Love, Green Mama

In short, BOILING your water will greatly decrease your consumption of microplastics as they get stuck in the calcium carbonate present in water as it cools..

There's a Surprisingly Simple Way to Remove Microplastics From Your Drinking Water Tiny fragments of microplastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, significantly through our food and drink.

Upcycling tip: a leftover rotisserie chicken container makes a great mini greenhouse!

This sounds great for my little budding earth ranger 😍

Kid-Sized Actions, World-Sized Impact! The perfect combination!

Repel bugs naturally - get rid of bed bugs, spiders, ants, mice and others bugs easily

I keep certain produce in water like flower bouquets, and store them in a sunny spot. This keeps them fresh for far longer than in the fridge. I find that cilantro stays fresh for 2 weeks with this method. Just make sure, like bouquets, you change the water every few days to minimize gunk. Glass jars are PREFERRED as they keep the produce fresh longer, but if all you have is plastic, that is fine too.

And yes, that is a plant rack that I made from a repurposed doggie kennel, once my puppies no longer needed the kennel.😊

Produce that I find work well with this method (so far) are: cilantro, parsley, green onions, carrots (pointy side in the water), celery, radish, bok choy, and asparagus. I‘ll experiment more with others as time goes on.

And that’s your life hack for today, my beautiful squash blossoms 💜😉.

This infuriated me. We need a complete upheaval of the way we process and package food.

BPA, phthalates "widespread" in supermarket foods, regardless of packaging, Consumer Report says Among the supermarket foods tested, Annie's Organic Cheesy Ravioli, Del Monte sliced peaches and Chicken of the Sea pink salmon, had the most phthalates per nanogram.

https://www.sciencealert.com/concerning-excessive-screen-time-linked-to-lower-cognitive-function

'Concerning': Excessive Screen Time Linked to Lower Cognitive Function Screens have become seamlessly integrated into our daily lives, serving as indispensable tools for work, education and leisure.

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So I’m just supposed to go about life knowing there’s a frog living in my steering wheel column and can jump out at any time while I’m driving? I mean one jumped out when I opened the door to pump gas the other day.

So happy that My 3 favorite stores have committed to not using it. I knew Publix didn’t but this is the first visual I’ve seen. Thought I’d share. Wild world out there. I’ve seen it make an apple look like new on the outside but rotten on the inside 😑
Anyway, I’d like to only be eating what I grow someday..

Open your mail box and immediately slam the mail and small boxes on the ground to make sure the spiders can escape : Florida 😩

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Who’s onboard this year? I sure am!

Turns out if the gov’t wanted to do something weird with an alarm they wouldn’t warn us first . Let’s put our tin hats away for now🙂

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That coconut one😀

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Moringa leaves have 7 times the vitamin C of oranges, 4 times the calcium of milk, 4 times the vitamin A of carrots, 3 times the potassium of bananas, and 2 times the protein of yogurt. Even higher values have been found by the National Institute of Nutrition (India).

Update: Fresh seeds are now available in my Etsy shop! https://growerjim.etsy.com

See more photos and read all about growing moringa here: https://growerjim.blogspot.com/2023/09/moringa-oleifera.html