Others will be feeling a bit green with envy, as they had hoped their party or candidate would be the one leading the way. Still others will be rolling in the green as either their taxes will be staying low or they will be getting green from others who will be spreading the green around.

Still others, despite the elections will be sharing the same green feelings mentioned above because of the roller coaster called the stock market. Who is not feeling a bit green from that ride? Not many can say they are in the green with so much red ink around, but hey?EUR??,,????'???this is the last week of October, so by the time you read this the stock market may be at either an all-time low or enjoying another record high?EUR??,,????'???

Many who thought that green would be the topic of the elections will be feeling a bit green as the importance of green fuels dropped from topic ?EUR??,,????'??numero uno?EUR??,,????'?? to topic ?EUR??,,????'??back door.?EUR??,,????'?? After all, at the same time the stock market was crashing?EUR??,,????'???I mean rebounding?EUR??,,????'???No wait?EUR??,,????'???crashing?EUR??,,????'???Ok leaping forward?EUR??,,????'???Now I?EUR??,,????'???m feeling a bit green?EUR??,,????'??? Anyways?EUR??,,????'???As the stock market fell 40 percent, the cost of a barrel of oil dropped more than 50 percent, leaving poor T. Boone Pickens feeling a bit green after spending all that green on all those green ads . . .

Somewhere over the past couple of months the national attention shifted from green cars and saving green oil fields to green markets, spreading the green around and turning green in the stomach?EUR??,,????'??? And none of us want to see our green slipping away . . .

And speaking of slipping away?EUR??,,????'???Since this issue is about Erosion Control I guess you can say that the green work in this issue is in keeping the green on the scene . . .
Sorry to say but this issue is not printed on especially green paper, but I do believe the paper was born from green trees. I?EUR??,,????'???m also pretty sure that the ink being used is soy-based, which helps keep the landfills green. One thing I know for sure?EUR??,,????'???And that is that the original Green Industry is going greener.

In a way it is funny to think that the landscape industry is just starting to turn green?EUR??,,????'???After all this is the Green Industry?EUR??,,????'???But what used to be the domain of the landscaper and the Irishman has now become the crusade of the mainstream.

So now the green industry, or should I say the landscape industry is in a position where it has to both fight to maintain its Green Industry moniker while at the same time ease on down the road as it leads others in preserving the green.

Now everyone wants to be green. Your neighbor wants to go green by building a compost pile, buying a new refrigerator or placing a few solar panels on their roofs. Builders want to go green by adding insulation, offering green appliances or throwing trees up on the roof. Even sport-field managers are going green by replacing turf with poly carbonite fibers and rubber mulch?EUR??,,????'??? OK?EUR??,,????'???That one is really pushing the envelope?EUR??,,????'???

But speaking of greening green with artificial green, this green movement is more like an ocean tide?EUR??,,????'???Heck even the ocean liners are turning green as they cross the deep blue sea?EUR??,,????'???

One thing , though, I think is for certain and that is that regardless of who got elected, where the stock market sits, or whether you think that global warming is a natural event, the current trend toward green development is good for both the occupants of the world and for this Green Industry.

So while in the months and years ahead, some will be feeling blue and some will be seeing red, many others will be in the pink thanks to your work in leading the green industry?EUR??,,????'???

God Bless