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Originally Posted by SpookyShoe

I have one saltwater tank and one fresh water tank.

I’m impressed. I want a reef tank so badly, but have forbidden myself another expensive hobby that takes up a lot of time. I’m currently researching cryptic refugiums for yucks.

[SueCT]

Didn't know Geico sold those. Hope he gave you a good deal.

[Rajun Gardener]

It was a great season for loquats, the tree is loaded!

[clkeiper]

what is a loquat? I have heard of them but never seen any for sale to try them.

[GoDawgs]

They're now 18 days old and it's almost time to put them out to harden up. I'd like to plant them out in the big buckets ten days from now. It will have to wait until after tomorrow's expected storms blow through.



The south side of the garden a week ago:

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by clkeiper

what is a loquat? I have heard of them but never seen any for sale to try them.

Not likely you ever will see any for sale in the US but they are good I have two trees with fruit on now.
At least to me they sort of taste like a peach or maybe apricot.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...bJRgwassOggrvG

[clkeiper]

are they hard to grow? need lots of water? We have a small piece of property way south of you.. I could plant a tree or two on it next time we go down. Right now there isn't a thing but some scrub mess on it/ that will be taken care of soon though. but I have no idea if one would survive without a water drip and timer on it from one year to the next. grapefruit will be a given for sure.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by clkeiper

are they hard to grow? need lots of water? We have a small piece of property way south of you.. I could plant a tree or two on it next time we go down. Right now there isn't a thing but some scrub mess on it/ that will be taken care of soon though. but I have no idea if one would survive without a water drip and timer on it from one year to the next. grapefruit will be a given for sure.

Not hard at all and the water isn't that big of a deal but where I live I have to water them in the hot summer.

They need suckering ,pruning and training constantly as far as I am concerned.
They can get huge and I mean huge.
One in town must be at least 50 feet tall or close to it.

[clkeiper]

cool. I will skip the loquat though as if it is ripe now... I won't be there. duh.

[SpookyShoe]

Just for my own edification I looked on the internet and you can buy loquat plants from various orchards. I also found a map of areas in the United States in which the loquat trees will grow.

[SpookyShoe]

My DH and I went here for lunch today. I had carnitas and DH had a skirt steak.

Fajita lore tells us that in the 1930s and 1940s Mexican vaqueros working in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas first put skirt steak (a cheap cut) into a tortilla. Then came Juan Antonio "Sonny" Falcon, who opened the first commercial fajita stand in Kyle, Texas, a little south of Austin. The stands spread all over the state.

But the lady who is credited with introducing the fajita craze (tacos al carbon) to America is Mama Ninfa Laurenzo, a Mexican-American woman, who opened a restaurant in Houston's Second Ward (Segundo Barrio) in 1973. The place became the "cool" place to go and remains so for fajitas, margaritas, and a great outdoor patio.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by SpookyShoe

My DH and I went here for lunch today. I had carnitas and DH had a skirt steak.

Fajita lore tells us that in the 1930s and 1940s Mexican vaqueros working in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas first put skirt steak (a cheap cut) into a tortilla. Then came Juan Antonio "Sonny" Falcon, who opened the first commercial fajita stand in Kyle, Texas, a little south of Austin. The stands spread all over the state.

But the lady who is credited with introducing the fajita craze (tacos al carbon) to America is Mama Ninfa Laurenzo, a Mexican-American woman, who opened a restaurant in Houston's Second Ward (Segundo Barrio) in 1973. The place became the "cool" place to go and remains so for fajitas, margaritas, and a great outdoor patio.

I ate there in the early 80's.

Very cool, Spooky - I’m envious!

[DonDuck]

Originally Posted by SpookyShoe

My DH and I went here for lunch today. I had carnitas and DH had a skirt steak.

Fajita lore tells us that in the 1930s and 1940s Mexican vaqueros working in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas first put skirt steak (a cheap cut) into a tortilla. Then came Juan Antonio "Sonny" Falcon, who opened the first commercial fajita stand in Kyle, Texas, a little south of Austin. The stands spread all over the state.

But the lady who is credited with introducing the fajita craze (tacos al carbon) to America is Mama Ninfa Laurenzo, a Mexican-American woman, who opened a restaurant in Houston's Second Ward (Segundo Barrio) in 1973. The place became the "cool" place to go and remains so for fajitas, margaritas, and a great outdoor patio.

I've never eaten their, but I understand they also are known for their refried beans made with real hog lard.

[SpookyShoe]

Their flour tortillas are made with lard.