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Plastic Bag in the Tree
apartmenttherapy.com - 3/20/2009
Plastic Bag in the Tree
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No! Last week's wind storm in Montreal blew a plastic grocery bag into our tree. The bag is impaled on a limb and doesn't look like it's going anywhere... It's in full view from our apartment, but definitely isn't reachable from the window. So, what are we left to do? We don't really see a ...
Tree Mugged by 5 Plastic Bags
reusablebags.com - 3/19/2009
Tree Mugged by 5 Plastic Bags
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Plastic Bag in the Tree
Re-Nest — No! Last week's wind storm in Montreal blew a plastic grocery bag into our tree. The bag is impaled on a limb and doesn't look like it's going anywhere... ...

Ian Fraizer and the Bag Snagger
Apartment Therapy — ... This comes as a follow-up to our Plastic Bag in the Tree post from March. A fierce March wind storm left a plastic bag in one of our trees and we were searching for a way to remove it (it's not as easy as you might think!). First, we want to report that the bag is gone! We didn't remove it, and we don't think a city service did either because, unfortunately, a couple of more firmly-planted bags still remain. Wind gusts must have dislodged the bag from the tree. In addition to this news, we now want to turn your attention to Ian Fraizer's writing on the subject ...

Ian Fraizer and the Bag Snagger
Re-Nest — ... This comes as a follow-up to our Plastic Bag in the Tree post from March. A fierce March wind storm left a plastic bag in one of our trees and we were searching for a way to remove it (it's not as easy as you might think!). First, we want to report that the bag is gone! We didn't remove it, and we don't think a city service did either because, unfortunately, a couple of more firmly-planted bags still remain. Wind gusts must have dislodged the bag from the tree. In addition to this news, we now want to turn your attention to Ian Fraizer's writing on the subject ...

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