The Smartest Health Decision I ever made – Growing hacks

I’ve been receiving hundreds of e-mails and messages from all of you about my beautiful garden! THANK YOU! I take a lot of pride in growing my own food. I had a HUGE garden in Ohio! I had a modest garden of lavender, aloe, and herbs in San Diego but now, I am growing 90% of my own food.

In fact, I haven’t bought any greens, lettuce fruits or vegetables in almost three months. I’ve saved a ton of money since getting wicked serious about my green thumb!

I encourage you to watch my latest YouTube video about my end of season harvest above.

I wanted to share with you just a few of my FAVORITE GARDENING TIPS! Check them out and PLEASE feel free to send me photos of your garden too!

My top 5 Gardening Tips!

Tip # 1 Good soil!

COMPOST COMPOST COMPOST!

Everyone knows what isn’t eaten in my home goes into the garden. Between the hours of 9 pm and 10 pm, you will find me in the garden with my PJs and warm boots covering my compost from the day’s scraps. If you’re starting with sod, you’ll either need to cut it up in chunks and repurpose it, till it in or lay down wet newspaper or cardboard to smother it. I find the best time to do this is in the fall months.

Most plants prefer a deep, well-drained, fertile soil rich in organic matter. Plant roots need good garden soil to produce good vegetables and fruit.

Once you start a garden, you’ll gain a new appreciation for healthy soil as it improves year after year. Healthy, vibrant soil equals healthy, vibrant plants with built-in disease and pest resistance and more nutrition. I do not use any pest control sprays or chemicals in my garden what so ever. I have yet to see an issue.

Tip #2 Choose the right transplants or seeds

My favorite seed sources can be found online at any organic non-GMO seed distributing website.

To learn which plants grow best directly seeded in the garden and which plants are better as transplants, visit the seed starting calendar. If you want to grow specific varieties, especially heirloom varieties, you’ll probably need to grow your own transplants from seed. Starting your own transplants is a great way to save money!

Transplants can be rough! I transplanted several rose bushes from my last home to this home and only one of them made it. I literally sulked for over a week!

Tip #3 Invest in long-lasting gardening tools

The right tools make working in your garden a pleasure instead of a chore. You don’t use a butter knife to chop up raw carrots, and you shouldn’t use dull or flimsy tools to work in your garden. Basic gardening equipment includes:

• Garden hoe
• Scuffle hoe
• Dirt rake
• Leaf rake
• Garden Shovel or D handle Shovel
• Hand tools

Tip #4 What do you LOVE to eat? Grow this!

If you won’t eat a certain fruit or vegetable, don’t grow it in your vegetable garden. Focus on the fruits, vegetables, or herbs that you and your family enjoy eating the most.

Make sure your top choices make sense for your area’s gardening zone. If possible, talk to successful gardeners in your area to find out which crops grow well and which don’t.

Tip #5 Location location location!

Most fruits and vegetables THRIVE in full sun, with a minimum of five hours of direct sunlight per day for fruiting. Greens, herbs, and root veggies will grow best in partial shade. Southern gardens may benefit from late afternoon shade. Northern gardens will thrive by getting all the sun they can get.

Think about how you will access the garden for picking, watering, and caring for your plants. I recently bought pavers so I can tend to my garden without actually stepping on my plants. Avoid high wind areas and frost pockets (whereas low areas where frost is likely to settle).

If you are dealing with wildlife trampling through your garden please be kind. They were here before we were. I am totally against traps and poison! Please just fence the garden area off. Although this doesn’t always work, I’ve had success 90% of the time.

I hope these tips helped you! They sure have helped me over the years.

Garden Goddess

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Remember I only want the very best for you!

Cilantro kisses

I love you, Isn’t it time you love yourself

~ Andrea

Messages from spirit & Raw Vegan Recipe

Spirit Message for the week of October 26th ~ November 2nd

You were born an original… do not die a copy!

Do not become a sheep…As they have become sloppy

Dictating what you do, say and eat!

Claiming you will benefit from wheat & meat

You were born an original so this I tell you

Don’t become one of them… they’ll take you down like a fool

You are here for a purpose

Unique as your soul

Notice when you shine

How they attempt to troll

You were born an original

So never forget

Life is not meant to spend sleeping

Full of regret

You were born unique so if you cannot write well…

Stay off others lingo or you will wind up in jail

Andrea Cox

This weeks Oracle spirit message.

