Rant

This is a rant about a recent lawsuit against Scotts Miracle-Gro.  


You were warned. 


Since working with Grow Food, Grow Hope in Wilmington, OH I have come to appreciate and love the organic movement for what I thought it was: a fad with a great idea.  Its all well and good to think that organic is the way to be and that you should only eat/shop/garden organic because its healthier and you're not subjecting yourself and the environment to all those nasty chemicals.  And I have totally agreed with that, but there was always that voice in my head saying 'that's what the EPA is for, they take care of these things and make sure they are safe even if they are slightly harsh chemicals'.


Boy was I wrong. 


This morning a representative of Scotts Miracle-Gro company plead guilty to violating environmental protection laws as well as marketing items that had not been approved by the EPA.  Those items were sold for TWO YEARS before being pulled off the market and now YEARS after the incident the company is being punished for it.  (the original product was released in 2005).  For more information check out the news story I found from the Columbus Dispatch.


If you thought I was a member of the organic movement before, buddy look out.  


Can I promise to give up eating non-organic foods or not using real deodorant: NO WAY! 


But you can bet my newly acquired community garden plot is NEVER going to have any Scotts products on it.  NEVER.  I knew that they used some slightly harsh chemicals, but I thought 'they're an Ohio company, I've driven by their plant, they employ Ohio workers.  We're Ohioans we're proud of our agricultural heritage-they wouldn't possibly do anything to harm the environment'. 


And I was WRONG.  


The alleged lawsuit is about birdseed that was not safe for insects or birds to ingest.  If they're going to sell bird killing food then who's to say they're not going to sell weed repellent or miracle gro that is going to hurt people?


It's just not a risk I'm willing to take. 

Never fear!

I have not forgotten you! Here I am, posting once/week...as promised. I did finally get some seeds started although there are no photos because right now they look like wet dirt. I promise we'll get some once my little babies start sprouting! My lenten observance is not going so hot but I am determined to make it better! And my goal is to start next week off right with a trip to the gym! Other than that things have looked pretty grim, I've had 2 funerals in a week's time so I'm just trying to get back in the swing of things at this point. Wish me luck!

Welcoming March

Unfortunately, I'm welcoming March and feeling a little bit like a failure.  I'm skimming through my February goals and they're not looking so great: 
I didn't go to the gym (not once)
There are still boxes all over the floor of my bedroom
You can still hardly see my desk in the spare bedroom


So I didn't do so hot there.  But there is internet in my apartment and its 7:30am and I've already cleaned up a mess in my kitchen, make lunch to take to work, drop Josh off at the law school so he can leave for Milwaukee, pack clothes to go home for the weekend, check Facebook, my email, and read a few articles so hopefully that's a sign that this month is going to be more productive!  


So let's write some goals for this month that are actually do-able.  


1. Go to the gym (I really am going to get there eventually)
2. Finish unpacking and/or at least make my floor walkable if I can't empty EVERY box.
3. Plan my garden and start my seeds (I put down my deposit on my community garden plot!)
4. Complete my desk corner in the spare bedroom
5. Make my apartment semi-respectable so that I don't feel embarrassed when people come by last minute.
6. Blog once/week
7. Work on having "me-time" 


I'm also going to be working on my lenten observance which is my (attempt) at giving up hitting snooze more than twice a day...so far I'm getting better at it, but still not great. 


Here's to March, hoping its happy...and productive!


What are everyone else's March goals?