What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

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

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

"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

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>
> 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.


Corrugated boxes are pretty clean and contain paper pulp and starch glue to
keep them together. Not something I'd eat, but there are no heavy metals or
chemicals added. Some has been recycled so it may not be pure but it has
been heated in the process. .

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>>
>> 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.
>
>
> Corrugated boxes are pretty clean and contain paper pulp and starch glue
> to keep them together. Not something I'd eat, but there are no heavy
> metals or chemicals added. Some has been recycled so it may not be pure
> but it has been heated in the process. .
>


I'm so conscious of odors, and more things than not send me into symptoms
that are too numerous to recount.
Oh, those paper mills of the northwest! Perhaps it's their odor residue
that's in my brain-set :-))

Dee Dee

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>>
>> 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.
>
>
> Corrugated boxes are pretty clean and contain paper pulp and starch glue
> to keep them together. Not something I'd eat, but there are no heavy
> metals or chemicals added. Some has been recycled so it may not be pure
> but it has been heated in the process. .
>

sounds like you know corrugated. i was in the business for years.

--
C.D

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
...
> I'm so conscious of odors, and more things than not send me into symptoms
> that are too numerous to recount.
> Oh, those paper mills of the northwest! Perhaps it's their odor residue
> that's in my brain-set :-))
>
> Dee Dee
>

every time we got a whiff of a paper mill my boss always said it smelled
like "eggs and bacon".
--
C.D

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

"C.D" > wrote in message
>>
>> Corrugated boxes are pretty clean and contain paper pulp and starch glue
>> to keep them together. Not something I'd eat, but there are no heavy
>> metals or chemicals added. Some has been recycled so it may not be pure
>> but it has been heated in the process. .
>>
>
> sounds like you know corrugated. i was in the business for years.
>
> --
> C.D

I've been involved in the packaging business in one form or another for the
past 39 years. Buying, selling, making.

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

C.D wrote:
> "Dee Randall" > wrote

>> I'm so conscious of odors, and more things than not send me into
>> symptoms that are too numerous to recount.
>> Oh, those paper mills of the northwest! Perhaps it's their odor
>> residue that's in my brain-set :-))

> every time we got a whiff of a paper mill my boss always said it
> smelled like "eggs and bacon".

Don't accept any breakfast invitations to their house!

nancy

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "C.D" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> Corrugated boxes are pretty clean and contain paper pulp and starch glue
>>> to keep them together. Not something I'd eat, but there are no heavy
>>> metals or chemicals added. Some has been recycled so it may not be pure
>>> but it has been heated in the process. .
>>>
>>
>> sounds like you know corrugated. i was in the business for years.
>>
>> --
>> C.D
>
> I've been involved in the packaging business in one form or another for
> the past 39 years. Buying, selling, making.
>

hmmm...i was in the packaging biz for 25 years. who may i ask did you work
for?

--
C.D

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> C.D wrote:
>> "Dee Randall" > wrote
>
>>> I'm so conscious of odors, and more things than not send me into
>>> symptoms that are too numerous to recount.
>>> Oh, those paper mills of the northwest! Perhaps it's their odor
>>> residue that's in my brain-set :-))
>
>> every time we got a whiff of a paper mill my boss always said it
>> smelled like "eggs and bacon".
>
> Don't accept any breakfast invitations to their house!
>
> nancy

i think he was referring to the money being made.
--
C.D

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

C.D wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> C.D wrote:
>>> "Dee Randall" > wrote
>>
>>>> I'm so conscious of odors, and more things than not send me into
>>>> symptoms that are too numerous to recount.
>>>> Oh, those paper mills of the northwest! Perhaps it's their odor
>>>> residue that's in my brain-set :-))
>>
>>> every time we got a whiff of a paper mill my boss always said it
>>> smelled like "eggs and bacon".
>>
>> Don't accept any breakfast invitations to their house!
>
> i think he was referring to the money being made.

I figured he didn't know any bacon or eggs that smelled that bad.
Heh. Though eggs can have their moments.

nancy

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>>
>> 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.
>
>

Why bother to cut them up... our town dump insists they are left whole,
flattened and tied into bundles... they are recycled.

They are just wood pulp with a vegetable starch binder, even the printing is
veggie dye. Most are glued with a vegetable starch paste but some are
stapled... I always remove the staples from empties, they're dangerous. Why
not put all that corrogated to good use... I save all corrogated cartons,
flatten and use as mulch walkways between rows in my garden... by next
spring they have mostly composted, they get tilled in and I start all over.

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
>
>> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>
> Why bother to cut them up... our town dump insists they are left whole,
> flattened and tied into bundles... they are recycled.
>
> They are just wood pulp with a vegetable starch binder, even the printing
> is veggie dye. Most are glued with a vegetable starch paste but some are
> stapled... I always remove the staples from empties, they're dangerous.
> Why not put all that corrogated to good use... I save all corrogated
> cartons, flatten and use as mulch walkways between rows in my garden... by
> next spring they have mostly composted, they get tilled in and I start all
> over.
>
>

Thanks so much. I'll not throw boxes away again and DH thinks this is a
great idea to put in our garden area between the boxes.

Our town dump wants the big, big boxes flattened. But the small boxes are
ok anyway you want to do it; besides the dump station has a window in the
dumpster than is small, small, small, so they need cut up to get in.

Dee Dee

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

On Mar 1, 4:21*pm, Sri Bodhi Prana > wrote:
> 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.

That seems like a good idea.

I've heard that they are great to start fires with... better than
kindling. I was saving them for a while and just threw them in the
recycling bin.

Karen

What to do with cardboard wine cradles
 

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.