Project Genesis

Ok this is a big stretch for my blog.

To talk about something of substance....something that might make you think about our world and Mother Earth and what we are doing to her.

I'm happy to participate in

Project Genesis

the brain child of my friend Suzan

of old gray mare

We met back when I first started doing White Wednesday.

Because of a glitch with her blog not updating properly and blogger not letting me

get to her site we lost contact for awhile.
darn blogger gods!!! It wasn't until sweet June of Laughing with Angels did a post about

a gift the she received from Suzan that I rediscovered her again.

I was so thrilled and apologized for not having been by for awhile.

We started to email each other and found we had a lot in common,

one of them being that we sometimes wanted to talk about more then

just decorating, flowers and just the pretty things in our lives.
To keep our planet pretty and happy we have to take care of it.

Project Genesis is an opportunity to start a dialogue about how we can all make a difference even in a small way to help our planet.

I know we all wonder what we can do besides recycle our trash,

which seems simple enough but I still have friends that don't even do that!!!!!

I won't mention any names because they occasionally read my blog:))

Ever since Suzan wanted to start this discussion the first thing that came to mind
for me

was what we deal with everyday.

Our PLASTIC TRAYS

Do you have any idea how much plastic we use???

well, I don't really know the answer to that either....that's George's department.

Gee, he has to order something....it's just not that interesting to me

so I leave it up to him.....

that, and stone, mulch,soil and a bunch of other boring products.
He doesn't mind really.

Ok I know this isn't a big deal and it's not going to change the world over night but it's a start.

It's really simple

when you go to your garden center bring an old box small tarp or even recycle an old tray.

Years ago used I'd have an old gentleman that would bring in his own plastic tray.
You only have to keep it there for the time you usually buy your flowers.

With all the emphasis on saving on plastic bags at the grocery stores why is it that

people still reach for a PLASTIC tray to carry 2 plants?

We do encourage our customers to return their pots and trays to us.
and that's a start.

The problem is that they return pots from other places and they don't fit our trays.

A problem in this industry is that there are just too many sizes.

You may not have been aware of this but a few years ago the

The National Bureau of Weights and Measures had to step in and make new

regulations about the inconsistencies in what we all call a gallon pot, a 10" pot, a 6" pot, a quart etc.

That's why you see a sticker of the actually volume size on the pots now.

oh you never noticed!!! it's there trust me

or else the grower

runs the risk of getting fined up to $5000.

I know seems weird but a gallon pot is not a gallon size!!!

Are you still there???

stay with me:))

My point is that there is beginning to be an end to the madness of all these pots and containers and in

answer to all the waste of pots there is discussion finally about

making the pots more standardized.

Every ones gallon pot will all be the same.....so when I get a pot from

dare I say...... Home Depot.

I can reuse it

wash and sanitize it first but, it doesn't have to go to the trash.

Granted now they can go in with the plastic recycling but it still TAKES ENERGY to

turn it into something else.

I found Jelly's secret napping spot....by the trays and pots

on the bench...wonder if I could fit in there and take a nap???

I really need a bed around here for some power naps.

Ok, back to what I was talking about.

It may be a long time before the industry and the bureau makes the necessary changes
so next time you go to buy some plants remember to keep your trays
and use them over and over again or return them so they can recycle them,
or better yet don't use any at all!
You go to the grocery store with your recycled bags
...go to the garden center prepared too.

Now don't forget to visit Suzan and check out her great ideas as well as the other
participants of Project Genesis.
I'm happy to be part of this blog party and hope you consider
sharing your ideas too.

~Carole