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I'm going to start this month's garden journal with my sunflowers. They've really bloomed in the month and have many heads per plant. And now they're growing inwards towards my garden smiling at me every

A brief account of cooking spaghetti using Eggplant in the sauce

It's been a little over 3 weeks since my last LUT Garden Journal, and there's been quite a lot of growth in my garden, but sadly not much harvest. French beans The other morning I got a lovely surprise

Good morning Hive family! I wanted to share a quick update from my little farm here in Kitwe. It’s been about 3 months since I put these cassava cuttings in the ground, and I’m honestly proud of how they’re

Today I walked through my garden and found this small, colourful harvest. It isn't much yet. Every day, something new grows, ripens or becomes ready to pick. But even this little collection brought me

My garden is starting to look quite productive now. The recent hot weather and my auto water irrigation system has probably helped a lot. Courgette There's been a few flowers but nothing has come to fruition

Today I collected a lot of wild strawberries and raspberries that grow in my garden. It is a very nice and satisfying work but the wild strawberries are pretty small and therefore you need to collect a

My tomatoes are finally out and the gardening season is officially starting for me. This year I planted my tomatoes in buckets to save space in my raised beds. I have 8 plants and would have planted more

I love watching my lavenders bloom every day. I have 9 plants in the front of my house and they grow so fast now. Every time I walk past, (I think) I can smell a faint whiff of its fragrance. It's very

I thought I'd start my LUT garden journal this month with something rather mundane but quite important for me. I cut my small patch of grass for the first time this year, and freshly cut grass smells soooo

Hey Hive fam! 🌿 Just walked out to my little citrus patch this afternoon and couldn’t resist picking one straight off the branch. Look at this beauty I’m holding! 😍 Green skin, still covered in raindrops,

Last Christmas I was gifted a box of veggie seeds. With the weather starting to warm up a little, I can't wait to start my 2026 growing season and take full advantage of my new greenhouse that I bought

Reminiscing on 2025 harvest, thinking of 2026 garden plans

Magandang buhay! It's been a while since I went to the backyard, and thank goodness I did around mid-afternoon today, because the eggplants were waiting to be picked. Some were already too mature; they

My last LUT Hive Garden journal was back in August, that's three month ago. I was hoping to share more of my garden this year but I only managed to do six updates and now the gardening season has finished

Daily grape harvest – fresh, sweet, healthy and guaranteed without chemical pesticides.

Final sweet potato harvest, had to sift through the bed by hand to a depth of about 15 inches, they were everywhere but didnt penetrate the concrete like subsoil Am so happy today harvest in sweet 💕

Hello hivers! Pleasant day to all. This papaya trees we're planted by my father eight months ago. Papaya is our go to do fruit. And it can grow everywhere as long as the soil is healthy. But we planted

Such an amazing plant I am about a week and a half or so out from harvesting this beauty of a plant. She sprouted up August 5th and has been progressing perfectly in that time. Thse are some of the best

Dug up most of main crop today that had completely died off. 2 plants remain that are still quite green. Fairly happy with these plus some other bits.