its.mecouponingKP

280 followers

Follow

Follow

Follow

0 saved

3

Hey! so excited..I harvested my first zucchini! ✨✨

#AskLemon8 #lemon8challenge #growingmyownfood #hobbies

2025/7/23 Edited to

Growing your first zucchini is an exciting milestone for any home gardener, symbolizing the success of patience and nurturing. Zucchini thrives best in warm, sunny environments, which aligns with the sentiment expressed in the vibrant OCR text: "The sun will rise again. Sunshine, you make me feel alive." This reflects the importance of sunlight in promoting vigorous zucchini growth. To ensure a bountiful harvest, zucchinis require rich, well-drained soil, regular watering, and adequate spacing to prevent disease. Morning sunlight encourages photosynthesis, while consistent moisture helps to keep zucchinis tender and flavorful. Careful attention to pests such as squash bugs and powdery mildew can prevent yield loss. Additionally, extending the harvest season can be achieved by regularly picking mature zucchinis, which also stimulates the plant to produce more fruit. Gardeners can also experiment with different zucchini varieties, from golden to round, adding variety to their crops. Harvesting zucchinis when they are about 6 to 8 inches long ensures the best taste and texture. The feeling of joy when seeing your first zucchini of the year is not only about the vegetable itself but also the rewards of sustainable living and growing your own food. Gardening challenges and communities, such as #AskLemon8 and #lemon8challenge, provide valuable platforms for sharing experiences and advice. Embracing hobbies like growing your own food connects you with nature while promoting a healthy lifestyle. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced gardener, nurturing zucchini plants offers educational and rewarding experiences throughout the growing season.

Related posts

The Just 3 Rule for Mental Health That Sticks 💭❤️🧠✨

Let me be sooo real with you… Getting fit is hard. Staying consistent? Way harder. It’s not about having the “perfect” body or that one magical workout. It’s about your brain. Your mood. Your mindset. Because honestly? If your mental health is trash, your discipline will be too. And that’s exactly

641 likes

I harvested a weird looking carrot

There could be a few reasons for this. Inconsitient watering, too much nitrogen in the soil or damage to the main root. #carrot #hairycarrots #busychrisgardening #curiousgardener #melbournegardener #southernhemispheregardening

11 likes

Vintage Canning Recipes

This vintage cookbook had a section for canning! I was super excited to see that. There is a Zucchini Jam Recipe, Chokecherry Jelly Recipe and Canned Apple Pie Mix. I’m going to give the canned apple pie mix a try! I find it interesting she uses cornstarch in her canned apple filling.

57 likes

An open Witch Casket box revealing a 'Green Witch' themed guide for February 2025, with a hand holding it. The image has 'WITCHCASKET UNBOXING' text overlay.

A close-up of the 'Witch Casket Green Witch February 2025' guide, featuring illustrations of mushrooms, plants, and witchy items, held by a hand.

A black envelope labeled 'BURY IT RITUAL KIT' with a decorative sticker, held by a hand with pink nails.

🌱✨Witch Casket February Box ✨🌱

This box is by far my favorite Witch Casket subscription box. I personally identify as a green witch so I’m so excited to use these items. 🌱 Theme: Green Witch 🐿️ Bury It Ritual Kit: This black envelope holds everything to help let go of what no longer serves us. 🐌 Forager’s Field Notes: K

436 likes

New muffin recipe and the gym!! Link to muffin recipe: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/zucchini-muffins/ #tasty -recipes-107525 #motherhood #boymom #sahmlife #zucchinimuffins

0 likes

Healthy Tomato Protein Pesto Pasta 🍝

Healthy Tomato Protein Pesto Pasta 🍝 🍅Trust me - I’m getting excited for Fall too, but there’s still some time for a few more Summer recipes! ✨This is the perfect recipe if you’re craving pasta but want something light and refreshing. This pasta doesn’t feel heavy at all and the macros are g

50 likes

First Cafe au Lait Dahlia

Today I harvested my very first Café Dahlia and she is absolutely beautiful. There is just something so special about seeing that first bloom open after months of planting, watering, dreaming, and waiting. The soft creamy petals almost look hand painted and I already know she’s going to make the mo

