Pocky and mochi, my beloved ❤️✨
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BEHOLD!! MY GARDEN (or at least a part of it lol)
My "California Dreaming" rose, one of two I bought for Mother's Day. The other being "Cherry Parfait" which is not shown here.
White peach (Snow Queen)
This tree is about 9 feet tall and currently has about 200+ peaches. If they all come to term, I'm gonna be shoving them in everyones face cause there's no way I can eat that many.
Jakaranda tree with a hummingbird enjoying the flowers. This tree turns a portion of my yard purple from the quantity of flowers it produces.
Yellow peach (Red Baron)
This is the 2nd time this tree has offered fruit since we bought it. The first year we got the tree it and several others were hit by the stone fruit beetle. A type of boring beetle that is hard to detect until it's too late. I lost 2 trees and nearly lost this one. It was cut down to a mere 7 inch stuml that wasn't infected. Since then it has recovered to a 6 foot tall (and growing) tree and is starting to produce fruits.
Blackberry
This pot has 3 blackberry bushes, and they are losing their minds. They are loaded with berries that are very sweet. Right behind them is my Boysenberry which is physically about 7-8 feet long and is loaded with berries as well. My raspberries (both red and golden) are slower this year which is fine.
Grape (variety unknown for now)
I used to have 17 grape vines of various sizes but when the drought kicked in and the harsh heart wave struck back to back I lost all but one. This lone survivor was under my ash tree which sheltered it from the weather. Now I have 3 grape vines as I recently acquired 2 Concord grapes (not shown here).
Golden Nugget
My newest addition to my citrus collection. A very sweet, easy peel tangerine that we carry at my job. I was shocked to see one for sale at my local nursery and immediately had to get one. It's a baby at only a foot and a half tall but will one day be up to 7 feet to match my Murcott and Dancy tangerines.
Strawberries~
I have 3 varieties of strawberries and about 140 plants in clusters of 4-10. They are in both hanging pots and a massive bed and produce about a pound of strawberries at a time. They have such rich flavor and super sweet.
All my berry plants except for my blackberry are in shade houses I built that have bird netting surrounding them to keep the birds and squirrels from eating them. Shade houses are a must now due to the summer heat and I plan on building more as my ankle allows.
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Lavender Peach and Strawberry Salad
Fragrant with flower and herb, this beautiful Lavender Peach and Strawberry Salad tastes like a Summer's day! Happy Tuesday!
Ingredients (serves 1):
1 ripe white peach, rinsed
2 beautiful Garden Strawberries, rinsed
4 medium leaves Garden Sage
2 teaspoons Lavender Liqueur
Halve and pit peach, then, cut into slices. Add peach slices to serving bowl.
Cut Garden Strawberries into thin slices, and add them to the bowl.
Finely chop Sage, and sprinkle over the peach and Strawberries.
Drizzle generously with Lavender Liqueur, and toss gently, to combine.
Chill in the refrigerator, at least an hour.
Enjoy Lavender Peach and Strawberry Salad on its own, or on top of thick yoghurt or Lavender Ice Cream.
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Frédéric Cossard
Frédéric Cossard
Feel Good
Jura
2020
Savagnin
A medium bodied white - rich, zesty and full of power. Made with 100% savagnin grapes from the south of jura. Natural, organic and manually harvested.
It is vinified in the Burgundian style but crucially swaps out oak to spend 1 year on lees in qvevris, large concrete eggs. Federic made this decision to maximise mineral content. It results in a white Burgundy that is unusually juicy and pure.
Jura
A small wine region in Eastern france, sandwiched between Burgundy in the west and Switzerland in the east. Characterised by a landscape of wooded hillsides and twisting Jura mountains. The grapes in this bottle are from Southern Jura and they are vinified in Saint Romain, Burgundy hence why it is a Vin de France.
Tasting notes: salted nuts, green apple, white peach, chalk
Pairing: charcuterie, cheese, white meat
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Update on an older cooking project! I had some prickly pear cactus fruit and white peaches and made a syrup out of it—
Let me tell you, it is one of THE prettiest naturally colored syrups 😍💕🌵
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