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Precious CreationZ Creativity Brought to Life! I offer a number of services because creativity is what it’s all about. If you can imagine it, I can create it and bring it to life.

The main sub-areas of my business are Precious Catering CreationZ, Precious Essentials CreationZ, and Precious Gifts CreationZ. Thank you for visiting my page. I appreciate your business! Growing up as a young kid in Baltimore, I was always taught to think and be an entrepreneur! I founded Precious CreationZ when I was 14. I would sell odd things around the house and make crafts for people at school. By the time I was in college I continued to sell crafts to help pay for books. I then put my business on hold and helped to start Angel Creations for my Sorority. We sold crafts and personalized paraphernalia to other organizations on our campus to raise funds for trips and social activities. After college, I was commissioned in the U.S. Army so I didn’t have much time to invest into my own business. January 27, 2015, I decided I put my personal business goals on the side long enough. I paid for my LLC and reclaimed my title and began to bring “creativity back to life”.

WHAT ARE YOU STILL PICKING IN OCTOBER?The last peppers, cool-loving greens, and herbs hanging on until the first real fr...
10/17/2026

WHAT ARE YOU STILL PICKING IN OCTOBER?
The last peppers, cool-loving greens, and herbs hanging on until the first real frost make this season special. Sending a warm hello to Baltimore’s backyard growers.

What is still coming out of your garden this month?

HOW DO YOU STORE FRESH HERBS SO THEY LAST?A little storage know-how can help you get more from every bunch. Treat tender...
10/16/2026

HOW DO YOU STORE FRESH HERBS SO THEY LAST?

A little storage know-how can help you get more from every bunch. Treat tender herbs like parsley and cilantro like cut flowers: trim the stems, stand them in a glass with a little water, and loosely cover the leaves. Change the water when it gets cloudy. Basil is the exception: keep it at room temperature, since the cold fridge can darken and damage its leaves.

Hardy herbs like rosemary, thyme, and sage keep better wrapped in a barely damp paper towel and tucked into a bag in the crisper. The towel should be just damp, not wet.

Have more herbs than you can use? Chop and freeze them in an ice cube tray with water or oil, then add a cube to soups, sauces, or sautéed dishes. Frozen herbs are most useful in cooked recipes rather than as a fresh garnish.

Which herb do you most often have left over?

WHY DOES CILANTRO BOLT SO FAST? 🌿Bolting is cilantro’s shift from leafy growth to sending up a flower stalk and setting ...
10/15/2026

WHY DOES CILANTRO BOLT SO FAST? 🌿

Bolting is cilantro’s shift from leafy growth to sending up a flower stalk and setting seed. It’s a response to stress, most often heat. Cilantro is a cool-season herb, so a warm spell, or a sudden jump in temperature, can prompt that change sooner than expected. Once the stalk rises, the leaves’ flavor changes, and there may be fewer tender leaves to harvest.

A few practical ways to work with cilantro’s timing:
• Succession-sow a small patch every 2–3 weeks, so new leaves are coming along as older plants flower.
• For a late-season crop, choose a partly shaded spot to help buffer warmer days.
• Let some plants flower: cilantro’s delicate blooms are loved by pollinators, and the seeds are coriander.

Bolting isn’t a gardening failure; it’s part of the plant’s life cycle, and it can still give you something useful. What do you like to do with cilantro once it starts flowering?

WHY DO TOMATO LEAVES TURN YELLOW?Start with where the yellowing appears. If it’s mainly the oldest, lowest leaves, gradu...
10/14/2026

WHY DO TOMATO LEAVES TURN YELLOW?

Start with where the yellowing appears. If it’s mainly the oldest, lowest leaves, gradual yellowing can be part of normal aging: as those leaves wind down, the plant can move mobile nutrients such as nitrogen toward newer growth. A few lower leaves changing color doesn’t automatically mean something is wrong.

Look more closely if yellowing shows up between green veins, spreads quickly, or affects new growth. Nutrient availability, too much or too little water, root stress, pests, and disease can all be factors; the pattern alone can’t identify the cause.

