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[Mother2Hens]

Re Old, damaged clothing recycling

@SallyinIndiana You mentioned before that you burn old clothing that you felt was too crummy for Goodwill, etc. I meant to tell you that those organizations benefit from selling old textiles to recyclers.

My mother (now deceased) told me about textile recycling around 30 years ago, so it's been going on for a long time. And it took me a long time to finally remember to post about this topic!

I know that old textiles are also purchased by paper companies to use in making rag paper. I actually visited a paper company in Michigan once to see a large scale operation. Since you like DIY projects, your family can make rag paper too! Or rag rugs. There are many links and youtube videos.

The info below was found on Can Worn or Damaged Clothing be Donated? - Earth911.com

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Re Old, damaged clothing recycling

@SallyinIndiana You mentioned before that you burn old clothing that you felt was too crummy for Goodwill, etc. I meant to tell you that those organizations benefit from selling old textiles to recyclers.

My mother (now deceased) told me about textile recycling around 30 years ago, so it's been going on for a long time. And it took me a long time to finally remember to post about this topic!

I know that old textiles are also purchased by paper companies to use in making rag paper. I actually visited a paper company in Michigan once to see a large scale operation. Since you like DIY projects, your family can make rag paper too! Or rag rugs. There are many links and youtube videos.

The info below was found on Can Worn or Damaged Clothing be Donated? - Earth911.com

very interesting. For the most part, we have never had a giant stack or pile of clothes to burn. Usually its just 1 or 2 items that we can use to help get the fire started. Nasty jeans full of holes, socks that has holes everywhere.
But if I accumulate a bag of "burnable" clothes I'll remember this and see if good will wants them.

 

[Faraday40]

Yes. I was also surprised that donation centers actually take ripped clothes. I volunteered to sort through the church clothing donations & was told to put any non sell-able clothing in a separate bin- not the dumpster. There are places that reclaim the buttons, zippers, etc & sell the rest of the textiles for scrap.

 

[bearbottom]

Sorry haven't been on for a bit. I did keep up with post. I'm think a few of us need a some chicken rain boats what would that look like. Humm

Anyways i give my friend my old cloths and she makes rugs and bags for them. Just cut them into strips and you can use it like yarn. For that matter jonna fabrics sell something just like cut up t-shirts. If your in to the arm looming it works great for that too.

 

[Mother2Hens]

@bearbottom That chicken looks like it would wear combat boots!
@kittydoc ~ Re Idiom "Mad as a Wet Hen"
I'm sure you know that idioms aren't to be taken literary.

At least don't kill two birds with one stone or I will report you to the authorities! haha

I actually looked up the meaning of the saying after we became chicken owners. Apparently, the idiom refers to breaking a broody hen by dunking her in cold water.

Hope everyone north of here (well, that's everyone), is hanging in there during the storms! @pipdzipdnreadytogo ~ I did see news coverage about Ft. Wayne's storm damage. Glad your mom is okay! Has your little duckie been in an actual puddle or is it still a house baby? I was going to repost your photo, but the site is not letting me at this time.

 

[PeacefulWalls]

The repercussions of AI are really starting to show up in the general public. I was at a family reunion this past weekend and had a chance to visit with one of my cousins. She is a dietitian and works as a supervisor over a number of the northern branches of the Miller's Merry Manor nursing homes, planning menus, etc. I'm not sure how long they have been experiencing this now, but she said they cannot get eggs -- or in very limited quantities -- from their suppliers anymore. In her particular settings, they use a lot of eggs as protein sources for their residents. Now she is needing to revise all their menus and figure out how they can make protein available for them -- especially in such an easy to eat/chew form. She had also been told (perhaps from her suppliers -- not sure) that it could take about 18 months for supplies to get back to normal. I'm wondering how grocery store supplies are holding up? I'm guessing anyone with extra eggs could find a way to get the word out and they could be sold. Eggs may become a precious commodity in the coming days and small flock producers will end up being a great resource. Maybe cities thinking about changing their ordinances to not allow backyard flocks may realize the error of their ways and do an about face to try to get as many people as possible producing eggs if we start having shortages in the grocery stores!

 

[tmctlt]

The repercussions of AI are really starting to show up in the general public. I was at a family reunion this past weekend and had a chance to visit with one of my cousins. She is a dietitian and works as a supervisor over a number of the northern branches of the Miller's Merry Manor nursing homes, planning menus, etc. I'm not sure how long they have been experiencing this now, but she said they cannot get eggs -- or in very limited quantities -- from their suppliers anymore. In her particular settings, they use a lot of eggs as protein sources for their residents. Now she is needing to revise all their menus and figure out how they can make protein available for them -- especially in such an easy to eat/chew form. She had also been told (perhaps from her suppliers -- not sure) that it could take about 18 months for supplies to get back to normal. I'm wondering how grocery store supplies are holding up? I'm guessing anyone with extra eggs could find a way to get the word out and they could be sold. Eggs may become a precious commodity in the coming days and small flock producers will end up being a great resource. Maybe cities thinking about changing their ordinances to not allow backyard flocks may realize the error of their ways and do an about face to try to get as many people as possible producing eggs if we start having shortages in the grocery stores!

Wow, I'm terribly sorry to hear that news. But I wonder if places like MMM would be willing or even allowed to purchase eggs from BYC farmers since there's no oversight by the State in regards to ensuring consumers that they're " safe for public consumption ". Just thinking out loud here is all, very unfortunate news either way While I'm @ it I may as well update our flock status, a couple weeks back we moved our younger chicks in to the main coup with the two older birds we picked up from @racinchickens but did put in a temporary divider so they could " meet and greet " without any little ones getting beat up. Well a couple days ago I decided it was time for the flock to mesh and I must say it has gone virtually without a hitch!!! I have not completely removed the divider yet but intend to soon as it's in my way of installing second set of nesting boxes. We decided to do two doors out of the coup with each going out to two saddled together but separate runs, the smaller 10x10 being covered so they have a " dry spot" to hang out. Hope everyone and their flocks are Well

Paul

 

[PeacefulWalls]

Quote: I really doubt that farm fresh eggs are an option for them. Especially because for those residents who like their eggs "over easy" they have to use pasteurized eggs, which has been even harder for them to purchase in the bulk form they use.

 

[tmctlt]

I really doubt that farm fresh eggs are an option for them. Especially because for those residents who like their eggs "over easy" they have to use pasteurized eggs, which has been even harder for them to purchase in the bulk form they use.

See I'm learning things I did NOT know, like the underlined here....thanks

 

[pginsber]

We're trying a bunch of new tomatoes this year. One of them is a "currant" tomato--meaning it's the size of a currant (tiny). It's called Broad Ripple Currant tomato. I had a heck of a time locating seeds--which is ironic, because the tomato is heirloom variety from the 1900's, in the Broad Ripple area which is only 10 miles from my house.

These tomatoes were thought to be extinct, until a plant was found growing through a crack in a sidewalk in the Broad Ripple Neighborhood in Indianapolis in 1984. The seedling was transplanted, and since then, they have been propagated, and brought back from the near brink of extinction.

We got our garden out 2 weeks later than usual this year due to vacation, so everything's ripeness is delayed. This one is our first to ripen. They're the cutest, tiniest tomatoes I've ever seen.
The tomatoes taste fantastic. They have a very low acid flavor, very juicy, albeit so, so tiny. This plant is huge, the foliage is tall and bushy, and the little tomatoes grow in clusters of 8. The plant is so leafy that you can't really see the clusters until more than half of them have turned yellow.

I didn't have a dime to provide size scale, so I stuck a nickel in the picture.


How are your tomatoes doing this year with all this rain?