NJGardenTeacher

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Social & Behavioral CITI training. 100% on both modules & now certified by the IRB to conduct research with human subjects.

*This fall scene with Bossa Nova jazz literally kept me going for all 15 hours!

Boycott! Your health depends on it! #poverty #food #foodie #chef #nutrition #Groceries #FDA #Health

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Can’t wait to read it! Are we able to purchase autographed copies?

Excited to return to not watching Jimmy Kimmel because I don’t want to watch Jimmy Kimmel and not because the government told me I can’t watch Jimmy Kimmel

Autumn Equinox › Date (2025) Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 1:19 PM Northern Hemisphere • Central Time

My season officially arrives today!
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I’m beyond excited for autumn frolicking to commence.
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Thank you for engaging! Love chatting with other gardeners 🙌🏽🌱

Yes! If your hardiness zone allows it, please try it! This is how I get my onion stock every summer. When they’re finished, I can put summer plants in this raised bed & repeat the pattern each season! 🧅🧅🧅

A YouTube thumbnail with bold text on the left reading “Planting Walla Walla Onions Now???” over a teal background with garden tool illustrations. Below is text in yellow and black: “Growing with NJGardenTeacher” with a small red YouTube play button icon. On the right side, there’s a garden bed with plants, three large Walla Walla onions, and a tilted calendar showing the month of September.

Do you plant fall onions too? Check out my new video & leave a comment there with the onion you grow or when you plant yours!
youtu.be/ZXqAz1sseao?...

#onions #FallGardening #gardener #BlackGardener

Disney lost $4B in one day.

Tell me again how movement organizing doesn't work.

Wow!

These are so gorgeous! The rabbits ate all of mine down & none survived. I’m so happy to see these grown & looking so amazing!

Love it! Everything is so beautiful!

So serene & beautiful 💚

It’s crazy, because even though I am terrified by these spawns of hell, I really do think they’re fascinating and beautiful in an absolutely frightening kind of way. 

#Spiders #Arachnophobia #OrganicGardening #WhewChile #BlackGardeners

I hate its entire lineage, but I understand it has an important role in the ecosystem. I’m just happy I saw it before I reached my hand into this spot.  I know they can bite humans, but will only do so if they feel threatened. My luck it would think I’m threatening it. 

A bright yellow crab spider perched on a green leaf, blending in with the surrounding foliage in a garden.

This is a white-banded spider. these little creatures can camouflage to look like the plant they are sitting on so they can ambush their prey, which is usually pollinators. This little monster was right by the yellow flowers from my pigeon pea plant.

Yesssss! Power tools!

I’m going to miss all the greenery & bright colors, but it’s time to plan for fall. Hope you’ll join me!

😂 Same, friend. Same.

A close-up of a hand holding several ripe, round Sun Gold tomatoes with smooth orange skin, with some tomatoes in sharp focus and others blurred in the foreground.

Sungold tomatoes never make it in the house because they’re so delicious. This is probably half of the harvest because I ate some as I was picking them. 😆

What do you grow that never quite makes it inside?

Garden update part 2. I wish I could collect bigger bunches of flowers, but I feel so bad about taking them away from the pollinators. Anyone else go through this? 

Everything is so beautiful!

Join me for part 1 of my mini garden tour/update at the end of July.

I’ve been battling groundhogs and a rabbit (RIP) in my garden this year. Check out my latest video on YouTube (@NJGardenTeacher) to see an update on my newest beds and the damage that little stinker did. Please subscribe and let me know how your garden is growing.

The rain had its way with my peas. Now it’s time to do something!

New vid on YouTube now youtu.be/ppOUL4dP25M?...

This snack has me gripped up. I friggin love halva.

After almost 2 straight weeks of rain, we have pea pods! I’m so excited! #peas #homegarden #garden #gardensky #gardening

Thank you! We’re getting LOTS of rain here, so hopefully those seeds are finally sprouting. 🌸