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Ju starts with ... Please can someone tell me where I can order some "JUTE POTATO BAGS" used or other wise, on the net. I like using them around the garden for plants but can't find anyone selling them apart from one huge bulk seller with a huge price I can't afford. I'm a pensioner. Please if anyone knows.......... | About the Author Ju 1st January 2009 11:20pm #UserID: 1749 Posts: 14 View All Ju's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 2nd January 2009 11:25am #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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RolFlor a says... Just look for some old coir(brown coconut fibre)carpet underfelt,that someone has thrown out. Or use the permaculture method of sheet mulching with wet newspaper and some mulch or grass clippings. Or find some old woollen carpet/underfelt. Yeah ,they used to use wool for a carpet underfelt,and now people are throwing it into the rubbish. Anyone want some? It comes in pink and green. Ceiling insulation,shoe inner soles,etc.
| About the Author health101orgarticles1 Ovahere 3rd January 2009 2:33pm #UserID: 316 Posts: 159 View All health101orgarticles1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Leah says... Hi, Most carpet stores have to pay to get rid of the carpet and underlay when they install new carpet. Just ring and ask if they have any in and they will give it to you for free. Tell them you are after the under felt in the coir or hair felt which is also all natural. They usually have it rolled but it can easily be folded and fitted into a boot. Otherwise try a greengrocer as some would still get their potatoes in sacks. Cheers | About the Author Leah Melbourne 4th January 2009 8:48am #UserID: 862 Posts: 9 View All Leah's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Wayne Mackay 4th January 2009 9:13am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Ju says... Thanks all you guys for your imput. The Bunnings ones sound like more what I want. I use them as surrounds for young trees/seedlings that I put in and they protect them for the first couple of years from wind and frost better than the plastic type ones that animal feed comes in, and cheaper than special tree surrounds. I'll check Bunnings out next time we are near one.. Here in Kingaroy we don't have a Bunnings only a Mitre 10 and they charge like gold for everything. Thanks for that Phil. The help one gets on this site and forum is fantastic, specially for an old fogie like me.. smile. | About the Author Ju 4th January 2009 12:14pm #UserID: 1749 Posts: 14 View All Ju's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author horse shit adelaide 4th October 2010 5:17pm #UserID: 4340 Posts: 1 View All horse shit's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 5th October 2010 7:27am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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allybanana says... Be careful of antique woollen carpet and underlay, some was soaked in dieldrin to stop moths, this is a very nasty pesticide, which is now banned. I use old cotton clothing and bed linen rags they are biodegrade. They are easy to get from the op shop, just ask for the rags. They do look a bit messy maybe colour co-ordinate or cover with lawn clippings. I am trying to get my mate with a lawn mowing business to drop me around another load. Lawn mowing businesses often are more than happy to drop off their lawn clippings. | About the Author Eden S-East NSW 5th October 2010 8:09am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 Geraldton Mid West WA 6th October 2010 2:00am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 6th October 2010 3:03pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 Geraldton Mid West WA 7th October 2010 11:28pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I spent most of my teenage mornings on the beach surfing before school, every morning I would make a fire after I was finished to reheat myself from the 11c water, throw a can of SPC beans on the fire and eat them out of the can for breakfast. The thing is the fire would get really hot and make a layer of carbon inside the can. Anyway:P once I read that cans in Australia were still put together with lead until a date after I stoped surfing, when I realised the fires were so hot they would have melted all the lead in the can, I wrote to SPC to ask for the date they stopped building them with lead. I got no reply so I guess that means my bones are well are truly lead coated from the few hundred cans I would have cooked :p. The good news is that it seems that the body can absorb lead into the bones and save itself from too many problems :)? My father was also talking toa some guy that was doing research on the health effects of those new cans with the epoxy? white liner inside them and my dad said, so no good to cook these on the fire then :). My dad said the bloke almost fell over on the spot with the revelation that this could happen, then onces he regained himself said oooh, no I wouldn't do that!. So maybe you are better with a lead can than melted resins :p I've thought since then that perhaps there should be a warning on cans not to cook them on the fire in the can but that would perhaps open a can of worms so to speak about the whole lead thing so maybe nothing spoken has been decided to be the best policy :) | About the Author Jason10 Portland, Vic 8th October 2010 2:18am #UserID: 3853 Posts: 218 View All Jason10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 Geraldton Mid West WA 8th October 2010 11:10pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author deepak india 11th October 2011 3:30am #UserID: 5950 Posts: 1 View All deepak's Edible Fruit Trees |
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ringelstrumpf says... If you want this for growing potatoes, why don't you take some old chicken wire (tip) and whack in four starposts and do it like that? There's more space and you grow more potatoes. Otherwise get your grandchildren to dig a trench and do it traditionally. Apparently cilantro helps to get the lead out of you (it will then end up in the water supply but never mind) at least it's easy to grow and if it doesn't help it's still yummy. | About the Author ringelstrumpf Mountains 11th October 2011 6:22pm #UserID: 5542 Posts: 160 View All ringelstrumpf's Edible Fruit Trees |
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