Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 03, 2024

Just about the time you throw them all out, is when you need one.

Those should come in handy if they do move.

I tend to keep boxes for stuff I’ve brought in case I need to send it back, trouble is remembering to look for the box and throw it in the recycling when either warranty expired or I’ve got rid of it.

Those boxes could be used for packing …hint hint hint.

They didn’t need to save the packing peanuts, though.

The Shrine of Sacred Containers.

We have cardboard recycling bins only a mile away and we take them once a month.

We keep a few boxes around, but not many. The rest are broken down and recycled.

Indeed

Ludwig is happy.

Cardboard is great for mulch. Nothing will grow through it and it can be covered with a thin layer of store bought mulch to make it look nice. It takes a couple of years to melt and enriches the soil when it does. Then a new layer can be applied without having to dig out the inorganic sheet that is sold for mulch. And, once they are broken down and flattened, they don’t take up much space and you can easily choose the one you want to send whatever you sold on EBay. Not to mention, they start fires beautifully. I never threw away a box and used them all until Amazon. Since Amazon, yup I throw away boxes, but the gas I am saving from making shopping necessary only a couple of times a month is a good tradeoff.

If you break them down they take up a lot less space.

I advertised free moving boxes on FB Marketplace and got several responses. I kept a few so I could finally bring my kids the stuff they left.

We have a simple system, unwanted boxes go in the alcove, then to recycling. Keepers go upstairs.

we have a store room and part of it is boxes. The ones that do not nest are recycled.

I still say that Amazon is a brilliant “front” for the Cardboard Cartels……

Yeah. Can’t get my truck in the garage any more. Maybe it IS time to get rid of all the boxes…

Collapse ’em and stack ’em, man.

even I am not that bad, well you would have to ask my wife to be sure

Yep…for a lot of people………..

Mixed cliché Saturday!

I keep looking around the corner in the house. This guy must be living with us.

Looks like my garage.

I’m with Janis. I always have a box just the right size :)

Stack them properly, you can make room.

Those get broken down for fire starter in my house.

Saving boxes is more proof that we share some genetic material with cats.

Lots of boxes for Christmas, we always run out and end up buying more.

I aslo have the habit of saving boxex from deliveries or items I buy. It helpe to have them on hand for when you are sending something to someone or when moving. Of course, for moving we have a locally owned grocery store who keeps their delivery boxes for people to take what they want and the boxes that their bananas come in are the best moving boxes. The are very sturdy and the lids got over the bottom and still have a handle on each side that is very sturdy so you don’t have to worry about carrying a box and the bottom falling out. When me and my sister had to move into this apartment after jerk of ex husband left me my Dad would get me a bunch of boxes and bring me them when he came over to pick up full boxes that we had packed already. Of course, I still have boxes that haven’t been unpacked yet and I have lived here for 4 years and 2 months.

I fold them up and keep only 3 sizes.

When we had bed bugs – all the extra boxes went – they like cardboard, nice and cozy for them. We know have a “Packtite” heater to heat items which might have bedbugs in them. Same for much of the paper and fabric items which come into the house. (Dealing with getting the house ready for treatment was SO BAD that it we had them again I would be greatly tempted to just lie there and let them bite me rather than go through it all again.)

3 cats and regular deliveries of cat food, so lot’s of boxes. We put them in the dining room as a a cat playground—throw in treats every few days so the cats can “hunt”. Then break them all down (the boxes, not the cats) and put them at the curb on the every-other-week recycling day. No bugs as of two years of this plan.