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Deals on AeroGarden kits are perfect for plant moms
Plants are a beautiful addition to your home’s ambiance. You don’t need to have a large yard or outdoor space to exercise your green thumb, thanks to these innovative indoor garden kits. Here are some AeroGarden deals at Amazon as of May 9 — perfect for plant moms, regular moms, and mother figures.
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BEST BUDGET INDOOR GARDEN: The AeroGarden Sprout with gourmet herbs kit is perfect for beginner indoor gardeners. — $49.99
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BEST 6-POD INDOOR GARDEN: The AeroGarden Harvest Elite includes pods for six different herbs and indoor plants. — $99.99
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BEST SPLURGE: The AeroGarden Bounty Elite includes 9 plant pods and is compatible with Alexa. — $261.81
$429.95(save $168.14)
An indoor garden kit that grows popular and beloved herbs is a gift that keeps giving. These AeroGarden deals make growing plants indoors a cinch. They’re now on sale at Amazon as of May 9 and make great gifts for plant parents and people with green thumbs.
Best Budget Indoor Garden
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Our pick: AeroGarden Sprout
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Why we like it
The AeroGarden Sprout with gourmet herbs pod kit is perfect for beginner gardeners with limited counter space. Usually costing $99.95, it’s now on sale at Amazon for $49.99, which saves you $49.96, or 50%, off the regular advertised price. This indoor gardening kit includes pods for basil, dill, and parsley. The kit allows herbs to be grown in water instead of soil and is designed with efficient 10W LED lights. You’ll also receive plant nutrients for a beautiful handful of herbs that will make any dish and salad taste great.
Best 6-Pod Indoor Garden
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Our pick: AeroGarden Harvest Elite
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Why we like it
The AeroGarden Harvest Elite includes pods for six different plants and herbs: mint, thyme, dill, parsley, Thai basil, and Genovese basil. Typically sold for $205.95, it’s now on sale for $99.99, which means you end up saving 51%. It’s designed with a hydroponic system that grows plants using only water and no soil. The stainless steel pot is designed with 20W LED lights. The Harvest Elite system also includes a digital control system with vacation settings so your plants never go hungry.
Best Splurge
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Our pick: AeroGarden Elite
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Why we like it
This 9-pod AeroGarden Elite Bounty kit is perfect for home gardeners and dedicated home cooks. Its stainless-steel design includes 50W adjustable LED lights that provide all of the light spectrums needed to grow healthy, delicious herbs. It’s compatible with WiFi and Alexa, which means you don’t have to be in the same room as your kit in order to make adjustments to its settings. Vacation settings let you water your plants and keep them healthy while you take a break. Typically sold for $429.95, you can now snag this kit for $261.81, which saves you $168.14).
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AeroGarden Harvest — $69.27
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AeroGarden Bounty Basic — $151.81
$299.95(save $148.14)
Sonic’s four new Lego kits are traditional playsets for kids, not collectors – and that’s brilliant
After months of speculation and a couple of persistent leaks, the Lego Group has announced its latest video game collaboration: Lego Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sonic has appeared in Lego form before, of course – first in the Lego Dimensions toys-to-life video game, and later in a brilliant Lego Ideas set depicting Green Hill Zone. Unlike that set, however, the new official Sonic range is squarely aimed at kids. As it should be.
The Lego Ideas set was more suitable for grown-up fans of Sonic and nineties kids in need of a dose of nostalgia. Set up as a diorama of a classic Sonic level, it wasn’t all that ‘playable’. It even shipped in a black box, which is Lego’s signal that they consider the set an 18+ product. The new sets are the opposite, with suggested age brackets ranging from 6+ for the basic set up to 8+ for the most intricate.
The Sims 4 has reportedly reached 70 million players, announces new kits
In an announcement from EA (via BusinessWire), The Sims 4 has set a franchise record, having reportedly reached over 70 million players. That’s quite the feat, and also means that The Sims 4 has more players than there are people in the United Kingdom.
The Sims 4 launched just under a decade ago, in 2014. Recently, EA also revealed its upcoming Project Rene, which is the working title for what will, undoubtedly, be The Sims 5. That news is no dampener for The Sims 4, though, which has a committed community of Simmers who create impressive builds, tell engaging stories, and ultimately, have fun.
The announcement of The Sims 4 having reached 70 million players makes it the most-played game in The Sims 23-year franchise history. In addition to the news, the most recent expansion pack – Growing Together – has seen the most successful launch week of The Sims 4’s various expansions and kits.
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The best survival kits to prepare for all the things you can’t predict
If there’s one thing we’ve learned in recent times, it’s that we simply cannot predict what life is going to throw at us — whether it’s wild weather events, a worldwide pandemic, or a horrifying fungal outbreak that turns us all into vicious zombie-like creatures. Okay, maybe that last one’s not a real threat, but we can’t deny that The Last of Us hasn’t got us thinking about what we’d do if a real emergency — manmade or natural — came crashing onto our doorstep. That’s why we’re here to round up a solid selection of emergency preparedness essentials so you can find the best survival kit or go bag to help you prep for all the things you can’t predict.
Why do I need a survival kit?
Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, fires, blizzards, blackouts … There’s a seemingly endless list of dangers that can trap us at home without help for an extended period of time, or force us to evacuate at a moment’s notice. That said, you certainly don’t need to be a doomsday prepper with a well-stocked bunker to want to keep yourself safe in case of an emergency. There are plenty of pre-made survival gear kits out there to fit all sorts of needs, whether you want to stash some basic essentials in your car, stock up on goods to hunker down at home, or have a backpack ready to go to your nearest evacuation center.
