Wow.
So, about a week ago, @papa-pepper made a post announcing that he was down to ship some free dragon fruit cuttings to anyone interested. Free plants? Heck yeah, you know I'm all about that.
What I wasn't expecting was a massive homesteading/permaculture airdrop.
Last night, when we got home, this package was waiting for us on the porch.
On top, right when I opened it, was this. A face ANY steemian knows as the one and only @papa-pepper. On the back:
Again, wow.
One of the pitaya cuttings. And that's just ONE!
He included three of them! Wow! I've never grown dragon fruit before, but it seems simple enough. Being a cactus, it should be fairly easy to propagate.
Malabar spinach seeds, Chinese red noodle beans, Sugar rush peach pepper seeds, and Kiwano seeds. During our chat on discord, @papa-pepper sent me some of his videos about these plants, and I started looking into them one night at work. What an awesome set of plants! Talk about production! These things are going to be awesome in the food forest. Except maybe the Kiwanos; they'll be tested in a safe place, as they are extremely prolific. They'll go over on the North hugel probably. That's not all...
Now that's intimidating. Have y'all ever eaten a ghost pepper? Nate has. I'm thinking maybe my first dtube snap, what say y'all? ;)
Brown turkey fig trees! I got these in the ground asap. They're currently in the bucket with the avocado tree, but I'll get them into their own propagation containers soon. I expect they'll be an integral part of the food forest.
A small container of dried toothache plant flowers! I wonder if there's any seed in there...
A @papa-pepper steem superstars card and a steemit.com bookmark!
A deck of permaculture playing cards! Looking through these last night, I have a lot of ideas! Each one features a different permaculture principle or foundational permaculturist. I think we'll work our way through them on here together as an easy steem permaculture series!
And then, as if all that wasn't enough...
He sent a 2018 Communi-Tree steem silver round.
What can I say? This is nothing short of a blessing. @papa-pepper, THANK YOU! What an awesome and inspiring gift from an amazing steemian.
God bless you and your family, man! May abundance and health come to your land, more than you've ever known! I don't know how to thank you enough for this... But to start, I'll buy you a Hell Burger next time you're in Texas. Seven types of ghost peppers in this little slider. Let me know when :)
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This is kind of a special gift!
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I know, I'm really blown away.
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Wow! Papa Pepper really hooked you up!
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Yeah he did! I'm overwhelmed to say the least lol
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WHAT a fabulous package to receive! All those goodies from @papa-pepper!
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I know! A truly abundant blessing.
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All I can say is WOW!
Congrats
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It's hard to wrap my mind around it all!
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Awesome stuff!
But, what is a toothache plant?
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It's an herb that has a lot of benefits such antibacterial and numbing properties. When chewed, it'll help ease the pain of a toothache. Kinda like orajel on steroids I've heard. I'll give it a try when I get home :)
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Toothache plant works well. I used it this summer when I broke a tooth. If you don't find any of those seed heads old enough, I have nearly a cupful of seed....
FYI, the leaves work also....for toothaches.
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Looking forward to seeing those permaculture cards! It's nice to see kindness like this in the world.
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Not sure when I'll start that little miniseries. Or how. A card a day? A card a week? Do I go through them in order? Shuffled?
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Haha my vote since you asked is 2 cards a week, random shuffle!this sounds like fun. Who made that deck? Permaculture is still a super new thing for me, I'd be interested in it as well!
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@papa-pepper says in his huge giveaway post that he got them from @em3.
I'm fairly new to it as well, but it is infectious. An optimistic approach that I think could really heal the earth.
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Yeah, that is super awesome that you got one of the decks!! Very cool!!
Peace
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Howdy, thanks a lot! I'm stoked to have em :)
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This is awesome!!! I am so floored by all the love @papa-pepper and @nateonsteemit!!! Beautiful. Sharing the abundance :)
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Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it!
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Despite the Steemit whale flag wars and the overall cryptocurrency chaos, folks like @papa-pepper remain lights in the darkness.
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So on point.
I'm seeing that the people that are here and active when crypto goes south are the ones we need here. The people that are here are the ones that believe in community and are good folks.
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Heck Yes!!
Steem communities are coming out of the computer!
Plant them seeds!!!
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It's times like these, when crypto goes in the shitter, that steemians are at their best. It makes me love these times. The people that really want to be here ARE here.
The seeds shall be planted!
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Yessss!
I want to see plant updates.
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My garden and chickens are literally all I post about 😂
They keep my steem train rolling, so if I want content, they'll go in the ground.
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I guess you must have enjoyed it!
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You are awesome @papa-pepper
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Hahahahaha indeed! To say the least!
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Just about to post my biggest giveaway ever!
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Wow, it's a giant! Resteemed :)
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