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  • From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] venting low tunnels
  • Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:58:51 -0500


On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:39 PM, KAKerby AT aol.com wrote:

Do you or any of your neighbors have livestock and thus baling twine from the hay?  We use baling twine (most of which is nylon now) for all sorts of tie-up and tie-back needs.  It's free, it doesn't break down in direct sunlight (ever!) and wow that stuff is strong.

I don't think this is an issue for the nylon, but if any of your neighbors are still using non-synthetic baling twine, it's probably treated with something to keep it from breaking down. I don't know what the treatment is, I just know that the certification people say "buy untreated twine!" and that I have an ancient roll of old treated stuff in the barn (lasting forever as it is now used only to tie up things about to go in the trash) and I can smell the treatment on it.

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale






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