Why Are We Still Wrestling With 40-Lb Bags Like It’s the Stone Age?

Let’s talk about something that really grinds my gardenias: topsoil and fertilizer bags. Who, exactly, thought it was a good idea to make a 40-pound sack with no handles?

Want to move it? Congratulations, you’re about to reenact a bear hug with a barnyard. You lift it like a giant, floppy baby, clutching it to your chest like it might bolt, swivel in place, wobble onto a dolly, and hope your spine doesn’t file for divorce. And afterward? You smell like compost and need a date with your chiropractor.

Here’s the kicker: it’s not just older adults struggling here, everyone with a back, two arms, and a will to live deserves better. A simple handle. One at the top, one at the bottom. That’s it. That’s the whole innovation. It’s not rocket science. It’s just kindness in plastic.

Good design deserves applause. Bad design deserves to be drop-kicked into the next compost pile.

Got a packaging pet peeve or genius find? Let me know. Let’s name names and raise standards.

Because aging may be inevitable, but hauling like a pack mule doesn’t have to be.