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Steamed Tilapia Recipes

8/2/26: My husband and I liked how my last minute steamed tilapia turned out. Here is my from the garden to the kitchen inspiration visual. (I am writing this recipe as if it is my own child reading this recipe for the first time to cook for me.) 😂 First, before you even think about [ ]

Plants for Sale from Mama Snow’s Garden in Oviedo, Florida

Inventory status updated 8/9/26: My seeds are starting to sprout! Starter plants should be available in three weeks! Availability: During the school days, Mama Snow is available by appointment during weekdays from between 4PM to 6PM, and Sundays from 7AM to 2PM. Contact Snow Lam via Facebook Marketplace, Facebook Messenger, or email me at Tuyet.A.Lam@gmail.com. [ ]

My DIY Seedling Potting Mix Recipe

This DIY Seedling Potting Mix Recipe is created for my supporting seed buyers and amateur gardeners who would like to start their edible gardening journey with me. Happy gardening!

How I Fill Up My Raised Beds

From DIY cedar raised beds to plastic raised beds and finally, I saved up money to splurge myself and upgraded to Vego Garden raised beds. It s the best decision I have done in raised bed gardening and I wished I had done that from the beginning. I used fine pine mulch, free maple leaves the [ ]

Buying and Growing Peppers From Seed to Transplant

Documentary created 7/28/26 in Oviedo, Florida, zone 10A Note For My Pepper Plants Buyers: If local folks would like to buy pepper plants from me, follow my Marketplace or blog shop listing during the months of April and September. I also take customized seedling requests to meet my customers needs and preferences but all requests [ ]

Three Cup Chicken (三杯鸡) Recipe

Three Cup Chicken, a cherished Taiwanese dish inspired by dining experiences at Genroku Taiwanese Restaurant in Richardson, Texas, is easy to prepare with chicken wings as a personal twist. The recipe entails cooking wings with a savory-sweet sauce made from sesame oil, soy sauce, Mirin, and garlic, cooked in a wok alongside fresh Thai basil and ginger. This flavorful dish takes 45 minutes total…

Ms. Lam’s Plant Documentaries

Pinned post: My plant documentaries will be linked soon. All completed documentaries are visible to the public. WIP: Work in Progress, C: Completed/Done, TBUA: To Be Updated Annually Tomato Documentaries Pepper Documentaries Sweet Melon Plant Documentaries Lettuce Documentaries Other Leafy Vegetable Documentaries Cucumbers, Eggplants, Gourd, Squashes, Documentaries Root Vegetable Plant…

Growing, Cooking, and Reviewing Zucchino Rampicante Squash

Documentary created March 2026 and ended (TBD). Well, I have always wanted to learn how to grow this summer squash that can also be a winter squash as the squash hardens up. Updated 6/14/26 Plant Documentary Summary How I Cook with Zucchino Rampicante Squash: Visual Growth Progress

Growing Jyunpaku Okinawan Pure White Bitter Melon

Plant documentary started February 2026 and ended TBD in Oviedo, Florida, USA, Zone 10A. Note: I am collaborating with Pan Asia Heirloom on Etsy to grow this bitter melon variety. Visual Growth Progress From most recent Harvest white bitter melons when you see the fruit starts to show a tinge of orange. The shel around [ ]

The Seeds I Sow in 2026

Note: This is a listing of seeds I sow for my plants sale and for my edible garden in 2026 starting with the most recent data to help me keep track of germination rate and for my plant documentaries. Tomatoes: need to sow by 8/1 (beefsteak varieties indoor two weeks ahead of time) to sell [ ]

Growing and Reviewing Summer Squashes

This is an on going documentary the the summer squash varieties I have tested or am testing in my garden. Updated 4/13/26 Compared to winter squashes, summer squashes taste sweeter, more tender, has short shelf life, and are harvested younger. Currently Growing: Zuchinno Rampicante This spring and summer 2026, I am growing Zuchinno Rampicante. I [ ]

Pressure Cooked Chicken Broth

April 2023: This recipe was made possible thanks to Farmer Justin Miller in Oviedo, Florida. He had 11 roosters that he needed to get of. I used my 13-quart Greenwise pressure cooker for this recipe. Ingredients: Direction In my Greenwise 13-quart pressure cooker, I placed one rooster into the pot. Then I add five quarts [ ]

The Life of My ‘High Fragrance’ Camellia

Oviedo, FL, Zone 10A: This is an on-going visual documentary of my High Fragrance camellia. Camellias are frost-tolerant perennial flowering plant. Some varieties have a fragrant like this High Fragrance camellia. I am on a quest to train and shape it into a dwarf tree shape. 2/8/26: I bought my High Fragrance camellia from Orlando [ ]

18 Customized Seedlings for 25 USD

Note: This post is created for my customers who purchased a Bootstrap Farmer Seedling Tray set for $25 from Mama Snow s Garden, a Florida registered nursery based in Oviedo, Florida 32765 to get the 18 Customized Seedlings for $25 Deal each time. Customers, please clean and save the seedling tray set so that you can [ ]

The Winter Freeze of Central Florida in 2026

In late January 2026, Oviedo, Florida experienced an unprecedented winter freeze, dropping temperatures to 24 degrees Fahrenheit. The author, who relocated to Florida in 2015, initially underestimated the cold's impact and faced significant losses to their garden. They took precautions by bringing inside seedlings and harvesting vegetables but found that their crops suffered, including fruit trees…