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Coffee and cookies

I woke up in the morning and had a cookie and coffee and read about natural weed killer. I'm going to pick the weeds or spray them with an epsom salt combination. Here's the recipe-  1 gallon vinegar, 2 Cups Epsom salt, 1/4th Cup dawn dishwashing soap and spray it heavily first thing in the morning and the weeds will go away. Roundup is an herbicide that contains glyphosate which kills plants. There are other chemicals in it besides glyphosate that are damaging too. Monsanto introduced roundup in 1974 and it dominates the markets. That's not good because it is bad for our body and our wildlife. I don't mind some weeds, I think a little imperfection looks best. I don't want an immaculate yard in the suburbs. I want a yard with healthy squirrels, rabbits and birds and my baby and dog to breathe pure air and not step on chemicals. I grew herbs and flowers and I need to transplant them outside soon. I'm going to help build some raised garden beds too. Spring time is so pretty I love it, I wake up early to go outside and water my flowers in the pots. I can smell the lilacs that are in bloom for only 2 or 3 weeks! I am trying to be aware about what I do that isn't good. Or notice what is hurting the outdoors I love so much. I changed my laundry detergent to less harsh ingrediants that I make myself and I love it. I use the same container to store it in so I'm no longer buying those plastic jugs of laundry detergent. Less plastic in the landfill. I made that change because my skin is so sensitive. Plus I realized they're putting some chemicals in there that go on my body. Also the water and soap drains into the ground from the washing machine, none of that garbage anymore. Well my laundry soap recipe I will do another post another day about that, got off topic. Gotta get off my nursing lazy boy and get some jobs done today.
               

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  1. UnknownMay 16, 2019 at 12:10 PM

    Ooo I wonder if the parents lilacs are blooming! I'll send a pic if they are

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