Get Healthy Harlem

You know what bothers me to no end? Cars who idle in front of my apartment! You know what I mean... they just park there, with their cars running and their music blasting ruining not only my peace and quiet, but also my fresh air! (Well, as fresh as it can be in the city anyway!)

I just wanted to upload some pictures from my indoor garden. It's been very slow. I didn't know how long it would take to get these seeds going! I also ended up with a lot of dead plants. The scallions and spinach are pretty much goners.

The tomato plants are growing 'true' leaves, the ones that look like real plant leaves.

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If you have ever purchased a privately owned car, you may are left wondering how to get the smell of cigarette smoke out of a car. There are some people go the additional mile to detail their automobiles before sale, but if you're scoping a spur-of-the-moment deal that is on Craigslist, you may be purchasing an AS-IS car that doubled as a mobile smoking lounge.

    Shugah Baybees pre-school (Family Daycare) is looking for help in starting an organic Garden.  The family Daycare consist of 5 to 12 children who practice healthy eating.we have a great backyard and need help getting started. We are located on 135 west 122nd street. Contact Mama Janay @Sbaybees@gmail,com

Riverbank State Park. Eighteen acres of recreational facility designed for residents and visitors in the Harlem community. Riverbank State Park is located on the upper West Side of Manhattan and has two entrances: One on 138th and Riverside and the other on 145th and Riverside.

I have been getting e-mails from the Lazy Environmentalist, Josh Dorfman, giving me ideas on ways to "go green" without having to do too much.

I recently learned about the "Power of One" card from Stephanie Pope Caffey and I was immediately interested. It's a great way to keep money spent at local Harlem businesses in the Harlem community. Read more below!

With 1 in 4 Harlem children diagnosed with Asthma, the urgency of improved Air quality couldn't come at a better time. According to The PLANYC 2024 478 city schools burn No. 4 or No. 6 heating oil and many of these are in neighborhoods where the asthma rates are over three times higher than the national average.

Does high blood pressure, a big belly, or cancer run in your family? Does that mean you're doomed to get these too? The burgeoning field of epi-genetics is working on the answer. Epi-genetics is the science of what makes our genes express themselves the way they do.