Time to make some salsa... the tomatillos are ready 🇲🇽 (variety is 'Queen of Malinalco')
June 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Time to make some salsa... the tomatillos are ready 🇲🇽 (variety is 'Queen of Malinalco')
#NationalOpossumDay:
#Opossum in the “paradise garden”mural cycle of Malinalco, Mexico, c. 1535/1585. The cycle is a rare survivng example of early colonial art with Indigenous artists in Spanish churches mixing native & European styles and filling Christian scenes with native fauna & flora.
#Opossum in the “paradise garden”mural cycle of Malinalco, Mexico, c. 1535/1585. The cycle is a rare survivng example of early colonial art with Indigenous artists in Spanish churches mixing native & European styles and filling Christian scenes with native fauna & flora.
![Slide showing a portion of a mural with a zoomed-in detail of an opossum. (Images appear black and white because the mural was actually painted monochrome.)
Label:
Detail of an opossum in the paradise garden murals of Malinalco, Mexico, c. 1535/1585
Image credits:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eltb/6939991543/in/album-72157629114034706/
[Catedrales e Iglesias / CC-BY-2.0]
https://ombligomx.org/2020/02/17/fauna-prehispanica-en-los-murales-del-convento-de-malinalco/
[OmbligoMx / CC-BY-NC-2.5-MX]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l5pcfqdnvtivhxufycjnvzui/bafkreidzhyo4hqw6fmvno2mxbjgvmpiio3ervybxhof7s7f6cqybfrn24e)
October 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
#NationalOpossumDay:
#Opossum in the “paradise garden”mural cycle of Malinalco, Mexico, c. 1535/1585. The cycle is a rare survivng example of early colonial art with Indigenous artists in Spanish churches mixing native & European styles and filling Christian scenes with native fauna & flora.
#Opossum in the “paradise garden”mural cycle of Malinalco, Mexico, c. 1535/1585. The cycle is a rare survivng example of early colonial art with Indigenous artists in Spanish churches mixing native & European styles and filling Christian scenes with native fauna & flora.
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Big 'Queen of Malinalco' tomatillo. I can feel a fruit developing inside, but it hasn't filled the husk yet. #Garden2025
July 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Big 'Queen of Malinalco' tomatillo. I can feel a fruit developing inside, but it hasn't filled the husk yet. #Garden2025
So the tomatillo I am growing this year are the standard toma verde but I also am planting in a bunch called Chupon de Malinalco which is an heirloom verity from Malinalco, Mexico.
I am -very- excited to taste these as they are apparently sweet like a husk cherry and make good salsas. 🌱
I am -very- excited to taste these as they are apparently sweet like a husk cherry and make good salsas. 🌱
June 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So the tomatillo I am growing this year are the standard toma verde but I also am planting in a bunch called Chupon de Malinalco which is an heirloom verity from Malinalco, Mexico.
I am -very- excited to taste these as they are apparently sweet like a husk cherry and make good salsas. 🌱
I am -very- excited to taste these as they are apparently sweet like a husk cherry and make good salsas. 🌱
Moon from Malinalco, Mexico
7/20/23
One of my favorite photos.
7/20/23
One of my favorite photos.
November 16, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Moon from Malinalco, Mexico
7/20/23
One of my favorite photos.
7/20/23
One of my favorite photos.
Malinalco, near Mexico City, showcases the ruins of a temple named Cuauhcalli, or “House of the Eagles,” built directly into the hillside. It's the only example of such rock-cut architecture in the Aztec world.
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2020/off-the-grid/digs-mexico-malinalco/
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2020/off-the-grid/digs-mexico-malinalco/
August 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Malinalco, near Mexico City, showcases the ruins of a temple named Cuauhcalli, or “House of the Eagles,” built directly into the hillside. It's the only example of such rock-cut architecture in the Aztec world.