7 likes

Healthy Dinner Ideas

These are some of my favorite go to dinner dishes. Im so excited to share these. I hope you guys like these and share with me how you like a dish or maybe what you did differently with it, im curious. Light & Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta This dish is made with tender chicken, fresh lemon, hea

1133 likes

You should NEVER buy Beetroot after this…

Did you know this?🍃🌱 Comment "YES" if you want the daily routine I use that's kept us Natives healthy for centuries! #healthtips #usa #nativetiktok #wellnesstips #usahealth

10 likes

An outdoor summer garden featuring a raised metal garden bed filled with thriving plants, including tomatoes, next to a small green greenhouse under a clear blue sky.

A close-up of a garden plant with several light green banana peppers growing among green leaves and small yellow marigold flowers in a raised bed.

A close-up view of a raised garden bed showing lush green basil plants, young tomato plants supported by cages, and vibrant yellow marigold flowers.

Zone 6A Summer Garden🍅

It feels like im finally seeing some progress! I harvested my first peppers. My basil is the biggest its ever been. Im SO excited about how many banana peppers I have this year. I have some new tomato varieties I haven't grown before. After getting a late start because of buying our first house

19 likes

I harvested my very first green onion!!!

#greenonions #garden #gardening

3 likes

A bedroom scene with a bed and nightstand, featuring the title "STUDENT APP STARTER PACK" and icons for Notion, Spotify, Offscreen, Goodnotes, and Quizlet.

A smartphone screen shows the Notion app interface with a personal page, including text, quotes, and a to-do list, highlighting its use for planning, notes, and habit tracking.

A smartphone screen displays the Spotify app's "Your Library" with multiple playlists, illustrating its use for music streaming and creating playlists for different moods.

student app starter pack

the apps i’m never letting go of this semester :) between studying, work, and trying to have a life, apps that make my life a little simpler are a godsend. i’ve been using these apps consistently for the past three/four years and i wanted to share! ✏️ notion ~ i’ve talked about thi

1948 likes

Saving SNAKE gourd seeds 🐍🫘

Growing unique vegetable varieties from all over the world is what keeps gardening so exciting for me! 😍 The snake gourd is native to Asia and was domesticated in India. They are so unique and a fun warm season crop to grow. This was my second attempt growing them. These subtropical plants love

13 likes

Herbs have been harvested… now what….NOT sure. #herbs #garden #ideas

8 likes

One Jar, 3 Ways: Gold Sea Moss Gel

Most people don’t know their sea moss gel can pull triple duty. Here’s how I use ours: As a facial — smooth a layer onto clean skin, leave it for 15–20 minutes, rinse. Your skin feels hydrated and calm. Mixed into your deep conditioner — stir in 1–2 tablespoons before applying. The extra slip ma

28 likes

Fall Vibes 🥰

Here in Minnesota it feels like fall now! I woke up so early and excited!! It was only in the 50s this morning, pumpkins are being harvested, birds are migrating, and I have the windows open, it’s great! I originally shot some clips of pumpkin spice coffee I bought, but it was seriously so gros

16 likes

HEALTHY & REFRESHING Summer Tomato Pesto Pasta 🍅🌿

Healthy Summer Tomato Protein Pesto Pasta 🍝 🍅Trust me - I’m getting excited for Fall too, but there’s still some time for a few more Summer recipes! ✨This is the perfect recipe if you’re craving pasta but want something light and refreshing. This pasta doesn’t feel heavy at all and the macro

64 likes

The beauty of cabbage! She’s ready to harvested!

She’s ready! #gardening #growyourownfood #cabbage #backyardgarden #foodforest FOLLOW ME on YouTube: @ThymeToHealFarmacyHomestead FOLLOW ME on Instagram: @ThymeToHealFarmacyHomestead FOLLOW ME on TikTok: @ThymeToHealFarmacy FOLLOW ME on Faceb

11 likes

A hand-drawn 2025 garden plan showing the layout for various plants like broccoli, beans, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and fruit trees, along with compost and a shed. It includes sections for herbs, flowers, and specific plant pairings.

