Earth Day

This week on April 22 will be Earth Day again! Really? It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating Christmas. Oh my, how time flies. Our friends at Wikipedia describe “Earth Day” as: a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. Sounds good to me I suppose, but do we really need a day actually designed to inspire us to appreciate all the “goodness” that the Earth provides us with? Like most people, I like to breathe clean air, I enjoy drinking good, safe water, and I’ll even go so far as to say that I love the environment. Perhaps not in a creepy, obsessive, Ed Begley Jr. kinda’ way, but there’s certainly enough love in my heart for “Woodsy Owl” of the old “give a hoot, don’t pollute” public service announcements that used to flash across my t.v. screen during my youth. But I guess the idea of dedicating an entire day in order to create “awareness” of the environment, in my opinion, is almost a bit over zealous. Maybe it’s just me, but I’m pretty well aware that the Earth’s environment is a good thing and destroying it would be bad. But a day on my calendar just to remind me of this…isn’t really necessary. “Yes,” I say “plant a tree, clean up the beaches, drive a hybrid!” Whatever makes you feel better about living on “Mother Earth,” just do it! But let’s not get carried away with the days of dedication to the obvious. If were not careful with this deep desire to create celebratory days of commemoration of the good things we deem important enough, we will have no choice but to prepare ourselves for things like: “High Speed Internet Connection Day”, “HDTV Sports Channel Day”, and the much overdue “In-ground Sprinkler Day.” Yes, all very good things indeed, and all worthy of appreciation, but a day to circle in my day planner and buy a Hallmark card? Not hardly. Don’t get me wrong, I recycle my share of plastic, cardboard, tin, and aluminum. I try not to waste water, and believe me, I have planted a good number of trees over the years, but I guess deep down inside I never felt that common sense never really needed a ceremonial day of its own…“Hoot-Hoot!”

Remember for the best oranges on Earth Day or any other special day, check us out on the web at www.pearsonranch.com. And any orange farming questions or anything else, please e mail me at tony@pearsonranch.com. If you want to become a fan and follow us on FACEBOOK, just Click Here!

Thanks for reading. -Tony