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#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
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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
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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
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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