Topic: scavengers anonymous thread.....

[Growbe]

glow777 I am still trying to work out a use for the base with the spindle.

I thought maybe they could go on the tops of canes to provide support for netting. Any better ideas out there?

[scotch-mist]

Hi Growbe, what about nailing them to a wall in your shed (assuming you have one) and using them to hang things on, (coats, rakes, any garden tools with a string on the handle, etc).

[MrsKP]

in addition to another 4 pallets from my local friendly tile supplier, today i went scavenging in the front garden of the house opposite.  there was a huge pile of stuff that could have been moving in or out, but faint heart never got nowt, so i knocked the door and the very nice people said help yourself, so i got a mini greenhouse frame with shelves (which will do nicely as shelves in the shed),  big green plastic pot, ikea type pine shoerack, which will do as shelving somewhere, and a brand new clothes airer (which is in better condition than my current one)  :o

OH lost patience with me though, so i DIDN'T get a perfectly good old compost bin  and a kind of nice big BBQ thingy which would have made an excellent potting bench with a bit of a scrub (both these things were too heavy for me to lift on my own  ???).

if they're still there tomorrow, i'm going to have another try and see if i can drag them across the road.

my new goodies made up for the SECOND wing mirror smashed in less than two weeks by our kindly local ned kiddies   :'(

[Hyacinth]

Well, when I did my monthly off-load at the bottle bank this morning & 'rescued' 4 blue stacking polythene boxes (the sort that g/grocers have their punnets of mushrooms in) thought I'd done really well..........and then I read Mrs.KP's addition.....

(specially liked the bit where you didn't know if they were moving it in or out...) ;D ;D ;D

[MrsKP]

this allotmenting malarky has opened up a whole new world of "what could i use that for" and the confidence to go and ask.

right at the bottom of the pile was a double bed frame.  if it were wood, i'd have gone for it, but it looked like a particle board one and wouldn't have lasted 5 secs.


i still want the BBQ  :P

[Vez1]

I now look at everything in terms of what I can do with it at allotment. So far I have scavenged

An old computer table from neighbour it's now a potting table
Bedside table from skip, now hols tea nad coffee things
various bits of wood
an old wardrobe from same neighbour all broken down and reay to make a table in my new greenhouse
in the neighbouring flats to me are a set of shelves and a cupboard which will make their way to plot very soon
wooden single bedframe whcih i still have to put to use yet.

The looks I got the sunday morning that I wheeled the computer table along were great. Thank god plot is only a 2 minute walk away. ;D

[Curryandchips]

Yes a BBQ is just fabulous, even just for sausages, or grilled tomatoes, sweetcorn, peppers, I hope I am making everyone drool  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

I do roast chicken and baked fish on mine. Drool!

[MrsKP]

one (virtually unused) bbq, is now scrubbed and has morphed into a potting bench.

if you keep the two grills at the same height, it's the perfect size for my potting tray.



here's a similar one and i've just saved myself £50.

 ;D

[Vez1]

Very nice Mrs KP. well done. ;D

[jeanaustin]

We had a new field shed on our allotments just over a year ago and its been furnished almost entirely from skips and scavenging, items we've 'recycled' include:

A drop leaf table
A kitchen table
Several chairs, including stacking chairs
Two kitchen wall cupboards
Carpet and a large offcut of cushion floor
Metal shelf racking
A calorgas cooker
Coffee mugs and plastic tray
Brooms and a brush and dustpan
Waterbutts

In spite of much searching we didn't find  - so had to BUY - a kettle and a teapot (50p each at a car boot sale!)

[peterpiper]

someone near me was throwing out a 4 shelve mini greenhouse. got there just before the bin men. its in my greenhouse now as staging.

[scotch-mist]

Right thats it....

the scrapyard down the road from me is going to get a real good hoking through,

I've had so many good ideas on this thread. ;D

[MrsKP]

not exactly a scavenge but a mate bought the local loot type paper today to flog a guitar and i saw an ad for a ton of top soil available for nowt!

going to pick up as much as i can on saturday morning.

  ;D