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My German friend got me some seeds from the seed bank in the Netherlands.
I've seen negative things online about it but I disagree with them. I've grown one this year, its a big plant but so are the tomatoes, some are as big as apples. For a tomato as big as those, it will cost you 40p each in Asda! I'm saving seeds. I have some in water to do the five day thing as we speak. If it works, I'd like to share them. This is a heritage tomato. It needs be inside, and it's a huge plant but so are the fruits. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote:
My German friend got me some seeds from the seed bank in the Netherlands. I've seen negative things online about it but I disagree with them. I've grown one this year, its a big plant but so are the tomatoes, It's listed as "Blaby Special" in the Seed Saver's Exchange online yearbook (U.S., but a lot of "foreign" members). Looks like another one to try, and perhaps grow in the greenhouse that's under-used during the summer. SWMBO's favorite for canning/sauce* is "Golden Jubilee," a very large lower acid yellow-gold tomato. *I can; she sauces. -- Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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For those who like to read of rescues, here's the Seed Saver's Exchange
description of Blaby: https://exchange.seedsavers.org/cata...spx?itm=137071 I'm growing a foliage turnip, Horpaczi Lila, that a friend got some years ago from the East German seed bank. The mind boggles at what must be stashed at the Svalbard bank! -- Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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"Gary Woods" wrote in message ... For those who like to read of rescues, here's the Seed Saver's Exchange description of Blaby: https://exchange.seedsavers.org/cata...spx?itm=137071 I'm growing a foliage turnip, Horpaczi Lila, that a friend got some years ago from the East German seed bank. The mind boggles at what must be stashed at the Svalbard bank! Exactly. I sowed two Blaby tomatoes, one germinated. Huge plant, some massive tomatoes. I got the seeds from my German friend who always sends me interesting seeds from the Netherlands seed bank every Christmas for a present, I have some rare beans, mainly French types waiting to be sown. Tried to swap runner beans seeds, but they don't do well there. Because when it's summer, it's hot for weeks and I don't think the continental climate is suitable. French beans do well there. |
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Christina Websell wrote: "Gary Woods" wrote in message .. . For those who like to read of rescues, here's the Seed Saver's Exchange description of Blaby: https://exchange.seedsavers.org/cata...spx?itm=137071 I'm growing a foliage turnip, Horpaczi Lila, that a friend got some years ago from the East German seed bank. The mind boggles at what must be stashed at the Svalbard bank! Exactly. I sowed two Blaby tomatoes, one germinated. Huge plant, some massive tomatoes. I got the seeds from my German friend who always sends me interesting seeds from the Netherlands seed bank every Christmas for a present, I have some rare beans, mainly French types waiting to be sown. Tried to swap runner beans seeds, but they don't do well there. Because when it's summer, it's hot for weeks and I don't think the continental climate is suitable. French beans do well there. Runner beans actually prefer higher temperatures than French! But they require regular water and a higher humidity, so they often do badly in hotter conditions. French beans are more tolerant of dry conditions. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: "Gary Woods" wrote in message . .. For those who like to read of rescues, here's the Seed Saver's Exchange description of Blaby: https://exchange.seedsavers.org/cata...spx?itm=137071 I'm growing a foliage turnip, Horpaczi Lila, that a friend got some years ago from the East German seed bank. The mind boggles at what must be stashed at the Svalbard bank! Exactly. I sowed two Blaby tomatoes, one germinated. Huge plant, some massive tomatoes. I got the seeds from my German friend who always sends me interesting seeds from the Netherlands seed bank every Christmas for a present, I have some rare beans, mainly French types waiting to be sown. Tried to swap runner beans seeds, but they don't do well there. Because when it's summer, it's hot for weeks and I don't think the continental climate is suitable. French beans do well there. Runner beans actually prefer higher temperatures than French! But they require regular water and a higher humidity, so they often do badly in hotter conditions. French beans are more tolerant of dry conditions. Regards, Nick Maclaren. I know. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: "Gary Woods" wrote in message . .. For those who like to read of rescues, here's the Seed Saver's Exchange description of Blaby: https://exchange.seedsavers.org/cata...spx?itm=137071 I'm growing a foliage turnip, Horpaczi Lila, that a friend got some years ago from the East German seed bank. The mind boggles at what must be stashed at the Svalbard bank! Exactly. I sowed two Blaby tomatoes, one germinated. Huge plant, some massive tomatoes. I got the seeds from my German friend who always sends me interesting seeds from the Netherlands seed bank every Christmas for a present, I have some rare beans, mainly French types waiting to be sown. Tried to swap runner beans seeds, but they don't do well there. Because when it's summer, it's hot for weeks and I don't think the continental climate is suitable. French beans do well there. Runner beans actually prefer higher temperatures than French! But they require regular water and a higher humidity, so they often do badly in hotter conditions. French beans are more tolerant of dry conditions. Regards, Nick Maclaren. I know all of that. You should be in the wilds of Germany and realise how the farmers have to pay for water and how difficult it is to get a livng there. I was surprised my friend ha not starved. .. |
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On 09/11/2015 09:48, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 01:07:14 -0000, Janet wrote: In article , says... "Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: "Gary Woods" wrote in message ... For those who like to read of rescues, here's the Seed Saver's Exchange description of Blaby: https://exchange.seedsavers.org/cata...spx?itm=137071 I'm growing a foliage turnip, Horpaczi Lila, that a friend got some years ago from the East German seed bank. The mind boggles at what must be stashed at the Svalbard bank! Exactly. I sowed two Blaby tomatoes, one germinated. Huge plant, some massive tomatoes. I got the seeds from my German friend who always sends me interesting seeds from the Netherlands seed bank every Christmas for a present, I have some rare beans, mainly French types waiting to be sown. Tried to swap runner beans seeds, but they don't do well there. Because when it's summer, it's hot for weeks and I don't think the continental climate is suitable. French beans do well there. Runner beans actually prefer higher temperatures than French! But they require regular water and a higher humidity, so they often do badly in hotter conditions. French beans are more tolerant of dry conditions. Regards, Nick Maclaren. I know all of that. You should be in the wilds of Germany and realise how the farmers have to pay for water Maybe you don't realise how much farmers here have to pay for water. and the pathetic amounts that they are paid for what they produce. See Hugh Feranley-Whittingstall program on Food Waste - it should now be on i-Player Malcolm |
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"Janet" wrote in message .. . In article , says... "Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: "Gary Woods" wrote in message . .. For those who like to read of rescues, here's the Seed Saver's Exchange description of Blaby: https://exchange.seedsavers.org/cata...spx?itm=137071 I'm growing a foliage turnip, Horpaczi Lila, that a friend got some years ago from the East German seed bank. The mind boggles at what must be stashed at the Svalbard bank! Exactly. I sowed two Blaby tomatoes, one germinated. Huge plant, some massive tomatoes. I got the seeds from my German friend who always sends me interesting seeds from the Netherlands seed bank every Christmas for a present, I have some rare beans, mainly French types waiting to be sown. Tried to swap runner beans seeds, but they don't do well there. Because when it's summer, it's hot for weeks and I don't think the continental climate is suitable. French beans do well there. Runner beans actually prefer higher temperatures than French! But they require regular water and a higher humidity, so they often do badly in hotter conditions. French beans are more tolerant of dry conditions. Regards, Nick Maclaren. I know all of that. You should be in the wilds of Germany and realise how the farmers have to pay for water Maybe you don't realise how much farmers here have to pay for water. Janet But they have a quota over a couple of years there - so no matter how much you pay you can't get any more. The diifficulty seemed to be "should I use a lot of my quota now to save my crops and hope it will rain more next year? or risk not watering enough to have some quota left" Their climate is such that when it's summer, it's mega hot and stays like it for weeks, it hardly rains at all. I went there once in August and nearly fried. In the wilds of lower Saxony, The Wendland, it's very hard to earn a living. It looks similar to The Fens, acres of potatoes: a lot of the farmers grow herbs, like parsley, chives etc ahere is a herb factory a couple of miles away. Plus they have wild boar out every night digging the crops up. Every field has a big wooden tower in so the farmers can get up there and shoot them. At least they can have some pork ;-) Oh. and then they have voles, not like our field voles. They seems to be a sub-species of our water vole, they look the same, but they are a major agricultural pest in the Wendland. They eat the roots off everything. I did visit there the first time thinking it wouldn't be very different from England. Maybe in the big cities it isn't, but out in the sticks there, it is very different indeed. Tina |
