I was very excited when my BioBag Lawn & Leaf Bags arrived in the mail. Perfect timing as my hedges needed to be trimmed back a bit.

Usually, I use the thick, black lawn bags to collect my shrubbery trimmings. Even with these heavy duty ones, twigs do poke through. Although on the site they say the BioBag Lawn & Leaf bags can hold up to 33 gallons, I must say, this claim made me a bit wary: the bags felt quite delicate. How were my thorny branches going to remain in the bag? I decided to cut the twigs into smaller pieces than I usually do and this definitely helped. A few poked out, but I was able to tie the bag closed. (On the website, it mentions that the bags “even come with a removable tear-strip at the top of each bag for easy tying.” Mine didn’t have this tear strip, but I had no problem closing up the bags).
The mere fact that these bags are biodegradable is just fantastic. Whether you have your own compost or your local waste management separately picks up lawn clippings, you can feel good that one less plastic bag will take thousands of years to decompose.
I was also privy to receive one of BioBags newer products. It was one of their BioBag Shopping Bags. Adorned with fresh looking apples and the BioBag logo, the double handled bag will be added to my ever-growing cloth bag collection. The best part? It can eventually be used to collect compostable scraps (or lawn clippings!) and tossed into the compost bin. The BioBag Shopping Bags can be made with your store logo and are “For supermarket chains, health-food stores, etc., who wish to contribute to a better environment as well as enhance their environmental profile, the BioShop bag is an excellent choice.”
This is, no doubt, one Earth Promise I will be adding: purchase BioBags in lieu of plastic garbage bags.




“BioBag kitchen waste bags are primarily used for the collection of food scraps and other biodegradable waste for home or community composting.”
Living in south Florida, it is the norm to have a downpour at some point during the day in the summer months. I leave my watering cans out so they can catch the raindrops, giving me ample water to quench the thirst of my plants. This, then, allows me to reduce my consumption of water and saves money!
Now that summer is upon us, we have a bit more leisure time….or at least our kids do. They still may be on camp schedules, but it is important to include some un-scheduled, outdoor time. Here are some nature related sites and articles I found worthy of reading:
