March 2017 Blog
The seedlings have sprouted. I
have a dozen white lavender plants on their way and several Padrone peppers
started. With the help of a plant light
and a heat mat, things are progressing nicely.
This month’s blog is about “Plastic Straw Pollution.” A plastic straw with a cold beverage seems
innocuous enough, however they are used once and disposed of all too
quickly. Americans use 500
million drinking straws every day according to the “Be Straw Free Campaign”
organized by the National Park Service. That is enough straw waste to wrap the
circumference of the earth 2.5 times or to fill Yankee Stadium over 9 times in
a year! Now imagine that magnified by global consumption! (https://www.nps.gov/commercialservices/greenline_straw_free.htm)
It’s
worth googling “Plastic Straw Pollution” to see the different groups that have
organized to address this nuisance. I am
on board. I have purchased stainless
steel straws that are reusable and I also have paper straws which are not an
ideal solution but are still better than plastic ones. I am still searching for a local source of
paper straws and would love some feedback on that if anyone knows where to get
them. I purchased some online but that
method seems to have too big of a carbon foot print.
I
am in the process of reading “The Food Babe Way” by Vani Hari. I am enjoying the book despite the many
critical book reviews that cite Hari’s lack of common chemistry knowledge. The book has gotten me back into healthy
green juicing which I have neglected for the past 2 years for no good reason. Another healthy exercise behavior that I have
discovered is the singer, Adele’s, 5 daily planks. Easy to fit into the daily schedule and oh,
do you feel them.
The
exciting news for this month is that we are in the process of purchasing a
house next to our vineyard and lavender farm.
I hope to have a short term rental available this summer for visitors to
Finley Point who come to enjoy our spectacular summers and wander throughout
the vineyard. And if you want to help
prune, that can be arranged at no extra cost (lol).
Here’s to the arrival of spring!
It has been a long winter.
