Soy Grease

02 Jul Soy Grease

Posted at 18:31h in Garden Blog by
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Landscaping is a very satisfying endeavor.  It is so wonderful to revisit the gardens we have built years ago and marvel at the potency imbued in little plants as they progress into maturity.  Sun and soil, water and warmth, elbow grease and… globs of grease!?

Its an unintended consequence of the process, machinery sometimes will spew a glob of lubrication as a function of use.  It’s not desirable and it’s not “organic”.

I found an alternative to the petroleum lubrication every earth-moving machinery user needs to use.  It’s a soy based grease made by UltraLube.  So far I’ve used three tubes of it and as far as I can tell it performs as well as the petrochemical grease it replicates.

So, what of the globs of grease the machine will inevitably drip on one of our organic landscaping projects?  They will biodegrade!

Here’s a link to the manufacturer:

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  • Dwayne Pipe
    Posted at 20:06h, 09 August

    Thanks much for this tip on biodegradable solutions for green landscaping. It will prove very useful for my mechanical endeavors, and it’s great to know that Fasoldt Gardens is so environmentally conscious. Hooray for Soy Grease!