Parker’s thrifty homestead

07/06/2025

07/01/2025

Squash plants develop an overabundance of male flowers, which are delicious dipped in batter and fried, or eaten raw in salads. Just be sure to leave a few male blooms for pollination.
Female blossoms are connected to the fruit whereas the male blossoms have a long, thin stem (see attached photos). Look behind the flower for a swollen base. Flowers with the swollen base are female, as this is the o***y that later develops into the zucchini (or other fruit) after germination. Only female squash blossoms mature into a squash. The male is just there to fertilize them (sorry guys).
Now you know 🙂

06/30/2025

Cayenne Pepper
Mike puts Cayenne Pepper on almost everything.
It is an anti-inflammatory. It was found that it disrupted mitochondrial function and induced apoptosis (programmed cell death). Cayenne Pepper contains Capsaicin. It can cross the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB). Cayenne pepper increases blood flow. Cayenne Pepper is one of the oldest and most powerful healing remedies in the world.
Capsaicin demonstrates the ability to inhibit the growth of cancer cells; research suggests that the compound promotes apoptosis – the death of cancer cells. In 2010 researchers from the UCLA School of Medicine studied breast cancer cells and found that capsaicin not only re****ed their growth and arrested their ability to travel, but also increased the degree of apoptosis. The results of this research were published in the January 2010 issue of the journal “Oncogene.”

06/30/2025

Morning blessing to all my friends and family. This flower pot belonged to my Nana.

06/26/2025

Blueberry Lemon Sour Dough 🫐