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  • Friday Foodies

    Friday Foodies

    It’s finally Friday! And today comes an exciting food-first for me: I started fermenting gingered carrots and cabbage (sauerkraut) a week ago, and based on the recipe I used they should be ready today! I’m excited to try them. Fermented foods can be great for your digestive system. If you’re interested, I recommend reading Gut Read more

  • App Review: Woebot

    App Review: Woebot

    I went to therapy as a kid – I’ve been diagnosed with OCD/OCPD multiple times and suffered from chronic panic attacks when I was younger. So, I’m definitely a mental health advocate and a fan of psychological therapy and counseling. However, with my busy lifestyle, COVID, and the fact that mental healthcare is expensive and Read more

  • IndePLANTdence Day: Urban Garden Updates

    I’m feeling pretty refreshed after a long weekend; I actually woke up ready to go this morning, for once! On the plant side, I don’t have that many zany updates but I want to share how my propagates are doing and what’s going on with the newest members of my urban garden family. And also Read more

  • Why does propagating succulents from cuttings work?

    As you might know, I’ve been propagating a little jade baby from a cutting – and, this week, I finally got a rosette! This got me wondering – how the hell does a new baby succulent form from a leaf removed from the mother plant? Isn’t that kind of wild? I got my propagation advice Read more

  • Bio Basics: Convergent and Divergent Evolution

    By now, you know I’m a [mathematical] biologist. You may not know that I used to be a biology education content writer or that evolution is my absolute favorite thing to talk about. Why do I love talking about evolution? There is so much complexity behind evolution. There is so much to learn about it Read more

  • Propagation Plans & Updates

    As you know I’ve been trying to propagate a jade leaf and grow some things from seed. So where’s that jade plant at, and what else am I propagating? Jade Just when I’d given up on my jade prop going anywhere, I looked and – voila! – there’s growth! It took a while, but we’re Read more