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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Curmudgeoness

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9. What I have learned from buying/exchanging plants.....

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 08:32 PM

Dec 2011

every plant that you get will become an intrusive, unwanted weed over time. That is why people are willing to give some of it away...they need to keep pulling it up.

On the bright side, if you have a place where nothing will grow and you don't have to worry about whether a plant goes wild, these are the best places to get plants.

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I found a big problem with newpapers going online and not so much paper [View all] uppityperson Dec 2011 OP

That really is a conundrum. Maybe your supermarket... Little Star Dec 2011 #1

You might be able to find free "Penny Saver" type newspapers at many restaurants and grocery stores fishwax Dec 2011 #2

That is a good thought uppityperson Dec 2011 #3

Wish I was close to you....I use newpaper for lots of things Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #4

Do you have a garden? Mulch the paths with newspaper to keep weeds down and on off season, if uppityperson Dec 2011 #6

I actually do use it in the garden a couple of ways. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #7

Mint is wonderful and awful. I ended up with creeping jenny, bought from a Master Gardeners uppityperson Dec 2011 #8

What I have learned from buying/exchanging plants..... Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #9

Sort of the same problem here in winter canetoad Dec 2011 #5