Comments on: throw away society http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/throw-away-society/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:41:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: colouritgreen http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/throw-away-society/#comment-947 colouritgreen Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:42:28 +0000 http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/?p=357#comment-947 oh that's a good idea.. I might copy that! oh that’s a good idea.. I might copy that!

]]> By: kate http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/throw-away-society/#comment-946 kate Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:15:37 +0000 http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/?p=357#comment-946 I use those blue mushroom crates to grow a succession of salad crops in. The cut and come again type. I try to start them in the greenhouse in December which means we can be eating fresh greens as early as January and once we have tired out that tray, it goes in to the chook pen where the girls decimate the rest including the root system. What they leave then goes into the compost. Their small size means I can lug them about and we get a nice range of salad crops. I did start by lining them with some left over weed membrane, but now I use newspaper - which also can be lobbed into the compost. I use those blue mushroom crates to grow a succession of salad crops in. The cut and come again type. I try to start them in the greenhouse in December which means we can be eating fresh greens as early as January and once we have tired out that tray, it goes in to the chook pen where the girls decimate the rest including the root system. What they leave then goes into the compost. Their small size means I can lug them about and we get a nice range of salad crops. I did start by lining them with some left over weed membrane, but now I use newspaper – which also can be lobbed into the compost.

]]> By: colouritgreen http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/throw-away-society/#comment-933 colouritgreen Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:16:19 +0000 http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/?p=357#comment-933 yeh secondhand juice containers are not cheap here either..but we have never run out of water yet (and iwth the current weather no chance of that...) as for te pallets - well in this case they import materials on them and the lorries go back with a higher value load than pallets.... our gain.. - and we only get the broken ones! yeh secondhand juice containers are not cheap here either..but we have never run out of water yet (and iwth the current weather no chance of that…)

as for te pallets – well in this case they import materials on them and the lorries go back with a higher value load than pallets…. our gain.. – and we only get the broken ones!

]]> By: Rosie http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/throw-away-society/#comment-932 Rosie Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:55:21 +0000 http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/?p=357#comment-932 Water butt and pallet envy!!!! How we could make use of those juice containers, if only they could be got to France. Here you can buy new ones but they are well over 100euros. And pallets - fantastic things that can be made into a million and one useful things and at the end of their useful life burned for warmth. How can either be seen as waste?? Water butt and pallet envy!!!! How we could make use of those juice containers, if only they could be got to France. Here you can buy new ones but they are well over 100euros. And pallets – fantastic things that can be made into a million and one useful things and at the end of their useful life burned for warmth. How can either be seen as waste??

]]> By: Sharon J http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/throw-away-society/#comment-931 Sharon J Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:00:50 +0000 http://colouritgreen.wordpress.com/?p=357#comment-931 It's so annoying that try as we might to make a difference, suppliers just aren't doing enough to help. I'm wondering whether I could make use of some fruit/veg baskets... not sure but will give it some thought. It’s so annoying that try as we might to make a difference, suppliers just aren’t doing enough to help. I’m wondering whether I could make use of some fruit/veg baskets… not sure but will give it some thought.

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