
Gardener Shicole Blog
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Here you will be able to follow my family's gardening journey, which includes urban gardening and harvest recipes. My name is Shawnta Shicole, and I am a married mother of eight-year-old identical twin boys. When I am not gardening, I am a middle school academic dean.
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5M ago
Last week, I discovered that a developing watermelon was detached from the vine after my lawn was cut. Before throwing it away, I cut it ..read more
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6M ago
The whole point of growing food is to have food readily available at your fingertips. However, don't let the convenience prevent you from ..read more
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7M ago
A few weeks ago, we used our onion chive blossoms to make onion chive blossom vinegar.
This vinegar can be used as a stand-alone item, for example, on cooked collard greens.
Chive blossom vinegar could also be used to make a vinaigrette. Of course, a dish is needed to use the vinaigrette. Our dish of choice is a cucumber salad.
Check out the recipe below. It is also located on our side dishes recipe page.
To keep up with Gardener Shicole and her family, follow their journey on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube accounts.
Go to https://www.gardenershicole.com/pastgardens ..read more
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7M ago
What did Beyonce sing???
Partner, let me upgrade you, flip a new page
Introduce you to some new things and upgrade you
We recently announced that some of our garden videos will be edited and filmed by BRIE MG, www.briemg.com.
That is not our only upgrade. We are finally rolling out a new recipe card. The template allows us to download our recipes easily in PDF and PNG or JPG.
Our previous template was just a Microsoft Word document. It got the job done, but it wasn't the most visually appealing. At the end of the day, the real focus should be on the quality of the information on the rec ..read more
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7M ago
What did Beyonce sing???
Partner, let me upgrade you, flip a new page
Introduce you to some new things and upgrade you
This garden season, Gardener Shicole is getting a huge upgrade. BRIE MG will follow Gardener Shicole and her family as they continue their garden journey. This means better quality videos!!!
We appreciate all of you who have rocked with us for so long.
If you are in Indiana, please consider BRIE MG, www.briemg.com, for your photography and videography needs.
Check out our second video: Dried Tarragon Prep. We have added captions to make our videos more accessible to al ..read more
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9M ago
What did Beyonce sing???
Partner, let me upgrade you, flip a new page
Introduce you to some new things and upgrade you
This garden season, Gardener Shicole is getting a huge upgrade. BRIE MG will follow Gardener Shicole and her family as they continue their garden journey. This means better quality videos!!!
We appreciate all of you who have rocked with us for so long.
If you are in Indiana, please consider BRIE MG, www.briemg.com, for your photography and videography needs.
Check out our first video below!!!
To keep up with Gardener Shicole and her family, follow their journey on ..read more
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1y ago
I love herbal tea! I am sensitive to caffeine. Drinking anything with caffeine could lead to a headache. I save my potential headaches for a bottle of cola, not tea. Although tea is cheap...compared to almost anything else in the grocery store since the pandemic began, I still wanted to grow my own tea.
For years, we have grown mint. Mint is a lovely choice for tea.
This year, we added German chamomile. This plant is an annual, but it has been producing well.
To harvest, I cut the stems. I never cut more than half of the plant. I rinse them in cold water and place them on a splatter screen to ..read more
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1y ago
Last year, my garden update didn't come until August! This year, I'm back to my regular schedule. Why is that? I graduated!
It is now Dr. Shawnta Shicole Stockton Barnes...but y'all can still call me Gardener Shicole. I graduated last month with an education doctorate in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education and a minor in learning sciences from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
I finally have more time. I have taken classes during the summer for the last several years. It is so nice to not have to write a paper and miss time in my garden.
Now, I can get back to creating my gard ..read more
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2y ago
Many of you are used to my garden update being published before now. This summer, I was finishing up all of my classes for my doctoral program before tackling my dissertation. This meant I took three classes in six weeks. That does not mean fewer assignments. That means an entire semester is squeezed into six weeks. I had multiple assignments due for each class every single week. This meant I had to let some areas of my life hit pause. Writing on Gardener Shicole and having my 2021 Garden page up are two areas where I hit pause. I did try to post on the Gardener Shicole Twitter, Facebook, Ins ..read more
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2y ago
Kale is a biennial plant. This means it will return for a second year. The second year is the end of its life cycle. To start the life cycle again, it will bolt with the aim of producing more kale.
Bolting has been mentioned many times on this website, and it is when plants flower and go to seed.
The good news is that all hope is not lost. Gardeners have many options.
1) Gardeners can keep the kale in a cool place and shade it in hopes of delaying the bolting process and getting more kale leaves to eat.
2) Gardeners can let the kale go to seed and then plant the seeds to grow more kale.
3) Ga ..read more