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2020/off-the-grid/digs-mexico-malinalco/
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2020/off-the-grid/digs-mexico-malinalco/
'Queen of Malinalco' tomatillos just about ready to fall. #Garden2025
August 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
'Queen of Malinalco' tomatillos just about ready to fall. #Garden2025
Malinalxochitl, loosely based on descriptions (she has no known actual depictions) and codices. Sorceress sister of Huitzilopochtli, who founded Malinalco.
November 12, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Malinalxochitl, loosely based on descriptions (she has no known actual depictions) and codices. Sorceress sister of Huitzilopochtli, who founded Malinalco.
First heirloom tomatillo harvest! We grew one last year but it didn’t set fruit. So we learned an odd fact about tomatillos that somehow eluded us thru years of vegetable farming- unlike most veggies, a single tomatillo plant cannot pollinate itself. So this year in the garden we grew 2! #gardening
July 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First heirloom tomatillo harvest! We grew one last year but it didn’t set fruit. So we learned an odd fact about tomatillos that somehow eluded us thru years of vegetable farming- unlike most veggies, a single tomatillo plant cannot pollinate itself. So this year in the garden we grew 2! #gardening
Salsa cruda with chupon de malinalco tomatillos
August 21, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Salsa cruda with chupon de malinalco tomatillos
Extraño un chingo cuando nadie fumaba al edomex porque cómo chingados me estás diciendo que una chela 90 varos en Malinalco??????
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Extraño un chingo cuando nadie fumaba al edomex porque cómo chingados me estás diciendo que una chela 90 varos en Malinalco??????
#Garden2025 update: All tomato varieties now have fruits: Sungold, Black Krim, Black Pear, and Berkeley Tie Dye. One Black Pear has flowers but no tomatoes yet. Lots of little fruits on the Purple tomatillo; flowers only so far on Queen of Malinalco. I'm reading this variety is slow to set fruit.
June 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
#Garden2025 update: All tomato varieties now have fruits: Sungold, Black Krim, Black Pear, and Berkeley Tie Dye. One Black Pear has flowers but no tomatoes yet. Lots of little fruits on the Purple tomatillo; flowers only so far on Queen of Malinalco. I'm reading this variety is slow to set fruit.
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
So, here is the physalis ixocarpa flower (Tomatillo Queen of Malinalco) that inspired me, and the first sunflower I got from my experiments! 😁
This sunflower eventually grew up to (about) my size. 🌻
#photography #selfie #photo
This sunflower eventually grew up to (about) my size. 🌻
#photography #selfie #photo
June 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
So, here is the physalis ixocarpa flower (Tomatillo Queen of Malinalco) that inspired me, and the first sunflower I got from my experiments! 😁
This sunflower eventually grew up to (about) my size. 🌻
#photography #selfie #photo
This sunflower eventually grew up to (about) my size. 🌻
#photography #selfie #photo
🇲🇽 Um grupo de amigos no México troca asilos por moradias comunitárias, onde envelhecem juntos com amor e autonomia!
Desde 2009, "La Guancha" transforma vidas em Malinalco. "Doar é mais gratificante do que eu imaginava", diz Francisco. Juntos, eles mostram que a verdadeira riqueza é a comunidade! 💚
Desde 2009, "La Guancha" transforma vidas em Malinalco. "Doar é mais gratificante do que eu imaginava", diz Francisco. Juntos, eles mostram que a verdadeira riqueza é a comunidade! 💚
September 11, 2024 at 1:57 AM
🇲🇽 Um grupo de amigos no México troca asilos por moradias comunitárias, onde envelhecem juntos com amor e autonomia!
Desde 2009, "La Guancha" transforma vidas em Malinalco. "Doar é mais gratificante do que eu imaginava", diz Francisco. Juntos, eles mostram que a verdadeira riqueza é a comunidade! 💚
Desde 2009, "La Guancha" transforma vidas em Malinalco. "Doar é mais gratificante do que eu imaginava", diz Francisco. Juntos, eles mostram que a verdadeira riqueza é a comunidade! 💚
Tomatillos for #Garden2025: Bright yellow 'Queen of Malinalco' (photo from uprisingorganics.com) and round 'Purple' (photo from territorialseed.com).
