In article >,
"Dee Randall" > wrote:

> "Sri Bodhi Prana" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I suspect a few of us get wine by mail, especially those in small
> > towns. I had a whole bunch of those rough cardboard cradles that are
> > used to protect wine during shipping, and I think I found a use for
> > them. I filled them with dirt and put my tomato, pepper and cucumber
> > seeds in them to germinate. I have no idea if they will hold up under
> > constant watering like a peat pot, but we shall see. I am pretty sure
> > they will disintegrate once in the ground, so this may be a nice way
> > to biodegrade them.
> >
> > Bodhi
>
>
> I'm wondering just what is 'in' cardboard these days. I'm talking about
> plain ole cardboard. As I am a hoarder of cardboard from just about every
> type of box of items that I order by mail, moving boxes, wine boxes, until
> the spouse gets around to cutting it up for the dump. I'm not speaking of
> the other kind of stinking cardboard boxes that have colors painted on them,
>
> Some people do use newspapers and other printed materials as compost. I
> won't do this to my heavenly compost bin.
>
> A nice tip though and much appreciated. I just threw out a really thick
> set of the cardboard cradles day-before-yesterday. I thought of cutting
> them shorter and using them as a divider to stand up tubes of this and that
> (like large Ben-***, skin cream, etc.) in, in the storage room. Spouse was
> not inclined to cut them down. Then I agreed, remembering how they smell.
>
> Dee Dee

I still like these better than the styrofoam ones that will be here
until the year 5000.