Try three simple checks:
• Feel the soil before watering; avoid watering by habit alone.
• Check leaf undersides for pests, and look for spots or spreading damage.
• Notice whether it’s just older lower leaves or newer leaves too.

Make one observation at a time and watch how the plant changes. What pattern are you seeing on your tomato plant?

A green tomato can keep changing after it leaves the vine. Tomatoes produce and respond to ethylene, a natural plant gas...
10/13/2026

A green tomato can keep changing after it leaves the vine. Tomatoes produce and respond to ethylene, a natural plant gas that signals ripening. If a tomato has reached the “mature green” stage (full-sized, with developed seeds) it can often finish ripening indoors. As it ripens, chlorophyll, the green pigment, gradually breaks down and other pigments become visible. The fruit also softens and changes color, depending on the variety.

Set mature-green tomatoes in a single layer at room temperature, away from direct sun, and check them regularly. Cold temperatures slow ripening, so the refrigerator can pause the process and may affect texture and flavor. Once a tomato is ripe, refrigerate it if you need to keep it longer; letting it come toward room temperature before serving can bring its flavor forward. Some varieties stay green when ripe, so color alone isn’t always the cue, look for the variety’s expected color and a gentle give.



Do you usually let tomatoes ripen on the counter instead of putting them in the fridge?

Green tomatoes can keep changing after harvest because picking doesn’t switch off ripening. Tomatoes are “climacteric” f...
10/12/2026

Green tomatoes can keep changing after harvest because picking doesn’t switch off ripening. Tomatoes are “climacteric” fruit: once they reach mature green, they can produce and respond to ethylene, a natural ripening signal. That signal keeps the process moving off the vine.

As ripening progresses, chlorophyll, the green pigment, breaks down, while red and other colors become more visible. This is why a mature-green tomato may turn red on your counter. Tomatoes picked before they reach mature green may not ripen as evenly or develop the expected flavor.

Keep green tomatoes at room temperature if you want them to continue ripening. The refrigerator’s cold temperature slows that process and can affect flavor and texture. Some varieties are meant to stay green even when ripe, so color alone isn’t always the cue, look for a softer feel and the variety’s usual signs of ripeness.



Do you usually let tomatoes ripen on the counter instead of putting them in the fridge?

10/12/2026

Everything in this basket started smaller than a fingernail. 🍅

That green tomato in my hand? Until this week it was just a flower on the vine. That's the whole trick of a backyard bed - a little space, a lot of patience, and eventually dinner.

Baltimore, this is what October looks like from the dirt up.

What would you make first from a basket like this?

WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN SEASON RIGHT NOW?October is one of the best months to eat from a garden or a farmers market: greens, ...
10/09/2026

WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN SEASON RIGHT NOW?

October is one of the best months to eat from a garden or a farmers market: greens, sweet potatoes, squash, apples, late peppers and the last of the tomatoes.

Cooking around what's in season makes meal planning simpler and more flavorful. You build meals from what's actually available instead of fighting the calendar.

What's on your table this week: squash, greens, or something from your own garden? 🍂

WHY DOES BASIL FLOWER, AND SHOULD YOU LET IT?Basil grows leaves first, then sends up a flower spike when the plant shift...
10/08/2026

WHY DOES BASIL FLOWER, AND SHOULD YOU LET IT?

Basil grows leaves first, then sends up a flower spike when the plant shifts into reproduction. Once that happens, leaf production slows and the flavor can turn sharper and more bitter.

What to do:
• Pinch the flower buds early, back to a set of leaves, to keep the plant focused on foliage.
• Don't toss the flowers: pollinators love them, and they're edible.
• If you want seeds for next season, let one plant flower all the way out.

Garden-to-table reminder: pruning isn't damage, it's direction.

Do you pinch your basil or let it bloom?

Everything in this basket started smaller than a fingernail. 🍅🌿One backyard bed, and the basil, peppers, cucumbers and t...
10/07/2026

Everything in this basket started smaller than a fingernail. 🍅🌿

One backyard bed, and the basil, peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes all ripened at the same time. Baltimore: this is what a little space and a lot of patience can do.

What would you make first from a basket like this?

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