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"Malcolm Race" wrote in message ... On 09/11/2015 09:48, Martin wrote: On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 01:07:14 -0000, Janet wrote: In article , says... "Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: "Gary Woods" wrote in message ... For those who like to read of rescues, here's the Seed Saver's Exchange description of Blaby: https://exchange.seedsavers.org/cata...spx?itm=137071 I'm growing a foliage turnip, Horpaczi Lila, that a friend got some years ago from the East German seed bank. The mind boggles at what must be stashed at the Svalbard bank! Exactly. I sowed two Blaby tomatoes, one germinated. Huge plant, some massive tomatoes. I got the seeds from my German friend who always sends me interesting seeds from the Netherlands seed bank every Christmas for a present, I have some rare beans, mainly French types waiting to be sown. Tried to swap runner beans seeds, but they don't do well there. Because when it's summer, it's hot for weeks and I don't think the continental climate is suitable. French beans do well there. Runner beans actually prefer higher temperatures than French! But they require regular water and a higher humidity, so they often do badly in hotter conditions. French beans are more tolerant of dry conditions. Regards, Nick Maclaren. I know all of that. You should be in the wilds of Germany and realise how the farmers have to pay for water Maybe you don't realise how much farmers here have to pay for water. and the pathetic amounts that they are paid for what they produce. See Hugh Feranley-Whittingstall program on Food Waste - it should now be on i-Player Malcolm I knew the minute that that poor parnip producing family went on Tv against Morrison's on Hugh's program that it would be the death knell for them, and so it proved. They are now out of business. It's disgusting, the hold the big supermarkets have on small farmers who maybe thought it was a good idea to have a contract with a big supermarket and then found out it wasn't. I don't believe, at all, there there is any need for a supermarket to insist on a certain length or size of vegetable. I am sure that "wonky" vegetables would be quite acceptable to most people once they know how badly the supermarket policy of perfect is affecting the farmers. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Morrison's have a bit of a downturn in sales after that program. If I used them, I'd probably boycott them, but I supposed all the big supermarkets are the same. Farmers are probably happy at first to get a big supermarket buying from them. but then they just squeeze them later when they are committed. I nearly wept along with that family of parsnip farmers. The mother cried, the son cried. Because of Morrisons stupid idea of "perfect parsnips" So that's me never spending any money in Morrison's again and good on Hugh for bringing it to light. Although, it's lucky for him that he didn't approach me and throw my vegetables away. Nothing goes to waste here. I have hens. If there something veggie that is more elderly than I want to chance eating, they get it and turn it into eggs. Tina .. |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 23:39:36 +0000, Malcolm Race wrote: See Hugh Feranley-Whittingstall program on Food Waste - it should now be on i-Player No thanks. -- Martin in Zuid Holland Yes, I know he is irritating, but it's worth watching. Try it and see what you think. Tina |
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Christina Websell wrote:
I don't believe, at all, there there is any need for a supermarket to insist on a certain length or size of vegetable. I am sure that "wonky" vegetables would be quite acceptable to most people once they know how badly the supermarket policy of perfect is affecting the farmers. Not to side with the supermarkets, but they must have based that on what was left on the shelves? Same happens for anything where you let the customer self-select, e.g. look at all the banana-wood piled up in Wickes. |
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On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:32:18 +0000, Andy Burns
wrote: Christina Websell wrote: I don't believe, at all, there there is any need for a supermarket to insist on a certain length or size of vegetable. I am sure that "wonky" vegetables would be quite acceptable to most people once they know how badly the supermarket policy of perfect is affecting the farmers. Not to side with the supermarkets, but they must have based that on what was left on the shelves? Same happens for anything where you let the customer self-select, e.g. look at all the banana-wood piled up in Wickes. Soup makers should not be too worried about wonky vegetables so I would have thought that could be an outlet for products who aren't the plant equivalent of a supermodel. Judging by the demand for food banks we'll soon have a need for as many soup kitchens as we can get. G.Harman |
