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From a simple backyard to a food source: sharing the benefits of our garden life, harvest, and daily blessings

Hello everyone! I would like to share a story about our garden and why it is very important to our family. Backyard gardening is important because whenever there

No more room below for roots to grow? Carnivorous Repot!

So this is what we are going to accomplish today. Some of the larger Drosera plants are growing well above the rim of their pots. I will be doing a step by step

What's eating you little guy?

Notice the stem that comes out purple and turns green at the base of the plant. That stem is the subject of this post. Venus flytraps are known for putting up flowers

How to plant 🌶️ upside down chili peppers.

Plants that usually flop, like chives, peppers or tomatoes, are best planted from the bottom of the pot. That leaves the top side available for any other kind of

What do the 🥀 Flowers of Carnivorous Plants Look Like?

Today I am going to take pictures of all the different carnivorous plants that have flowers open. There are many more that have only buds, but I'm going to concentrate

Potato Tower II 🥔 A New Approach

I doubled the size of the pot that I was using for the first potato tower but besides that, I didn't like the way it lost soil volume as it got taller and taller.

Results: Sarracenia 🌱 in its New Pot.

Today I wanted to do an update on one of the plants that I repotted two months ago. It looks just about the same in the center with all of the old "leaves"

Progress Updates: 🪴 MJ 🌶️ Peppers 🥔 Potato Towers 🌱 and more.

Potato plants in bloom! I have never seen a potato flower. One of the two potato towers is in bloom. Yes, I said two potato towers, though one is not yet a tower.

Drosera Binata - The Octagon Web of Death and its New 🌸

This is one of my favorite carnivorous plants. It is inescapable for bugs when they fly between the branches. At the end of this post, I will present you with its

I Smell a Rat! 🐀 Intervention: Elevate and Lubricate!

This is an update of sorts, though I never got a chance to show you the first post. Hints of Potato Tower II are mentioned here too. On the left, (above) you have

My small but mighty garden

Hello people of God, it me Lady Decency.  So today i want to see my little garden, kinda bushy but it has helped me in so many

Updates on the Plants Featured in August.

Let's do some updates! Starting with posts from August. Oldest ones first. There was a post on Potting Baby Carnivorous plants done Aug. 13, 2025. On the left is

Pole with Pointy Leaves🎍in the Middle of the Road.

You wouldn't believe what I just found in the middle of the road. This is a tree, of sorts, that I have wanted in my garden for quite some time. I am not going to

Growing up and out 🪴 of its pot.

We are going to do Drosera maintenance today. This is important to do because the plant starts to grow up and out of the moss that it's situated in. If I don't take

Why Upside Down 🌶️ the Jalapenos?

Well first of all, you don't need to tie up the plants. I have been trying to sprout jalapeno seeds for 2 months. Four have sprouted so far, and two have lived.

Venus Flytrap 🥬 Removing the Split-Pot

Today we're going to finish the last step and set the roots free for the Venus flytrap. It has only been a little over a week since we repotted this Venus. We left

🌿 Update: First Upside-Down Planting from May 2025

The Sarracenia that I repotted is back in growth mode as the weather got nice this week. It is amazing. This post will be an update to the Double Repotting project

Hundreds to Repot 🪴 Baby Droseras

Most of the plants that I have are Droseras. Those are the ones that are very easy to reproduce simply by putting one leaf in some distilled water. The plants just

Venus Repotting 🌿 A Delicate Procedure

The best way to repot special plants, like the Venus Fly Trap, is to keep it a secret from the plant. Do not let it know that it has been repotted! I do not have

The Avocado Tree that Lived 🥑 ( my 3 year anniversary post )

I read somewhere that an avocado tree will not flower or produce fruit until the third year. That has been in the back of my mind for a very good reason. Three years