mbfirey
09-22-2009, 06:45 AM
Hi everyone I've been posting for a couple weeks but thought I should do the intro thing...
I'm located in the Northern part of SC - 10 miles from the NC border in a small town called Pageland (Charlotte NC is the biggest city of any Merit nearby).
I love the idea of creating a garden of hardy tropicals- this is my first year with Bananas- But I like Palms, Gingers, Cannas and basically anything else tropical or Unusual.
My wife is Colombian so and I loved our last visit- and want to great a little of that here. If anyone ever visits Colombia don't miss the Parque de Cafe (Coffee park) it's full of beautiful plants.
On a more business level, I help my father run a leather business here, we make all sorts of leather goods, and are one of the few businesses still doing manufacturing here in the USA. I think it only makes sense to produce things here- it's impossible for an economy to be based entirely on services, and unless something is changed jobs are going to keep leaving. If it can be delivered in a container ship or over a wire, it will be outsourced- unless something is done to discourage it.
So far this site has been a great Resource.
I'm located in the Northern part of SC - 10 miles from the NC border in a small town called Pageland (Charlotte NC is the biggest city of any Merit nearby).
I love the idea of creating a garden of hardy tropicals- this is my first year with Bananas- But I like Palms, Gingers, Cannas and basically anything else tropical or Unusual.
My wife is Colombian so and I loved our last visit- and want to great a little of that here. If anyone ever visits Colombia don't miss the Parque de Cafe (Coffee park) it's full of beautiful plants.
On a more business level, I help my father run a leather business here, we make all sorts of leather goods, and are one of the few businesses still doing manufacturing here in the USA. I think it only makes sense to produce things here- it's impossible for an economy to be based entirely on services, and unless something is changed jobs are going to keep leaving. If it can be delivered in a container ship or over a wire, it will be outsourced- unless something is done to discourage it.
So far this site has been a great Resource.