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On 11/11/15 10:24, Martin wrote:
On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:36:44 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 23:39:36 +0000, Malcolm Race wrote: See Hugh Feranley-Whittingstall program on Food Waste - it should now be on i-Player No thanks. We aren't allowed to access iPlayer. Yes, I know he is irritating, but it's worth watching. Try it and see what you think. I read the comments in The Guardian about the factual errors in the programme. The Grauniad complaining about someone else's "factual errors". Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!!! -- Jeff |
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On 12/11/15 08:36, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:28:48 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote: On 11/11/15 10:24, Martin wrote: On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:36:44 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 23:39:36 +0000, Malcolm Race wrote: See Hugh Feranley-Whittingstall program on Food Waste - it should now be on i-Player No thanks. We aren't allowed to access iPlayer. Yes, I know he is irritating, but it's worth watching. Try it and see what you think. I read the comments in The Guardian about the factual errors in the programme. The Grauniad complaining about someone else's "factual errors". Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!!! The Guardian doesn't write the comments the readers do. It is responsible for anything that appears in it. It can choose which comments appear and those which don't. Many years ago a company I worked for was involved in something controversial. Most newspapers took a neutral line, pointing out the pros and cons, But The Grauniad chose to come down strongly against what the company was doing. Fine - that's its prerogative. But it "quoted" independent published work which proved what the company was doing was wrong. But the quotes were completely inaccurate, so the company wrote a letter to the editor pointing out the errors, and asking for a correction to be published. Not only was the company letter not published, the Grauniad's editor said that there was "no space available to print a correction". Nothing changes... -- Jeff |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:36:44 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 23:39:36 +0000, Malcolm Race wrote: See Hugh Feranley-Whittingstall program on Food Waste - it should now be on i-Player No thanks. We aren't allowed to access iPlayer. Yes, I know he is irritating, but it's worth watching. Try it and see what you think. I read the comments in The Guardian about the factual errors in the programme. -- And he was in a supermarket taking some of the vegetables out of the shopper's trolleys and throwing them away. When challenged, he said something like "well, that's what you're going to do anyway, I'm saving you the trouble" I hope he had a security person nearby. He took some stuff away from an elderly woman and I'm not up for that (and neither was she, by the look in her eyes). Had the cameras not been there, and she wasn't polite, I think she would have swiped him round the head. I hope he reimbursed her. IME elderly people don't waste much food and are very good at using the last bit of everything because pensions don't go far plus they know how to cook. I'm not quite elderly yet, but almost nothing foodwise is wasted here. I'm glad Hugh didn't try it with me. Whilst it's a good idea to alert us to food waste, which is rife in the people-who-earn-a-lot, taking veggies from a pensioner is beyond the pale. Tina |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 14 Nov 2015 18:40:34 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:36:44 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message m... On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 23:39:36 +0000, Malcolm Race wrote: See Hugh Feranley-Whittingstall program on Food Waste - it should now be on i-Player No thanks. We aren't allowed to access iPlayer. Yes, I know he is irritating, but it's worth watching. Try it and see what you think. I read the comments in The Guardian about the factual errors in the programme. -- And he was in a supermarket taking some of the vegetables out of the shopper's trolleys and throwing them away. When challenged, he said something like "well, that's what you're going to do anyway, I'm saving you the trouble" I hope he had a security person nearby. He took some stuff away from an elderly woman and I'm not up for that (and neither was she, by the look in her eyes). Had the cameras not been there, and she wasn't polite, I think she would have swiped him round the head. I hope he reimbursed her. IME elderly people don't waste much food and are very good at using the last bit of everything because pensions don't go far plus they know how to cook. I'm not quite elderly yet, but almost nothing foodwise is wasted here. I'm glad Hugh didn't try it with me. Whilst it's a good idea to alert us to food waste, which is rife in the people-who-earn-a-lot, taking veggies from a pensioner is beyond the pale. There have been articles in the press and programmes on TV about wasted food for years. We are both retired. We don't waste food. The generation that does probably doesn't watch programmes like this. -- Martin in Zuid Holland Nothing is wasted here but it's good idea for some folks to be reminded. My black bin (non recycables)_ would take a year or more to fill up. When they come to empty it every two weeks they say it's not worth tipping it into the lorry because there nothing in it. |
