RebeccaPalmer

Excited to test out @gandersocial.bsky.social . Patiently waiting for an invite to the platform.

I may be in Canada but my winter starts are all exotic! Honey passion fruit, atemoya and cherimoya seedlings.

Babacoa flowers are interesting. Eventually, the inner torpedo shaped fruits grow similar to a papaya and are often referred to as mountain papaya.

Time to repot 6 of the Cacao seedlings, plus 12 from hex pods

Must do:
✔️Use fresh cacao pod
✔️Put each seed between wet paper towel and wait for a root to emerge (2 mm is enough)
✔️Gently scrape off outer shell
✔️Plant in well draining soil (I used the double cup system)
✔️Keep moist but not wet.

Sounds good.

4 week old Cacao seedling.

These cacao seedlings are about 3 weeks old.

Yes. I am growing my own chocolate in Canada using fresh criollo beans direct from Costa Rica

Hello!!

It was excellent!

Today I am in La Fortuna. It's a jeep boat jeep ride away (or 6 hours on windy roads) from Monteverde.

Temperature in Monteverde was around 18 C. Temperature in La Fortuna is 27C.

Lunch at a local food stand included a surprise visit by this monkey!

The best way to enjoy an amazing empanada while travelling.

Birds of Costa Rica. Which of these is your favorite?

Buy a large fruit tree. Decoration and fresh fruit.

A peak inside of a few of the more exotic fruit trees being grown in Ottawa.

The one with the small leaves is a Jaboticabo. Fruit will grow on it's trunk.

To the left, a few leaves from the Cacao trees.

On the right, leaves from Shiranui Cleo mandarin.

I finally closed my bird accounts yesterday despite not using them for some time. It was hard to let go of the great memories, experiences and relationships that were made there in its heyday - it's not that place now.

Hoping to see Bluesky grow positively into new opportunities.

Just a few of the tropical fruits I'm growing in snowy Ottawa.

Finger lime, passion fruit, variegated pink lemon, Kishu mandarin, lime, ginger

So many more in other parts of the house

Some days, this is the pin we all need! Check out @effinbirds.com for more.

I would be interested and I'm based in Ottawa.

Ever hear of Babaco -the Champagne fruit? I've added a Babaco to my plant collection and this is it's fruit. It looks a little like a papaya but tastes of strawberry, papaya, kiwi and pineapple.

Excited to try it!

Forecasting sun and frigid temperatures (-35C with windchill) the next few days. Be careful out there not to get sunburn or hypothermia!

Yes indeed!

Rideau Canal opened for skating today,the pent-up demand was palpable as Ottawans flocked to the ice! #RideauCanalSkateway

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@christinepan.bsky.social do you think we could revive chats here? I miss a great bird chat!

This is an excellent article. AI will bring change and while there are many great opportunities in all fields, it certainly has a downside and will change how we work.

The old bird allowed me to connect with so many people, and led to life-changing opportunities. Cannot wait to see who I meet and what I learn from Bluesky.

Woof.

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Let's stop criminalizing the unhoused to hide our discomfort. There are solutions and we need to fund them.