“Because my legs and back are failing, I have been ordering things from Walmart because it is delivered to my porch, especially heavy stuff like big bags of cat food, litter, boxes of wet cat food, 10# sugar, flour, my coffee and this wonderful powdered milk along with miscellaneous items like packs of beans, some things are store only. Over $50 delivery is free and sometimes I have to wait over a week. I end up with all these high quality boxes which would be great for moving. I hate to break them down and put them out for recycling but am going to have to.”
Same here, except it’s my arms that are weak - I love the front porch delivery. I especially like the boxes from Jet - pretty purple. I use those to store stuff in.
Well, i've whined enough about that. What is Jet?
I got my box cutter and had one he!! of a time getting a carton of Italian beans open. I got a lot because they were Del Monte, the regular size, and hard to find in the stores. I will use them in green bean casserole and am looking for some ham flavored Better than Boullion and some onions to simmer them in.
Speaking of which I would love to grow some. Beans were the easiest for me. I covered my whole porch with strings and planted Scarlet Runner Beans. They made shade for the porch and good cooking when young and tender. I also grew regular climbing ones but didn't have good enough things for them to climb on.
My ex started spading the back garden back in 1966 or 67, breaking sod, got fed up with it, and I went out and finished the whole darn thing, then chopped it all up. When I was determined, I got stuff done. I miss those days, wish I could have known the tricks and things I know now about cooking and growing things and have my youthful strength back.
Now I have a tiller but didn't know how hard they are to handle. It sits in my bedroom because I don't want it in the damp basement. I need to sell it, wasn't used much, a Mantis? with the Honda engine, crazy way to manage the oil until I discovered online the correct position, nose down, handles up. EVERYBODY was tilting it sideways and it kept getting the oil in the carb, even where I bought it. I could do it but it takes too much churning, not worth it. Now I learned to put down layers of paper and cardboard and plant through that, then mulch and feed. Lasagne gardening variation I learned from people on Garden Web. Some prepared beds the traditional and others made huge areas by laying cardboard, throwing on green stuff, throwing on some soil and/or compost, then planting thru it. I haven't really tried it yet but have mulched with folded, wet newspaper, worked great. Mulch is too expensive and more heavy cumbersome bags to manage, just for special where you want the look of it.