baymule
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Nice looking bull. Next steaks are on order!
Raw milk is great for the garden, the bacteria acts as a soil stimulator.
Raw milk is great for the garden, the bacteria acts as a soil stimulator.
Canesisters 2018 Garden Thread - BTE/SBG hybrid??
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canesisters
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That's what I had heard! I've also heard that store bought mushrooms can be ground up and used as a 'tea' to add more compost making fungus.
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canesisters
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Brought home a couple of crates from work. They are about 4' square and 12" deep. They had heavy cardboard bottoms - 
yup, those came right off and went under the next BTE section. They are made of 1" untreated, very dry, rough wood. Wondering if I can paint or treat them some way and use as a strawberry bed??? Or maybe stack for potatoes?????
yup, those came right off and went under the next BTE section. They are made of 1" untreated, very dry, rough wood. Wondering if I can paint or treat them some way and use as a strawberry bed??? Or maybe stack for potatoes?????
flowerbug
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i'm a big fan of keeping it simple, if you can keep getting free wood, don't bother to treat. we use slabs like that for putting over old carpeting or plastic mulch. eventually turns into humus and that's always garden gold.
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Cane do you have a appliance store near you ? They throw away giant cardboard boxes. Might want to stake out their dumpster
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canesisters
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There's NOTHING 'near' me. But the scale is the spot where everything gets delivered at work.
The past couple of weeks, I think everyone has been wondering how everything is getting delivered loose with packing slips taped to them... all the boxes are disappearing.
Manager came down yesterday to get his box from the office supply place... picked up a Food Lion bag full of pens, note pads, toner.... He thinks I'm a few columns short of a spreadsheet anyway.
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canesisters
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SCORE!!!!! Just got a phone call from a friend : "Did you say you wanted cardboard? I've got a mail-room FULL of it, been flattening boxes for years and stacking them up to be recycled but no one wants to haul them to the center. Come get them - bring the truck..."
baymule
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Last fall we got a bunch of triple thick pumpkin boxes. They filled the back of the truck.
Cane that is an awesome score on the boxes. They are wonderful for keeping down the weeds!
Cane that is an awesome score on the boxes. They are wonderful for keeping down the weeds!
flowerbug
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SCORE!!!!! Just got a phone call from a friend : "Did you say you wanted cardboard? I've got a mail-room FULL of it, been flattening boxes for years and stacking them up to be recycled but no one wants to haul them to the center. Come get them - bring the truck..."
yay! avoid anything shiny but otherwise load it up.
we have big boxes from autobody repair place which work greatl. other good place to check would be appliance store.boss knows what spreadsheets are?! you are blessed...
Collector
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Making good progress, yay on the cardboard source.
