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Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Episode 75.5: Info on Sustainability of Peat Moss

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, Wellness, Gardening, Leisure, Eco Therapy, Nature Therapy, Self Care, Health & Fitness, Houseplants, How To, Home & Garden, Mental Health, Plants

4.8912 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Follow Up to this weeks episode on The Science of Soil with some resources on sustainability.

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plan friends here we are at episode 75 and a half of

0:14.0

blue mango radio.

0:17.0

Hey, plant friends, I'm hopping on here for an unexpected half.

0:22.0

We're calling this episode 75 and a half it's kind of a

0:25.3

follow-up and update to episode 75 that was released earlier this week called

0:29.5

the Science of Soil with Dr Mark from Metroline Greenhouses. I'm so thrilled with that

0:35.0

episode and so happy that I was able to bring that conversation to you guys

0:39.4

because it's important for us to really understand what these potting soils that we bring home are

0:46.4

made up of and what those little white, what I thought was styrofoam is in the soil and how the

0:52.1

soil works to help our plants bloom and grow.

0:54.6

So I'm so happy about the episode, but one thing that I did not realize that I wanted to

0:59.3

hop on here and chat with you about was I had stumbled upon a hot button topic that I had

1:04.7

no idea about and that is the sustainability of Pete Moss. So I think I'm so

1:12.0

thankful for some of the listeners in our community who reached out to me

1:15.0

with concerns about whether or not Pete Moss was sustainable and it was

1:19.8

something that Dr Mark and I spoke very briefly about on the episode and I just wanted to

1:24.7

come here to bring you guys some more resources. We have so many listeners in our

1:29.1

community that are so committed to sustainability and I think sustainability is a huge conversation we all need to talk about.

1:36.7

My dad is actually also in the sustainability business.

1:39.7

And Pete Moss is a hot button topic of whether or not it is sustainable and plant friends.

1:46.7

I've gone down the rabbit hole of research and I think this is probably the most divisive topic I've probably read about on the internet.

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