The addy for the BHM article on paper pots is:
<http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/polachic49.html>
Diane - If all I needed was 48 pots, I wouldn't be having the confusion of which to use!! The cost I mentioned was for the pipe, and my time in making the pots.
My time is worth a lot more to me than to spend it doing 600 - 1000+ folded and stapled paper pots, that's all.... I sell, too, and its hard to get folks planting their 'yuppie' suburban gardens to understand the benefits of rotten paper - assuming, that is - that one of the selling points would be simply tearing the bottom open and planting the whole thing - which is what I do when I grow my own that way. I'm just having coniptions over the potential storage problem. While its a lot quicker/easier to let the paper rot in the garden and enrich the soil, pvc has its selling points. A partial gallon of bleach and a bottle brush are a lot cheaper than my time as well.
SueD