What should a survival kit include?
To gain insight on what should be included in a top-notch survival kit, we spoke to a series of emergency preparedness experts: Bruce Jones, seasoned meteorologist and spokesperson for Midland Radio, a leader in two-way communications and extreme weather/emergency alert technology; Michael Collins, PE, Commissioner of Public Services & Engineering for Beverly, MA and member of the APWA Emergency Management Committee which provides American Public Works Association members with resources to prepare for, respond to, and recover from hazards; and Melanie Papworth, planner and founder of Plan for Awesome, a website sharing practical, approachable, and realistic preparedness resources for everyday busy families. Their recommendations fell into a handful of key categories:
Food and Water
All of our experts agreed that non-perishable food and clean water for drinking and sanitation should be at the top of your list. Jones notes that you’ll need at least three days’ worth of food and water per person (and pet!) in your household — but you’ll want to bump that up to seven days if you live in a hurricane zone, and 14 days if you live in an earthquake zone.
Collins recommends canned food, protein bars, and shelf-stable MREs (that’s a Meal, Ready-to-Eat), while Papworth notes that you’ll want both stored water and a means for water filtration to make clean water from any source, if needed. She loves her family’s Berkey, but a portable LifeStraw, filtered water bottles, or even iodine tablets may be all you need, depending on the water source.
Collins also recommends including single-serving electrolyte powder packets in your survival kit, especially if you may be dealing with extreme heat.
Communications, Navigation, and Light
It’s important to keep a hand-crank radio, flashlight, and charger in your kit so that you don’t need to rely on electricity or batteries. Jones is partial to Midland’s ER310 Emergency Crank Radio — equipped with NOAA Weather Radio, a built-in LED flashlight and whistle, and the ability to recharge USB-compatible devices — but any similar crank radio will do.
Collins recommends a solar-powered phone charger and a battery pack of at least 10,000 mAh to keep devices charged up. And you may also want a compass, local maps, waterproof matches or a lighter, and a small mirror, flare, or glow stick to signal for help, especially if you’re heading out into the wild.
First Aid
To help treat yourself and your family in an emergency, Jones recommends a first-aid kit with at least: bandages, antibiotic ointment packets, antiseptic wipe packets, non-latex gloves, gauze pads, and a thermometer.
Papworth also points out that you’ll want to stash some OTC medications for fever and pain relief, as well as any prescriptions and medical devices that are necessary for your survival.
Hygiene
At the very least, pack some moist towelettes, garbage bags, and plastic ties for personal sanitation in your kit, according to Jones. However, Papworth’s own top three must-haves for an evacuation scenario are deodorant, floss/toothpaste, and chapstick — though a change of clothes is really high on her list, too.
“Can you imagine wearing the same underwear for three days? Enough said.”
Face masks can also come in handy for keeping out dust and debris, and hand sanitizer always comes in clutch as well.
Shelter and Warmth
Collins advises those in colder climates to pack warm clothing, a hat, and space blankets in their survival kit. If you expect to be evacuated, be sure to keep a weather-appropriate sleeping bag for each person, and maybe an emergency tent as well.
“Also pack some trash bags or polyethylene sheeting,” says Collins. “They offer an alternative way to stay warm, collect rain, and protect you from rain or the sun.”
Jones seconds the recommendation for plastic sheeting, as well as duct tape. The latter can repair gear, patch leaks, or even stabilize a broken limb in an extreme emergency. It can also be fashioned into a bowl for eating or collecting water — the possibilities are really endless.
Survival Tools
Aside from the almighty, all-purpose duct tape, you should keep a few other versatile tools in your survival kit, including a multi-tool that can act as a bottle opener or survival knife to help you cut through rope or open cans of food. Collins also recommends a paracord bracelet which has a wide variety of applications, from tying up gear to securing shelter. You could even use this survival bracelet to go fishing.
ID and Important Documents
You should always have your driver’s license, passport, or another form of ID on you, and Papworth recommends keeping the originals of all your important documents in a fireproof, waterproof box to grab before an evacuation — just in case of the worst possible scenario. Cash can come in handy too, especially small bills.
Entertainment
And last but not least — as we’re reminded by Ellie with her comics and delightfully cringeworthy book of puns in TLoU — it’s important to bring along a little entertainment to keep spirits light, especially for kids.
“Think small, light, and inexpensive,” says Papworth. “Dice and a Yahtzee scorecard, playing cards, Go Fish, UNO, a coloring book and crayons, bouncy balls, a book, etc.”
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The Sims 4 reveals two new kits for your Sims bathrooms and bedrooms
Today, EA and Maxis have unveiled two new kits for The Sims 4: The Sims 4 Simtimates Collection Kit, and The Sims 4 Bathroom Clutter Kit. Both kits will be available on all platforms as of January 19, and will spice up your Sims more intimate moments; whether that’s Woohooing or simply showering.
The Simtimates Collection Kit doesn’t come as too much of a surprise, given that assets for the kit were accidentally leaked on the EA App just a few days ago. The Bathroom Clutter Kit, on the other hand, comes as a pleasant surprise to Simmers.
The Sims teamed up with MeUndies to create the Simtimates Collection, creating a kit of “fun and flirty contemporary loungewear.” In a press release, EA and Maxis explain that, “it is important to both MeUndies and The Sims, that people, and Sims, feel confident and empowered in their bodies, and by extension, their clothes. Our items will look great on all shapes and sizes.”