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Living life with stage 4 cancer, slowly and intentionally.

08/23/2026

Any monstera deliciousa cuttings or smaller plant for sale? I want one but I’ve only seen huge ones in store.

06/24/2026

Happy Wednesday!

This morning I was feeling good enough to work on the garden.

I've been feeling nauseous, my stomach has been acting up, bones aching. Ahh, the life of a cancer patient! Always thankful for the medication that treats my cancer, but I don't love the side effects.

Back to the garden, all my plants needed a good watering and feed! I use diluted fish fertilizer about once a week on just about all my plants. This is my first year really putting effort into gardening and starting flowers. I made a few mistakes on the way, like not amending my soil or fertilizing my plants! This gave them an extra slow start, but you live and learn.

I started the seeds pictured about 1-2 weeks ago, and today I gave them a bit of morning light. I'm learning quick that my indoor lights are not powerful enough, my seeds show better growth when I leave them in indirect bright light.

Feeling pretty proud of my gardening progress today!

Enjoy your Wednesday friends

06/20/2026

Roses are so beautiful to look at.

My mom got me these for Mother’s Day and when Home Depot delivered them, they looked ROUGH 😭 Yellow leaves and not a bud in sight.

I didn’t know if they were going to make it but I kept watering, slowly introduced it to some sun and voila ✨ The green leaves started growing, little buds started to blossom and now I’m obsessed!

Eventually I need to get them into the ground or bigger pot, that’s a garden task for another day! Which rose do you prefer? The pink or coral rose?

06/16/2026

This past week was not the best health wise. To keep my cancer at bay I take a medication called Kisqalli. 2 of the unfortunate side effects are fatigue and achy bones.

I’ve learned to listen to my body, slow down and do what I can. Sometimes the mom guilt creeps in but I know I’m doing the best I can and that’s what matters 🫶

Weeks like this the garden gets very little attention. I made sure to keep everything well watered because it’s been in the 100s the last few days 🥵 Even threw an extra shade cloth on cus my strawberries were getting scorched 😭

I feel better today and woke up at 5:30am so I could garden before it gets unbearably hot.

Here are some plants I started recently.

A variety of basil in the fabric bag on the left.

Finally picked up a rosemary plant (right). The one I have in my raised bed has gotten quite woody so I’m hoping I can do a better job growing this new rosemary plant.

06/11/2026

I’ve been picking peaches for the past 3 days 👩🏻‍🌾☺️

& there’s still more to harvest 🍑🧡

I’m freezing a lot, gave some away and have a few peach dessert recipes in mind 😋

06/06/2026

Going outside to pick fresh fruits is a feeling I can’t describe! Right now it’s only a few things to harvest but I know with my continued hard work I have lots more harvest to come ☺️

When I was first diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer a rush of feelings came over, some big thoughts, like missing out on my children’s future..and some small thoughts, like never getting the farm I always wanted.

God works in different ways and he blessed me with a home with established fruit trees, grapes and a backyard with the perfect layout for growing my own food.

It’s been over a year now since my diagnosis and instead of getting lost in the future, I stick to the present.

I spend as much quality time with my kids as I can and I instead of letting my goals get lost in my brain, I go after what I can now. I might not have acres in my backyard but for now I’m gonna grow what I can and use this knowledge for my future farm 👩🏻‍🌾

Have a great weekend friends!

06/04/2026

Who knew that my new happy place would be outside, sweaty, in my bug suit, fighting off mosquitoes, growing plants and playing with dirt 🥰🌱🙏🏽

06/02/2026

Hey friends, it’s been a minute since I updated you all on the garden. Apricots have been harvested and now the peaches are starting to show color 🧡🍑

My flower garden is starting to show some greenery! We have sunflowers poking through, along with bells of Ireland and zinnias. I can’t wait for everything to start blooming 🥰

05/22/2026

Look at my seed babies grow!

A few days ago, I started my Zinnia seeds and they have germinated so well! You can direct sow Zinnias but since I want to try being a mini florist I decided to start them by seed and transplant later!

My mother also requested eggplants and after some research I read, they do best when starting them by seed so we have those germinating as well.

I got this seed incubator from Amazon and it comes with lights and holes for airflow, I do pop the lids off for a bit so mold doesnt start growing.

I plan on starting lavender seeds next, just need to make the right soil mix so my seeds will thrive.

Gardening has been such a stress reliever but honestly it's so much work! NO DAYS OFF! Especially in this Bakersfield heat!

I'm going to try going live on facebook this weekend, would you tune in and hang out with me?

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