I thought I was doing really good when it comes to lessening the negative impact my landscape has on our ecosystem. That was before I stumbled upon the requirements to be invited into the Florida-Friendly Yard Recognition Program.
This checklist gives me a whole new set of gardening goals. My new intrinsic motivation comes not from the need to have a congratulatory sign in my yard, but from the satisfaction of knowing I did my small part to help.
Speaking of "my small part," I bought two canvas grocery bags at the grocery store yesterday. I plan to get a couple more next time I'm there. I am going to try to use these instead of those horrible plastic bags. I hate using paper bags. I'll get up on my soapbox and preach about recycling some other day.
The house photo above was stiched together with Canon's photo stitch software. It took 7-9 photos to get this one.
Great post Danielle, every bit that we can do for the environment is going to help. I had been reading about the Florida friendly yard in our local county web site, a great idea.
ReplyDeleteSee our Aussie garden about same climate as yours.
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ReplyDeleteBTW - I work in the UF Environmental Horticulture department (where the state FYN program is based). Your county agents and Master Gardeners are a great resource for helping you with a Florida-frienldy landscape.
i need to play around with my photo stitch function -- that's a really cool picture.
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ReplyDeleteThose are some pretty tough requirements for the "normal" Florida home but good things to strive for. Oh, and good job on buying the reusable bags. The hardest part with them is to remember to bring them into the grocery store. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten inside and realized I needed to run back out....