Rumncoke can you send all of the fabric (socks, old t-shirts, etc) to be recycled as fibre? Here in the states a lot of the thrift stores have contracts with recyclers and they send the non-wearable garments to be turned into paper or other recycled products.

Today we have an "ozone action day" - orange, I think - and the heat and humidity go with it. I mowed close to the house (the first 20 feet or so of the long back yard) last night so I wouldn't be contributing to the hydrocarbon stew this morning. And last night I covered a patch of the garden with clear plastic held down by rocks and bricks to "solarize" the stuff underneath. Ratty squash plants that are infested with squash bugs. I'm hoping to nuke most of the bugs and get the eggs in the soil. I also sprayed a mix of water with orange oil and spinosad to knock out both the squash bugs and a lot of the ants. All of this while I have been careful to inspect the zucchini and the cukes to keep the bugs from moving around the garden.

There are watchers on all of the items up on eBay, but that doesn't say a lot when there are only a few. It could be others selling the same thing watching to see if mine sells at this price. I do that sometimes. At least all of that stuff is finally listed.

At work early today so I can run a few errands this evening, including checking to see if there are good local peaches to be bought. I'd like a flat for canning. And I'll steam juice the grapes I picked yesterday (I have to pick up my friend's steam juicer after work). I have two large trays of peppers in the freezer to bag and then cut up some more. And I may can a couple of jars of tomatoes just to do it - I can't eat all of these by myself but there aren't enough for a large canning operation. Maybe I'll do half-pint jars.

SRS