Our family has been making strides in the “Go green” trend these days. We have switched out out lighting to compact fluorescents and LED (another post in itself). We use public transportation, bicycles, and walk a lot more than driving. We have started using reusable shopping bags. We have been weathering the recycling nightmare in our city by piling up the recyclables in an unsightly pile by the back door.

There are other ways we could continue with greener lives: using cloth napkins, no more paper towels (we are only partially able to do this), and using silk flowers in our household decorating.

I kill plants. I am staring at a withering African Violet right now. It was pretty, but then it came to my house. I just found tulip petals under my buffet, from tulips we had at Easter. These were nice for a while, but of course they died. I don’t have any other plants in my house, but apparently I should have some greenery in my house to balance the organic with the non-organic. I would be nervous adding plant life to my home decor. But, if I want to, I could take a look at silk plants.

It used to be you could tell fake plants from real ones very easily. But now, technology and artistry have really blurred the visual line in seeing the difference. I have found myself reaching out to touch leaves on ficus plants to see if they are real or silk.

Silk plants offer to protect from pollen allergies, but I imagine if you let the dust gather on your fake plants, dust allergies might kick up. So there is that to think about. Also, bugs are less attracted to fake plants, though I imagine spiders don’t care either way. But there is no watering, repotting, fertilizer, or pesticides to even consider. Unless my thumb literally turns green, I think I am going to have to look harder at silk plants for my green needs.

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