The Beauty of Plants

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The beauty of life.

I use that many gallons of gas per year???

This is a great site to see how much carbon you use each year.

Driving all those plants and trees around South FL sure does use a lot of carbon. Fortunately we are collectively working towards making it a greener place.

Ready to help make Miami a greener place!

According to this article Miami is sorely lacking in canopy. We need more trees! We gotta breathe!

I'm baaaack

It's been a while. I've had stuff to do...moving into my new home, other projects. Plants to install.

First of all, look at this.

China is growing jatrophas for fuel. We can sell some jatrophas, we usually sell them to people looking for beauty not fuel.

Efficient salesmanship

I've been getting inquiries from Google searches. It feels good to be recognized as a worthwhile link without paying for it :)

Had some great experiences selling jobs lately. Otherwise my truck is getting fixed and soon I'll be back in the swing of things.

The Internet makes it harder to separate the person from the venture.

Perhaps I'd be interested in hiring some go-getters to help with sales.

Interesting Fact

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
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Old trees are a treasure.

My truck is out of commission

For the next few days Plants From Paradise will be on hiatus. My truck has a busted rear end. It seems the dealership doesn't want to pay for it. So we have a disagreement.

Things were a bit slow before that anyways. Still I've been pursuing a few other directions. Learning Flash.

Better Living Through Buying Less

Big business is doing more for the environment.

I am doing my part for the environment: I purchase few "things."

We all need to take the true costs of our purchases into account. The oil to transport the goo. The energy to purchase it. To dispose of it.

We'd be better off all buying less.

Take care of the trees you have and then see me about buying new ones :)

It's funny. We talk about "owning" trees. Many of the trees will be around long after their owners.

Happy New Year!

Here's a beautiful oak tree to fill you with joy!

What it is all about...

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

-Joyce Kilmer

Not getting paid

Sometimes you have people who can't pay after the work is done. Luckily most of my customers have been great. I'm going to give them some time before I take other action, but it would be nice if I could just get my fair share for the job I did.

The question is a deep one. Who deserves better pay, the marketer or the accountant? How much are teachers worth? How much is a president worth?

I donated; you should too

Check them out. It's really an amazing charity. PlantsFromParadise.com donated to them!

I donated; you should too

Check them out. It's really an amazing charity. PlantsFromParadise.com donated to them!

The "Little Guy"

Although I recently professed a desire to export to the Caribbean. True, but meeting a woman who devoted her life to helping sick doggies was pretty inspiring. A few trees but it was a great experience.

New marketing approach

In the upcoming month I will be contacting major hotels throughout Latin America concerning the shipment of plants. I can broker the plants at a better price: we grow the best quality in the world!

Exporting

Since we've been exporting plants all across the world, I realized it makes to advertise with google in the countries where the plants are going. I think this is a great way to make contacts and I am encouraged business will boom.

Things have been incredibly busy for plantsfromparadise!

I didn't take on a project to set up an indoor landscape at the Miami Beach Convention Center. To be honest, it wasn't very appealing to work with the people who charge you to plug in a light. No one had anything positive to say about working at the Convention Center. But it was a beautiful design.

I'm expecting big things from this new ad campaign.

Natural spaces

I can help you achieve this.

New nails could save homes!

You seriously need to check out this article:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2006/innovator_5.html

It isn't the wood that gives out in hurricanes- it is the nails.

Big time.

Also check out this article about Los Angeles giving up on palms in a big way. They cost too much to maintain and there isn't enough shade. The fact that they are iconic isn't weighing on the decision.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/us/26palm.html?em&ex=1164690000&en=67b0cb779e8f2873&ei=5087%0A

Check out the links while you can.

Cool idea

What a cool idea!

Lots of fruit trees. I'm going to do this at my new home.

The Garden Guy Furor

The Garden Guy is stupid.

That's all I have to say about that.