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Two freshly harvested Okinawan sweet potatoes

How to Plant & Grow Okinawan Sweet Potatoes

Okinawan Purple Sweet Potatoes are a delicious cultivar, featuring a creamy, beige skin encasing beautiful purple-magenta flesh. Learn how to grow these amazing tubars in your backyard garden.

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A collection of cooking herbs

10 Cooking Herbs to Grow in Your Garden This Year

Ten culinary herbs every cook should have in their garden, plus growing tips and plant facts.

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Cucamelons

Cucamelons (Mexican Sour Gherkin)

Learn how to grow cucamelons, a unique plant with small fruits that look like watermelons on the outside, but cucumbers on the inside.

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Close-up of the leaves of a peppermint plant

How to Transplant Mint

Mint is often best grown in pots to prevent spreading. Learn how to transplant this prolific grower.

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Up-close photo of a young thistle plant

How to Get Rid of Thistle

Thistle is one tough weed! Learn how to eliminate thistle from your garden without chemicals

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Four freshly harvest butternut squash

How to Hand Pollinate Squash

Learn the simple technique for how to hand-pollinate squash and boost your crop when pollination problems arise.

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What is this shizz? It’s April 21st ffs. . #sno What is this shizz? It’s April 21st ffs.
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#snowinapril #idontwanttoscrapemycar #climatechangeisreal #snowoncar #snowongrass
It’s still a bit too cold - and more cold predic It’s still a bit too cold - and more cold predicted this coming week, including snow - to get the summer garden going in any significant way, but I’m still enjoying and appreciating the beauty of spring. A little flower therapy during my morning workout 🏃🏼‍♀️ before my 2nd vaccine 💉appointment.
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#springflowers #morningworkout #morningroutine #pinkflowers #vaccine #getvaccinated #teammoderna
It’s going to be a noisy spring, y’all. Emerge It’s going to be a noisy spring, y’all. Emergence is imminent.
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#cicadas #cicadamounds #17yearcicada #cicadas2021
Starbucks gets a bad rap, and I get it. Coffee con Starbucks gets a bad rap, and I get it. Coffee connoisseurs (of which I’m not) argue about its quality. We’d rather support the small shops.
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But we can’t forget the *people* behind the counter. They were there, in-store at my Kroger, when everything else was closed. They were there when getting a coffee after grocery shopping was literally my only treat for weeks on end.
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I’m sure they would have rather been quarantining, too.
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They knew my name before the mask. They recognized me with my double black mask. They remember my drink. And sometimes they leave sweet notes on the cup.
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Here’s to the people who have made all the small moments of the last year somehow significant and special.
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@starbucks @kroger #barista #baristagram #starbucks #covid #pandemiclife #coffeetreat #pumpkincreamcoldbrew #benicetoeachother #kindnessmatters #maskup #almostthere
My sweet potato slips arrived from @bakercreekseed My sweet potato slips arrived from @bakercreekseeds today. They were an absolute joy to grow last year, and I’m still feasting on the harvest. It’s too early to plant, so they’ll hang out in this morning-sunny window until the time is right.
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Also got my first covid shot this morning, and am about to head out for my workout. Not too bad for the first day of spring.
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Here’s to a great growing season!
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#sweetpotatoslips #okinawansweetpotato #springgarden #spring2021 #organicgardening
“He’s here. He’s there. He’s every-fuckin- “He’s here. He’s there. He’s every-fuckin-where. Roy Keeent. Roy Keeent.”
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Cozy winter afternoon with my tv crush.
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#sunday with #tedlasso #mustseetv
Apple, you’ve gone too far. . . . . #berniem Apple, you’ve gone too far.
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#berniememes #applewatch #feelthebern #berniemittens
A hearty soup taken to meal-level, thanks to loads A hearty soup taken to meal-level, thanks to loads of meaty mushrooms and an umami flavor bomb or two, Mushroom Barley Soup is a healthy vegan soup inspired by the Mediterranean diet.
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On the blog now: https://soupaddict.com/mushroom-barley-soup/
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#soup #souprecipe #healthysoup #mushroomsoup #barley #healthygrains #mediterraneanfoods #mediterraneandiet #veganuary2021 #healthyveganfood #vegetarianrecipes #bluezones #mushrooms #veganfood #plantbased #plantbasedrecipes #plantslant #mushroomsoup
Okay, it’s not a super cool close-up through a t Okay, it’s not a super cool close-up through a telescope, but, the month’s relentless clouds parted tonight so we could see the show.
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I was really surprised I could see the two separate planets - visible in the photo, too, if you zoom in.
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And that gorgeous, fiery sunset is nothing to scoff at. Mars and the half-moon were up and at ‘em, too.
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#christmasstar #greatconjunction #saturn #jupiter #jupitersaturnconjunction #thegreatconjunction #stargazing #nightsky #sunset
Our better angels prevailed. 💙🇺🇸💙 Our better angels prevailed. 💙🇺🇸💙
Vote. Americans, it’s your constitutional right Vote. Americans, it’s your constitutional right and duty to cast your ballot today.
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It’s our duty as humans to side with the planet, to side with the marginalized, to side with ethics and character and respect. Not violence and chaos and lies. To side with love.
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Vote.
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#election2020 #electionday #vote
The final pepper harvest before tonight’s freeze The final pepper harvest before tonight’s freeze.
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Poblanos, red and yellow biquinhos, red and green jalapeños, and red lunchbox sweets.
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#harvest2020 
#peppers #organicgardening #containergardening #firstfreeze #november #inmygarden #winteriscoming
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