May 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Tomatillos for #Garden2025: Bright yellow 'Queen of Malinalco' (photo from uprisingorganics.com) and round 'Purple' (photo from territorialseed.com).
What is today's #Garden2025 harvest? The people clamor to know! Behold: The first 'Black Krim' tomato! The first 'Raider' cucumbers! More 'Sungold' tomatoes because the two plants are like tomato fountains! And another big 'Queen of Malinalco' tomatillo! Horticultural gloating will now commence. :)
August 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What is today's #Garden2025 harvest? The people clamor to know! Behold: The first 'Black Krim' tomato! The first 'Raider' cucumbers! More 'Sungold' tomatoes because the two plants are like tomato fountains! And another big 'Queen of Malinalco' tomatillo! Horticultural gloating will now commence. :)
House of the Eagles (Cuauhcalli) is a monolithic temple in Malinalco, EdoMex, carved in a rock during the reign of the Mexica emperor Ahuizotl, it served as a sacred site for elite Eagle and Jaguar warriors. It features a serpent-mouthed entrance symbolizing the Earth Monster Tlaltecuhtli, ~1500CE.
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
House of the Eagles (Cuauhcalli) is a monolithic temple in Malinalco, EdoMex, carved in a rock during the reign of the Mexica emperor Ahuizotl, it served as a sacred site for elite Eagle and Jaguar warriors. It features a serpent-mouthed entrance symbolizing the Earth Monster Tlaltecuhtli, ~1500CE.
chupon de malinalco tomatillo 🤓 delicious!
August 29, 2023 at 8:41 PM
chupon de malinalco tomatillo 🤓 delicious!
Looks like a decent crop so far of 'Queen of Malinalco' tomatillos. Still more flowers that can be pollinated. #Garden2025
July 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Looks like a decent crop so far of 'Queen of Malinalco' tomatillos. Still more flowers that can be pollinated. #Garden2025
La señora dijo que me va a traer una corona de cristo desde Malinalco porque se le hizo cara en el mercado.
Yo sólo quiero que se me de para que vengan más colibríes.
Yo sólo quiero que se me de para que vengan más colibríes.
July 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
La señora dijo que me va a traer una corona de cristo desde Malinalco porque se le hizo cara en el mercado.
Yo sólo quiero que se me de para que vengan más colibríes.
Yo sólo quiero que se me de para que vengan más colibríes.
Si vives en estos municipios únete a nuestra Delegación Toluca:
Metepec
Zinacantepec
Lerma
Ixtlahuaca
Atlacomulco
Tenango del Valle
Tenancingo
Santiago Tianguistenco
Temoaya
Calimaya
Capulhuac
Ixtapan de la Sal
Malinalco
Mexicaltzingo
Info por MD
Metepec
Zinacantepec
Lerma
Ixtlahuaca
Atlacomulco
Tenango del Valle
Tenancingo
Santiago Tianguistenco
Temoaya
Calimaya
Capulhuac
Ixtapan de la Sal
Malinalco
Mexicaltzingo
Info por MD
November 21, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Si vives en estos municipios únete a nuestra Delegación Toluca:
Metepec
Zinacantepec
Lerma
Ixtlahuaca
Atlacomulco
Tenango del Valle
Tenancingo
Santiago Tianguistenco
Temoaya
Calimaya
Capulhuac
Ixtapan de la Sal
Malinalco
Mexicaltzingo
Info por MD
Metepec
Zinacantepec
Lerma
Ixtlahuaca
Atlacomulco
Tenango del Valle
Tenancingo
Santiago Tianguistenco
Temoaya
Calimaya
Capulhuac
Ixtapan de la Sal
Malinalco
Mexicaltzingo
Info por MD
The calyces or husks of round 'Purple' tomatillo and elongated yellow 'Queen of Malinalco' suggest the shapes of the fruit that will eventually fill them. #Garden2025
June 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The calyces or husks of round 'Purple' tomatillo and elongated yellow 'Queen of Malinalco' suggest the shapes of the fruit that will eventually fill them. #Garden2025