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LAST DAY: Plastic Pots, Canning Jars and POTATOES at CCE-Tompkins

From: "Sandra J. Repp" <sjr37 AT cornell.edu>
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Cc: Monika Roth <mr55 AT cornell.edu>
Subject: LAST DAY: Plastic Pots, Canning Jars and POTATOES at CCE-Tompkins
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:12:26 +0000

Plastic Plant Pot AND Canning Jar Swap

Thursday, June 20-Tuesday, June 25, 12:00-7:00pm

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY of the plastic pot and canning jar swap and we’ve got a BUNCH of pots here for the TAKING! If you’re planning a garden for next year, NOW’S THE TIME to come down to CCE and grab a few stacks to use for seed starting, sharing plants from the yard with friends, or whatever! We’ve got lots of various-sized trays and cell packs, stacks of small to large pots, and we just received a PICKUP TRUCK LOAD of black plastic nursery pots (9.5” appx. 2 gallon size). There’s no point in buying them new when you can get perfectly good used pots for FREE! This morning, a local nursery owner loaded up his truck with pots of all sizes and told us he hasn’t bought a pot since he started his business several years ago – they’ve all come from our annual Pot Swap! Come on down and TAKE AWAY as many pots as you can use, too! Pots are located in a designated area off the CCE-Tompkins main parking lot on Willow Avenue. Plastic that is left after the event will be taken to a recycler for processing.

CANNING JARS have come and gone pretty quickly; right now (3:10pm) there are six 1-QT. jars in the Greenhouse, and a box of rings (mixed sizes). Sorry, I can’t run out and check for you!

After June 25^th, no more pots or jars will be accepted at Cooperative Extension. County residents can however, take these items to the Tompkins County Recycling/Solid Waste Center. For more information, call Cooperative Extension at 607-272-2292 or visit http://ccetompkins.org/calendar/10/04/16/gardeners-pot-swap-recycling-event .

POTATOES – somehow (2) more 50lb. bags of certified seed potatoes have turned up – Red Pontiac and Katahdins. They are now in a wheelbarrow next to the pot swap. Come and take as many as you can plant right away- they are all sprouting nicely!

LAST DAY: Plastic Pots, Canning Jars and POTATOES at CCE-Tompkins, Sandra J. Repp, 06/25/2013