[UrbanCropCircle] for sale: large burlap coffee bags for garden

[Susan Helf]

Dear fellow gardeners,
Here's a place to get lots of burlap bags cheaply.

Susan



Visit the posting at
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Many, many large burlap coffee bags for garden or...?Date: 2010-12-27,
10:13AM

I've got hundreds of big burlap bags - all were from large sacks of green
coffee beans, emptied only a short time ago. All are very clean (though if
you're lucky you'll still find a stray bean or two in them :)

These are fantastic natural garden/landscaping/weedblock material - water
runs through easily, but weeds can't pop up from underneath. Burlap holds
mulch easily on top really well and looks completely natural, unlike
cardboard or plastic. It's also great for soil-building sheet mulching
(Google "Interbay sheet mulch"), erosion control, container gardening (much
much lighter and Greener than a wooden half-barrel!), construction
(damp-curing concrete), bulk/dry storage, decorating, and sewing / crafting
projects.

There are three main types/grades of bags available:

   - *Weedblock/erosion grade:* These are slit up the sides or near the top
   and may have a few small tears - none of which matters, since you'll be
   laying them down flat on the ground anyways.
   *.99/bag*, with discounts for quantity purchases (starting at 20 bags in
   one purchase) and even larger discounts if you want a lot of bags
   (more than 100) for covering big areas. (This same grade, but from 100%
   organic coffee are available as well, for 20 cents extra/bag - mix-and-match
   fine.)

   - *Planter/container garden grade*: These are carefully opened at the top
   - not cut at all - so they can be used for fabric "half barrels" to do
   container planting
   on your deck, driveway, or garden space. Or for dry storage - or sack
   races!
   *$2/bag*, with quantity discounts available here as well. Organic bags of
   the same type also available, fifty cents more.

   - *Craft/project/fashion grade* and *framable-quality Art grade*: These
   are very clean bags with cool lettering (for the "craft" bags) or lovely
   pictures/graphics/colors (for the "art" bags). Maybe 1 out of 100 bags we
   see makes these grades - they're really beautiful.
   *$2-3/bag* (for craft/project), *$3-5/bag* (for framable Art); discounts
   available for volume purchases here as well.


Pick 'em up anytime in Ballard / Fremont anytime. I can leave them out on
the porch so you can grab them at your convenience, day or night, keeping it
simple. If you want really large quantities (100 bags or more, up to full
pallet loads of 250+ bags) you can pick up from the warehouse in Ballard
(near Trader Joe's) or I can deliver within Seattle city limits for a flat
delivery fee, depending on the location.

Thanks!
*Seattle Burlap*

Note #1: We communicate best and most quickly via email, so make sure you
reply with a valid *email address* we can respond to you with.

Note #2: If you're reading this, be assured that at least 500 or more bags
are still available. We''ll always update it if we're below that number.

Note #3: Bag sizes vary slightly, but the majority average about 38" tall by
28" wide, so cover about 7.5 square feet - ergo, ten bags cover roughly 75
square feet at their unopened (double) thickness and with a slight overlap
between bags.

Finally #4: We really, really can't ship bags - sorry, not very Green, and
anyways they're much too heavy: the cost of parcel/postal shipping would be
greater than the cost of bags themselves. (Though if you want full pallets -
250+ bags - via prepaid truck freight, we're happy to talk).


   - Location: Ballard/Fremont
   - it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial
   interests

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