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wrote in message ... On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:32:18 +0000, Andy Burns wrote: Christina Websell wrote: I don't believe, at all, there there is any need for a supermarket to insist on a certain length or size of vegetable. I am sure that "wonky" vegetables would be quite acceptable to most people once they know how badly the supermarket policy of perfect is affecting the farmers. Not to side with the supermarkets, but they must have based that on what was left on the shelves? Same happens for anything where you let the customer self-select, e.g. look at all the banana-wood piled up in Wickes. Soup makers should not be too worried about wonky vegetables so I would have thought that could be an outlet for products who aren't the plant equivalent of a supermodel. Judging by the demand for food banks we'll soon have a need for as many soup kitchens as we can get. ain't that just the truth. we have a trolley in the local supermarket for a food bank and it's usually full. we are all only a few pay cheques away from needing it. I put something in there every time I go there. Because maybe what if it was me that needed it? |
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"Janet" wrote in message .. . In article , says... Martin wrote: There have been articles in the press and programmes on TV about wasted food for years. I agree, and I suspect the numbers on waste have been jiggered to include the entire distribution chain. Fresh veggies have a lot of loss and waste just in the trimming. Years ago, I volunteered at a food co-op. We charged double the wholesale price for produce, and that was just about break-even. Of course, we "mature" frugal types make soup/stock/compost with the trimmings, so it isn't _really_ wasted! I don't know anyone in the UK baby-boom generation who does throw stuff away; we were brought up with food rationing, "make do and mend" and "passing it on" etc and those habits were ingrained in us. We're the Squirrel Generation of savers, recyclers, menders, skipdivers,ironers of wrapping paper, knotters of used string, etc. Janet. Ain't that just the truth. I only get a black bin (non-recyclables) empty every two weeks, and the dustbinmen now look inside it to see if it's worth the trouble of picking it up. It never is. Although I say it myself, I rarely waste anything. I'm very good with food. Bought a poisson on it's sell by date for £1., roasted it for a nice meal, then used the rest of it to make soup with carrots and onions & herbs which did lunch for for two days, plus the skin and stuff that was wasn't eatable when I was picking the bones made a meal for my cat. I did however put the bones in the bin. Any veg trimmings go to my hens who turn them into eggs. I can't remember the last time I wasted any food. |
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Christina Websell wrote: Ain't that just the truth. I only get a black bin (non-recyclables) empty every two weeks, and the dustbinmen now look inside it to see if it's worth the trouble of picking it up. It never is. We don't put it out more than every couple of months and, even then, it is rarely more than 1/3 full. Except today, but I have been going a post-retirement clear-up. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: Ain't that just the truth. I only get a black bin (non-recyclables) empty every two weeks, and the dustbinmen now look inside it to see if it's worth the trouble of picking it up. It never is. We don't put it out more than every couple of months and, even then, it is rarely more than 1/3 full. Except today, but I have been going a post-retirement clear-up. Regards, Nick Maclaren. I think you can be excused for that. Some time ago, a neighbour whose bin was full before the 2 weeks were up asked me if she could use my bin. I asked her what she wanted to put in there, given that she had a large bin herself, she said "disposable nappies" I said no and she got a lecture about disposable nappies. I expect she ran up and down the street when the bins were out, stuffing the nappies in every bin that had some room in. Not in mine though. They take 200 years to degrade. Tina |
