Peat Moss

I was doing some gardening today in preparation for planting some things I want to test grow over the next few months. I was using lots of Peat Moss mixing it in with the clay-sandy soil. Began to realize the value of the stuff and the quantity that would be needed over a number of years after the Pole Shift. I and possibly others may want to stock pile some of this Peat Moss. It is a bit spongy and yet stiff at the same time.

I began to think about using it as packing material for the pole shift. If the Peat Moss is repackaged in loose plastic bags like a loose bean bag then it should be able to be used to fill the voids needed when packing up our items for the pole shift. One could plastic bag the items being packed before boxing them. In this case Peat Moss may be able to be pored into the box directly to fill the empty spaces. May not work for everything but could cut down significantly the cost of other packing materials.

I consider the plastic foam pop-corn to be almost useless for the strong shaking of the pole shift. These could be squashed to nothing with any constant shaking of the boxed items. This all depending on the mass of the boxed items. The pole shift will generate some high G forces with the inertial mass of the boxed items accelerating/decelerating compressing the foam to nothing. Peat Moss should be about the right stiffness to keep things from breaking and will not compress to nothing.

Obviously, if one packs dishes in it, then they would need to be washed before use. I think in general it would work only with the very dry peat moss that I was using, that I hope is common place. Over time does this give off corrosive gases or possibly explosive gases? Will more ventilation be needed of our storage area? I suspect Mulch would fall in the same category as a potential to use for packing.

Offered by Mike.

I think the only danger would be if the peat or mulch got damp, it would begin to decompose further which could lead to gas production (methane is not a good thing for your precious supplies). Also, if you were packing material you want or need to keep dry. If you set the peat (or mulch) out in the sun for a day before packing it, it should be dried out enough. Just use one of those Rubbermaid containers to make sure no moisture leaches into the packing material!

Offered by Roger.

Peat moss is an awfully heavy packing material, as long as the container can handle it.

Offered by John.