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WELCOME! WE ARE SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE!
My name is Abra Lee and welcome to the ConquerTheSoil family! It would be obvious (and easy) for me to start my first post with, well…soil. After all this is where most plants start. But, I’m gonna...
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IT’S NEVER OKAY TO STEAL (UNLESS IT’S A VIEW)
What if the neighbors are balling harder then you?! Then honey you “borrow” their view! It is no accident the lower branch of the tree has been removed. You want to know why? Because from this owners...
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AMERICAN GARDEN HERO
Happy 4th of July y’all! Meet Mr. Wormley Hughes: Head Gardener at Monticello; “Master of Many Trades;” Horticulture Icon; and slave of Thomas Jefferson (the principle author of the Declaration of...
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TO THE LEFT TO THE LEFT….
What’s wrong with this picture? The container needs to be about 6”—to the left to the left—(shoutout Beyoncé!) Here’s why, the various shades of green foliage reallllllly clash with the burgundy wall....
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FOR THE RECORD, MOTHER NATURE IS A BLACK WOMAN
The historic September issues of British and American Vogue featuring Rihanna and Beyoncé on the cover was nothing but epic level slayage. It confirmed what I already suspected was true: Mother Nature...
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WHAT’S IN A NAME….
I get a lot of questions about the inspiration behind the name #ConquerTheSoil. Truth is, I struggled for a long time to come up with one. It is from the writings of one of the foremost intellects in...
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IS THIS WHAT WE ARE DOING TO COLLARD GREENS NOW??
I’m convinced if I ate even one bite of this, my ancestors would raise from the dead to curse my entire being and permanently revoke every horticultural skill in my body. As a self respecting...
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Mahalia’s House of Flowers
from Wikipedia- Jackson in the Concertgebouw (April 1961) Things are tough right now but if we dig deep we can still find a way to make a joyful noise! And why is that you say? Like to hear it here it...
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A not so futuristic survival kit??
(pic from DesignBoom/ChiuChih) “Although this futuristic survival kit may seem a bit extreme for right now, it also has current practical applications. If someone had difficulties breathing, they may...
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The Original Flower Farmers
(Harpers Weekly/Hathitrust Archives) My sister and fellow horticulturist Wambui Ippolito sent me this picture and my jaw dropped. It is something I have waited yearzzzz to see. I had read about the...
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