Hibiscus Flowers facing a 12"+Nor’easter
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Looks like they are very happy to be inside considering what they are looking at… Such beautiful flowers
Pretty nasty wind during the storm, my oil hookup for the house had a 6 foot drift I had to shovel out, what a PITA
Torturous wind. That belongs in my nightmares only.
The shoveling goes with the territory.
Running out of oil is worse than shoveling, trust me.
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the 2nd floor of my house has been creaking and whistling for 3 straight days now, the wind is relentless. wild winter! Looks like the cold will end Monday.
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Argemone Mexicana(Mexican prickly-poppy)
Argemone Mexicana and Lactuca Virosa
Lactuca Virosa
Datura Inoxia
Tabaco Mapacho(Nicotiana Rustica)
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Happy to have a new addition among many to the homestead, a beautiful hibiscus plant generously given to me by @99PerCent
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Orchid, Hybrid Dendrobium Nobile, first flowers of this year
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Ophrys Fusca, orchid native terracotta, are only visible in cold seasons, this is one of the first species that bloom in my area, is typical of the Iberian Peninsula, France, the rosette of leaves appears at the beginning of November and bloom in December - January , they are pollinated by spiders and that the dark part is very similar to the abdonen of the female spider and the aromas also give off feminine pheromones but they bloom with 1 month before the females awaken.
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Both so stunning! Love orchids
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About 2 months ago I rescued the top of a cactus. I think it is a prickly pear cactus. I know nothing of these but wanted to save the condemned plant.
First I put the tip in water. That is the part that is now all rotted out. This doesn’t work.
So, I laid it down on some soil. 
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…Btw, wellcome to my land: olives, oaks, pomegranates, kakis, nopales, yucas…
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De la Lactuca Virosa creo hay quien extrae aquí una resina que es como opio (pero mucho menos potente; aunque al contrario que el opio de amapola, es afrodisíaco y potencia la erección: los antiguos egipcios lo usaban como “la primera Viagra de la Historia”)
Beatifull Datura too…
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Do you cultivate multiple olive varieties, and what happens next after picking?
¿Cultivas variedades de aceitunas múltiples y qué sucede después de la recolección?
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Cultivo unos pocos de variedades para aceituna para comer (var Cacereña), pero la mayoría son para aceite de oliva virgen extra ( var. Picual y Cornicabra, sobretodo).
En el molino que muele las aceitunas pueden moler cada variedad por separado (cada una tiene diferentes matices: unos son afrutados, otros saben mas fuertes), o mezclarlas todas para hacer un “coupage”…
I cultivate a few varieties for olives to eat (Var. Cacereña), but most are for extra virgin olive oil (Picual and Cornicabra varieties, above all.) In the mill that mills the olives can grind each variety by separate (each one has different nuances: some are fruity, others know stronger), or mix them all to make a “coupage”, @Worcestershire_Farms …
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Which variety is your favorite?
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Can ya understand the link? : it describe the diferents tastes n with what kind of food is better to n to eat crude or not or each oil’s olives vars…
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Ooh, so these are the Gordal?
There’s a large Puerto Rican and Portuguese population where I grew up, so I have trouble speaking, cuz I mix the two a little bit. I can understand what people are saying though, and even more if it’s written.
Ooh, ¿entonces estos son los Gordal?
Hay una gran población puertorriqueña y portuguesa donde crecí, así que tengo problemas para hablar, porque los mezclo un poco. Sin embargo, puedo entender lo que dice la gente, y aún más si está escrito.
(Google is getting better at translations, which helps)
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