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On the taste level - at the bottom of the scale - but a lovely looking fruit and it has dense vegetable matter like a potato so probably lots of nutrients. When harvested small they are tender and taste like mild peas. The ones in the pic are too big because I didn't discover them until late. Seems to be an easy-to-grow plant and if your garden doesn't produce much it's a plant for you as it produces a lot of fruit.

"Chokos in Australia were known as a 'filler' for low-income families during the Great Depression. Given the choko's ability to grow wild and yield plenty of crops, it was seen as a free backyard source of fibre and nutrition."

Just planted 4 peach trees, 6 highbush blueberries and 6 raspberries.
Feels good.

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Just about harvested the lot, thank god, with only a few small ones not being eaten. Probably got 10-15. Now I know I can grow them I'll plant fewer next season. We could have given some to our neighbours but we don't like them.

The monster in the pic was missed due to my messy garden. I expected it to be bitter but it verged on sweet! I skinned the cucumber; shaved most of it with a peeler and tipped the shavings on top of some slices of bread on a plate, added pepper, olive oil and parmesan cheese and ate with a knife and fork. Not bad. Would have been nicer with buttered bread but I was lazy.

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And it's due to the growing-medium and a sunny spot. In the past I didn't pay enough attention to the growing-medium and used soil/compost which, when baked in the sun, became as hard as rock and didn't drain well either.

I cut a lot of grass but can't put it on the garden generally as mulch (hay) because of the fire-risk. So I mix the decomposed grass with decomposed leaf litter, put it in my tubs and the plants love it. No soil because there is none unless I buy it. My mix probably contains too much nitrogen which promotes excessive leaf/stem growth but so far I've had a modest potato harvest and the cucumber crop is looking to be a great success. I've planted capsicums in the mixture and they are yet to strut their stuff but...fingers crossed. So I'm rather chuffed that my "soil" works!

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Might have to ditch spud growing in favour of beans where I seem to have more success. I refuse to use souped-up soil. The problem seems to be too much nitrogen due to grass mulch. Lots of lovely leaf growth but few tubers! And f..k you too!

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It's too big and I can't turn it so I need to "bandicoot" the partly broken-down leaf litter and bag it i.e. mine the heap like a gold miner. It got too big because the fire season hit very early and so there's been a mad effort to rake up leaves etc.

TL,DR; I used echinacea root tea to rapidly relieve the symptoms of an URI that has afflicted my family.

One benefit is the effect the root tea has on our upper respiratory system.

My family is sick with some random head cold, I chose to suffer through it since it didn't stop from getting my work done. No fever for me but I've been blowing out "grellow" mucus for a few days.

My three month old and almost two year old have fevers to accompany their sickness. They got to drink some echinacea root tea mixed with their breastmilk and cow milk respectively. Within the hour they both had fevers lower a few degrees and no more fussing. The mucus broke free and after one round of booger-sucking and nose blowing there's no more stuffiness.

If I followed a pediatricians advice, the youngest wouldn't be able to have anything unless we wanted to risk using ibuprofen, which doesn't really help the situation at all. The toddler would have been able to take motrin, which would help with the fever, but nothing else.

I'm glad I chose the echinacea, it's doing so well with helping the boys feel better. I still felt like crap, so I drank the leftovers with my wife. No more headache after 5-10 minutes and my nose is clear.

The plants are gorgeous as well. Mine all have red/orange flowers. I didn't want to harvest them, but the tea was why I planted them to begin.

I suggest this to others if they are so inclined, it worked better than anything I've ever taken, doesn't make me feel like shit either, like cold meds have in the past.

You are dead motherfuckers!