#ripening

[unbfacts]

Hard pears and avocados can ripen faster in a paper bag with a banana or apple. Ripe fruit gives off ethylene gas, which tells fruit to soften and sweeten. The paper bag keeps that gas close while still letting moisture escape.

[natureisthegreatestartist]

What's this? The life cycle of a blackberry. Fascinating and yummy, right?

[glossedephemera]

[pumpkin-patch]

[retropopcult]

The New Yorker November 19, 1984 cover art by Arthur Getz

[blondebrainpowered]

[sfumature-di-luce]

Piano Piano...

Non servono promesse grandi. Mi bastano i piccoli gesti ripetuti ogni giorno, la gentilezza, la presenza, quel modo semplice di farmi sorridere senza chiedere niente.

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