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Subject: Re: recycling inthe garden?
From: Rev Chuck <cdub@-REMOVE_THIS-erols.com>
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Date: Sat, 13 Mar 99 04:27:35
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Marlene Cromwell wrote:
>
> Concerning recycling anything and everything into the garden.
> Not sure the following would exactly apply.
> I saved the plastic wands that come with miniblinds (these are used to
> turn the blinds to open or closed) . Looked like perfectly good garden
> sticks to me and being plastic won't break. I stuck one on each end of
> my row of cucumbers last year , ran some sash cord( I don't know where
> the ball of that came from) and trained my cuke vines to that. Worked.
>
> Plastic garbage can lid became a pool for my birds. Laid it on the
> ground and filled it with water. They didn't like the white birdbath on
> its own pedestal.
>
> Cheers
> Marlene

Haven't tried it yet, but it looks like the plastic clamshell-type
ready-to-eat salad trays from the local supermarket could be recycled
into deluxe mini-greenhouse seed starter flats.

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