Tag: gardening

Mommy Commentary

30+ Cheap and FREE Summer Activities

Summer is right around the corner (and some parents like me, it's already here!). To keep your kids to be completely glued to their screens, I compiled a list of fun summer activities. I purposely chose ones that were either cheap or free because let's face it, you're going to be spending all your money on gas and groceries right now. Have fun!
Kids' Activities, Mommy Commentary

Painting Planters

Over the past week, we decided to paint planters. I've really taken up gardening as a great hobby. And there is nothing like growing and eating your own food. And since you take care of it, you know it's organic, which is the best ever! I wanted to spice up our garden a bit so we all did an activity where we each painted a planter. Materials: Planters (they're relatively
Meet the Blussians

#BlackGirlWhoGardens

So, it's been a minute since I've updated here on the blog about how the gardening is going. Well, I decided to revive my long-forgotten about YouTube channel with a new series: #blackgirlwhogardens. It's fitting since I love to garden and I'm a black girl. Wow, what a concept. Anyway, this is going to be a short and sweet post: check out the video! Please let me know if you have
Meet the Blussians

Summer Recap

We did a lot this summer and it was a lot of fun. From swimming to the beach to just enjoying life! Though I do wish we did just a bit more, I'm proud we accomplished a lot. So, let's go! Swimming lessons: If you followed my IG stories, we enrolled Bear into swimming. It was rather coaxing to get him to take his lessons and lots of promises were made
Meet the Blussians

Issa Garden Update – So What The Hayle Happened?

It's been a while since I've done a garden update so let's get started on the successes and fails! Yes, I'm proud of my fails because it tells me to try harder. Let's go! Fails. It's only fair to highlight the fails before the successes. I'm doing this to show even the 'I've never picked up a tool in my life' folks that gardening is not something you just plant, water
Meet the Blussians

Issa Garden Update!

My little garden that could is coming along nicely. So, let's check out what Mother Nature (and numerous bees) have helped me. Because I have so many plants in my garden, I'm going to break down this post into four parts - succulents, edible plants, fragrant plants,  and tree. Yes, just one tree. Succulents: I recently purchased succulent plant food (and honestly, I had no idea it existed nor was it something
Meet the Blussians

Garden Update!

[caption id="attachment_9502" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Going to Home Depot has now become a tradition of sorts. [/caption] My new home project of creating a garden is fully underway. (Click here for a refresher.) Here's an update on how things are coming along: Here is an updated picture of the small and cozy garden. Let's go by each plant. Construction toys are not included. Bell Peppers: [gallery ids="9487,9486" type="rectangular"] I'm super excited at how the bell peppers
Meet the Blussians

Calling Dr. Green Thumb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj9FVlEtknU No, I'm not planting weed, LOL. I do like the song, though. Ever since we moved into the duplex, my mind has run wild with the thoughts of having a garden. When I was growing up in Palm Springs, my Granny grew her own vegetables and fruit. I can remember picking figs, oranges, lemons, grapefruits from various trees in the backyard. She even grew hot peppers but I was told