As if she weren’t busy enough, Nicole and the Richie-Madden family have been growing their own fruits and vegetables for the past six months. Every day Nicole tells me how “great and calming” gardening has been. Now they have, like, an entire Whole Foods in their backyard. I make her walk me through everything she’s growing (mostly for you guys because she’s tried before and I don’t care). “We have apple trees, blueberry trees, lemon trees, strawberries, butter lettuce, arugula, sugar snap peas, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, spinach, mint, thyme, oregano and sage.” Lionel Richie (Nicole’s dad, for the two people who might not know) guest-starred in an episode of #CandidlyNicole on AOL and expressed equal enthusiasm for gardening. But Nicole clarifies that her dad is “more of a landscaping type of guy, and I’m more of an edible garden person.”
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