Who needs aromatherapy when you have fresh basil growing in the garden? 🌱😂 I’m over here enjoying every sniff! The little things in life really do bring joy. 💚✨ Gardening is therapy for the mind, body, and soul! 🌿🦋 #GardenWithFekisha #ChaoticGardenWithFekisha #Basil #GardenTherapy

Instead of pinching off the blooms to encourage more leaf growth, I’m letting nature take its course! 🌱💚 Basil flowers provide nectar for bees and other pollinators, and allowing the blooms to mature can eventually produce seeds for future planting! 🌼🌿 Sometimes gardening isn’t just about what we

Another day, another adventure in my chaotic garden! 😂🌱 Today’s gardening duties included picking some fresh okra and trying to straighten up my okra plants that have been leaning from the wind! 💨🌿 These plants out here looking like they’ve been through a hurricane! 😂🤣 But they’re still pr

Red Burgundy Okra Has BENEFITS! ❤️🌱💚 Did you know that Red Burgundy okra isn’t just beautiful in the garden? It’s packed with nutrients that may benefit your body! 😍 ❤️ Heart Health: Contains soluble fiber that can help support healthy cholesterol levels. 💚 Digestive Health: Provides fiber

My indoor seed-starting operation is in FULL EFFECT! 😂🌱 Started these Late Flat Dutch cabbage seedlings from seed on September 15, 2026! 🥬 They’ve been growing indoors under grow lights, and they’re coming along nicely! No greenhouse needed over here! 😂🌱 Just seeds, soil, grow lights, and a l

Dropped the seeds, forgot about them, and look what’s growing! Nature just did her thing. Easy as that. 📍Louisiana Zone 9A #GardenWithFekisha #ChaoticGardenWithFekisha #PurpleHullPeas #NoEffort

🐛🍅 How to Spot a Tomato Hornworm in Your Garden! 🌱🔎 Tomato hornworms are masters of camouflage! 😂 Their green bodies blend right in with your tomato plants, making them hard to spot! Here are a few clues to look for: 🐛 Missing leaves – Hornworms can strip branches quickly! 💩 Dark droppi

Throwback to one of my gumbo days! 😋🥘 Ain’t nothing like a good pot of gumbo made at home. Louisiana comfort food at its finest! ❤️ #Throwback #Gumbo #LouisianaGumbo #GumboSeason #LouisianaCooking #CajunCooking #SouthernCooking #LouisianaFood #ComfortFood #HomeCooking #Foodie #Goo

Garden update! 🌿 Just bringing y’all along as I shell some purple hull peas and showing y’all how I separate the ones we can eat from the ones I can save for seed. As I’m shelling, I look at the peas and the condition of the pods. The good, healthy peas that are at the right stage for eating can

😂 Caught by Mama! Mama: “Are you eating the okra?” Me: “Noooo… must be the animals.” 🤷🏾‍♀️😂 Mama: “I think the animals got some help.” Bwahahaha! 😂😂 Listen, I don’t know WHAT happened to that okra! Meanwhile, Mama is behind the camera AND conducting the investigation. 🎥🕵🏾‍♀️ At this

Something been eating my okra… 🤔🌿 The something: 👇👇👇👇😂 Caught red-handed! I guess I can’t blame the bugs for everything around here. 😂 Fresh okra straight from the garden just hits different! #GardenWithFekisha #ChaoticGardenWithFekisha #LouisianaZone9A #Okra #OkraPatch #Gar

Garden update! 🌿 Just bringing y’all along as I work around the garden and showing y’all how I put what I have to good use. I let my grass clippings break down, and then I use that material to help build up my garden rows. Instead of letting it go to waste, I put it right back into the garden. A

🌱💚 Harvesting yardlong bean seeds for next season! I left these pods on the vine past the eating stage so the beans inside could fully mature. Once the pods turn tan/brown, feel dry and papery, and the seeds inside are firm, they’re ready to harvest for seed saving. 🫘✨ After removing the seeds f

I was gonna pick some of those yardlong bean pods while they were still green and puffy. I’ve seen other growers do that and finish drying them off the vine. Laying them out in the sun or indoors. But, here’s the tricky part. Drying a pod after picking it won’t magically mature the seeds. If they’r

🌱💚 Seed saving with yardlong beans! Today I brought in the mature tan-colored pods, cracked them open, and collected a few seeds to save for next season’s garden. There’s something so rewarding about growing your own food and saving seeds to keep the cycle going year after year. 🌿✨ And of course

🌱💚 Shopping for seeds is dangerous when you’re a gardener! 😂 I might walk in saying I’m “just looking,” but somehow I always find another variety I need to try. Every little seed packet has me thinking about what I can grow next. 🌶️🍅🥒🫘 The garden may already be chaotic, but apparently there’s al

The hornworms tried it. They munched while I was gone. But I’m not giving up. I’ve got new tomato plants ready to go and this garden isn’t done. Setbacks happen, but we replant, we rebuild, we keep growing. Stay tuned. The comeback is already sprouting. #GardenWithFekisha #ChaoticGardenWithFeki

Not every day in the garden is harvest day. 🌱 Today I’m untangling my yardlong beans, pulling them away from the grass, and gently retraining the vines back onto the trellis so they can keep climbing where they belong. 💚 A little maintenance now helps keep the plants healthier, improves airflow,