Often times when cleansing our body on a cellular level emotions come up. Like I always say “your issues live in your tissues”.  during these times of deep tissue cleansing we must have empathy for ourselves and compassion for those around us who are dealing with our ups and downs during the detoxification process. I just shared a new article talking about the difference between compassion and empathy. 

Read the article I wrote on compassion vs empathy here!

compassion

Everything shown above was grown organically in my garden! In fact, I’ve not went to the grocery in almost two months!

“The glory of gardening… Your hands in the dirt, face towards the sun your heart with nature and your feet in the soil.To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the mind and soul”.

For the dressing on the salad, I wanted to keep it raw and light! Here is what I made! Feel free to share the recipe.

Garden salad

Andrea’s Raw Vegan Green Goddess Dressing

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup raw tahini
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon monk fruit sweetener
• 3 tablespoons ​cold-pressed olive oil (or another neutral oil, such as flax)
• 1/4 teaspoon kelp sprinkles
• 1 teaspoon fresh parsley (minced)

Steps to Make It

1. Gather the ingredients.
2. Combine all ingredients, except parsley, in a blender or food processor, adding more or less liquid as needed. Add parsley and pulse until finely minced and well combined.
3. Goddess dressing will thicken quite a bit in the fridge, so add a bit more liquid as needed! without shame or guilt! Enjoy without shame or guilt!

I love you

Only want the best for you

Please love yourself!

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Grow Your Own Food – Fast and Easy Home Harvests

Many of you have reached out to me over the past week asking when I’ll be shooting my videos again. Or, saying that you’re concerned because you’ve not received my newsletter.

The truth is I’m rediscovering God. Right before my move I had a series of women come into my life. Just as I had 16 years ago. Women of all walks of life, some religious some spiritual. But all women of power. And just like I was faced with myself years ago. I was faced with myself again.

the beautiful

the creative

the angelic

the ugly

Sometimes when we are given the gift of an outer shell that others may deem as perfect we can become lonely and introverted during this process of life. An unreachable need of feeling as though we must “live up to” the impossible standards of others. We can hide our true heart space behind walls of strength, walls of knowledge and walls of focusing on obtaining things that don’t really serve us.

The day of my move I rediscovered a box of books that had been given to me 16 years ago. Among them a more recent gift … a book of gold! Of course, always with me, my pink tattered bible was placed gently in that same box.

I spent two days last week in my garden absorbing the most beautiful writings. I allowed them to pour into me like the sun. Releasing any past pain with the moon.

So if you need me, Just know I am here for you in spirit. I am rediscovering God. He is reminding me of my purpose to serve others.

He is reminding me to remain humble amongst the gifts that he has given me.

He is reminding me that I do not walk this earth alone.

He is reminding me that we are all married to one another in spirit.

Most importantly he is reminding me that when I shine my light so brightly it is helping others to see the light within them.

I’m here Listening to the whispers of my soul ~ Rediscovering God

Andrea Cox ~ Pink bible and Rediscovering God book

My “art” appears to be prettier here!

Raw Vegan tomato soup w/ BBQ jackfruit on top! Heirloom tomato kale avocado salad! A meal at the queendom fit for a queen!

Tempting Tomato Soup 

Ingredients :

15 Roma tomatos

1 red bell pepper

2 TB lemon juice or apple cider vinegar

1 large avocado

6 leaves fresh basil

1/2 tsp dried oregano

2-3 garlic cloves

1/2 tsp kelp

Directions :

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. I love to pour this cold summer soup over arugula. 

Option : Top with BBQ Jackfruit! I love The Jackfruit company’s BBQ jackfruit.

Andrea Cox Detox Salad

The First Harvest!

Andrea Cox in her garden

You can take the girl out of Ohio but you cannot take the Ohio out of the girl!

Farming ran in my dads side of the family. In fact I own a farm (farm house and all) with my sisters in Kentucky that was left to us years ago. My Kentucky roots on my fathers side of the family are POURING out from my soul!  My grandmother La Golda ( Goldie) on my mothers side had the most beautiful gardens. I feel her with me through this transition.

I feel right at home here. I’m grateful to not need to purchase any greens for dinner or lunch tomorrow!

Mind you this is only two weeks of growth!

Over the next few months you may see less of me. What can I say, I am far too happy to subjugate my personal life on social media. Social media just seems like child’s play these days. One thing is for certain however… I will continue to inform you of my up coming travels, garden growth and public appearances. There are also many projects in the works that I am keeping under wraps for now.

Remember…

I love you, only want the best for you

Please love yourself and drink your juice!

Cilantro kisses ~ Andrea