@ErmesT ready in Fincas we’re planting 2 palm Trees (Sika), Alternateras, Acedos,DDedos de Niño, Corazón en Unión, Cola de Borrego, Uñas de Secretaria. All resistant to sun and makes a dry space into a happy place. Till tomorrow, sharing photos.
@ErmesT as promised I planted a tree for you this evening. I summoned up my courage, cut a hole in my lawn at the new house, made a hole and dropped in this little baby orange tree. I chose a fruit tree deliberately, we eat a lot of oranges and I wanted a way to plant a tree that produces oxygen and consumes carbon but also reduce our carbon footprint by eating fruit that hasn’t been grown remotely and trucked to a supermarket for us to buy. It is a small contribution but every little bit helps.
I also promised to do some Street View using by ebike and its been raining here so I will do that on the weekend when its meant to be sunny.
I noticed some little creatures have been feasting on my little orange while it waited for this day in its pot.
Every day we all use items that are wrapped in single use plastic. It may be a small piece of film sealing a bottle, wrappers from sweets or chocolates, blister tablet packaging or sticky labels.
These pieces of plastic would normally end up in landfill and probably in our rivers or oceans.
A clever concept was started many years ago whereby you place these pieces of waste into a plastic bottle. A 2L soft drink bottle is the most common type of bottle.
Now simply start filling your bottle with clean plastic. No contaminated plastic or biodegradable items.
As your bottle fills, you will need to compress the waste so that your bottle feels hard when squeezing it.
Did you know that if your recyclable plastic is small, it would usually fall through the system at the plant. The local schools run competitions where the children are encouraged to hand in small bottle tops and bread clips. All these items are best recycled in bulk. In fact there is a foundation that was started some 20 years ago by a young girl who is wheelchair bound. Her aim was to create awareness and raise funds for people who cannot afford to buy a wheelchair. The bread tag initiative was started. It takes 200kgs of bread tags to buy one wheelchair.
Portulacria afra is a succulent plant that is native to South Africa. These plants are incredibly easy to grow and take care of. Any sand or soil can grow these pretty plants. The leaves are completely edible too. They can be shaped into hedges or shrubs or left to grow into a small tree.
This plant is magic as it has the potential to tackle carbon emissions on a large scale.
The municipality in Cape Town has set a challenge to plant 5 000 in the next month.
All South Africans have been challenged to plant 10 plants.
I now have two.
If this plant can help with our precious climate, then I am accepting the challenge.
As you know, I am slowly planting new flowers, shrubs, and trees in my backyard. Here is my M’illumino di meno contribution @ErmesT . It is 7:30 am here in California.
Will be traveling when it turns 6 pm your time in Italy.
@Michlynn It made me rather pleased to hear that you are part of the bread tag for wheelchairs initiative! I’ve only recently joined it after hearing about it from s colleague. I wrote about it in my recent posts as well. Reuse repurpose recycle.
@ErmesT so the day is over, very early while the sun was mild until 16.00 we filled Empty Spaces and changed them with life, and with the moon as our witness we had the chance to enjoy darkness helping our Planet! Till next time.
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