When I moved into Saint Petersburg, I began a Food Forest. My desire was to grow and eat as much a possible without going to stores at all. . .
This is my side entry walk where everyone gets into my backyard. Yes, the granet walk is perfect for my bike. I just fixed this boarder and filled in the area with sweet-potato soil. Ok, sweet-potato soil is created annually where I fill my front yard with oak tree mulch and plant sweet potatoes. The potato vines breakdown the windrow of mulch into this rich dark soil that you can see all around the mangrove that sprung up here. Yes, I love volunteers that randomly show up in my yard. . . ;-)
When the tree gets big we see the big fruit all green like this. This is perfect for a Green Papaya Salad, which is a popular Thai meal. You can also peal, chop, and cook the white unripe papaya fruit much like a potato, as I've made hash browns and similar meals with this, frying the fruit with onions and garlic, YUM.
When the fruit begins to turn yellow, then you can peel it to find a pretty pink sweet fruit perfect for a fruit salad as I love to make.
Here below is a picture of the fruit I harvested and peeled this morning for my fruit salad. I will always use only Organic Fruit and it can be tricky to find it. As it's easy to have the label on the shelf saying organic, but the fruit there on the shelf are not.
Yes, I had cut it in half and cleaned out the seeds as shown here below, and she took it from my and sprinkled Cyan Pepper in it and ate the whole thing with a spoon. Wow, that surprised me, but of course I'm always learning more all the time. So now I've learned to add spices to my fruit salad.
YUM, have I gotten into this. Pepper, Cinnamon, Paprika, all kinds of yummies I add now. Then I realized I needed more protein and started to add seeds and nuts. So now my fruit salad is just the best. I could fill a pint jar and that's all I need for the whole day.
One time someone had three little dogs, and rented the tent space for a month. Yea, I figured she couldn't find anywhere to rent with the dogs. She paid for the whole month, at $25/night that was great for me. And I was thrilled. So then I was going to church at dawn and walked outback, and this little doggie came up to me.
Sure I knew I'd see them sooner or later. And then the lady came out following the dog. WOOOW, she was pregnant, like big prego! Wow, renting a tent to keep her dogs was only half the story. But my first thought was a BABY! "What are you eating?"
And she pulled a half-eaten candy bar out of her pocket. EEEEEK! So I told her to cleanup the yard, organize all the tools, then water and tend the garden daily and I'll make her breakfast every day. Yes, I know that my fresh organic fruit breakfast saved that baby. I'm not sure if she ate anything else, but my yard was spotless, clean, organized and perfect for months. And yes she had the baby here, too. . . . moving into a regular room with a crib!
