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- From: Allan Balliett <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] where to buy things
- Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:46:43 -0500
Beth- It doesn't seem like you have very demanding applications for peat moss. It's important, though, to be aware that there are an extreme range of grades in peat moss. The difference in how appropriate various grades of peat moss are for making starting mix, for example, are astounding. I'm pretty sure that True Value can't touch the professional hort grades of peat that Premiers sells through Griffin. I do know that the Premier peat moss sold through Lowes is farm more coarse and woody than the Premier professional hort.
This year I'm buying professional hort Premier Peatmoss in mini tote bags from Griffin. I don't recall the cost per sq ft but it is dramatically below the price of buying the same quantity in the smaller bags.
-Allan Balliett
West Virginia
I have been able to order peat moss by the pallet from the local True Value
hardware store. This year it was $9.99/ 3.8ft bag. Last year $6.49. Much
less than from Griffins. It is Premier, and seemed fine to me. We use most
of it for chicken bedding, but some mixed with compost, etc for plants.
Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead
Peru NY
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"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." -
Wendell Berry
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Moore Lappe
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Garth & Kim
Travis
Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 8:17 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers
Greetings,
I needed to buy a bunch more last year and yes the price at the big box
store was way up. I went to the small town hardware/lumber stores and
got it much cheaper. Actually, the small independent stores can be much
cheaper these days than the big box stores.
Remesh lasts for many years, I have some that is over 10 years old that
I am still using in the garden. We store it vertically, not laying on
its side.
Bright Blessings,
Kim
Allan Balliett wrote:
Remesh: Remesh costs WAY MORE than what it did 2 years ago. Are you_______________________________________________
folks buying it or getting it used? If so, how do you do that? -Allan
in WV
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Richard Robinson, 12/23/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers, Pat Meadows, 12/24/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Garth & Kim Travis, 12/23/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Kate Halstead, 12/23/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Garth & Kim Travis, 12/23/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Allan Balliett, 12/24/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Garth & Kim Travis, 12/25/2008
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[Market-farming] where to buy things,
Beth Spaugh, 12/25/2008
- [Market-farming] Peat as animal bedding., Sharon and Steve, 12/25/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Peat as animal bedding., Beth Spaugh, 12/25/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] where to buy things, Allan Balliett, 12/25/2008
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[Market-farming] where to buy things,
Beth Spaugh, 12/25/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Garth & Kim Travis, 12/25/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers, Pat Meadows, 12/25/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Allan Balliett, 12/24/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Garth & Kim Travis, 12/23/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers, Linda Amico, 12/24/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Kate Halstead, 12/23/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Richard Robinson, 12/23/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers,
Pat Meadows, 12/23/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers, Glen Eco Farm, 12/23/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers, grizzdover, 12/23/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers, Pam Twin Oaks, 12/23/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers, mhcsa, 12/23/2008
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