Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Lightning

Lightning kills, even when there are clear skies.

This landscaper died and there was no rain.

The conflict between labor and efficiency

Look at this:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/robo_picker


Robots may soon be picking oranges! Just think!

I think that most people are in favor of such time-saving devices. Still we should take time to ask what will happen to the people who make their living picking fruit. As a society we should at least think about retraining.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Many reasons why you should not drink bottled water

In a word: wasteful.

Read here for a better explanation.

Real?

Look at this beautiful tree.

The future

Watch Al Gore's film. Plant a tree. Or two. Or a forest.

It's the future.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Controlling tree height?

Imagine if nurseries could control how tall trees were?

Check this out!

Amazing. Powerful!

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Tropical Flowering Tree Society

Wow! This looks like a great association. Check it out if you are interested in flowering trees.

Who isn't interested in flowering trees?

Friday, June 01, 2007

Environmental positions

The rainy-season is upon us and we are all thankful in South Florida. Even the weathermen and weatherwomen (funny how the spell-checker doesn't recognize that word) are appreciative of the rain.

South Florida has gotten extremely crowded. Imagine how SoFla has been transformed in 100 years! Amazing.

I'm hearing good things about Gov. Crist's appointments. Let's hope we can keep the environment on our minds, not merely development.

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In my personal landscaping plan, I'm taking down two invasive trees on the side of my home. Unfortunately the county has given me no direction. The typical joke: one department gave me the number of the department which just gave me that number. It's an endless loop.

Except I think the loop should be ended by THEM. They should pay for the trees to be taken down!

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I've got a new design for www.plantsfromparadise.com

I'm thinking of some off-line advertising. The only other advertising off-line so far has been the "Flyer". That wasn't very good. I'll have to be creative.