Picking Earth-Friendly Seed Starts
Not only is having a garden a great asset to your already earth-friendly behavior, picking the right kind of seedlings, seed starts and even some plants is just as important as well.
During my time of searching our seedling packages and seed starts I have come across two great companies that are in the eco-friendly business of bringing you quality plant starts in eco-friendly packaging and the starts are organically grown as well.
Gro’we is a company based in Bellingham, Washington and carries corn starts, zucchini, yellow and green squash and even tomato starts in eco-friendly containers made from rice hulls that can be composted with your compost pile or even through your local municipal composting facility. The company is USDA certified organic and they are also certified organic by Washington State Department of Agriculture as well. I found these potted seed starts at my local Bi-Mart but they can also be found at many nurseries as well as some grocery stores that carry seed starts.
Eco Starts is a company based in Hillsboro, Oregon and is certified organic through the USDA as well as through Oregon Tilth. They carry many of the same variety of plants for your garden needs but their container the plant seedlings comes in can be planted right into the ground,. the plastic sleeve and all. The plastic sleeve is made from a compost able corn product even though it looks and feel like plastic. Eco-Start save your time and your money as well as their companies own resources.
These two companies are in the business of offering you great quality, earth-friendly products that require less work on the environment overall. This growing season or even the next growing season, give these two companies a try and make the change to better eco-friendly garden practices a every day thought.
*Natural and Sustainable Living tip: Make your own compost for your garden instead of buying pre-made compost. You will help save plastic, labor cost as well as give something back to the ground that should be there naturally anyway.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I bought some of the plants at Whole Foods a couple of months ago. They are doing great. I am very happy with the cucumbers, spaghetti squash and pepper plants that are thriving on my deck.