Did you know that some of our favorite houseplants are actually toxic to pets?

Yes, that is including the monasteras that we are all obsessed with.

At the recent Great Grow Along Virtual Plant Festival that I was a part of. I interviewed Anastasia, my friend from Leaf and Pa, all about pets and plants, and how you can be both a pet parent and a plant parent and how to have your plants and pets get along.

Anastasia has a blog dedicated to her passion for collecting plants while caring for her two cats and a hedgehog.

She's super knowledgeable on this topic and today she

walks us through what we need to know about toxicity, how to style with pets in mind and the

top 10 best and worst plants for our pets. This has been a highly requested

episode. I'm so excited to finally be giving it to you so welcome Anastasia

and welcome you to episode 122 of

Blue Mangro Radio.

If you are looking to grow more joy in your garden this summer, I have a new toy for you

plant friends. I'm so excited to tell you about the Feather Snap Scout. I have the

majorly gotten into birding since I moved to the country and the Feather Snap Scout. I have majorly gotten into birding since I moved to the country and the

Feather Snap Scout is revolutionizing the way I bird. It's a new Wi-Fi

enabled smart bird feeder with a top of the line camera that snaps high definition picks and

videos of the birds that are coming to your garden and your backyard. And not only does it take

pictures, it identifies them using an ornithologist-trained AI identification tool that helps accurately

identify more than 275 North American birds.

I'm sure you've seen products like this on social media, but it literally looks like a little smart house

for birds that's filled with seeds and it captures all the different birds that comes to

your garden. It's so fun to know which birds are benefiting from the pollinator-friendly plants that you grow.

It's easy to set up, it's easy to use, and it has built in solar panels that means there's

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