Tag: garden
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Savannah’s Glory: Short Story #1 of 72
Savannah knew that she had to either take some teacakes home with her or eat them now; otherwise, Granny would be upset with her. When Savannah arrived in Granny’s empty kitchen, she noticed she caught her in the middle of cooking and canning potatoes from her garden. On the table were bundles of collard greens,…
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We’ve got cauliflower growing in the garden…
Im celebrating our cauliflower making it’s beautiful debut. Today is day one of my 4 day 2023 garden gratitude challenge. I have so much gratitude for all I’ve learned and look forward to sharing more reflections.
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….My Favorite things
Here’s a few photos of my favorite things from the last 7 days. Happy Friday! 💕
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…remember when
Saturday night, I hopped on Instagram Live and mindfully prepared our Sunday dinner. I harvested a large bowl of Purple Thai basil, Genovese basil, and a tiny head of dinosaur kale from my garden. I love cooking and chatting with friends online. I am such a nostalgic woman. I find so much joy in reminiscing…
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Urban Homestead: Skin Care & Year One Of Growing 90 Percent Of Our Produce EP1
November made one year of gardening and growing 90 percent of our produce in our urban homestead. I’m hoping to film my self care and skin care progress while updating you on how my blog, garden and urban homestead is going. Below is this weeks YouTube video. I wrote three blog post this week! Please…
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…..loving yet clumsy hands.
One of my favorite artists, Solange, released her glassware collection this summer. I am a huge fan of her music and art and love how she styles her home. Apartamento Magazine describes Solange’s home as “a mix of organic modernism, her own furniture designs, and Black art and vernacular objects she has collected over the…
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Knowing “your” season….
I have attempted to grow cilantro during the summer but have yet to succeed. Cilantro is one of my favorite herbs. It grows so well in my garden during the fall and winter, but when spring arrives, the cilantro in our garden tends to bolt. Bolting is the term applied to vegetable crops when they…
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…take all the clothes off the line myself
I woke up at around 4 AM, just as my alarm was about to go off. Surprisingly, my body felt fully rested. My mind, however, was shaken from my catastrophizing the night before about missing my 7 PM bedtime routine. I feared not showing up the best for my morning routine the next day. The…
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The work & wait was worth it!
A gentle reminder that whatever you are waiting on and working on will be worth it! My love picked lemons from our lemon tree as summer ended. I preserved the lemons three weeks ago. It took 24 hours to preserve the lemons and 30 minutes to enjoy a few wheels/slices… I placed one lemon wheel…
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..My Weekly Garden Highlight Photos
Monday Photos above. Sharing a few photos I took this morning of my favorite veggies that are finally taking off in my garden. 1: jalapeños2: cherry tomatoes3: chamomile4: dinosaurs kale (Lacinato)5: curly kale6: red mustard greens The chamomile and jalapeños are new and this is my first experience growing them. The tomatoes, curly kale, and…