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Post by gianna on Feb 17, 2022 15:23:48 GMT -5
The ones that don't seal themselves, I fold a couple times and eithre pack tight against each other, or use a paper clip (preferred if handy) and keep upright. Stays flat enough. Easy in, easy close. Anything 'semi permanent' like tape or staples would drive me nuts cuz I do a lot of succession planting.YMMV.
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Post by gianna on Feb 19, 2022 15:28:07 GMT -5
Speaking of seed packets, I wish companies would make regular packets all the same size for easier sorting and storage. Obviously greater numbers of seeds need larger envelops, but so many envelops with average seed counts now are so large they no longer fit 'regular' storage containers. It's almost as if they are making the packages larger to make up for higher prices and sometimes smaller numbers of seeds.
I got a packet last week with 100 seeds in it. Good enough amount, but the packet was so large, even folded in half it was larger than a standard seed packet. Baker Creek packets are larger than they need to be too.
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Post by Mumsey on Feb 19, 2022 17:04:47 GMT -5
Baker Creek packets are larger than they need to be too. And that requires more paper, a thing Baker Creek pointed out in their email about catalog prices........
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Post by emmsmommy on Feb 19, 2022 21:03:35 GMT -5
If seed packets were a wee bit smaller, they'd take up less room, use less paper and either the store displays could be smaller or more varieties could be added. Of course that would likely mean smaller print on the packages as well. I also grab a paperclip to seal opened packets. I mean its not like there's several lying around after 25+ years of paperwork. The staples would drive me absolutely nuts too as I think of them as a permanent fastener and absolutely hate removing them.
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 5, 2022 20:26:19 GMT -5
Anything like this happen to you: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9qhtkACQAMMy Mom once gave permission to some people doing yard work to take any pecans which had fallen to the ground. She came back to find the entire tree stripped not only of pecans but also missing leaves and with many small branches broken off. I have had people take plants I had set aside for my own garden when I had a plant give away and had told them specifically,"not those over there". Now i put my own in the back yard when having a front porch plant sale. I will let my own kids harvest what they need, but made it clear to one of my daughters that if she is bringing a friend, I have to be there to say yay or nay on the harvest that is needed by us and what is free to give away.
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Post by reuben on Mar 5, 2022 23:45:34 GMT -5
Anything like this happen to you: No, not yet. I'd have to bring the hammer down on that, and in no uncertain terms. And yes, I'll admit that I have a hard time turning the other cheek at times.
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Post by binnylou on Mar 6, 2022 10:38:16 GMT -5
I often purchase discarded/donated books at the library. I recently purchased for all of fifty cents, a cookbook titled Baking in America. It’s a nice simple book, not a lot of photos, but lots of recipes. About 550 pages.
I was looking for something pie…can’t remember what it was. I found that somebody removed the complete pie section…about 40 pages. The book was a library discard. Perhaps it had been previously purchased, defaced, and returned as a donation. I still got my money’s worth, but I think it is so wrong to damage books in this manner.
I’ve encountered this before, but the book was a rental. Also a cookbook, but Christmas oriented.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Mar 6, 2022 11:47:02 GMT -5
binnylou I looked down in the large cookbook section on my (mostly) baking bookcase, and I didn't see this - sorry. It sounded familiar to a favorite book of mine - Artisan Baking Across America, but I knew that wasn't it. I looked it up on Amazon, and when I saw the cover I knew that I hadn't bought it, and put it in the tubs upstairs (things I'll sell eventually).
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Mar 6, 2022 12:27:27 GMT -5
I think at this time my pet peeve is a neighbor who moved in several decades ago. She never covered her garbage, and strong winds could bring empty but not washed tuna fish cans and other debris into my yard. After awhile I got fed up and stopped picking up her trash in my yard, but tossed it back to near her garbage cans. Her husband at that time came over and banged on the side and front doors, yelling and hollering. I didn't answer the door, and fortunately he went away before I felt it necessary to call the police.
He's out of the picture now, but she's got two nonparticipatory relatives living there and once again I'm finding garbage (although not as much) in my back yard. This time though there's a nice brand new pail, which I intend to keep for my inconvenience. But I still find trash in the back yard, especially today as the winds blow strongly.
I really do NOT understand what's so difficult about putting trash in a container and releasing the lift top so the trash is contained. (I usually give neighbors some raspberries when they're in season, but that group sure isn't going to get any giveaway produce from my garden!)
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Mar 6, 2022 12:30:46 GMT -5
binnylou, if you have specific title of books for which you're searching, let me know and I'll check my "library". I collected them over the years, plus nearly all of the Pillsbury Best of the Bakeoff paperback editions. I may also have some old pie books. I'm still downsizing, and a lot of them are going to either Salvation Army or other charity. Our libraries don't seem to want books; I've called a few but they're not interested.
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Post by binnylou on Mar 6, 2022 12:42:35 GMT -5
SpringRain🕊️, I’m not looking for any specific titles…the library always has a couple of racks of books/CDs. Some of these books are discards…some are donations to Friends of the Library group. That group sponsors events…rock painting…teen board game night…yoga classes, etc. and they have an awesome book sale to support these events. They are an active group…they do things for the community. Most of the discards that we purchase eventuality go back to the library to be sold again.
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Post by breezygardener on Mar 6, 2022 14:16:59 GMT -5
Baker Creek packets are larger than they need to be too. I received my Baker Creek order yesterday, & have to admit that I LOVE the packets. The photos are beautiful, & I'm more than willing to deal with the packet size. Although I don't buy from Park Seed very often, I find their seed packets deplorable. Tiny little foil packets that are not only impossible to identify/read without a magnifying glass, but also impossible to open without losing half the packet information. I'll trade size for quality anytime as far as this goes.
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Post by breezygardener on Mar 6, 2022 14:21:42 GMT -5
some are donations to Friends of the Library group. That group sponsors events…rock painting…teen board game night…yoga classes, etc. and they have an awesome book sale to support these events. They are an active group…they do things for the community. Our library has an active "Friends of the Library" group as well. So active that the library actually opened up a dedicated "Friends of the Library Bookstore" room in the library. Open every day for several hours each afternoon & manned by a volunteer, they sell all sorts of wonderful books for between $.50 & $1. Books that have either been removed from the library's general populace, or donated. They accept book donations once a week, so long as the volumes aren't falling apart, stained, moldy, etc., etc. Many of the books we've bought - unless reference volumes - frequently end up donated back to be resold.
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Post by emmsmommy on Mar 6, 2022 17:00:54 GMT -5
gardendmpls, I had an incident in which we had an overabundance of hot peppers one year and unknowingly my first husband and I each gave them to different people. His sister showed up and I explained that I'd already promised them as well, so she was welcome to half. I went on with my business and it wasn't until evening when I noticed that she took every pepper over an inch long off of all the plants. Needless to say I never again turned her loose in my garden unsupervised again.
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Post by emmsmommy on Mar 6, 2022 17:51:51 GMT -5
Okay who would guess a pet peeve thread would lead me on a search for a cookbook that my first mother-in-law left behind when she moved prior to my marriage to first hubby. I tried several of the recipes and enjoyed the historical notes as well. Problem was I couldn't remember the name, only the cover and that it had to do with early American cooking. So a few minutes of internet searching and I found it. The original had several of my MIL's recipes written inside and I had given it back to her about 15 years ago. I searched for it after she passed and found that the majority of her books had been thrown out.
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