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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I think I have one piece of cardboard from a mower we bought last year. I was saving it to use for sliding large rocks over snow, but maybe I should be using it here. Hmm... there is this one HUGE rock, I've been eyeing to add to my (theoretical) watergarden...maybe I can do the cardboard thing next year after the cardboard gets it's winter use. Quote:
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I'm definitely into smothering large sections with mulch, so that I can plant natives in their place with no competition from weeds. So far, I've planted some things among the currently growing plants and grasses...I've mostly done this in small, maintainable sections, then I just weed out what doesn't belong. I'd like to try the other (smother) method next. ![]()
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Grub
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Newbury, Massachusetts
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Grub
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Newbury, Massachusetts
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Every fall I post a request through my local freecycle site for pine needles to use as mulch. I have NEVER had any problem getting more than I could use. Yes, I have to go pick the stuff up, but people are usually thrilled to have someone cart off their raked up pine needles (silly people). It works equally well for raked up leaves - often the stuff is even already bagged! Also, another source of tons of cardboard: your local library. I work in a public library and we break down and recycle cardboard boxes pretty much daily. We LOVE to give them away...
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WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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I transported a goat in the back of a Karmann Ghia once, does that count???
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Thanks for the suggestions, papercarver.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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It actually sounds like a plot for some silly sitcom episode! ![]()
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Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I guess you are right. I just remember reading that--years ago. They warned that sunlight would shorten its 'lifespan'. I guess your point make sense, but I'm hoping to have no liner to show--I don't want any evidence that it is a man-made. I'm so picky...I mean thorough. .
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Offical Silphium Abuser
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Southeast Ohio
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I just noticed the new title. Would that it were only the silphiums that got abused. (Of course, didn't Nietzsche say "That which does not kill us makes us stronger"? And Sara Stein titled one of her chapters "Speak Roughly to Your Little Plant.")
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I guess I have a lot of reading to do. Sad to say I can't quote Nietzsche (or I didn't realize that was a quote of his)...and I'm having a bit of trouble remembering that chapter from Sara Stein (though it does sound familiar).
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