and his charming wife kindly invited us to his "Botanical Ark" ( so named because he travels the world to find new species of fruit and nuts especially those which are endangered by excessive clearing. ) They presented us with a lovely book about themselves and the establishing of this wonderland and of his many trips abroad to find the plants. He does not sell fruit or nuts - just propagates the plants so that other orchardists may grow them commercially.

I hope you will forgive this long post as I quote from his book "Zapote is an Aztec word for fruit, so many Central American fruits have retained this connection, The black Sapote,sometimes called chocolate pudding fruit ( Diospyrus Digyna) is actually a relative of the persimmon. The smooth and soft black/brown pulp can be eaten fresh or made into delightful puddings, drinks and sweets." unquote.

We had some while we were there - served with cream -and they gave us a green one to bring home and it had only just ripened last week when we had guests to lunch so they could try it too. Bye God Bless Gwen

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Gwendoline Kelly
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So interesting, Gwen!!

It is VERY EARLY morning, taken in consideratin it't sunday; I sat down here 7 o'clock, it's a bit more now! It's a bit "nice weather blur" as we call it, I'm sure the day will be nice an shiny! My DH mentioned that there was a soccer match he wanted to watch at TV this afternoon, So this afternoon I intend to invite a friend out for fishing from the boat! I know she fished a lot at home when she grew up. (Gwen,*I* spent time in a fishing equipment shop two days ago!! ;-) And now I have brought all my fishing stuff home, to fix and repair and control, so I am ready for a nice trip! AUD ;-))

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Aud

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Wow, Gwen you got to see that!!! Oh I'm green with envy!

The Botanical Ark was featured in a TV programme I watched last Sunday evening and it looked wonderful. And they've done some amazing work with plant conservation. I'd so love to visit if I ever got a chance.

Eimear

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emerald

Happy on-coming spring to you! :o)

Oooh, sounds yummy... I'll have to see if I can find one of those to add to my list of untasted fruits and vegetables that I want to try someday. :o)

Is his book called "Botanical Ark" too? And what is his name please? I'd like to check the library to see if they might have the book to borrow.

That is very nice of him to propagate the plants for others to use to put in their own orchards.

My ex-father-in-law loved the beefsteak tomatoes that my Dad had grown in his garden so much that he saved some of the seeds. We dried them in a tin plate in the sun, and then he wrapped them in his handkerchief to take back to Kent, England to plant in his own garden the following year. He wrote "We are having lovely Canadian tomatoes for lunch!" ;o)

Peace! Gemini

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MRH

I seem to remember having seen a TV programme about the Botanical Ark as well, or maybe read about it in National Geographic magazine.

It sounds great, naturally I do love real whipped cream and also chocolate puddings or even coffee souffle with lots of whipped cream. Yummy.

My Sunday started with a huge cleanup in the garden, 8 weeks away from a summer garden is something else. I have done nothing but clip and clean up. Lack of water gave right of way to weeds, and the rest sort of wilted away. I watched the turkey vultures, and listened to the Californa Chicks, I could hear them but not see them....not so strange with all those weeds...LOL. Butterflies everywhere and lots of bees and wasps. I have oregano popping up everywhere. Just like the fennel. By the way the fennel dyepot gave me a lovely bronze brown on wool, for those of you who like to do natural dyeing.

The rest of my Sunday was made up of sitting on our deck reading and relaxing

Have a great day

Els

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Els van Dam

Good fishing,Aud, that kind of turns the fishing shop/craft shop unsidedown. Hope you caught lots of fish God Bless Gwen

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Gwendoline Kelly

Eimear, I would have loved to see the TV feature - I do not think it has been on out Tv - maybe it will be later. You would certainly enjoy your vist if or when you can came see us God Bless Gwen

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Gwendoline Kelly

It was only a small part of a programme called "Slow Food Revolution" about the "Slow Food" Movement. If you're not familiar with that term, it has to do with being against the globalization and homogenisation of food. So it incorporates all kinds of issues from the preservation of heritage crop and animal varieties, to methods of food production.

Eimear

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emerald

Thank you, Eimear, I had not heard of that movement God Bless Gwen

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Gwendoline Kelly

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