The Tale of the Vegan Palm Tomato

Fig.1 Pam by fence

By Gary Boutin  
 

Supplies and Tools: 
Tomato cage

Michael Edwardton works for a program called Uncommon Good that teaches students about green energy. His home is located in Upland, California, a beautiful neighborhood with mature trees in a rural setting. He had just purchased a century-old home and wanted to preserve its look. Being a principal member of Uncommon Good, he was using the house to teach others how to go green. 

This post shows the five steps how a disregarded Palm tree turned into a pot for local Vegan home grown tomatoes. 

Step 1: Fig.1 shows Michael back yard is full of Palm trees. Some bearing fruit and some just provide shade.
Step 2: It was the annual back yard clean up and we decided to remove dead palms and dead branches and make the back yard usable again. Fig.2 shows that some of the palms had fruit but most of the palms were used for shade. Though Michael did not eat any of the palm fruit, he believed that the local wildlife should and he kept the dates until most were eater and the branches were dead.

Fig.2 Palm 
fruit bearing

Step 3: Fig.3 shows that with the backyard being release of its dead branches we found in the corner of the lot a dead palm tree with a surprise located inside the palm base. Local tomatoes had found a home inside the base of a palm tree.

Fig.3 
Vegan 
Palm Tomatoes

Step 4: Fig.4 shows the unripe tomatoes in various stages of ripeness.

Fig.4 Various Vegan
tomatoes stages

Step 5: Fig.5 and fig.6 shows that after the cleanup a tomato cage was places within the palm tree to hold up the tomato plant. Now Michael can have some of the bounty from his backyard and not give it all the local wild life.

Fig.5 Tomato Cage

Fig.6 Tomato cage 
and twine ties branches

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How to Keep Vegan Banana From Ripening to Fast

Fig.1 Vegan Bananas

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Clear Plastic Wrap 
Elastic Bands
Unripe Vegan Bananas Hand (bunch)

How do you keep your bananas from ripening to fast.

This post will show the three steps to a simple way to prevent the bananas.  

Step 1: Fig.1 shows a green hand (bunch) of bananas with clear plastic on the tip of the hand. 
Step 2: Fig.2 shows the use of a large rubber band holding the clear plastic wrap.

Fig.2 Rubber band

Step 3: Fig.3 shows a close up of the rubber band and plastic wrap.

Fig.3 Closeup

Step 4: Fig.4 shows ripe bananas ready to be eaten. 

Fig.4 Ripe Vegan bananas

Step 5: Fig.5 and fig.6 shows a local grocery has placed tape on the tip of the Chiquita bananas bananas. If the local grocery is using this method of slowing the bananas than you know it work. For more information about banana see my post on How Do You Use a Banana Stand?

Fig.5 Vegan 
Taped Bananas

Fig.6 Grocery store 
wrapped tips of bananas

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How Do You Use A Vegan Banana Stand

Fig.1 Fresh bananas

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Vegan Bananas
Vegan Banana stand 

Mrs. H. lives in Hollywood, California. Today, while working on some other jobs, a banana stand stood alone.

This post shows the four steps on how to to hang Vegan bananas.

First a little history. According to The World's Healthiest Foods, the banana plant grows 10 to 26 feet and belongs to the same family as the lily and the orchid. The cluster of fruits contain any where from 50 to 150 bananas with individual fruits grouped in bunches, known as "hands," containing 10 to 25 bananas. According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, a single fruit is about 125 grams on average; about three quarters of this is water. Each banana (or finger) has a protective outer layer (called peel or skin). There is a fleshy part inside. Both the skin and inner part can be eaten. Western cultures generally eat the inside raw and throw away the skin while some Asian cultures generally eat both the skin and inside cooked. Now let's hang those bananas. 

Step 1: Fig.1 Above shows a nice bunch of ripe Bananas. 
Step 2: Fig.2 shows a new Banana Stand.

Fig.2 The frame

Step 3: Fig.3 shows that the hook must be brought under the middle of the bananas bunch.

Fig.3 Hook

Step 4: Fig.4 shows the bananas are hooked in all its glory. Nice happy bananas ready to be eaten.

Fig.4 Happy bananas

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Western Red Cedar Planks Practically Free

Fig.1 Barbeque Joe 
Cedar Grilling Planks

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:   
Barbeque 
Barbeque fish grill
Barbeque Joe Cedar Grilling Planks

My wife loves fish, we call it brain food. It's easy to digest and it taste great. So one day she noticed that her brother was using a cedar plank to cook the fish. We been looking for deals ever since. This is one of our finds. 

This post show the five steps to using a Barbe-Que cedar wood planks. 

Step 1: Fig.1 shows Joe Cedar Grilling Planks which was found at a dollar store. Yes, that's .99 cents each.
Step 2: Fig.2 shows these cedar wood planks sold in bulk. We also found them on Amazon.com for 4 planks for $19.67 including free shipping. You decided which is the better deal.

Fig.2 Dollar Tree Sale

Step 3: Fig.3 shows these plank are not the same quality has the ones on Amazon.com but the price sure works for my wallet. Cedar plank cooking is always done on Western Red Cedar boards.  

Fig.3 Cedar wood planks

Step 4: Cedar planks need to be soaked in water for one day.
Step 5: Now all you have to do is compile the ingredients and the cedar planks and cook a great meal for your family and friends. 

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