Mums the Word...

Don't you just love the fall? All the leaves are changing and the yards are an explosion of color: borders bursting with MUMS! That is one beautiful flower. They come back year after year bigger and better than ever!

If you have them in your fall displays or inside the home and forget to water... do not despair! Most will fully recover with just a few spent blooms if you just immerse the pot in water for about an hour. Just run a bucket full or a sink with tepid water and immerse. It will return to a beautiful, happy mum!

When your displays are over, before freezing weather settles on us here in the South, remember to plant your mums and save those plastic pots! Return them to the nursery or reuse them yourself with your saved seeds next Spring.

Remember: Recycle, Re-furbish, and Re-use
to reduce your carbon footprint!

Happy Gardening and Green Living Everyone!!!

Glass Containers Instead of Plastic

I'm on a mission. Every time I can use glass instead of plastic I am saving the landfill and improving my carbon footprint.

Remember back in the day when the refrigerator was a new convenience and in it were all these glass containers with lids? I am in search for as many of those still existing as I can find. Yard sales and flea markets sport them occasionally and I bring home my prize!

Take a moment and look through your home. Your cabinets are no doubt full of plastic containers and your pantry will have zip lock bags and plastic food wrap. I took all of my plastic containers and donated them to charity (instead of throwing them away in the landfill!) and started using glass containers with lids. These are easy to wash and store and make me feel good about my leftovers! They are also beautiful and range from plain-janes to very artistic designs and colors.

This is just one tiny step in living green but each step is forward in motion.

Happy green living!