An outdoor photo of a backyard garden area with a shed, raised beds, and labels indicating planned locations for compost, raspberries, broccoli, beans, peas, tomatoes, marigolds, garlic, chives, mint, tiger lilies, flowers, and an apple tree.

An outdoor photo of another section of the backyard garden, featuring raised beds and labels for a bird bath, beans, bee hotel, roses, cucumber, zucchini, lavender, potatoes, onions, peppers, and a pear tree.

2025 GARDEN PLAN!🌱

Companion planting for the win! Here is our 2025 garden plan! I’m excited! I hope this is helpful for those planning a garden! Can’t recommend trying to garden enough! ***I need to swap the Zucchini & Beans spot, just learned you shouldn’t plant zucchini with cucumber.*** we did last year

219 likes

I feel like this is niche

1 like

💚🫘✨ FIRST GREEN BEAN HARVEST ✨💚🫘

We officially picked our very first green beans from the garden today! 💚 There may not be a mountain of beans yet, but every harvest has to start somewhere. It’s amazing to think these started as tiny seeds and are now making their way to our table. I may have been a little too excited carryi

1 like

A flat lay of various perfume bottles, including Gucci Flora, Chanel, YSL Black Opium, and Marc Jacobs Daisy, with the text overlay 'must haves for FRAGRANCE Junkies'. Black high heels are also visible.

A hand holds a 1.7oz J'adore L'Or perfume bottle and its box, highlighting notes of orange blossom absolute, jasmine grandiflorum absolute, and centifolia rose absolute.

A hand holds a 3.3oz Gucci Bloom perfume bottle, highlighting notes of natural tuberose, jasmine bud extract, and Rangoon Creeper.

FRAGRANCE Junkies ✨🌸

MY TOP PERFUMES: Jadore L’Or $163 •ORANGE ABSOLUTE Bathed in sunlight, orange blossom in its purest concentration unfurls fresh and luminous notes. It lends the fragrance elegance, femininity and fullness. •JASMINE GRANDIFLORUM ABSOLUTE Jasmine grandiflorum is strong and subtle, nuanced w

295 likes

Gardening🪴👩‍🌾🎃

I am the last person you would expect to have a garden. I can’t keep plants alive and i have killed many orchids. This past summer i decided that i wanted to have a garden so i did all of the research and started a garden. I went to Home Depot and bought soil, mulch, flower beds, and i went to Star

19 likes

First strawberries of the season! 🍓

We harvested our first strawberries and they were incredible! I had to share our genuine reactions with y’all! I don’t think we’ll ever be able to get them from the store again. Shout out to my friend Chelsey for giving us a couple transplants to grow in our #backyardgarden #growyourownfood

297 likes

Callaloo from the garden

Callaloo season is almost here, and I couldn’t be more excited. Watching it grow tall and full in the garden feels like a blessing. This is one of the most loved greens in Caribbean culture 🇯🇲. Packed with iron, vitamins, and minerals, it’s truly a superfood Jamaicans can't live without. Fr

45 likes

Harvested some basil seeds today

From living in the clubs to living in the presence of the Lord🙏🏽. Growing up I would have never seen this lifestyle play out before my eyes. I was on a path to self destruction, not a path of righteousness. If I had to choose the fast life over the simpler life again, no one could pay me enough to

1 like

A person with dreadlocks and a red backpack walks away from a building, with text overlay 'First Week of School PHOTO DUMP'.

A hand with manicured nails and a ring rests on the black and white keys of a Yamaha piano, indicating a piano class.

A blue bowl contains rice, hot honey garlic chicken topped with green onions, and spicy green beans, a meal prepared by the wife.