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"Janet" wrote in message .. . In article , says... Some time ago, a neighbour whose bin was full before the 2 weeks were up asked me if she could use my bin. I asked her what she wanted to put in there, given that she had a large bin herself, she said "disposable nappies" I said no and she got a lecture about disposable nappies. I expect she ran up and down the street when the bins were out, stuffing the nappies in every bin that had some room in. Not in mine though. They take 200 years to degrade. Can you explain how you know how long they take to degrade, given that scientists will have to wait another 150 years before they can study any 200 yr old disposable nappies? Janet. I saw it on the telly.. but you have to agree that it's not a good idea, filling the landfill with disposable nappies, surely? Do you think it's a good idea then? |
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On 21/11/2015 21:17, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:17:37 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Janet" wrote in message .. . In article , says... Some time ago, a neighbour whose bin was full before the 2 weeks were up asked me if she could use my bin. I asked her what she wanted to put in there, given that she had a large bin herself, she said "disposable nappies" I said no and she got a lecture about disposable nappies. I expect she ran up and down the street when the bins were out, stuffing the nappies in every bin that had some room in. Not in mine though. They take 200 years to degrade. Can you explain how you know how long they take to degrade, given that scientists will have to wait another 150 years before they can study any 200 yr old disposable nappies? Janet. I saw it on the telly.. but you have to agree that it's not a good idea, filling the landfill with disposable nappies, surely? Do you think it's a good idea then? To paraphrase Churchill, sending disposable nappies to landfill is the worst method of disposal, except for all the other methods. Given that used disposable nappies exist, and will continue to exist in large quantities because of their convenience in today's disposable society, and bearing in mind that municipal incinerators are few and far between (only 36 in the UK), what would you do with them? Bearing in mind that disposable nappies contain a water retaining polymer then Having large quantities of them in landfill might go some way to reducing the risk of flooding by storing some of the flood water. |
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says... "Janet" wrote in message .. . In article , says... Some time ago, a neighbour whose bin was full before the 2 weeks were up asked me if she could use my bin. I asked her what she wanted to put in there, given that she had a large bin herself, she said "disposable nappies" I said no and she got a lecture about disposable nappies. I expect she ran up and down the street when the bins were out, stuffing the nappies in every bin that had some room in. Not in mine though. They take 200 years to degrade. Can you explain how you know how long they take to degrade, given that scientists will have to wait another 150 years before they can study any 200 yr old disposable nappies? Janet. I saw it on the telly.. but you have to agree that it's not a good idea, filling the landfill with disposable nappies, surely? What if the landfill produces enough recovered methane to heat 36,000 homes, like this http://www.sita.co.uk/news-and-views.../sita-uk2019s- lancashire-landfill-gas-producing Do you think it's a good idea then? Surely, that would depend entirely on how biodegradable modern disposables really are, surely? and a comparison with the amount of energy and chemicals used laundering cloth nappies. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...59652615001535 What about the countless adult men and women who use disposable sanitary products? Are those a bad idea? My grandmother's generation washed out and re-used their menstrual cloths, poor things. I used disposable sanitary products. Having cared for doubly incontinent adults (in old age, or terminal illness), should that ever happen to me I fully intend to use disposable incontinence products, the adult version of disposable nappies. YMMV Janet |
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"Chris Hogg" wrote in message ... On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:17:37 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: of disposal, except for all the other methods. Given that used disposable nappies exist, and will continue to exist in large quantities because of their convenience in today's disposable society, and bearing in mind that municipal incinerators are few and far between (only 36 in the UK), what would you do with them? -- Chris I have a woodburner so if i used disposable nappies (which I wouldn't) I guess I would burn them but ask me about what to do about disposable nappies and I really don't know the answer. |
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Christina Websell wrote:
I am sure that "wonky" vegetables would be quite acceptable to most people once they know how badly the supermarket policy of perfect is affecting the farmers. Get yourself down to ASDA then ... http://your.asda.com/news-and-blogs/wonky-fruit-veg-boxes |
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