I try to study many things, went to school for years after H.S., I have learned to teach myself in all things that interest me. One of the areas I have spent a lot of time in is "Horticulture", in short I know a thing or two about plants. I should it is one of my income "streams". Both of my parents were born on farms and became master gardeners, so almost my entire life I have been growing something.
I got into scrapping as a way of managing commercial waste, reducing a properties "trash bill". One of the things I noticed after inventorying the contents of many company dumpsters, a lot of potted plants from the office are tossed into a dumpster. They may know how to run a office, but they don't know $hit about a plant! After a year of neglect, on a office "death roll", plants are tossed out and replaced with another plant, only to be cared for by a "repeat offender".
I have salvaged, saved, and gave "new life" to 100's of potted plants. A lot of times the plant is tossed with very expensive "high end designer" plant container. I sell them for way more than scrap value! For example, I sold a palm in a very large clay pot for $125 (a new large terracotta pot can cost over $125). That was a "Lady Palm" (Rhapis excelsa), a very slow grower, native to S.E. Asia, I have seen "specimen's" sell for over $250 at retail nurseries.
I like to use the aluminum wire, the "fake copper" type for plant "ties". I braid pieces into "mini" ropes, looks better then twist ties, works better and cost me nothing but my "valuable" time.
Think "outside of the box", recycle, reuse, re-purpose and then scrap what's left. My goal is to cut the "company trash bill", add revenue streams, and help cut the millions of tons of MSW (also called trash) going into landfills.
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