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚆𝚎𝚎𝚔’𝚜 𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔇𝔲𝔪𝔭 📸✨

Just a cute lil photo dump of my first week of school ✨ 𝒮𝓁𝒾𝒹𝑒 1: My wife drove up to the school behind me so she could take pictures for my dad. He wanted to be there to take me to my first day but he missed his flight so he didn’t make it 😭 𝒮𝓁𝒾𝒹𝑒 2: I’m taking a piano class 😊 𝒮𝓁𝒾𝒹𝑒 3: My wife

13 likes

First veggies are being harvested from the little garden! Turned these ones into some yummy fried zucchini chips. #garden #veggies

2 likes

🌿 Gardening Lessons This Week 🌿 After all the rain, I stepped outside this morning and noticed my zucchini plants have completely taken over their corner of the garden. While they’re growing vigorously, I’m also seeing mildew spots underneath some leaves and blossoms dropping off quickly. Today

4 likes

Garden update / haul?? 😂 it’s so hot I’m struggling to get out there to check it daily and the rabbits are destroying my green beans so I’m sad about that. But I got my first zucchini’s ever! Tried those this year and boy do the plants get so big!! Excited to make some zucchini bread/ muffins! Also

1 like

Eat what you grow

I harvested my first cucumber and I’m so excited. It tastes so much better than store bought. I can’t wait for the rest to be ready. #growyourownfood #food #lemon8creator #Lemon8Diary

23 likes

🌿 June Garden Update | Thank You for Your Patience

Hey everyone! I know it’s been a little while—life has been a bit hectic lately, but I haven’t forgotten about you! Thank you so much for your continued support, kind messages, and patience. 💚 In today’s video, I’m finally sharing the June update from the garden—what’s blooming, what’s growing,

12 likes

LOAFY’S FRESH SUMMER MARKET: THE FRESH PRODUCE SECTION⋆｡‧˚ʚ🍓ɞ˚‧｡⋆ So the theme for this shop update is FRESH SUMMER MARKET hehe >:p The first reveal is the produce section! Like a market, there are a variety of yummy treats so stay tuned for what’s next in my super cool, super fresh summer marke

12 likes

🌾 Crop Boosts in Palia 🌾

Each crop in Palia has a different effect that buffs all of the crops around it. Here are all the crops you can grow and what gardening boost they give: 🥕🧅 Carrot and Onion: Boosts grow speed of nearby crops 🥔🍅 Potato and Tomato: Keeps nearby crops hydrated 🌾🍚 Wheat and Rice: Boosts amount har

72 likes

🍋Introducing Solids🍋

I remember my daughter being about 5 months when she started to show interest in food(besides breast milk). She would reach her little hand out and try to grab whatever food from my plate and instantly try to put it in her mouth. Obviously it’s scary because she had no teeth just yet 😂. I found

19 likes

Harvested the garden produce for the third time. Tomatoes are just starting to ripen and I got about 5 gallons of them. Ground Cherries. Peppers. Patty Pan squash. Cucumbers Green Beans. And more zucchini! #gardenveggies #growyourfood #preservingtheharvest #homesteading

3 likes

Replying to @Homegrown_Gardeners Yay I harvested a green bell pepper and Serrano pepper today!! I’m so proud of myself for growing them 😁 but even more excited to eat them hahaha 🫑✨🫶🏾 #organicgardening #backyardgarden #homegarden #plantlover #growyourownfood

30 likes

3-Year Asparagus Journey | Garden-to-Table Success

Three Years in the Making: My First Asparagus Harvest! Today marks a milestone in my gardening journey - the first harvest from my 3-year-old asparagus patch! 🌿 For those new to asparagus cultivation, it’s a lesson in patience. Unlike most vegetables that provide instant gratification, asparagus

5 likes

Garden Harvest vegetables

Today i harvest some vegetables from my garden and i was so excited. Gardening is so rewarding! Some harvest was cabbage, corn, tomatoes, basil, lettuce and peppers. Happy Gardening #garden #gardening #gardeningforbeginners

52 likes

Today felt like two different worlds stitched

The morning began with a run, followed by a sweaty full-body lift in our open gym. No air conditioning, just determination and a whole lot of sweat. I think it’s officially Hot Lift Season. 💪🏾🔥 After a few errands, I came home to check on the garden, and it rewarded me with little moments of joy

4 likes

See more